computer troubles, volunteering and cooking

Up and exercise until 9:00 when I took Evelyn to Bonny’s so they could go to some woman’s home to look at her landscaping. I worked on the computer until it suddenly wouldn’t let me get onto the Internet. I tried everything I could think of to correct the problem, but couldn’t. I shut down and rebooted. I engaged both of my virus protections which scanned the computer but found no virus. I tried to find some program information in my control panel but found no way. I gave up and took my shower so we could go work at the HEB Feast of Sharing, a dinner the grocery giant puts on for several communities throughout the state each year. Evelyn and I were supposed to work from noon until 2:30 but she didn’t even leave the landscaping visit until shortly after noon. I removed some of the panels in the skirting of the mobile, looking for the source of the stench again. I could not see anything under there. I called the hardware and they recommended using lime to dissipate the odor. Evelyn finally arrived and I was not pleased. I don’t like to be late. As usual it didn’t make any difference. We were assigned to be greeters along with around a dozen others. No one needed us at all. We ate our dinner of ham, instant mashed potatoes, Mexican corn, roll, and apple pie and then went back to greeting and saying goodbye to those leaving. We worked until 2:30 and, as we were leaving, the band of two played a samba. We danced to it and learned that it was a salsa dance. We went in to look at the old Albertson’s grocery that is now city hall. We met the mayor leaving his office and chatted a while. He had come to speak at the Ladies Leisure last year, telling of the plans for expansion of Weslaco. Most of what he predicted is coming to pass; even the rumored outlet mall which is waiting for a water hookup. The new hall is quite impressive. We went to the hardware to get some lime which I spread under the unit as best I could. While I did that Evelyn began preparing the King Ranch casserole for the choir party tomorrow evening. We then decided to take a nap. When we arose I tried working with the computer again to no avail. We heated our ettouffee like soup for dinner and began the casserole preparation. There are 16 different ingredients and we had 14 of them. We borrowed chili powder from one neighbor and a can of evaporated milk from another. I chopped all the onion, jalapeno, bell peppers and garlic. As soon as the food was assembled, we put it into the refrigerator for baking tomorrow. I came in and called Ray’s computer consulting service and found that somehow my wireless internet connection has been voided. I had to go back to dial up to get on line. He led me through the possibilities and arrived at that conclusion. I got on long enough to publish this and will try to recover the wireless connection tomorrow.