Dec. 28th 2009

I didn’t do much yesterday except for watching football and trying to set up my computer to be able to copy VHS tapes and LPs to DVDs and CDs.  The old programs I had before don’t seem to work with Windows-7.  I guess that is one disadvantage to trying to stay current with the latest operating systems but then they tell you that your computer security is not up to date if you don’t stay current.  Maybe it is just a way to make you buy new software and updates.  I guess it worked on me.

Basketball and Football were good yesterday with both the Spurs and the Cowboys winning.  The Spurs are looking better and the Cowboys are in the playoffs with a chance to win their division next week.

This morning I went out for my walk and found these budding cactus again.  I haven’t seen them for a long time.  I call them Gerlinde’s cactus because the first time I saw them was the day that I got the news that Gerlinde had passed away.  Maybe it is fitting that they are rare and you don’t find them very often.  Gerlinde was rare and you certainly don’t find many like her very often.  RIP