It's Still COLD and I'm Thinking About Stew and Keyboard Shopping

Today is a much needed "day off" with bills to pay, trash to take to the curb for collection, grocery shopping to do and probably some cooking, although my food is pretty stocked right now and I may push the bulk of my cooking off until Friday. I do think I'll look up some beef stew recipes - I'm in the mood for hot and hearty right now. It's still sub-zero for temps, for the second - or third? - day in a row, and I'm cold. I do have chili in the fridge from last week's cook, and chicken ready to be cooked today, but I think some stew to make on Friday might be ideal. 

I'm in the mood for a nice beef stew. I haven't made one 
for quite a while. My usual go-to's are chili or stuffed 
peppers, and I'm not feeling up to the work that stoffed 
cabbages would take (although they taste wonderful). 
Beef stew to make on Friday might be ideal. 

Today I'll have to be outdoors - I need gasoline for the car, and of course I'm headed to the pool shortly. It's looking like I need a new keyboard for my computer - one key (the y) keeps popping off. It's quite disconcerting and rather a mess all around. Still, I really like my keyboard. I purchased it during COVID. I remember because my last keyboard died, and I had to order on-line for pickup outside the office supply company. It's a great keyboard, and it wasn't inexpensive, but I use my computer, so I don't mind the expense. I might drop by the office supply store today and check it out. 

Although I prefer a back-lit keyboard because it's in 
a keyboard pull-out drawer and tends to be dark, I could 
live with something like this flourescent-colored 
keyboard too. I just need something easy to see on 
those rare times I actually need to look down at the 
keyboard. 

This particular computer, my main computer, is out of date. It's still running Windows 7, and I get daily reminders that I'm supposed to upgrade. But there are some programs on this machine that I really need (like my full Adobe Photoshop) and  I don't want to give them up. I should text Dale and see what he thinks. I need a computer that I can work with on intuition, and that's this one. My laptop requires more thought since it's newer and runs Windows 10. 

I run an old computer for my main computer at 
home. Mainly because of my full version Adobe 
Photoshop, that I use often and know how to use 
very comfortably. I have Windows 10 and Photoshop 
Lite on my laptop, and I'm not nearly as happy with 
that Photoshop as my older version. 

In any case, it's still COLD and we still have minimal snow and I'm heading to the pool in a little bit, so all's actually pretty good with my world. Of course, the day is young. Things could still go to "hell in a handbasket". And isn't that one of the weirdest sayings ever? LOL Have an excellent Wednesday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.