Melinda Slade

Well darn it, before I could get everything ready to leave for Oregon, I decided to go shopping and some intelligent person ran a stop sign and totally messed the passenger side of my car up.  I was so mad I could have spit blood and not mine either.  Now I have to find a local body shop that won’t take me to the cleaners and will fix my car right.  You can’t just trust any old body shop either, especially if you’re a woman.  They think you don’t know diddly about a car.  Well I have news for them, I found a web site that only has highly qualified body shops they recommend and I know my car will be fixed right.

Okay, now that the basement is taken care of, I need a vacation.  I want to go somewhere I’ve never been before, meet new people and just kick back and relax.  I have always wanted to explore out west and found a great site about the Oregon Coast.  They have some beautiful beaches, wonderful houses and condo’s you can rent.  I’m not much on motels because when I travel, I like feeling I’m home too, ya know what I’m saying?  This website even tells the local events, shops, restaurants, and anything else you would want to know.  I just might be headed to Oregon next week.  I’ll take my laptop and let you know how it is.

We go through a drought for about 3 years and now it won’t stop raining.  I know we need the rain and the water but not in my basement.  I went downstairs yesterday to find an inch of water covering my basement floor.  It was running, or trickling down my basement wall.  I have seen enough on TV about what follows and that’s mold.  I found some guys online that will take care of my water problem and fight any mold that might follow too.  At least we don’t have as much water as the Mid West.  I feel for those people.

So now I’m going to college online.  I need to learn more about all this wonderful new technology if I’m going to stay competitive in today’s market place.  Real Estate is going no where but down so thank goodness I had enough sense to put money back for just this day.  I decided to take a few computer courses.  Never too old to learn ya know.

So now it’s me and my computer.  I got a new one too.  I got a great lap top from Dell.com and I am tickled pink with it too.  I got a refurbished one and saved a bundle, got a bigger hard drive, faster processor and all the bells and whistles I didn’t think I would be able to afford.  I take it everywhere I go since it has a wireless card with it and is Bluetooth compatible too.  Isn’t technology wonderful?