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fun weekend
Jun. 8th, 2008 10:12 pmThis has been a fun weekend! We never did really get a whole heaping lot of traffic yesterday at the yard sale, but we did okay. I mean, we made more than if we were just sitting around the house, right? (Actually, this is not technically true in our case, because M has a job that he does from home that he could have done for a few hours and made the same amount, but still! Let's not think too hard about that.)
His new computer decided that it would like to be contrary and shut itself down randomly and repeatedly this weekend, which is a bad bad thing. Crappy crappy crappy. We're guessing that something is getting overheated/hardware malfunction. It's a little different from usual, having these purchased computers. Normally, we have built our own systems and can troubleshoot a little more easily. Sucks to not be able to open things up, get our hands dirty. Anyway, as much as that sucks, there was something good about it! I did a brief search last night relating to the problem, and noticed that Circuit City (which is where we bought them) had this system on sale for fifty bucks less than we paid for them last month. And... they guarantee their prices for thirty days! So, we headed off today to get our $106 (tax) back! While we were going, we also took all of the books that I had packed up from the yard sale yesterday. (Sidenote: I wish I could go to yard sales where there are books as neatly displayed as mine were. I had a LOT of books for sale yesterday--I have been in a de-cluttering mode lately.) We took them to the used book store and made another $30. (They won't take ex-library books, or books with certain issues, and many of the ones I have came from library sales and other places where they sell used books so were of questionable quality.) Soo... we had a profitable weekend on both days! Of course, then Boyo headed off today and bought a pressure washer so... easy come, easy go.
Moral of the story is: when you buy something expensive, add it in your calendar to check a few weeks later to make sure the price doesn't go down. There's also a website that does it for you, but I don't remember what it's called. I'm sure Google knows.
And, I have just found out that the library here is having a book sale this week. It is getting time for a restocking since I just got rid of so many. :) We might try to go, but how can I run into Staci if she is in Taiwan?? Come home. :p It makes shopping more interesting when you might run into someone you know!
Anyway, that's about all I know. I have a really messy desk so I should try to work on that for a few minutes before bed. I got quite a bit of sleep last night because I fell asleep on M ridiculously early into the movie we were re-watching. (Groundhog Day... and he was still living his day for the first time when I fell asleep, if that tells you anything.) Falling asleep on him on the couch is one of my very favorite things to do, though, so it was worth it.
His new computer decided that it would like to be contrary and shut itself down randomly and repeatedly this weekend, which is a bad bad thing. Crappy crappy crappy. We're guessing that something is getting overheated/hardware malfunction. It's a little different from usual, having these purchased computers. Normally, we have built our own systems and can troubleshoot a little more easily. Sucks to not be able to open things up, get our hands dirty. Anyway, as much as that sucks, there was something good about it! I did a brief search last night relating to the problem, and noticed that Circuit City (which is where we bought them) had this system on sale for fifty bucks less than we paid for them last month. And... they guarantee their prices for thirty days! So, we headed off today to get our $106 (tax) back! While we were going, we also took all of the books that I had packed up from the yard sale yesterday. (Sidenote: I wish I could go to yard sales where there are books as neatly displayed as mine were. I had a LOT of books for sale yesterday--I have been in a de-cluttering mode lately.) We took them to the used book store and made another $30. (They won't take ex-library books, or books with certain issues, and many of the ones I have came from library sales and other places where they sell used books so were of questionable quality.) Soo... we had a profitable weekend on both days! Of course, then Boyo headed off today and bought a pressure washer so... easy come, easy go.
Moral of the story is: when you buy something expensive, add it in your calendar to check a few weeks later to make sure the price doesn't go down. There's also a website that does it for you, but I don't remember what it's called. I'm sure Google knows.
And, I have just found out that the library here is having a book sale this week. It is getting time for a restocking since I just got rid of so many. :) We might try to go, but how can I run into Staci if she is in Taiwan?? Come home. :p It makes shopping more interesting when you might run into someone you know!
Anyway, that's about all I know. I have a really messy desk so I should try to work on that for a few minutes before bed. I got quite a bit of sleep last night because I fell asleep on M ridiculously early into the movie we were re-watching. (Groundhog Day... and he was still living his day for the first time when I fell asleep, if that tells you anything.) Falling asleep on him on the couch is one of my very favorite things to do, though, so it was worth it.
