Today started out pretty chilly; we had been talking about riding the motorcycle down to Jefferson City to visit Cliff's cousin Edna in the hospital. She fell and broke her hip Tuesday. Anyhow, we decided against going, which was probably a good thing; I talked to her daughter today and found out Edna doesn't feel that great.
It warmed up enough to ride by noon. Since we like to have a destination when we ride, and because I'm a Facebook fan of Hiboy restaurant, I found a good deal: Buy one sandwich, get one free.
You need to understand that Hiboy has an eternal place in my heart because Cliff and I used to eat there when we were dating. He and his family lived about two blocks from Hiboy at the time.
After we were done with our Hiboy burgers, we headed to my cousin Betty's lovely country place. We always enjoy visiting with her and her husband. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of times on Uncle Leo's farm with Betty and my other cousins.
Russ and Betty have a couple of spoiled cats (I've blogged about them before).
They recently took the cats to the vet to have them neutered; because one of the cats had a problem with matted hair, the vet shaved him while he was there. Honestly, I laughed out loud when I saw him. And I'm pretty sure the cat told me how he felt about that, in no uncertain terms, with a very direct stare.
Sometimes you just have to see something to understand, so here's the cat:
Betty's other cat, the one you see in the background of the first picture, just loves attention and hangs around people as much as possible. My cousin and I were sitting at the picnic table visiting, and I noticed him all stretched out in the middle of the iris bed (I think it was an iris bed).
I don't want to own a cat, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying other people's cats.
While we're on the subject of pets, Sadie has been vomiting frequently for at least two weeks, and we'll be spending another bundle of money on her tomorrow. Wish her (and us) luck.
The grandson didn't find it easy to take the back off my phone, but he got it done. It just doesn't come off easily. Oh, and it doesn't slide; it has to be pulled off. I fed the boy a grilled cheese sandwich and some Sun Chips, and sent a quart of frozen chili home with him; that's all the payment he got.
This afternoon my cousin Betty called. She lives not far away, but we hadn't talked in awhile. She had a problem: Her computer wanted to do a Windows update this morning, so she clicked to allow that. Then her screen went blank. She figured since I know my way around the Internet, I might have a solution.
After I was done rolling on the floor laughing, I told her that when I have a problem like that, I take my computer to Radio Shack and they fix it for around $100. Hey, it's cheaper than a new computer.
We visited awhile, and got back on the subject of her computer.
"Say," I said, "have you turned it off?"
"How can I do that?" she answered.
Oh yeah, without the screen working, how would you go to start, shut down... etc.
"Well," I said, "I guess you'd have to shut it down by pushing the button you use to turn it on; I know that isn't the best way, but sometimes you have to. Be sure to hold it down for a few seconds."
"Oh," she exclaimed, "everything turned off!"
"OK, now turn it back on."
Would you believe her computer worked, once it was on again?
I feel like SUCH a geek. I'm the woman who goes crawling to her daughter whimpering, with the slightest little computer problem.
But I did learn one thing in my first year on the Internet: If all else fails, reboot. It's my mantra. I repeated it to Betty several times before we hung up.
