I've spent the last ten days working on a to do list. Every time I check something off, I seem to add three more things to replace it. Lots of these things are like a housekeeping list for my writing life and not so much setting goals. I'm getting around to the goal thing, but not yet.
Housekeeping involves some things such as:
* Adding up tax info for my husband to do the taxes. Not that I'm making big money or taking big deductions, but it still has to be done.
* I spent an entire afternoon changing all my email addresses I use to sign in at various sites, personal and professional, to my gmail address. I had been using the gmail and two different verizon addresses. All gmail now. You never know when you might change internet providers and then I'll want to be rid of those Verizon accounts.
* I schedule a number of guests on this blog for the next few months. I want to help them with their promotion and hopefully they'll return the favor.
* I've been investigating security programs for my computers. I need to renew my Norton or buy something else today. Haven't decided yet.
* I'm working with my niece, my intrepid cover artist for the fourth and final book in The Futhark Chronicles series. It's with my editor now. Love that Gina.
* I'm catching up on some writing articles and magazines I have stacked on my desk. I'm always looking for something that will make me a better writer.
* I'm also getting back into the swing of blogging three times per week and visiting more blogs everyday.
So my desk looks a little neater. Now if only blogger would fix itself so I can upload pictures. I have my new camera and all these pictures I took to use here, and blogger is being difficult.
So what housecleaning chores did you have to do lately for your writing business? Any security program you recommend over the others? Do you use numerous email addresses?
Showing posts with label Norton Security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norton Security. Show all posts
Friday, January 11, 2013
Friday, September 9, 2011
Can't Get There From Here
The phrase, 'can't get there from here,' is a running joke in our family. But over the course of the last few days it has become reality. I live in central PA where we had a flash flood on Wednesday bringing nearly six inches of rain to our locale in a few hours time followed by another four inches over night into Thursday.
Wednesday got ugly really quick and our school tried to send the students home early. Teachers were asked to stay in case the buses had to return before delivering their students. Lots of buses did return and by the time I helped check all those frightened kids in, the roads had flooded enough that I couldn't get home either. After about three hours, the flash flood eased off enough for some roads to clear and I made it home to a flooded basement. Then the real flood started and overflowed the creeks and again inundated the roads again. For more than a day, we couldn't go anywhere. We really couldn't get 'there' from here.
Now two days after the flood, many roads are still closed, schools are closed and some areas are going to get worse as the flood moves unto the Susquehanna River. But my basement is nearly dry. I've washed the floor with bleach again and cleaned the baseboards with mildew cleaner. It even smells nice. Some roads are open again so we can go to the store if need be. We can get 'there' again.
So after cleaning the basement floor, I propped my feet up and opened my laptop to visit some more Insecure Writer Blogs, and low and behold, MY LAPTOP HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A VIRUS! AGAIN!!! This one is my work computer so I can't download any programs such as a security feature. It relies on what they've installed on it. So for the second time in as many months, I can't get to the internet on my laptop. Can't get there from here.
So I'm back on my trusty old desktop, a little slow, but protected by Norton. It's too slow to visit all the blogs I wanted to today so I'm sorry I won't get to meet all those Insecure Writers just yet.
What do you think is the best security program to protect your computer with? I have to get something different on my personal laptop this time. Did you ever pickup a virus and know exactly where it came from? Are there particular sites you avoid because you think they might infect you?
Wednesday got ugly really quick and our school tried to send the students home early. Teachers were asked to stay in case the buses had to return before delivering their students. Lots of buses did return and by the time I helped check all those frightened kids in, the roads had flooded enough that I couldn't get home either. After about three hours, the flash flood eased off enough for some roads to clear and I made it home to a flooded basement. Then the real flood started and overflowed the creeks and again inundated the roads again. For more than a day, we couldn't go anywhere. We really couldn't get 'there' from here.
Now two days after the flood, many roads are still closed, schools are closed and some areas are going to get worse as the flood moves unto the Susquehanna River. But my basement is nearly dry. I've washed the floor with bleach again and cleaned the baseboards with mildew cleaner. It even smells nice. Some roads are open again so we can go to the store if need be. We can get 'there' again.
So after cleaning the basement floor, I propped my feet up and opened my laptop to visit some more Insecure Writer Blogs, and low and behold, MY LAPTOP HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A VIRUS! AGAIN!!! This one is my work computer so I can't download any programs such as a security feature. It relies on what they've installed on it. So for the second time in as many months, I can't get to the internet on my laptop. Can't get there from here.
So I'm back on my trusty old desktop, a little slow, but protected by Norton. It's too slow to visit all the blogs I wanted to today so I'm sorry I won't get to meet all those Insecure Writers just yet.
What do you think is the best security program to protect your computer with? I have to get something different on my personal laptop this time. Did you ever pickup a virus and know exactly where it came from? Are there particular sites you avoid because you think they might infect you?
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