I'm starting a new day again, since it looks like you've all gone to bed. I didn't want this to get lost in the shuffle before I wake up in the morning.
Things are better here -- all laundry is done, except dh's underwear load -- this is the week for the towel marathon, so we'll be folding a lot of underwear tomorrow, LOl... and then dgd's ballgame tomorrow night.
DH's surgery is now scheduled -- Feb. 26. No one seemed concerned that he wanted to put it off till then, so we are trusting that is not waiting too long and allowing the mass to grow or spread.
DDIL told him she already asked to be off for most of that week, so if we needed her, she could help. That will also lighten the childcare load for them, if she knows she is not working, so WE won't feel bad that they are short-handed. Although she said she would make sure someone took the kids to school on the surgery day, so she and ds could be with us at the hospital.
(All this PREPARATION makes dh a little bit more nervous.)
I have not cuop and I hope y'all will all forgive me. DGS has been here all day, I've been busy with dh and this darn laundry and ironing, plus it's been a full afternoon on the phone --->
Computer.
Phone call to AT&T cleared out the password problem. New modem is still "reading" old password. Network name and password as printed on the present modem is not accurate. Tech gave me the correct ones and all is well as far as CONNECTION.
NEW PROBLEM -- * LadyM, are you here? * Laptop is running Windows 7 and only wants to use Internet Explorer for a browser. Even with that, some websites will not show up. "Unable to show this page," or some such message. Every Time.
LONG time on phone with AOL tech. He could not get aol or firefox to load. Says it may be the old Windows and nothing really I can do about it unless I upgrade to a newer Windows version. There is a CD drive on the laptop, so if I could get a version that would be compatible, I could download it to a disc and * maybe? * install it?
At this point, it seems the Chromebook would work, but I still have the save to flash drive problem that was bothering me, and I just feel more comfortable with the laptop after having tried it.
Any suggestions here -- where I might find a usable version of Windows, OR a usable version of some browser?
Sigh. Technology is such a mixed blessing.
Hopefully, I will get a chance tomorrow to be more of a contributing member of this village.