It's Astartemeister...Makin' The Copies....

I think I'm finally finished copying all the files I need off of my poor dinosaur of a laptop. Just to give you an idea, it took easily twice as long to copy the files onto the usb drive as it did to download them onto the new machine. Phew. All the photos made it, where the Ancient One wouldn't turn on at all, but after some juggling and holding the power cord in a certain position, I managed to get everyone speaking to each other again for one last time.

The only reason I may have to go back into it is because, get this - not only does Microsoft Office no longer come in the full version out-of-the-box, it also doesn't come with Microsoft Money, so I had to go out and pick up a new version of Quicken (which is what we actually use). No problem, right? I got home to install it, and - surprise!! - the basic version I bought doesn't have the capability to read information from earlier Quicken files! I'll have to upgrade for that, which the program was supposed to helpfully tell me to do when it opened. Nope, and nope. I saw plenty of places on the webside to purchase full versions of things, but none where I could just upgrade to a point where I could read all my previous information. I ask you, why should I have to pay for the privilege of having the software talk to ITSELF, anyway?!?! Is this the high school version of software, where the older, more advanced programs won't deign to speak with the freshmen unless paid first?! ARGH! So, I have copied the necessary files, and am going to attempt to get the program to read it, but if that doesn't work, I'll have to do some manual entry. Sheesh. Then, in 60 days, I'll have to go out and shell out the dough for Vista. SHEESH!

That having been said, I heart my new laptop!!! The shiny keys are so smooth, and the touchpad is glossy and smooth. It runs so much faster than even DH's work computer, and I actually even like Vista thus far. We'll see.

I went to the grocery store today, so tomorrow's post will be a grocery roundup. It wasn't great today - we were having yet another blustery day, and my coupon clip dropped and a bunch of my coupons blew away!!!!!! I said many bad words. Still, the deed is done, and will be duly reported tomorrow. I know you all wait with baited breath.