Spring has Sprung and so did the HP Laptop...

It is Spring here in DaHo. We had our irrigation turned on and the lawn and all the plants that survived are starting to green up. It's been almost hot here most of the week.

I had my 4 month follow up ultrasound to see how the aortic aneurysm is doing and spent a couple more hours in the dentist chair this week. Both, big fun. I should get some feedback from the doctor on the ultrasound in the next couple of days.

The screen hinges on the old HP Laptop froze up and when I tried to close it, they cracked an broke. I took it apart to check it out and it would take lots of parts to make it work again and its not worth any more expense - just too many down sides. So, we ordered a refurbished Dell XPS M140 laptop which should be here on Tuesday. So now the fast XPS office and laptop computers can talk to each other and now get too bored. It also runs the XP Media Center OS and has all the current good stuff in it. The only other laptop I have owned was the HP that is realllly limited in power and features, that nephew Mike gave me and has lasted me for years. So, this 'new' one should be fun and will come in very handy for lots of stuff.

They started the Wednesday night 8-ball handicap tournaments again in Twin Falls. I went for the first one and came in fourth out of 32 players. This was good since everybody starts out at the same handicap. If you place in the money, you go up one point and if you don't place in the money for three times, you go down one point. I played some of the players that beat me last year and won this time. So, next week, I have to spot them since I won last week. I just have to try and keep wining which gets very hard as your handicap goes up.

Last night we went to the awards banquet for the West Side Pool 8-ball league that I was in over the winter. We came in first place and I did well with a winners jacket and 4 awards for our team and personal placement, 8-ball breaks and table runs. Below is a picture of all the loot...



This weekend we spent lots of time starting to get the 'estate' grounds ready for spring. I cleaned and setup the garden fountain and got all the new outside lights installed and Pam has been getting the flower beds together and is planting lots of pretty stuff. It will probably take us a couple more weeks to get it all together, but that is how it goes after winter here in DaHo...