Oh danny boy, the pipes, the pipes...

It's official...my computer is dead. Apparently the motherboard for my computer has been discontinued and the computer man can't get another one. How that happens when the computer is only a year and a half old, is beyond me. So, looks like I'm going computer shopping. And plans for my birthday have toned down quite a bit. Going to use the limo/wine tasting money towards the new one. Have to admit, I was shocked at how much money Noah was going to spend on the limo (had no idea they were that expensive). So, hopefully I'll be posting pictures again soon. Thanks for your patience!

bad news and still no pictures

We got a call about my computer yesterday. It wasn't the A/C part thing that was broken. It IS the motherboard. So, still no computer. I miss it so. I have so many pictures on my camera that I want to share with you. Alas, it will just have to wait.

In other news, 111 degrees is waaaaaaaaaay too hot for San Luis Obispo...especially when you live on the second floor with no air conditioning.

good news, but no picture

So, obviously, the lack of posting is due to the fact that I still don't have my computer back. However, the problem was with the AC plug. So, parts and labor and everything will cost a total of $213. If it had been the motherboard, just the part would have been at least $200. So, that's a load off my mind. This also means that I haven't lost all my photographs!!!! We're just waiting for the part to come in and for them to fix it. Can't wait to get it back. However, until I do, there's going to be a lack of photographs on here. Sorry. But have no fear, I have been out and about taking pictures, so once my computer is safely back at home, I'll have plenty to post. Thanks for all your good computer wishes!

cell phone pics

Some more photos taken with my cell phone. Something to easily put on the old computer to post on here while I'm waiting to hear on my computer. Hoping for good news.

found one!

So, my computer is in the shop. On first inspection, the computer guys thinks my motherboard might be fried. No bueno...that'd be at least $200. On the bright side, he said it's very unlikely that my photographs and other information on the hard drive are lost. As long as I get my pictures back, I'm happy. Even if I had to get a new computer, I'd be ok as long as I got those photos.


Today's photograph is brought to you by the wonder of flikr. I have an account that I rarely use, but was able to grab a picture off of it that I never posted here. So, you get a photo today even though I don't have my computer back!! If you want to check out the other photographs I have up over there, here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennyb83/

Well, hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

I am sad face

My computer went bthplththtlpt last night. It's going to the shop to be repaired right now, but it means no photographs for today. I pulled out my step-mom's old Sony Vaio laptop that is well, I'm not sure how old, but old...for a computer. And while both my computer (which is just over a year) and Noah's computer (which is maybe 2-3 years old) are being stupid and having issues right now, this one works. The only problem is that all of my photographs are one the other one. If nothing else, this is going to make me back-up all my information. Have been in panic mode worrying over the possibility of losing over a year's worth of photographs. Ok, gonna go freak out in private now. Wish our computers luck.

*sigh*

One of the first photographs that I took with my Canon t2i. Not sure why I hadn't already posted it. Hope you like it:

Life just flies right by you

These were taken from a moving car, hence the blur. I really liked the way they turned out though. Hope you enjoy them as well. And a shout out to my Aunt Becky, it's her birthday today. Happy birthday!!

more color

color

I will hypnotize you!

Took this picture awhile ago and it's one that I just keep coming back to. Not sure what it is about it, it just calls to me. Gotta think that it's the hypnotizing aspect of it. Who knows. Don't worry, it won't make you cluck like a chicken every time you hear the word "jellybean." Or will it?

it's a long way down

experiment

So, I decided to try to make a panorama...it turned out smaller than I was hoping (you can click on the actual picture and it'll take you to a larger version) and didn't match up quite like I wanted it to. This is the view from partway up Bishop's Peak...actually, not that far up at all.

Since it didn't turn out like I hoped, here are a couple more photographs as well:

go take a hike

I have lived in the San Luis Obispo area nearly my whole life (minus the four years I spent in Santa Cruz for college. And yet, I somehow had never gotten around to hiking Bishop's Peak. Today was the day. Noah and I spent a lovely couple hours hiking up the peak, exploring the rocks up top and then running back down. Here are just a couple of the photographs I took:

my feet hurt

Just got home from an 11.5 hour day at work and my feet hurt. That is all.

Long day

Seems like I've been having a lot of those. Days are long but it still seems as though there aren't enough hours to get things done. At least I get to come home to this little cuddle monster:

walk this way

Just some random shots that I took while walking around town. Enjoy!

swish

Just fooling around with my camera around the apartment. Really need to get a new camera bag so I can have it with me more of the time. Don't want anything to happen to it, so I don't take it too many places unless it's specifically a picture taking outing. Once I get a camera bag though, I'll be more comfortable having it on everyday excursions.

what a day

So somehow, even though Loki doesn't go outside past the stairs, he picked up a case of fleas. And his case of fleas became the apartments case of fleas. That was my day...getting rid of the fleas. First, Loki got a bath. Here's a picture of him drying off...just didn't have the heart to take a picture of him when still wet wet:




After spraying the whole apartment, hanging out in the garage with the cat for 2 hours while it dried, and doing 7 loads of laundry, things seem to be less itchy and creepy. After one of the loads of laundry, there was a lot of crackling when pulling an afghan out of the dryer. Had to take a picture of the static electricity:



Other than that, pretty uneventful day. Hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend!

one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Alright, so they're Minis, not fish. Back in April, I took the picture of the red mini. I just loved the color of it in front of an art store. Yesterday, when I was walking around downtown, I saw this blue one just one store down. While it's not the best photograph, it just made me giggle inside. Gotta love it when you're doing something you love to do and it makes you smile.

once again

Was walking down to the bank today and once again, was so very happy that I always keep a camera in my purse. Snapped a few photos...hope you enjoy!

Ooh...spikey

hot and tired