A Warning to Apple Mac Customers!

If you're not an Apple customer, just skip ahead to the photo of Gwyneth...

I've been a huge and loyal Apple customer for 6 years...never once have I had any major issues. Today, I upgraded to the new Apple OS X Lion operating system on my very new work computer. After installing the $29 upgrade, I discovered that none of my Microsoft Office 2004 applications are compatible with Lion.

95% of my work is done using these applications: Word, PowerPoint, Entourage (email), Excel, which means, my nearly brand new Apple computer is now useless to me unless I either want to spend the money to purchase an external hard drive and reinstall OSX Snow Leopard or if I want to spend another $150 for the newest version of the Office suite.

I thought I had done my research, but not once did I read any kind of warning from Apple telling me these issues would take place if I went ahead with the upgrade (yes, there are warnings out there, but I missed them all and none of them were communicated to me during the upgrade process). Apple customer no-service was completely unwilling to take responsibility or to offer me any direct help to resolve this issue. To say I'm disappointed in Apple (as a huge and loyal Apple customer) is an incredible understatement.

All of that to say, maybe this short blog post will keep one of you from making this same mistake and losing faith in Apple.

Now, here's a photo of Gwyneth that makes me feel happy and helps me remember that even Apple can't steal my joy.

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Horse

Best Hugger Ever

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Good Reports

We made another 24 hr trip to Duke this week for several appointments for both girls. Good reports all around. Tricia lungs continue to show no signs of infection. Gwyneth continues to grow and develop, and she has finally broken the 25 lb mark...only took her about 2 years to go from 20 to 25!

Gwyneth had her first visit with a new doctor. She is now officially diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy, which we had assumed for a now. She continues to wear her AFO (ankle braces), but is making great progress. She is falling less and less while walking on her own, and is now able to step up and down short steps.

We're also making plans for Gwyneth to have another dual surgery...eye muscle surgery for her stabismus which has returned, and another ear tube placement as her first set has recently fallen out and she is continuing to experience ear infections. Hopefully these can both happen on the same day in the same ER as before.

While we were at Duke waiting for mommy to get done with her appointments, Gwyneth and I walked over the the gardens for a few shots...








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Ice Cream Face

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By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea

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New Nephew

My baby sister gave me my first nephew on my side of the family yesterday! Ramon Edmundo, named after my bil!




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Big Girl Bed!

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Moving on Up

This little girl is moving on up from a crib to a big girl bed tonight! Why tonight? Because I finally have time this evening to convert her crib AND I get to sleep in tomorrow in case she decides it's not as much fun as we've made it out to be.

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Happy Birthday, Tricia!

We have been so busy this week, I haven't had the chance yet to say "Happy Birthday, Tricia!" on my blog until now! Another amazing year under your belt! May 13 is one of my favorite days of the year...I love you!