i'm so sorry for the lengthy pause. i don't think i'm a great blogger. there is a complicating factor in this delay. my computer breathed its last breath last weekend....or so i thought. it gave me a screen that would not move and i took it to a computer hospital. they estimated it would cost anywhere from $150-200. i have already replaced the harddrive twice in its 5.5 year life. at this point, i figured it wasn't worth the extra cost to fix it yet again. so i have been e-mail-less for the last week.
if you know me much at all, you know that i don't like spending money just to spend it. i have spent the past week mulling....mulling over the cost of a new computer and the merits of a dell vs. a mac. i'll admit that i was pulled toward the mac. it is a nice looking computer and the technology is top notch. i also like the fact that there are the opportunities for less viruses. the dell is the practical choice. it is definitely cheaper and would provide me with everything that i needed. after many, many opinions i decided to get a dell yesterday. i thought i was a better steward of my money with that choice. i couldn't justify the additional money for the mac. i just can't believe it is going to last at least 2-3 years more. the day i get inspired by graphic design i will go to a mac though!
so i went to church with the Alfords and Olvin today. olvin is from honduras and goes to school at university of houston. he is great. i decided to offer him my old computer---i figured if someone could fix it, he could pass it on to someone at home that might need the computer at The Micah Project. (it is a great organization by the way!!) i brought it to him and with a couple buttons and maybe 5 minutes he had it up and running again. for about a minute i was frustrated that i had just purchased a new computer yesterday---but i just thought it was so funny. i'm so happy to be giving a computer that works decently well to someone that needs it!
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