I suppose Eric heard me complaining about my “computer freezing” one time too many.  I came into the office to find this…

That’s his jacket.  To “warm” it up.  My smart-assalec kids.

The weird thing though?  It hasn’t frozen once since then.

So many times I’ve yelled that my computer is toast and told it to go to hell…maybe I was on the right track.  I know it will be a cold day in hell if this computer ever functions properly again.

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As an added bonus, you get to see my Halloween cactus in bloom.  Yes, I said Halloween.  I had a big, beautiful cactus for many years that was always in full bloom on October 31.  So we no longer refer to this particular species as a Christmas cactus.  I just received this plant a few days ago so haven’t had a chance to screw up its bloom cycle yet.

(No need to comment about the instructions to keep it blooming in December, like putting it in a dark, cold room at night.  Plants in this house consider themselves lucky when I remember to water them.  And half the time I don’t even put myself in a dark room at night…if I crash on the couch.