It’s the last day of 2008. Do you have any special plans? Going to any countdown parties? I really wish I can be at the Space Needle for the countdown. I remembered I was at Disney World for 2 New Year Countdown and they were a blast! Unfortunately with a way-past-her-bedtime 4 year old and a party-pooper spouse, I will watching the countdown in front of the TV. Oh well, at least I know I will be all cozy & warm. It is pretty cold out there. If you are waiting for the countdown, don’t forget to wait an additional second because this is the leap second year.
Here’s to another great blogging year ahead. Wishing all of you a very Happy and Blessed New Year!!
Do you still have an analog TV at home? If you do, don’t forget about the February 17, 2009 deadline. After that date, you will not be able to receive free over-the-air programming unless you buy a converter box or subscribe to your local digital cable programming. As for me, I still have an old analog TV at home. Instead of getting a converter box, I think I will take this chance to get rid of that bulky TV and get a plasma TV instead. Then I can mount the TV on the wall. It will be a good time to get rid of those bulky tv stands too. Maybe I will replace it with a nice ottoman for more storage and seating area.
Conversation 1: Lil’ C: Mommy, can you bake some cornbread muffin? Mommy: But C, I don’t know how to bake cornbread muffin. Lil’ C: Mommy, it’s very easy. Just go to the internet, type in cornbread muffin and you will see the recipe and all the ingredients you need to make them. Mommy: *speechless*
Conversation 2: Lil’ C: Mommy, what does this word mean? (pointing to a word in the book) Mommy: I don’t know. Lil’ C: Mommy, just go to your computer and open the dictionary. It will tell you what it means. Mommy: *speechless*
Ahhhh, the powers of internet to a 4 year old!!! : P Whatever happen to the good old-fashioned recipe book and dictionary???
Can you believe that it is less than a week to 2009? Since I am still stuck at home today, I actually sat down and started planning for next year. The first thing I did was to come up with a new family budget for the next year. There were a few expenses on the budget that I hope to reduce for next year. One of which is to get rid of my current expensive car insurance and get a cheap auto insurance instead. Another area targeted for reduction is definitely eating out. We were eating out way too much this year. I guess I will make a list and start tackling each item at a time. Hopefully by the time I get to the end of list, I will be able to find a huge savings.
According to the news, today is the new Black Friday. A lot of shops are having mega sales in order to make up for low sales this holiday season. It seems everything like engagement rings, TV, laptops are all heavily discounted. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the last 2 weeks were supposed to be the biggest shopping weeks; instead they turned out to be the worst as most people were snowed in. So today shops were opened as early as 5 am hoping to entice shoppers to shop. Unfortunately I am still snowed in today. Hopefully I will be able to get out tomorrow to check out the sales!
My laptop is acting up again!! It has been less than a month since the service guys replaced the motherboard and already it is starting to act weird again. The screen gets fuzzy for no reason and even blanks out. I wonder if something is wrong with the video card. I think I need to bring it back to the service guys again after Christmas. Luckily I bought an extended warranty on this laptop. At least the repair service will be free. If not, it might just be cheaper to buy another laptop than to repair it.
Since the snowfall last weekend, we have not driven the car out of the garage at all. We have been too lazy to shovel that one foot of snow in front of the garage door. However with the snow melting, I think we will probably be getting the car out in a day or two. We need to make a trip to the grocery store to get more groceries. Hopefully the snow would have melted enough in a couple of days for us to make the drive smoothly. However I am a little concern about the de-icing salt on the road. I heard they could be damaging to some auto parts. I guess we will have to make a trip to the carwash next week to make sure that we wash all the salt off the car.
