Yesterday I got calls from two different friends needing help. First was my friend Tim (aka Tim Dog). Tim’s father-in-law passed away on Thanksgiving. We are also friends with Tim’s wife and Tim’s mother-in-law. They are wanting to put together a slideshow of scanned photos for the family luncheon after the funeral service, and I told them I’d be glad to put it together. Last night I scanned in around 150 photos into the computer (about a minute per photo). This morning I’ll begin importing them into a slideshow program.

Also yesterday afternoon I got a call from Andy and Lea. Their computer was acting up and had run out of drive space. Mason and I hopped in the truck and we went over to take a look at it. Making some space available on drive C: wasn’t a problem, but the computer has also quit recognizing its CD drives. Without cracking the case open, it looks like either a cable or controller problem as neither Windows nor the BIOS detected the drives. If they decide to purchase a new computer I told them I’d be glad to help them transfer all their data from the old computer over to the new one.

When I had to replace the fence at my old house, both Tim and Andy were there helping out. When our hot water heater broke, Andy installed the new one. He helped me install a new air conditioner into the arcade, too. Tim and his family have helped us on multiple occasions as well. These are friends who would do anything for us, so it was nice to get the opportunity to return the favor for a change.