DH has been using miad for the past 6 nonths or so since his 6th used laptop from eBay in 2 years died... So today he comes into the office and tells me iPad is dead - won't charge, or turn on. I test this out too. reaching the same conclusion.
I call the Apple store in O town and find out the next appointment isn't till Friday at least. The person did tell me about some local places - but didn't know their schedules.
Just on Sunday I worked through a joint budget. I'd put $200 in computer replacement category. Knowing how both DH and I like to be on the computer, I didn't relish the thought of however long it would take for an appointment to even find out if this is fixable or not.
So ... I told DH - let's get you a Chromebook. We'd looked into them before, but had put off getting one. We bought him a 15" Chromebook at Walmart for $179 plus a $40 2 year warranty. Normally I wouldn't go for that ... but DH is tough on computers.
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I added an offer to my Aexpress card to spend $75 at chewy.com and get back $25. Then I went to chewy and ordered 160 lbs of cat litter and 48 lbs of cat food. The total came to $102.
I then added "autoship" for 16 weeks from now to get $15 off. Which brought me to $87. Once I have the $25 credit, my order will cost a measly $62. This will also add rewards dollars to my account - I ave 14 sitting in Limbo until I reach 25 and can cash out.
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DH took me to see Finding Dory on Thursday. Loved the movie, but loved even more that DH took me to a movie he didn't really want to see in the theater.
We were hit with sticker shock though ... unwittingly we chose seats when asked what we wanted. I thought I heard the guy say that'd be $25.50 but was sure I was hearing things. I wasn't. Apparently we chose premium seats. Shows how long its been since we've been to a movie ... yikes!
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I spent some time today cleaning the hardwood flooring and living room carpet. Most of what needed cleaning was dried cat upchuck. I'd been dreading it and putting it off ... but when it came to it, the swiffer type mop and floor cleaning spray left by the former homeowner, made it pretty easy (relatively). Hopefully DH will notice when he gets home tomorrow ... 
I need to get some more of that spray stuff!
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I'm in charge of the food drive at work this year. I set up three fundraisers, as well as putting out the barrels. A guessing jar, a team challenge to "feed the pig" and selling casual day tickets. To say its not going well would be an understatement.
Oh well. I tried.
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Did I mention that the dog is gone? 
For almost a week now. His owner paid us the $300 he'd said he would, and said he'd reimburse us for the $150 in meds. Waiting.
That first day I walked in and was only greeted by cats ... heaven.
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Ok, I'm going to get a walk in before heading to bed. Hopefully I won't run into any fireworks.
Dead iPad :( Updates
July 5th, 2016 at 01:36 am
July 5th, 2016 at 03:52 pm 1467733930
July 5th, 2016 at 11:40 pm 1467762044
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMGaO63zI0
Is the Swiffer mop cleaner fluid container refillable? There are several home made, effective products for laminate floors. If you have a hand held [or larger] steamer, it is the fastest, easiest, no chemical, tool in the clean-up line-up.
July 6th, 2016 at 01:06 am 1467767180
Snafu - the mop isn''t really a swiffer mop where you have a bottle of liquid attached. I just wasn't sure how to describe it - it's not one of those mops with lots of long pieces of cloth that you wring out after getting wet, or like one of those cheap mops with just a stick and a pad ... it's maybe called a dry mop??? or dust mop?? But anyway, the cleaning solution comes in a spray bottle - looks like the price tag is $10 on it.
It got the dried on stuff off the hardwood laminate floor so easily. There were only a couple spots I really had to scrub.
But yes, if you have a homemade solution that's safe for hardwood laminate, I'd go for it!
July 7th, 2016 at 11:02 am 1467889369
I will be looking at replacing the carpet in my rental condo in the near future, and I'm also curious about alternative flooring out there. Carpet does not last long in a rental, it seems.