Valentine's Past.
Feb. 15th, 2007 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolphins_logJuli and I had a wonderful Valentine's Day. I got up a bit before she did, under the pretense of getting her a latte. I sneaked a card out of my side drawer and left it next to her pillow while she slept. Then I sneaked her two large balloons, traditional large box-o-chocolates and another card out of the garage and arranged them on the mantle by the fire.
After I got back from the coffee shop I found she hadn't moved, still asleep. So I let her sleep.
She was quite happy when she woke up.
She had to fight her computer to get my Amazon wish list. In the end I put her on my computer and started work on hers. She sneaked out of the house with the cryptic shout "Okay, I'm sneaking out! Don't watch me! Love you!"
Working on her computer: The problem was that she couldn't surf. Any website she tried to get to would cause IE7 to freeze up. I finally had a look at her add-ons. [Those are the programs that want to run while you're running your browser, things like the Google or Yahoo task bar, or in my case, the Canon Easy Web Printer.]
My GoD! She was drowning in add-ons! They were literally swamping the computer. I disabled ALL of them. For what Juli does on the computer she didn't need a single one. Now she is a very fast surfer and a very happy camper.
We went to Anthony's in Gig Harbor a little early. They managed to get us seated a half hour before our reservations. Very nice. Juli had her Valentine's Day traditional Fillet Mignon, with a Chardonnay. I would have had my traditional Halibut dinner but for the first time in all of our Valentine's dinners since 1992, Halibut was not available. So I had some wonderful Sauteed Scallops with a Fume Blanc. We finished it off with a Chocolate Mouse.
I gave her the last card I had, one that sang quietly enough where she couldn't hear it in the restaurant. [I was tempted to get her the one that shouted "Whoo! I Feel Good! badda badda badda bamp!" but decided that would be mean.] then I gave her the bracelet. She was very happy.
She gave me the latest U2 CD "18 Singles".
It was a good day.
After I got back from the coffee shop I found she hadn't moved, still asleep. So I let her sleep.
She was quite happy when she woke up.
She had to fight her computer to get my Amazon wish list. In the end I put her on my computer and started work on hers. She sneaked out of the house with the cryptic shout "Okay, I'm sneaking out! Don't watch me! Love you!"
Working on her computer: The problem was that she couldn't surf. Any website she tried to get to would cause IE7 to freeze up. I finally had a look at her add-ons. [Those are the programs that want to run while you're running your browser, things like the Google or Yahoo task bar, or in my case, the Canon Easy Web Printer.]
My GoD! She was drowning in add-ons! They were literally swamping the computer. I disabled ALL of them. For what Juli does on the computer she didn't need a single one. Now she is a very fast surfer and a very happy camper.
We went to Anthony's in Gig Harbor a little early. They managed to get us seated a half hour before our reservations. Very nice. Juli had her Valentine's Day traditional Fillet Mignon, with a Chardonnay. I would have had my traditional Halibut dinner but for the first time in all of our Valentine's dinners since 1992, Halibut was not available. So I had some wonderful Sauteed Scallops with a Fume Blanc. We finished it off with a Chocolate Mouse.
I gave her the last card I had, one that sang quietly enough where she couldn't hear it in the restaurant. [I was tempted to get her the one that shouted "Whoo! I Feel Good! badda badda badda bamp!" but decided that would be mean.] then I gave her the bracelet. She was very happy.
She gave me the latest U2 CD "18 Singles".
It was a good day.
