The Move

This move has been exhausting me.

I've had to pack 8 years all by myself and I'm still not where near where I would like to be at this point. I have managed to get 8 loads of boxes to the new house and I will be working on that little by little this week.

Hubby is supposed to be home Friday. When he gets here, I think we will get a whole lot more done... at least I hope! He has his workshop to pack up as well as the barn. Oh joy.

Yesterday Dustin and I were sorting through some things to give away and we took them to our neighbors. Ironically enough, we met one of our neighbors for the first time yesterday. Instead of packing, like I should be doing, I spent 3 hours talking while Dustin played with her kids. On the way back to the (old) house, he said he didn't want to move now. They are home schooled too, like Dustin, and apparently like the same kind of games as Dustin. It figures. We meet a new friend just as we're leaving. Thankfully we're not going very far away.

Ohh... so on to the new house...

It's still remote. We'll still have to deal with snow, but who doesn't in North Idaho?! LOL It is much much smaller than the old house and there are NO closets. Seriously. I have no idea where I am going to put all my clothes. It is backed up to an out cropping of rocks that are like a mountain/cliff thing - very cool for climbing. And there is an outhouse. Seriously. There is an outhouse. The house itself was built (at least that's what I think) to be a Y2K home - off the grid. At one time it was set up with solar panels and gas. It actually gets sunshine most of the day...we don't get much sun on the old house. I am hoping that it is better insulated than the old house, but we will still have to heat with firewood - though hopefully not as much. It is off a main (and paved - YAY) road. Most people traveling that road live out there and it's a sort of main east west thoroughfare from the highway to a town. I have yet to see a new neighbor... I can't see any other houses...though I know they are there....somewhere. lol

I will most certainly miss the old house - okay, maybe not the house so much, but definitely the mountain. I will miss my old (and new) friends up here and the quiet dirt road (but not the potholes), and I feel like a large part of my life is over. But with this new chapter of our lives, I do think some good will come out of it. I won't have to wait a month for hubby to come home to fix something if it breaks, I won't have to haul water, and I will (at least we think) stay warmer. I believe it's a blessing in disguise for a lack of a better term.

On to packing... catch you on the flip side!

Moving!

Well, we're moving.

We have been in our current home for 8 years now and have loved every minute of it. Even though we have had to haul our water and heat with wood. It has been a very peaceful place for me. Our landlord has decided to move back in here and so we must go.

Though sad and annoying at first, I believe it to be a blessing in disguise. I will definitely miss this house, but now we have an opportunity to find something where there is no need to haul water. I don't mind heating with wood though - if it's set up properly and is efficient. lol

Ohh and we can still keep our mailing address! So there will be no need to change bills and such!

So ends another chapter of our lives and a new one begins. New adventures await...

Attention! Watch Out!

I don't normally pass around all the "beware of the such and such virus going around". Normally I don't, because there are always bad viruses and trojans going around.

I will make an exception for this one however, because if you fall for it, you pay for it.

Hubby called me up and asked if I had installed a new malware program on his computer while he was home last. When I said no, he asked if I knew what it was.

It's called MS Removal Tool.

I hadn't heard of it, but it sounded fishy. Immediately, dropped it into Google and quickly found that it is indeed..bad.

What it is:
MS Removal Tool is a FAKE anti-virus program that mimics one of Microsoft's legit tools.

What it does:
The program MS Removal Tool takes hold of your computer and doesn't let you use it. Programs won't run because this program tags every thing as a virus, or everything is infected. You can't ctrl-alt-del and kill the program, your (real) anti virus programs do not see it as a threat - I think because MS Removal Tool tells it otherwise.

It will even give you a fake blue screen of death!

It will ask that you purchase the program so that it can clean your computer.

DON'T BUY IT!!

What to do:
Shut down and reboot into safe mode with networking. Usually you press F8 to get to the menu to choose safe mode.

Download a program called Malware Bytes and use it. I suppose you can use another malware program, I just found that this one seems to work pretty well. It should (no promises) get rid of the MS Removal Tool.

Hubby's computer is happy again.

Make sure you keep your anti-virus program updated and run scans regularly.