After many years of drooling, I now have a Mac. The warranty on my PC expired in May, which meant a new computer was somewhat of an option. But everytime I tried to convince Susan by telling her she could use my PC, she kept asking why it was not good enough for me but was good enough for her (she never bought any of my excuses). But she knew it was inevitable. After Apple updated the Macbooks in October, I knew it was a good time to buy because they likely wouldn't make any big changes anytime soon. And there are some real improvements in the new Macbook that I like. I thought it would be good to make it a late Christmas present and wait until after the holidays after all the traveling was done to make sure we still had enough money. But Best Buy offered $100 off during the week of Thanksgiving, which is better than any other deals I could get. So I decided to go for it. I was able to swing by the Apple store in Huntsville while we were up there, and it proved very useful during that trip. My semester just ended, so now I will have time to migrate all my documents and files over to the Macbook. The next project is to convert my old PC laptop into a DVR. Hopefully it will work. I am very excited to have my new Mac, and love that I don't have to wait 5 minutes for my computer to come out of "standby". With the Mac, it is instantly on and connected to the internet. It's awesome! Thank you, Susan, for a wonderful Christmas gift!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Mac
After many years of drooling, I now have a Mac. The warranty on my PC expired in May, which meant a new computer was somewhat of an option. But everytime I tried to convince Susan by telling her she could use my PC, she kept asking why it was not good enough for me but was good enough for her (she never bought any of my excuses). But she knew it was inevitable. After Apple updated the Macbooks in October, I knew it was a good time to buy because they likely wouldn't make any big changes anytime soon. And there are some real improvements in the new Macbook that I like. I thought it would be good to make it a late Christmas present and wait until after the holidays after all the traveling was done to make sure we still had enough money. But Best Buy offered $100 off during the week of Thanksgiving, which is better than any other deals I could get. So I decided to go for it. I was able to swing by the Apple store in Huntsville while we were up there, and it proved very useful during that trip. My semester just ended, so now I will have time to migrate all my documents and files over to the Macbook. The next project is to convert my old PC laptop into a DVR. Hopefully it will work. I am very excited to have my new Mac, and love that I don't have to wait 5 minutes for my computer to come out of "standby". With the Mac, it is instantly on and connected to the internet. It's awesome! Thank you, Susan, for a wonderful Christmas gift!
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Pictures from the wedding
I know many of you have been wanting to see pictures from my wedding. My family has a .Mac account where we can all post pictures. So there are literally hundreds there for you to look at. There are three folders. 2 are labeled Chad & Susan's wedding. The other has Cheery Blossoms and my wedding (they were all on the same camera when it was uploaded). Click on the folder and go to the last couple pages. Enjoy!
http://gallery.mac.com/hessfamily08#gallery
http://gallery.mac.com/hessfamily08#gallery
Monday, September 10, 2007
Busy
Wow, I've been quite delinquent in my blogging. Even Erika has posted more recently than I have. School has occupied quite a bit of time recently. I had an intensive class at the end of August where I did a 3 credit class in a week. There was a book to read and write a paper on before the class began, 5 days of class with about 6 or 7 chapters to read every night, and then a 15 page research paper due 2 days after class ended. It was definitely intense! Oh, and my online class finished up (with it's own 8-10 page paper) in the middle of the intensive. And right before all this happened, my computer finally died (it had been giving me off and on problems for several months) so I had to send it in. If you know how attached I am to my computer you could understand what a panic this can cause. I began the fall semester last week. I'm only doing two classes this semester because I knew three (a full load) would be too much right now. But it is going well now and I am enjoying a more normal pace now.
Wedding plans are also beginning to come along, now that I have finished that craziness with school and have had time to actually do stuff. We've found a place we really like and almost set a date. And while eloping is looking rather appealing we haven't run off yet. But we still might. We'll see. Anyway, I gotta get to bed because I have school in the morning. I'll try not to wait another two months to post again.
Wedding plans are also beginning to come along, now that I have finished that craziness with school and have had time to actually do stuff. We've found a place we really like and almost set a date. And while eloping is looking rather appealing we haven't run off yet. But we still might. We'll see. Anyway, I gotta get to bed because I have school in the morning. I'll try not to wait another two months to post again.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Donate blood
Last year I blogged about donating blood, how important I think it is, and why I love the Florida's Blood Centers. Well, I heard today on the radio that they are critically low on blood. If that's not reason enough for you to brave the needle and give a pint, they're also offering a $10 gas card for those who donate before July 20. Plus you earn punches toward Darden gift cards. So any of you living in Central Florida, go give some blood. You'll save lives and get some gas money. I know we are all busy and some of you aren't particularly fond of needles, but how often do you have the opportunity to save lives and get money, and all you need to give is maybe an hour of your day (depending on how busy) and a little bit of pain. Me, I'm going this Friday.
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