The Christmas shopping is done. We used to go to Bob Evans and do most of our Christmas shopping online. Unfortunately, Bob Evans no longer offers WiFi. So this year we went to Panera. Everything is purchased or ordered. We only have to wait for stuff to arrive.

I had quite a time with my computer last week. It was getting very slow from an accumulation of 6 years of junk. I decided it was time to wipe everything clean and install a fresh copy of Windows. I tried installing Windows from the internet. That failed. Then I tried reinstalling Windows from the recovery section of the disk drive. That not only failed, it also corrupted my user account. I had to make a boot drive, but I couldn’t find my thumb drives. I gave up and ordered another thumb drive, only to find my other drives. The boot drive did the job. Then more good news, Amazon lost the thumb drive I ordered. They issued me a refund. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, one of our access points stopped working. Then one of the network cables also failed. For a little while, I was beginning to think it would never end. But everything is up and running well. So far, we’ve had two days in a row with no computer problems. Woo-hoo!

So now I had a failed access point and also Mom’s old computer. (With all data securely wiped.) I didn’t want to put these in the trash. The local landfill has a special area for electronics recycling. I can’t listen to Car Talk when I go to the dump, so I did the next best thing. I put the stuff on my bike and rode my bike to the dump. Riding my bike to the dump in the summer is a lot of fun because I go right be the best snowball stand in the county. Alas, the snowball stand was closed. There will never again be a Car Talk episode. But it is still a fun ride.

We’re looking forward to a visit from Kathryn later on today. She and a couple of her friends will stop off for lunch this afternoon. Danita has split pea soup ready to go.

Our big news this week comes from JaMM. Mira continues to bite other children. She finally got herself suspended from day care. Danita is going up to Pennsylvania for a week. She will take care of Mira Monday and Tuesday. She’ll stay up for the rest of the week in case Mira does not do well when she goes back to day care.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.