Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
oops!
All school year I have been meeting with a friend at her house on Wednesday afternoons and we, basically, play on her computer - which happens to be a Mac. Most of the time I can answer her questions, but some times we learn together. We have so much fun and we talk more than work on the computer. She insists on paying me and I feel guilty taking anything from her, but she wouldn't like it if I didn't, so I usually accept her generosity.
On Saturday, she is leaving for Istanbul for a couple of weeks and she wondered if she could set up an auto-reply for her email while she is gone. I told her I have never done that in Mail - but if she was game to try it, so was I. We had to set it up as a "Rule" and were a little puzzled as to which condition to select. We finally decided upon 'every message' thinking there would be an auto-reply to every message she received from yesterday on. So, she typed in the following message [Sorry, I'm out of my mind......I mean out of my office] and activated it. Within the first minute we realized that by choosing 'every message' it had sent the auto-reply to every message that was currently in her inbox! And she is one of those persons that very rarely deletes a message - so there were hundreds and hundreds. Oh my gosh! We laughed so hard! She is screaming - Oh NO! oh NO! and laughing til she cried! Did I mention she is on many, many important committees in town - the hospital board, a college committee, co-director of United Way, and on and on! So, you can imagine some of the very important emails that were in her inbox! At least she saw the humor in it and I have no doubt that people will understand when they see it is from Denise! After we settled down from that she asked me something about iPhoto and I answered her question, looked at her and said, "Do you trust me?" She smiled and very matter of factly said, "No." :) Her husband was having some problems with his computer - which happens to be a Mac - in the basement, so I ran down there to take care of it - when I got back upstairs she had laid a check on the island. I hollered out the back door to her that there was no way I was accepting money!
Today - I emailed and asked how the fallout was going from the auto-reply message? I told her she should just tell her friends that her computer had a very rare virus and ask them if they had ever heard of the Moore Worm - to stay away from it, it is deadly! She replied and said about 10 people had responded and she was having a good laugh with it!
On Saturday, she is leaving for Istanbul for a couple of weeks and she wondered if she could set up an auto-reply for her email while she is gone. I told her I have never done that in Mail - but if she was game to try it, so was I. We had to set it up as a "Rule" and were a little puzzled as to which condition to select. We finally decided upon 'every message' thinking there would be an auto-reply to every message she received from yesterday on. So, she typed in the following message [Sorry, I'm out of my mind......I mean out of my office] and activated it. Within the first minute we realized that by choosing 'every message' it had sent the auto-reply to every message that was currently in her inbox! And she is one of those persons that very rarely deletes a message - so there were hundreds and hundreds. Oh my gosh! We laughed so hard! She is screaming - Oh NO! oh NO! and laughing til she cried! Did I mention she is on many, many important committees in town - the hospital board, a college committee, co-director of United Way, and on and on! So, you can imagine some of the very important emails that were in her inbox! At least she saw the humor in it and I have no doubt that people will understand when they see it is from Denise! After we settled down from that she asked me something about iPhoto and I answered her question, looked at her and said, "Do you trust me?" She smiled and very matter of factly said, "No." :) Her husband was having some problems with his computer - which happens to be a Mac - in the basement, so I ran down there to take care of it - when I got back upstairs she had laid a check on the island. I hollered out the back door to her that there was no way I was accepting money!
Today - I emailed and asked how the fallout was going from the auto-reply message? I told her she should just tell her friends that her computer had a very rare virus and ask them if they had ever heard of the Moore Worm - to stay away from it, it is deadly! She replied and said about 10 people had responded and she was having a good laugh with it!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
emotional
6th grade recognition - final day for 6th graders. About 1 minute into Mass I looked at one of the moms wiping tears from her eyes and decided I shouldn't look at her anymore! Then three of the kids read the farewell. Cenza, who has been my DCTV star for 4 years, was the last one to read. She read one sentence and broke down and sobbed. Mrs. Mack had to go up and console her - she sobbed through the rest of her speech. As I am trying to video tape this (without a tripod) the camera is so jiggly people will be sea-sick when they watch it and tears were streaming down my cheeks. Then it all ended with a special presentation of flowers to Janet, our aide who is retiring after many, many years. Janet is also a Pie Club member - of course she bawled like a baby and so did everyone else.
Speaking of Pie Club - I was listening to the radio this morning and Matt, from Bud's (where Pie Club meetings are held) was on. He has started a Bud's Pie Club!!!!! Buy 10 pieces of pie, get one free. Now, don't you think all Pie Club members should get their first card punched in full - after all - he is infringing on our club name rights!
Speaking of Pie Club - I was listening to the radio this morning and Matt, from Bud's (where Pie Club meetings are held) was on. He has started a Bud's Pie Club!!!!! Buy 10 pieces of pie, get one free. Now, don't you think all Pie Club members should get their first card punched in full - after all - he is infringing on our club name rights!
Friday, May 30, 2008
movie night
So, Barb and I couldn't wait until we went to see Sex and the City tonight. I think she emailed me 5 times today saying how slow the day was going! :-) We weren't disappointed - loved the movie. We had both gotten hooked on the television show when it was on WGN after the 10:00 news. Then Barb started renting the DVD's and sharing them - the WGN version was much more tame! :) We were so glad we saw the movie together! We are ready to go back again tomorrow - but we won't!
Monday, May 26, 2008
nice weekend
This turned out to be a nice weekend in many ways. The weather was beautiful! Saturday I had an appointment early, so when I got home around noon I sat out back and listened to Grey's Anatomy podcasts on my Touch while Fred went to the Golf Course. Sunday, I actually got around early - did laundry and cleaned then we headed to Edon around 3:00. Fred trimmed shrubs and I planted a hibiscus and trimmed a couple of trees. So, today we could just be lazy and enjoy the day. Linda and Van came over and we all hurried down to the corner to watch the parade which consisted of the High School band and about 100 people bringing up the rear waving their little flags! Had Port-a-Pit chicken for lunch. After Linda and Van left I took Gma to Edgerton and we drove around the cemetery (because that is what you do on Memorial Day), stopped by Aunt Wilmetta's, went to Dollar General, and drove around the Edon cemetery on the way home (because that is what you do on Memorial Day)! :)
Now 11 more days of school and then it will be summer!!!
Now 11 more days of school and then it will be summer!!!
Monday, May 19, 2008
didn't forget
No, didn't forget about the blog - either I've been too busy or have nothing to say! :) Had a fun few days with Jasmine and Rylan and Kami, Eric, Alex, and Elizabeth last week. Spent the day alone with Rylan on Friday while Jasmine flew to Chicago for the day. She is such a sweetie.
Got to go to Alex and Elizabeth's last soccer games of the season - that is always fun.
Last week was a LONG week at school and mine was even a day short. Took Friday off to go to Ft. Wayne for Fred's Thallium Treadmill test. He said he went long and hard on the treadmill - didn't hear anything from Dr. Kelly today.
This is a busy week. Lots of tapings for DCTV - Spring Concert and Downtown Defiance video. Hope it goes fast!
Got to go to Alex and Elizabeth's last soccer games of the season - that is always fun.
Last week was a LONG week at school and mine was even a day short. Took Friday off to go to Ft. Wayne for Fred's Thallium Treadmill test. He said he went long and hard on the treadmill - didn't hear anything from Dr. Kelly today.
This is a busy week. Lots of tapings for DCTV - Spring Concert and Downtown Defiance video. Hope it goes fast!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
may
It's May already! So hard to believe. And the weather just seems to like to tease us, still. Nice for a few days and then - like right now - the furnace is running! :( But, the trees are in bloom and are absolutely beautiful, so it looks like Spring is pretty much here. I'm sure summer is just around the corner.
Speaking of summer.......going to get a late, late start on that since we now have to go to school until June 10! All those snow/fog days were nice when we had them, but not so nice now that we have to go into the hot days of June.
Speaking of summer.......going to get a late, late start on that since we now have to go to school until June 10! All those snow/fog days were nice when we had them, but not so nice now that we have to go into the hot days of June.
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