I have removed a lot of unused applications and games from my computer. If I haven't opened one in six months, it's not going to happen...so out it goes. I used the Add/Remove Software tool in Windows for this.

The other day, I came across a computing tip that I like: Give XP the Performance Tools of Vista. Check it out; you may find it helpful.

Another trip to the local Home Depot and Walmart this afternoon, and we have the living room and master bedroom curtains and rods up. We chose a white curtain for the patio door, the Texas Flag for the front door window, a nice tan and beige curtain with palm trees for the living room windows, and dark blue for the master bedroom. All of them are fabric shower curtains. Next, we will get duplicates of the living room and master bedroom curtains, and hang them as double panels instead of single. We still do need a curtain for the guest room also. I may also get a duplicate of the curtain for my office. It's really amazing how attractive these curtains are, and the rods were quite easy to hang, not to mention they look really nice themselves.

We got a small grab bar for the bathroom while we were out. That will be a tremendous help. We didn't forget the outside of the house; we bought insulated sleeves to put on the outdoor faucets to keep them from freezing, and another water hose, this one a standard garden hose to supplement the soaker hoses we bought just after we moved in. There are still things on our to do list, of course, but little by little things are coming together quite well.

Tomorrow, we will get some quick dry cement; our neighbor is going to build some ramps for the garage and for the front door so that access will be easier and safer. Then Jay can park in the garage, and no more getting soaked when it rains.

Today, we had two of the interior doors in our home widened by just a couple of inches each. This was something I had specifically asked the builder to do before construction on the house began. He declined. So we planned to have it done ourselves...then we were told that if we made any changes to the structure of the house, it would void the 1 year builder's warranty. We considered carefully, and decided that safer and easier access to ALL areas of the house would be worth losing the 1 year warranty.

A couple of people from our church came to the house this morning, and did the work in just a few hours. Now I have access to the master bathroom and to the room I use as a home office, without crunching the door, the wall, or my fingers every time I have to enter or exit. No more fear of falling in the bathroom! We also had the door from the kitchen to the laundry room removed, and it is stored in the garage. Now I have access to everything I need. Next is to have ramps built for exterior access.