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Newlyweds

The good news is that my daughter was recently married. The bad news is that she will be leaving town with her new husband. The newlywed couple is moving to Connecticut and they will be starting a new life together there. We will all miss seeing them on a regular basis, but it’s what they want to do. We thought we would try to make the transition as smooth as possible.

I always say that being protected is a good thing. That’s why I wanted to ensure they had adequate Connecticut home insurance. I started by looking on the internet for a reliable company to provide them with it. I found a company named Paradiso that had the insurance coverage we wanted. I liked the way the site was set up as it was affordable and easy to access. I felt good knowing I could help.

Since I was on the site and things were looking good, I decided to check out the other insurance options they had. I checked out their Connecticut auto insurance as well as the Connecticut annuities they had available. Things are looking up for them and I am satisfied that they will be protected from financial disaster. It can be hard to be a dad, but good companies like this make life so much easier.

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Tiles

Whenever I get the chance, I like to work around the house. I am always looking for new tasks to do so that I can keep busy while improving my home. An excellent opportunity came up recently when my wife suggested that I try to install tiles on the bathroom floor. Our old floor was that cheap laminate that was getting pretty ratty looking. I thought this would be a great job to take on.

The first thing we had to decide was what type of bathroom tiles we wanted. I was lucky to find a site on the internet that was really neat. The site is called glasstilestore.com and it has a nice selection of tiles to choose from. I never knew there were so many types of tile. I even found subway tiles on the site. I knew it would take some time to figure out what tiles we wanted.

Another thing I liked about the site was the fact that we were able to learn all about the advantages of using tile in our home. That certainly made our decision to install tile much easier. I am eager to get started on the project and hope that we will soon have a beautiful new bathroom floor. I know my wife and kids will enjoy it as well.

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Not Happy With Windows 8

Had to buy a new laptop to replace the one that got trashed when my dog trampled it. I had left the laptop on the bed and my dog lost his mind and stomped on the keyboard while trying to get across the bed to run to the door. My fault for leaving the laptop open and on the bed with the dog, but I’m blaming the dog.

Anyway, I found a decent Toshiba laptop on sale for under $300, so I grabbed it up at a local retailer rather than ordering it online and waiting a week for it to arrive UPS. But what I had not considered is that the new computers all come with Windows 8 installed on them. Ugh.

I figured out most of what I needed to know to set up the new laptop. I had to install updates and software, set up the router to get online, and transfer my documents and graphics files from the old laptop.

Once I started using the new laptop, I realized the most annoying problem with the new Windows 8 is that they count on swiping to trigger all the menus and apps. Well, if you are using a touchpad, swiping is part of your everyday use for everything from typing a Word document to playing a quick game. The swiping blanks out your current screen display and replaces it with an app or a menu. Its very annoying and time consuming to have to cancel the swipe and get back to what you were working on.

Right now, I’m frustrated and not impressed with the Windows 8 at all. As far as I’m concerned, Windows 7 was fine. It did the job, we know how to use it and all Microsoft did was fix something that was not broken just for the sake of change. It’s like Microsoft has adopted the Facebook mentality – keep changing things and pissing off your users.