Five on Friday...

...and I think I'll be happy just to make it through the day.  This week has been rough.  Or as my fabulous herd o'dachshunds would say, RUFF!  As always, I'm linking up with the lovely April.

I shared with you all that Comcast was supposed to upgrade me to X1 last week.  Well, something didn't go to plan and the service guy didn't have the parts we needed.  So we went without cable until Wednesday afternoon.  It was painful.  I thought I could live off of Netflix alone and I was wrong! Ha. Everything is install now and it's this fun combination of trying to figure out how it works and excited to try new features.

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I am seriously contemplating making the jump from Blogger to WordPress.  Have any of you made the leap and either A. can't believe you waited this long or B. wish you could go back?  I need help making a decision!

As I mentioned at the top of my post, this week has been rough.  A lot of it centers around things going on at the rescue, that I can't talk about.  At least, not yet.  But it's quickly pointing out who I can depend on for support...or not.

If anyone can say a quick prayer, or think good thoughts for this sweet girl, I'd appreciate it.  Raven the daughter of one of my good friends and she is having surgery today.  She's just entering her teen years and is already a national elite cheerleader!

Have any of you discovered Lip Sync Battle yet?  It's on Spike, which I view as a channel more geared towards men...but I heard about the show and just had to check it out.  Now I DVR it every week.  On a bad day, nothing makes you smile like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson lip syncing "Shake it Off"!

Dear (Fill in the blank)...

You're all OK with a few random notes, right?!  OK!  Let's proceed!



Dear Marketing Directors,
Yes, my birthday is this week.  Yes, I did willingly a sign-up for birthday perks (OK, I remember signing up for most of them, but a few just came out of nowhere!) and appreciate even automated recognition of my birthday.  However, why do you all want me to visit ON MY BIRTHDAY?!  There's no way I'm hitting Cold Stone Creamery, BGood, Panera Bread, Starbucks, and Baskin-Robins within a few days of my birthday!  Can you do me a favor and consider making birthday perks good for two weeks or a month?!

Please and thank you,
The girl who wants her free birthday perks

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Dear Comcast,
Somehow, I don't think it's funny that I lose wi-fi if I'm more than 10-15 feet away from the router.  It kind of defeats the purpose of wi-fi, don't ya think?!  Your customer support team suggesting that we upgrade to faster service isn't going to help either.  Just sayin'.

Thanks,
The lady who would like to watch TV and blog at the same time

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Dear Beach-going people,
PLEASE, for all that is holy - STOP going in the water for a few weeks!  Or at least don't be so shocked that there are shark attacks.  Sharks live in. the. ocean.  We're in their territory!  I acknowledge that the sharks are more active this year.  But I'm not the only one that has seen the reports of shark sightings, right?

Sincerely,
Someone who doesn't want more "breaking news" of shark attacks

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Dear Puppers,
I think that my insomnia has officially rubbed off on you.  Your desire to go out at 2, 3:30 and 4:30 each morning is cutting into the few hours of sleep that I usually get.  I'll work on my insomnia issues if you'll work on yours.

Woofs,
A very tired dogmom

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Dear Mother Nature,
As us New Englanders say - it is "wicked humid out".  It's a nightmare for asthmatics. I know it's summer, and I'll curtail my complaints about the heat if you'll meet me half-way and scale back the humidity.

Thanks,
Someone who prefers not to wheeze every time I leave air conditioning


Do you have any letters to share?



P.S. Don't forget to enter my Jamberry giveaway.  It ends Friday at midnight.  :-)

A Month of Thanks....Day Four

OK...I think I might be failing at this whole "blogging on a schedule" thing.  But I'm trying!

Today I'm thankful for computers.  Not only do they give me (indirectly) a job {It would be really hard to be a Social Media Manager w/o using a computer!}, but so many of my friends and family are spread across the country.  Lots of my favorite people "live" in the computer!

Obviously a stock photo.  We all know I can't sit down without being covered in dachshunds!

New computer...

After months of using my work computer (Shh, don't tell them!) for my personal use, I bit the bullet and bought a laptop of my own.

I took a poll of my family and friends, and after some VERY passionate responses - decided to go with my gut instinct and bought a Dell. Luckily, my company has a corporate discount through Dell, saving me a good chunk of money. :-) However, I'm probably telling you something you already know; DAMN, COMPUTERS KEEP GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE!!!!

I placed this laptop order on February 5th. Wanna guess when my computer showed up??? YESTERDAY! Not only are they charging me an arm and a leg - but it took forever to get it too.

Alright, I'll quit whining! In Dell's defense - my computer is BEAUTIFUL and everything I wanted. :-) It's lightweight, and fast, and has the new computer smell...hahahaha. At the time, I really wanted a pink computer - but now I'm glad I fought that urge and got a pretty blue one with retro 50's doodles.

What kind of computer do you have? And more importantly - if you had to buy a new one RIGHT NOW - would you buy the same thing?