COMCAST

I finally called Comcast. After about a year of having cable issues, I am finally fed up.  Over a year ago I had Comcast come out three times and they said they could not figure out the problem.  I gave up when I went on vacation and then I got sick with meningitis.  I could not begin to think about dealing with Comcast.  Then I was too busy to deal with my cable issues.  For any of you who have ever had to deal with a difficult issue with a cable company or phone company, you know what I mean.  It is rarely ever one visit from tech.  It is multiple visits from the tech support people.  Each person telling you another story about why the ___ is doing ____.  For my cable it is always: you have too many cable boxes.  You need a booster.  You don't need the booster.  A cable cord is bad.  Are you sure it isn't your TV?  Your splitter went bad.  I have heard it all.  The cable still has problems.

Maybe next week it will finally get fixed.  I can hope!

Until tomorrow...

OSCARS

Okay what do we say?!  It was so crazy.  I saw a post today that said: "I saw LaLa Land win and turned off the TV."  Ha ha.  They missed all the chaos.

It was a good time.  Just the right amount of politics and humor.  It had just enough glamour.

Until tomorrow...

FOSTER/ADOPT GROUP MEETING

Today was my foster/adopt group meeting at my home.  There were 5 guests.  I made hummus swirls and my homemade "reese's" peanut butter cups.  Someone brought homemade lemonade.  We talked for three hours.  It was a good gathering.

We all talked about where we were in the process and speculated how long we would have to wait to get a child.

Until tomorrow...

ORCHIDS

I went to a orchid show today.  I was given a free ticket so I thought I would head over for a bit.  I was not sure what it was all about.  It was a big orchid festival where there were thousands of orchids I could purchase.  I was essentially chaos.  I only stayed about 30 minutes.  The orchids were beautiful but it was crowed.

Until tomorrow...

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

I went to see the play A Thousand Splendid Suns tonight with my friend S.  It was really good.  It was almost just like the book.  The actors were so awesome.

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ANIMATION SHORTS

I went to see the Oscar Animation Shorts.  I really liked three of them.

• Piper about a little piper bird learning to eat.
• Pear Cider and Cigarettes is an adult animation about a guy who needs a kidney.
• Pearl is about a musician who gives it all up for his daughter so she can be all she can be.

It was a fun time.  I just love animation films.

Until tomorrow...

IT DIDN'T RAIN TODAY

Just one thing: It didn't rain today.  Ah...

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QUICKBOOKS

I finally had to deal with moving Quickbooks from my old dying laptop to my new computer.  I have a very old version so upgrading was not an easy task.  I was on the phone with tech support for almost 3 hours.  My old file version from 2008 would not upgrade to 2017.  So tech support had to take the file and upgrade it from 2008 to version 2012 save it and then upgrade it to 2017.  It took forever.  They were very nice and I really lucked up since Intuit was having a 70% off sale on Quickbooks.  Nothing better than finding out that the item you need and have to buy just happens to be on sale 70% off.  Yay!

It is all done and I am finally able to invoice my clients again.  Hooray!

Until tomorrow...

PRESIDENTS DAY IN BED

Yes, I was thinking I was sick. Or just sick of everything going on.  The rain, the news, the cold, I didn't feel well, I was tired.  I stayed in bed and on the couch.  I stayed in my PJs all day.  I watched a movie The Nice Guys.

Until tomorrow...

GAME NIGHT

After a restful day of watching TV, I went to my friend H's game night.  I was a little nervous since I have not played a board game in about 30 years.  I can't even tell you the names of the games we played.  The first game was a game with cards and chips.  The goals is to get to 15.  You use the chips to buy the cards. Some of the cards have numbers on them, those numbers get you to 15.  It was confusing at first but once I got the hang of it it was quite fun.

The second game was also a card game.  Everyone gets two cards.  Each of the cards has directions on it. When it is your turn, you play one of the cards and have another player do what it says.  Then you get another card.  The last players show their cards.  The cards all have numbers on them and the highest number wins and gets a little red heart.  The person with the most hearts at the end wins.  It moves pretty fast.

It was a fun night.  

Until tomorrow...