In my seemingly unending struggle to get to the 21st century where technology is concerned, I’m hindered again. This time, I don’t think it’s the machines themselves, I do believe it’s software. I’ve been using QuickBooks 2009 since 2009. Yesterday morning, I had the program open & was doing the billing. No problems surfaced. I shut it down like I always do, with the “Exit” button. I went to open it later in the day to do something & was told it couldn’t read the registration files, that it (the program itself) had to be deleted & reinstalled by the tech department. Lovely. I did it. Several times. Still getting the same error. I had some of a gift card left, so I’ve ordered the 2011 version. I figure it’s Intuit’s way of making people upgrade. Am I paranoid? Where computer problems come up, you betcha! One good thing I found is because I’ve now got an Android tablet, I can keep my BlackBerry phone so I won’t have to go through the misery Chris has been with his new one. Too bad that tablet brand isn’t compatible with the Android market. I’ve already got Angry Birds though, so I don’t see much else I’ll need.
**Update**
I’ve been foiled again. It isn’t QuickBooks acting up at all. I’ve upgraded for nothing. It’s a Windows file/component called MSXML & it has to be repaired. I’ve printed out the instructions to do this, but now I have to get brave. I think I better set a return point, just in case.
So I’ve been dealing with a sinus infection for quite awhile now. I went to the doctor, he gave me a 10 day supply of Augmentin. I took that as I was supposed to, 12 hours apart, just like he said. While it cleared up most of it, I still had it. I called his office to let him know & see if I needed another round of antibiotics. Yep, I did & if this one didn’t get rid of it totally, I have to go back in. The nurse’s parting statement was he wanted me to be aware it would be a little more expensive than the Augmentin, but he’s positive it will clear it up. I went to pick it up & it’s a good thing I didn’t feel so hot. Where the Augmentin was $54.00 for 20 pills, this one was $177.00 for 10 pills. I took it the 1st day & got a headache I thought was a migraine, but the symptoms weren’t right. I looked up the drug name & find that one of the many side effects is… you got it. Headache. Along with stomach issues. Goodie. If he gives me Avelox again, I think I’ll pass. The disease would have to be really bad to go through this again.
I know spring is the time for cleaning, but since when did my house get moved into a construction zone? The people on the other side of the street are having yard work done, including a refurbishment of the decorative rock along their walks. Why does the man doing it have to put that stuff in a wheelbarrow, then put it where it’s going? Why not use a shovel to move it? I suppose it could be worse than the lava rock he’s using. It could be real rocks. Then the people next to us are putting in a fire pit “that can be seen from outer space!”, so we have the bulldozer & trench diggers, concrete trucks & the like. Their cars are parked in various places along the street because the driveway is being redone as well. I hope it ends soon. Next time I plan to do any more planting, I’m not gonna use a hand tiller. I’m gonna get the real thing & be as noisy as they are, damn it.
So Chris has gone to court to get his father’s will through probate, but the judge decided they need more financial information & she, the ‘widow’ needs to be grilled about the extravagances she provided for her kids. Which is resulting in the Texas lawyer we had to hire now charging courtroom fees. We get to pay that, with no help from the other 3 siblings. One is going on a cruise so he won’t part with money, one wants the land, not cash & the third thinks her father deserves to lose everything he ever worked for because she didn’t have a “Leave it to Beaver” childhood. (That one has issues I won’t even go near.) If it weren’t for losing everything he’s put into it, Chris would stop. And there’s the promise he made to his dad about stopping them (the wife & her felon kids) from getting everything. Chris did find out he doesn’t have to pay out any of the remaining funds to his sisters & brother for 2 years after it settles. I think he’s so fed up with them he’ll put it in an interest bearing account, get the interest & give them their shares right before the 2 year mark, while keeping the interest for himself.
The 6 days Chris was in Texas, I decided I wanted a flower bed in the front. I’ve got one now. But the work! I dug for 2 days, trying to get it clear. Now I have my flowers, pansies, petunias, red spikes, marigolds & snapdragons in the bed & 4 pots across the front porch with zinnias & flowering kale in them. The front looks good. The back needs work. The back isn’t my area of responsibility, it’s Chris’. I wish he would hurry.
4 more days with a headache. I think I can last.
