New Monitor

I got myself a relatively new (new to me) 17" CRT monitor from a surplus shop. I would have preferred an lcd monitor but I don't have the budget for it right now. It's more fun to view sites with a bigger screen. My kids enjoy the better the graphics in the games they are playing online.

Now, if my 15" monitor will be fixed, as well as my husband's 17" CRT monitor, there will be 2 extra monitors here at home. What are we supposed to do with the extra monitors? They are more likely to end up as dust collectors so we're planning to either sell or give them away to our church.

I'm in a sort of vacation mode right now after acting as a surrogate mother for my niece for a week. I still do some odd jobs here and there but I have more free time now to do some household chores and play Scrabble on the computer. Hopefully by next week I'll land myself a new online job. I don't want to get too lazy.

"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 6:10-11

Out Of Whack

I'm trying to make this post in a rush. My computer monitor is flickering again and I don't know if I'll be able to whack it to obedience (again) or it will completely do what it wants to do (compress my view to about a third of the screen). Without my precious monitor, I won't be able to accept online work, write posts to my blogs, surf the web, play games or simply chat or read emails. Waahh...

I already called a computer repair shop and I was told if I'll bring my monitor right away, I could have it back in a week's time. A week of forced online absence? A week of no work and earning? Waahh...

The other alternative is for me to buy a new monitor but I'm hesitant to shell out the money because I know that the problem with my monitor is someting that could be fixed. How do I know it's curable? Well, it still responds to my whacks, doesn't it? It just needs to be whacked more times than before and my hands end up hurting. Waahh...

My husband tells me it could simply be a problem of a coil getting loose. Yeah... simple, but nobody at home can fix it. Sigh...

What's the use of a computer if you have no monitor? What's the use of having an Internet connection if you don't have a monitor?

I'm using a 15" CRT monitor right now, maybe I can get myself a bigger one. Hmm... now that's something I could look forward to.