Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

Know the best way to deter a thief from robbing your home? Own nothing of value! Hahahah! Yeah, that used to be funny…. hmm. Times have changed. Back in our “starving years” when the most valuable thing in the house (besides my baby daughter) was the portable cassette player, we didn’t worry much about home [...]

I don’t have an iPod. Don’t need one. I doubt I will ever get one. I don’t like ear thingies in my ears, nor do I like headphones- I prefer to hear the sounds around me when I go out. I guess I kinda feel like Mrs. Bobbie here! She may have something going! Hat [...]

…they love you. They really do. I am gushing tonight. I like to see them happy. I gave my young boys my Acer Phenom X3 computer today, and they are flipping out. You see, last year I’d bought them some very nice computer games for their birthdays (Civilization & Colonization, and other graphic-demanding games) but [...]

Gotta love the Internet! It’s not only a vast communication and entertainment portal, it’s a huge virtual Yellow Pages. I have thrown all my phone books away (except for one I use in case the computer isn’t working) and rarely use them anymore. I’ve got the Internet! How about you? Do you use the Internet [...]

Got a business, need to keep track of time and billing and/or project management for your business? BillQuick2009 is the recently released version of the very popular BillQuick software. I’ve seen a few videos about the product, and it looks very impressive! BillQuick2009 has over 200 new features added (with much emphasis taken from customer [...]

We had a severe windstorm here recently, causing our power to fluctuate on and off for about 28 hours. It was maniacal! It would have been better, I think, if the power had just gone OFF for a time, rather than this flickering in and out every few minutes for over a day and a [...]