Cyber Hell, a Convertible and Life as Usual

So my laptop arrived safe and sound and I must admit, I do love it!
In an effort to get everything on to it that I will need, I've had to look deep in the bowels of my poor ole tired desktop and this of course, forced me to try to clean it up and defrag, delete and deoverwhelm it. what a mess I made!!!!!

I deleted too many emails at once in OE and then suddenly, I couldn't open my email anymore at all! After using the laptop to search around online for answers, I went about dealing with dbx files and backing up what I could and blah blah blah..........
Anyway, it did permanently dump my work emails but I got everything else back.
The work ones?
Ah well.
The personal and BUBBLE ones?
I am just happy I got those back.
Whew.

Then there was the van.
It needed to go back so we drove this for a day.

Talk about fun.
Yah baby.
Memories of my old 1971 Mustang Convertible came rushing back.
Not that this was even close.
That 'Tang was a MUSCLE CAR ..........full on.
Damn.
351 Cleveland engine.
White with a black interior covered in leopard print seat covers. (of course dahlink!)
It could pass anything except a gas station.
Ahhhhh.....the good ole days.
That was the car Bam and I dated in.
meow!
I miss it.
But ya can't move a guitar amp, drumset and all the other crap ya need to be in a rock n roll band in a Mustang.
Just doesn't work.
Ahhhhhhhh. ......
*sigh.

For the record....here's a partial list of cars I've owned (some I can't remember!)
1976 Chevy Nova (manual tranny)
1980 Plymouth Horizon (the car Dad wanted me to get. it was soooooooo practical!)
198x Mazda RX 7
1968 Pontiac something or another that was green and fucking evil mean, cool. tres muscle.
1970 Ford Mustang Coupe. Very very sweet. Hardened valve seats. This was my fave car of all time. Named her Mustang Sarah after Sarah Vaughn. Was rear ended (totaled) by a semi. :-(
1971 Ford Mustang Convertible. This was a LOT bigger and tougher to handle. Sold it to a Rumanian who was shipping it to Europe. I hope someone is driving this baby now as she was a wicked beast.
1990 Chrysler Lebaron Convertible. Fun but again, impractical for band life.
1989 Plymouth Grand Voyager van. Ahhhh...the beginning of van/band life. So practical. So boring.
and now....a lovely 1996 Chevy Astro Van.

The dream.........another Mustang.
Predictable?
Who cares. I love them.
1970 Red Fastback.

Vintage cars are like handknit sweaters. If you treat them right, they will last forever.
And of course, you will look very cool in them.

IN THE KNIT WORLD
Anyway, been knitting up swatches,...buying yarn for actual projects now instead of the odd ball here and there...(how responsible of me!) and.....just trying to get 'stuff' done.

Getting the new laptop proved exciting but it's also time consuming getting those things set up!
Now I need a case as I'm totally paranoid about transporting it!
Like.........very paranoid.

Here's the Merino Frappe scarf.
I've been doing it Continental Style.
Oohlala.

The POUNDING!
In an effort to show you the chaos we're surrounded by.....
here's a few piccies of our neighbors yard. Now that they're done tearing down, apparently they will be building. So I guess the noise will be going on and on and on.
Oh goodie.
Anybody got a tour we can leave on for several months?
Dude, I am so outta here!!!!!

It's late and I'm off to bed. It's gonna be a monday and I know it's gonna be mental.

Comments

[Kate]

I feel your pain on the noise next door. I was woken up and 6:40am on Sunday to my neighbors barking dog. He apparently thought it a good idea to leave his barking dog out all morning while he went to work. I was not too happy!!
Glad you are happy with the new laptop... isn't technology so fun!

[Heather]

That is one big trash can...congrats on the new laptop! All I can say...laptop backpacks are the way to go...they have cushion in all the right places. :)

Reading about all your cars made me remember my first...

1973 Buick Century Pea Soup Green....the party barge...wootwoot!