Yes, I’m still alive!
PHEW. Is it really March 9th already?! I don’t know what happened to the last two months, but I am totally exhausted. The past couple of weeks have been pretty ridiculously cruddy (family members in the hospital, jury duty, Evan away on a business trip, train outages, computer nightmares, work nightmares, conspicuously absent plumbers, etc.), and this weekend was just barely an improvement…and now it’s time to go back to work tomorrow. I need time off! I’m so tired and so behind on everything, which is the worst feeling.
In happy, non-whiny news, I have a new computer!!! YAYYYYY!!! We bought a 20″ iMac on Saturday, and then spent the next 24 hours struggling with wireless configurations. Ultimately, we’ve opted to return the problem-ridden Time Capsule we bought, and go back to our trusty AirPort Extreme. (Never, ever buy the first generation of anything Apple makes the first week it’s on the market. Never!)
It was well beyond time to replace the old Graphite iMac, which had been with me since 1999 (!!), and it’s extra super nice to have a second computer to accompany our MacBook, which is primarily sofa-bound. I do most of my heavy duty design stuff at work on a fancy Mac Pro machine, but an iMac suits my needs very well at home. I’m excited. The monitor feels so big!
I’m really, really tired, and it’s going to be another long week. Sleep-sleep-sleep-sleep-time.
p.s. Here’s Bruno on his birthday!
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firstly, glad to see you back & congratulations on the new addition to the family!. secondly, what a beautiful photo of E & bruno…love!.
thirdly, i feel for you with the stress of family members in hospital. i hope all is well now. last weekend P was in hospital for a while also & i felt so alone…..obviously all turned out ok but it was super stress time in brooklyn for me without a family ’support system’ ( ie: dog walkers! ).
i need to ask you a few questions about brewster, ny….if you know anything about the area?, i will send you a much owed email though.
Hope you love the new desktop. We ordered ours in the fall and are so happy to be PC free! Where did you get the desktop wallpaper from? I love it.
congrats on the new edition of the iMac (it looks fantastic!), you certainly deserve it. Happy birthday Bruno!
Wishing you good luck with the other stuff,
Peter
Congrats! I had that Graphite iMac, too, and miss it still (but not a whole lot).
Oooh, sorry you’re feeling so behind.
Congrats on the new computer, though! I like the keyboard, it looks really thin.
Congrats on your new computer! I hope everyone in your family is better soon! Can I ask what problems you had with the Time Capsule, as I was thinking of buying one soon!
Adam, the problem is that it doesn’t work! Seriously, read some of the threads about it on the Apple site — it’s a NIGHTMARE. If they eventually do some kind of OS or firmware upgrade that makes it functional, we’ll consider buying it then, but for now, UGH. Even when we had it working as a wireless router, the range was all of about 10 feet. Kind of defeats the purpose of wireless backups!
Thanks Anna for the info! I was just reading some info on the forums after reading your initial post, and it does seem like their are a lot of dissatisfied customers. I’m glad I read your post and investigated further before buying one. Hopefully they get the bugs fixed, I will have to watch the forum to see if they update the firmware in the future.
I think its good advice to not buy anything when it first comes out, Apple or not!
And what fun- I wish I had a desk/office area like yours!
First, glad yo survived a few crummy weeks.
Second, how could this be the first time I have seen your blog? I can’t believe I have been missing all this good stuff.
How can I get the Orla Kiely desktop wallpaper? Its fabulous!!
I made the Orla Kiely wallpaper using her multicolored stem pattern. Sarah and Jaime, if you let me know what size (pixel dimensions) you need it at for your monitors, I can send you a jpeg…
I can completely relate to feeling totally exhausted!!! This winter has just been so hard on everyone. I plan on taking a few vacation days this month to finish up some projects and just have a bit of r&r. I can’t wait!!!
Oooooo!!!! New computer! So nice!
hang in there, anna! and congrats on the new compu! i’m still on only my second very-own: a dual 1.25 ghz power pc. and MY GOD is this thing loud. always has been (design flaw in the fan or something). i’ve come to look at it as a white-noise feature… :P
love the orla background :) just got a new wallet in the multi-stem and i’m pretty excited about it.
I love the bruno photos and wish desperately to have a little dog. Unfortunately, my husband and our two cats would hate me forever and it wouldn’t be fair to the poor pup because we both work insane hours. More pictures of bruno cuteness, please!
Oh, you make me want to get a new mac.
Hi Anna, I hope you and yours are all happy and healthy once more. I have the same desktop wallpaper - made it myself too!! :-)
Hi Anna …
I missed your posts !
Glad your back and congrats on your new Mac !
glad you’re back!
i just hauled my MacBook off to get the harddrive replaced, as it failed after only 7 months– i lost all of my interior images and photos…i learned the hard way about backing up!!
congrats on the new computer…it’s almost like getting a new pet.
Lovely photo :)
glad you are back!
I would love a jpeg of the desktop wallpaper :)! Pixel dimension: 1024×768. Thank you so much!
Awesome! We love our new iMac… nice and user friendly!
Oh Anna, I have the same computer you do, so if you could fire a jpeg over it would be much appreciated. Love it!
Love your setup! I would also love a jpeg of the amazing wallpaper! My Mac’s dimensions are 1280×854. Thanks a bunch! :)
Happily stumbled upon your wonderful blog this weekend. I would also love a jpeg of the desktop wallpaper (1024×768) :)! Thank you so much!