Well, finally...I do believe my PC is "fixed". BE GONE ye' ole computer virus...BE GONE! It only took me trying to figure out how to save my iTunes from an early demise, save the family finances, save all my pictures, my blog writings, my any writings and then wipe the hard drive clean. This, in and of itself, was a task worthy of great men! I am, however, happy to report that YES..iTunes was SAVED!!
(a general outcry of relief is heard kingdom wide)
I will admit that this feat of great worthiness was undertaken with only the slightest hint of uncertainty by my dear husband, David.
(insert ominous music here)
I realized, as I entered Azeroth (the home of World of Warcraft for those of you living a non-informed existence) I had no sound! How can on protect one's party of adventurers if one cannot hear the evil doers approaching?! I ask you!
Well, whilst trying to install drivers for my sound card (stifles a laugh) our efforts were thwarted when an evil error box appeared, having the GALL (not spelled GAUL because that is a native inhabitant of France...who knew?) to tell us we did not HAVE said sound card! Well I don't think I need to tell you that right then and there I thought "LIAR!"
Well we continued to fight the good fight and finally decided our best chance for a successful mission was to sneak inside and confront the enemy in its lair. So...having armed ourselves with a flash light and a two sided screw driver (very handy tool) we tore through the outer defensive wall and into the dark and VERY dusty cavern. IT WAS GONE! Immediately my mind raced as to what could have become of this elusive sound card...and then to panic (how could I ever hear ABBA again?!). Well, David's immediate response was to throw money at our problem and go and buy a sound card IMMEDIATELY. THIS would fix their little red wagons! My response was to google my questions and see what the world had to offer. Really long an boring story brought to a close, turns out I have ON-BOARD sound (no card required...gotta love it). We found our answers, fixed our problem. Enemies of Azeroth beware...I can hear you (grins).
Moving on to Sunday we wanted to get in some biking. We packed up a few snacks, lots of water, the bikes and handy wipes and drove out to the Cannon Valley trail. This trail starts in Cannon Falls Minnesota. We started our journey up a bit at Welch Station and rode our bikes to Red Wing. Round trip we did 22 miles! Was a gorgeous day, tons of fun and will post a few pic I took a little later. Once we got home I wanted to weigh myself (it's been a few weeks) and to my surprise (had to weigh three times to make sure I was seeing it right) I had lost another 4 pounds, bringing my grand total so far to 30 pounds!
We celebrated my success with pizza!! All in all it has been a great weekend.
22 miles of "me powered greatness"
"a little gas" burned...
1 less car...
...PRICELESS!!
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