In the last 3 years I have opened my mail, and TWICE there has been an email from EXTREME MAKEOVER Home edition. Each time my heart skipped a beat.

I would NEVER accept an offer to make over my home. It’s fine as it is (and what’s not requires a few easy, though be it time consuming fixes) and there are countless other people out there that don’t come close to functioning in their home. That being said, it is still super exciting to see an email from them.

The first time was about 3 years ago. I can’t remember the person that contacted me, but she was looking for crib ideas for someone in a chair. I gave her a few ideas. I can’t remember what they ended up doing or if I ever got around to watching the episode. Bad me.

The second time was on Monday. I was asked if I would like to preview an episode that is scheduled to air on October 9th.

I said yes.

Last night, after we got the kids to bed, Charlie and I sat on the couch and really watched “A’s” story. This was one of the most emotional episodes I think I’ve ever watched. I won’t say why. You will have to watch. Just know that this little girl is a hero. She is an example of what more people should aspire to be. She’s a little girl, something really bad happened to her but yet her attitude is golden.

People like her don’t need my blog. She’s already figured out that life goes on, even if it was “the good leg”. She knows that you can be happy if you focus on being happy and not on what happened to you.

I can only wish that more ADULTS that experience something life changing can realize this as quickly as “A” did.

I encourage you to tune into your local ABC channel on Sunday and watch. Your heart will be touched. I promise.

The opinions in this post are MINE and mine alone. I was NOT compensated for writing this, other than an early preview provided by Different Drummer.

I’m not completely sure why there was really even a debate.

Oh, yeah. The price. The fear of durability. That’s about it.

As you may recall, I went to Bloggy Boot Camp in October. I wanted a netbook or an iPad before I went to take notes. I barely used it for that, of course. I tend to take written notes. It helps me remember better and I don’t really type all that fast. I can’t be completely perfect, so whatever.

I really wanted to get an iPad but the price tag had me.

It wasn’t a deal breaker but I heard reports of them shattering and it’s a first generation device, blah, blah.

That being said I ended up getting an Asus tablet netbook.

It has sucked. It takes FOREVER to start up. IT takes forever to laod anything. The tablet part is even more brutally slow. It was kind of a waste of money. I think.

Charlie plans to load linux on it for me and I am going to use it in the kitchen for all my recipes/food blogs. (If you have one of your own or a favorite be sure to let me know!!!!!!)

Maybe it wasn’t a total loss. I surely wouldn’t keep an iPad in the kitchen and if I can finally scan and load all my loose recipes onto one nice net device then that will be great.

I’ll try and remember to update you on how this goes in 6 months (or not because I’ll be having a baby in 6 months.) or a year.

In the meantime, I need to convince my husband that I need an iPad even though I have an iphone and a perfectly decent laptop.

This is a semi review on an asus netbook, completely my own idea to review it, not paid or even asked by anyone to do so.