Month: November 2011

If you know us, we are a die-hard PC family. Jeremy worked for years at AMD which supplies chips to only PC makers and I feel like Apple has advertised it’s way into people’s hearts, making them spend more $ than they need to on computer equipment. I don’t like it that Apple feels a little cult-like and the long lines that form outside an Apple store on the day something is released just makes me uncomfortable to think that there is nothing better to do than to wait in the cold and dark for a little shiny object.

Anyways, all this doesn’t mean we aren’t immune to the allure (we did buy an Apple TV for Edda, which was one of the best birthday gifts ever for her), especially when you have a little brother who always happens to be an early Apple adopter.

Donald surprised us with his old MacMini when he upgraded, which Jeremy promptly added to our little electronic family, Lifehackering it into a little space underneath the kitchen cabinets. As cosmic computer karma would have it, that same night the MacMini came on board, one of our PC laptops died. Sigh.
 

Halloween was a success (of course). How could is not be a success? Actually, at the dinner table last night, we were trying to think of costumes which would top the bacon/egg combo and we don’t really have any good ideas. Jeremy told me that I need to revel in my success as costume-maker and not immediately worry about what I have to do to next year. I took only one photo of the trick-or-treat mayhem – we had the dogs with us and ran into many neighbors which meant that I had to be on the lookout for poop/other dogs/Vince running away with his pals/Edda not being too cold or unhappy. Anyways, my one photo has both the bacon and egg (and chef and a wizard friend) framed in the light of a doorway. Not too shabby.

Our annual sort – KitKat is the clear winner. Jeremy’s favorite, SweetTarts, had a poor showing.

I am in bed with Edda on Halloween night.  This is her “real” costume.  I was still sewing it as of yesterday morning.  We made it down the block so we could show off our themed costume of bacon, egg and chef to a few of our neighbors.  Now Vince and Jeremy are out on the massive candy run.  Vince plotted out the route this morning on Google maps.  I wonder if they will make it home before nine.