Here I Sit

Here I sit, in the comfortable oversized chair in the livingroom, typing away on my new laptop. I was on the desktop PC earlier today, making my pennies from PTC sites and such, as is my norm for the day. Now I have dragged my bony butt into this chair to give it some much needed relief. The nurses at the hospital would be happy to see me doing this. They complained that I am just too bony on my backsides and my spine and I really shouldn't be sitting in a chair for so many hours per day.
Speaking of making pennies, I realize that most people think that clicking ads and writing blogs and social networking sites that pay you a few pennies per day are not worth the hassle or the time, but they are wrong. Being on a fixed and low income as I am, every penny is a true blessing. In the past six months or so I have now paid for two desktop PCs and this laptop, something I never would have been able to do otherwise. While I know that i did not get top of the line computers, they are all refurbished ones, I also know that I am happy with them all and that is what counts. Sure I'd love to have a computer with 4 Gigs of memory and a TB hard drive and all the bells and whistles. Who wouldn't? If I had that kind of money though I am certain it would be used paying bills and feeding the family instead. So, I do with what I can afford and that's that.
This laptop has one gig of memory and that is enough for the things I do online. I don't play WOW or other high graphic programs or games so I really don't need that much memory. I also have a RAM booster program so that helps some too. I am writing this blog on the laptop and it isn't running slow so what else can I ask for?
Today is a great day!

Hooray!

Just finished buying a new desktop :) Okay, so it is not brand spanking new, it is refurbished. But, hey, it was $120 and shipping was free!




Here is what it has:
Intel Pentium 4 - 3.2 GHZ Processor
1 GB (1024 MB) RAM Memory
40 GB Hard Drive
10/100 High Speed Internet/Network Port
High Speed DVD-ROM
and the usual ports and whatnot that come with a computer.
Basically this is the same system of the HP computer that died on me so I am happy with that. I am very happy with the price!
It should be here I figure in about a week. It's shipped from Kentucky by UPS Ground so I'm fairly certain my time frame is correct.

In the meantime, I still have to use this laptop which is kind of slow but still better than nothing. Last night, after fiddling around awhile, I did manage to get the LAN to work on the laptop so the DSL speed is twice what wireless is so that will help too.
I am very happy and excited!!

Oh Oh!

I am using the laptop that I bought for my wife these days. It is incredibly slow and has some difficulty loading pages as well as programs. But, it is better than nothing at all, I guarantee that :)
The desktop computer has bitten the dust. I tried to fix an older desktop but I managed to fry that one :( Fired it up and smelled something burning. That's not good at all.
So, here I am, typing away on this small laptop. The keyboard and my fingers do not seem all that compatible, especially if typing in a hurry which I usually am.
I did find a very nice desktop on Ebay that I want to buy. It's basically the same as the desktop that has died. One gig of RAM and a 40 Gig hard drive. And it is fairly reasonable, only $120 with free shipping.
All I have to do is figure out how to get my PayPal account to let me spend my money. I have no bank account and no credit cards. I bought a gift card and am hoping to get that to work long enough for me to buy the new computer. Time will tell.
In the meantime, I am using this with roughly half a meg of memory. Slowly but surely I get online and do what I need to do.