For several weeks now my hubby and I have been discussing buying a new digital camera.  The one we’ve been using is falling apart - literally.  The door that holds the batteries in place has broken and we have to tape it shut.  And we lost the cord that attaches it to the computer to download the pictures, so now we have to use a memory card to insert into the camera, remove it and put it in the computer and then download the pictures from the memory card. 

That’s not that big a deal except that it is stored in the camera right beside the batteries, so when I want to get pictures off of the camera I have to untape it and then tape it up again.  It is only a 5 megapixel camera, which was top of the line when we bought it, but times have changed and we’d like a better one that doesn’t need to be taped together!  I don’t know if maybe the newer ones are easier on batteries, I sure hope so!  The camera we have now is only good for about a dozen pictures and then needs new batteries, which is a huge pain in the neck!

Anyway, we are going to be looking at a website to compare digital cameras to see which one is the best digital camera for our needs before we go out and buy one.  We know that we want a small one to make it easy to take with us when we go places, but we don’t know yet if we want a compact digital camera or an ultra compact digital camera.  I’d like to get the one that has the most megapixels and the most zoom, but it appears that the price of those are more money than we want to pay, so we have to decide which feature is most important to us.

Posted: July 5th, 2008 under Blogs, Business, Computers / Software, Entertainment/Fun, Family, Finances/Money, Internet, Life, Online, Shopping, Technology.
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My cousin and I like to exchange emails where we send links to humorous news stories that we find as we are browsing the Internet.  We like to try to “one up” each other when we can.  Well, today my cousin sent me the link to a story from the BBC website about a woman who saw a cat stranded up a tree and tried to rescue it by climbing the tree herself.  Well, the branch she was standing on broke off, and she became stranded herself!  The fire department had to be called to come out and rescue her with their ladder truck.  After all was said and done, the cat got out of the tree without any help at all!

Posted: July 2nd, 2008 under Computers / Software, Family, Internet, Life, News.
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My hubby enjoys playing video games when he gets the chance.  We have a PS 3, and a Wii that he uses most of the time.  He especially enjoys playing the games with his friends and relatives when they come over.  He wants to buy some more Wii games and some PS3 games to have on hand when he has friends over.

Today he told me that he found a website called Gamestoreusa that sells video games cheaper than he has been able to find anywhere else, and that he is going to be ordering a few games from them.  He wants to order the Wii Mario Party 8 game for when we have a party; he says that’s a great party game.  He also wants to order the Beowulf game for the PS3.  He’s not sure what else he’ll be ordering, but I’m sure he’ll find several games to buy!

Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Blogs, Business, Entertainment/Fun, Family, Internet, Life, Shopping, Technology.
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My hubby has decided that he wants to look into treadmills and cardio machines.  Living in Northern New England has its disadvantages sometimes - we have long cold winters and that is not very conducive to getting outside to exercise.  Since my hubby is diabetic and has high cholesterol, his doctor has been encouraging him to get more exercise.  I’ve suggested that he start his search by checking out the treadmillsguru.com webpage for reviews on treadmills.

Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Blogs, Business, Family, Health, Internet, Life, Online, Shopping, Technology.
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Well, this weekend was an overcast, damp, rainy weekend.  We had thought about going to camp, but it just is not very much fun when the weather is bad, so we decided to stay home instead.  So it was a rather lazy weekend, but we did go to the State Museum on Saturday.  We were thinking about going to the movies on Sunday, but my hubby developed a migraine headache so we ended up staying home and just spending a quiet day with the shades drawn and the noise level as low as we could keep it.

So while my hubby was recovering from his migraine I popped some microwave popcorn and watched The Princess Bride tape that I got as a gift years ago.  That is one of my favorite movies, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it!

Posted: June 30th, 2008 under Blogs, Entertainment/Fun, Family, Health, Life, Travel.
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