Thanks, Don and Everyone, Yes, I always turn the surge protector on before plugging in the little black box, and then I plug in my laptop. Then, when I start unplugging, I unplug my laptop first, and then turn off the surge protector, or USP, depending on where I am working with my computer, then unplug the little black box.from the surge protector or USP. I let the battery run down last night_well, this morning I should say. UGH!!! I was working until 3:30AM. I really need to stop that. I'll have my days and nights mixed up :o) It took Mike longer to do what he had to do for work, last night, so he is finishing up his project this morning. He said it will probably take hiim most of the morning. With him on our Internet access, I don't know if it will be today, or tomorrow that I send THE MANUAL to those who requested it again. Still need to hear back from Tia Reinhold? Did you want to be included in the emailing? And, did the rest, who were having problems opening THE MANUAL sections, finally get them opened? The only thing I can think of, that would cause you not to be able to open them, is you don't have Microsoft Word, in which case, Brenda sent that URL to go to so that you can download that free version of Word. The only other reason might be that it got corrupted in the sending, and I will just have to send it again to you :o) Just let me know. As I said, I don't mind sending it again and again. And, if that special URL didn't come through to you, let me know and I'll send that again. Once again, Brenda, thank you so much for letting us know about that place where you can download that free version of Microsoft Word. Mike just peeked in from the kitchen, and told me about that place Brenda sent. We have Word 2003, so it should work with the version they have at that place. You might have to wait a few seconds for it to open, but it does open eventually. Anyway, anyone needing it sent, just let me know, and I'll email it to you. I have Barb and Pam on my list so far for this sending. Hope I didn't miss anyone who requested it. For those of you who did already get it, before printing it out, you might want to check the spacing. When I went in to check on a recipe, this morning, I noticed the recipes had shifted a little in the spacing between each recipe, making some spaces between the recipes, bigger, or none at all. Whenever I have to print out something, I always check the spacing first. And, even then, it shifts at times, after I have checked to make sure the spacing is perfect. Wonder why it does that at times? Oh well, it does, and there is nothing you can do about it, except check it and hope for it not to shift, when you hit that print button :o) It's 3 degrees here, but I have gotten so many reports of lots of folks in the midwest being at a natural way below zero, and never reaching zero for a few days. It's very weird, but this old house is warmer now that it is colder, than it is when it is closer to the freezing mark. Mike said it's probably because the heat stays on with it being this cold, instead of cycling off and on, all day. He also said that we need to get a thermometer that sits farther away from the house, because he thinks our house lets the heat escape where we have ours near the window. It is registering single digits, but not as cold as it really is outside. We're sure this old house is leaking heat, even if we only have it set at 60 downstairs, and 62 upstairs. At least the wind isn't blowing through the big 24 pane window, right next to me, over the little double doors, where they use to bring the caskets in and out of these old house, for viewings. Wish I could remember what those little double doors were called back in the 1800s. I can't wait until we can start working on the inside of the house_once we have the outside all sealed up, as much as you CAN seal up a big old house. Then maybe the air won't come pouring through as much. Well, better get moving here. Mike will want the Internet connection soon. Have a great rest of the weekend. I'll be checking one more time before I start sending THE MANUAL, after Mike is finished working. Take care and stay warm! Hugs from Columbia, Lynn PS And thanks once again for being so patient in explaining some of thesee things to me, regarding the computer and battery. I have learned something new. It figures, Kath got a manual with her Toshiba laptop, but I didn't get any with my Dell_go figure. Had to go out and buy a VISTA book, but there are things not in there, that I wish were. Don in AZ wrote: When you unplug your laptop from the wall and the little box with the computer turned off that normally does not run the battery down. If you are using it running on battery and the battery gets low and needs charging, the computer will beep or tell you some other way that it needs to be charged. You can then plug it in and it will charge. It is best to plug it into the wall outlet first and then the computer, as the transformer in the little box will absorb the surge instead of your computer getting the surge applied to it.

Hi All and Happy New Year! I just wanted to share an exciting update in our family! On December 19th my daughter-in-law presented us with twin girls! They're preemies, born at 30 weeks, but both are doing superbly! They'll stay in the NICU probably for another month [around their due date] but neither have had any significant issues since birth. It's so nice for them to have names, too - the "Baby A" and "Baby B" was getting old - LOL. "Baby B" was the "runt" and wasn't growing as well as her sister. For some reason, the doctors felt they would do better outside of Mom back on Dec 19th - and I think they were correct. At 2 lbs 7 oz and 14-3/4 ins "Baby A", Alexis Kathleen, was born and at 2 lbs 1 oz and 14 ins "Baby B", Chloe Linnea, was born. Both appear to be thriving. Alexis is now over 3 lbs! They are not identical and I can still tell the difference between them, but I think that will soon change as Chloe catches up to her sister's weight. Just wanted to share our exciting news with my friends on this list. Linnea

Hi Linnea: Oh how wonderful. God Bless you and the whole family, You all have been twice blessed! Beautiful names too!!! Hugs, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linnea Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:25 AM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Family Update > Hi All and Happy New Year! > > I just wanted to share an exciting update in our family! On December > 19th my daughter-in-law presented us with twin girls! They're > preemies, born at 30 weeks, but both are doing superbly! They'll stay > in the NICU probably for another month [around their due date] but > neither have had any significant issues since birth. It's so nice for > them to have names, too - the "Baby A" and "Baby B" was getting old - > LOL. "Baby B" was the "runt" and wasn't growing as well as her > sister. For some reason, the doctors felt they would do better > outside of Mom back on Dec 19th - and I think they were correct. At 2 > lbs 7 oz and 14-3/4 ins "Baby A", Alexis Kathleen, was born and at 2 > lbs 1 oz and 14 ins "Baby B", Chloe Linnea, was born. Both appear to > be thriving. Alexis is now over 3 lbs! They are not identical and I > can still tell the difference between them, but I think that will > soon change as Chloe catches up to her sister's weight. Just wanted > to share our exciting news with my friends on this list. > > Linnea > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Many congrats to you & the parents of the twins, Linnea. What beautiful names too! And I noticed that your name is in there too! So very cool! Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linnea Miller" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:25:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [PD-LIFE] Family Update Hi All and Happy New Year! I just wanted to share an exciting update in our family! On December 19th my daughter-in-law presented us with twin girls! They're preemies, born at 30 weeks, but both are doing superbly! They'll stay in the NICU probably for another month [around their due date] but neither have had any significant issues since birth. It's so nice for them to have names, too - the "Baby A" and "Baby B" was getting old - LOL. "Baby B" was the "runt" and wasn't growing as well as her sister. For some reason, the doctors felt they would do better outside of Mom back on Dec 19th - and I think they were correct. At 2 lbs 7 oz and 14-3/4 ins "Baby A", Alexis Kathleen, was born and at 2 lbs 1 oz and 14 ins "Baby B", Chloe Linnea, was born. Both appear to be thriving. Alexis is now over 3 lbs! They are not identical and I can still tell the difference between them, but I think that will soon change as Chloe catches up to her sister's weight. Just wanted to share our exciting news with my friends on this list. Linnea ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message