Midwestern Mommy

Remember the “Name this laptop” contest? Well, last night “the boy” took a break from his super busy schedule of going to school, pestering the dog, stinking up the bathroom, begging for candy, riding his bike, evading showers and playing outside. He really got a kick out of the names ya’ll submitted. He gave his duty far more consideration and consequence than I thought. I figured it would be a close call between “Lightsaber Princess Poo Poo Pants” (Combining Star Wars weapons and potty talk?  What’s NOT to love there?) and Daphne. (He loves Scooby-Doo.)

But after a good giggle over Linlee and Andrea’s ideas he settled down. He had a very important job to do. As he munched thoughtfully on some Ritz Bits, he chose “Libby the Laptop” (Aleka’s World).  Congrats Alexandra!

Thanks ya’ll for participating. It was alot of fun hearing the names. Hope your weekend is a happy one!  

As of last Saturday I became the owner of a laptop. You are laughing, aren’t you? Because you’re on your third one…

I didn’t care what it looked like — it just couldn’t weigh more than my son (40 pounds) and had to do what I wanted it to do WHEN I wanted it to. (Very much UNLIKE my son.)

I had heard Very Bad Things about Dell laptops and the company’s customer service. Has HP Pavilion dv2000 pissed anyone off? (Gulp.) Hope not. Cause that’s the kind I got. (And I know this is so not a big deal to anyone else. But its a cool thing for me!)

Some neato features? A built-in webcam (great for my homemade porn biz - I cater to the men with cellulite fetishes. All two of them.) and some really pretty design across the top and keyboard area.

Don’t ask me anything else about the computer because I have no clue. Its like my car — I have no clue what’s what. And as long as it does what its supposed to do, I will love it, maintain it and probably leave candy wrappers all over it.

Speaking of taking care… This here computer needs a name, yes? She’s female (because she has female “parts” or plugins). So what shall we name her? The winner (Seth will choose) will get a $15 gift cert to Target or Wal-Mart. Feel free to leave your name idea in the comments section. Oh and if you think Target and Wal-Mart are evil, I can even donate to a charity in your name. Winner is planned to be announced on April 28.

P.S. There’s another contest opportunity at my other blog. Grab your feisty fem friends! You could win a trip to London.