Icy Roads = Pure Evil!

It snowed today. Ugh. I'm just not ready for this stuff. Icy roads = pure evil.

My family and I all traveled to Idaho Falls (I went along to drop off my computer to be fixed. I don't know what I'm going to do without it for a few days!). Anyway . . . we all went to Idaho Falls, and there were two cars that had gone over the edge on the pass (in different places - one at the beginning of the pass, and one closer to Swan Valley). So scary. I'm pretty sure that one of them was a fatality. There were easily 20 police vehicles at the scene. It makes me sick to think about what that person's (or those people's) last experience was like. I can't even imagine how terrifying it would be to go over the edge of a cliff like that. Seriously - it makes me so sick to think about. My prayers are with the families of those involved.

If only people could learn to slow down. It's winter now, people. You can no longer get away with traveling 70 mph over the pass - or anywhere with icy roads for that matter. (I'm not saying that the people in the accidents were guilty of those speeds - but we certainly encountered a few cars that were.) Slow down! Better to get there late than never!!

Anyway, as I mentioned - my computer is now back in the "care" of the Geek Squad. I really hope they can fix it this time. And that it doesn't cost me another $50+. Seriously! Ugh! Luckily there is another computer in the house, but I can really only use it for the Internet, which means I won't be able to work on my book(s) for a few days. I'm already going through withdrawals. Writing is the bomb-diggity. Everyone should try it! There's not much better than watching characters you've created go through their individual journeys (which you also created). The whole process is just a blast!

Halloween Photos; Part II (and a few other thoughts)

Have you ever come across a couple and the question that pops into your mind is: "How did HE get HER?"? (Of course you have - everyone knows a couple like that.) What I'd like to know is if anyone knows a couple where the opposite happens and you wonder how SHE got HIM. (I personally know one couple like that, but I guess the guy has relatively low self-esteem even though he's seriously handsome.) The point is: Apparently it's a lot easier for an ugly guy to snag a beautiful woman than it is for an ugly woman to snag a beautiful guy. I'm sure many of you have noticed and maybe even thought about this before. Are men just more shallow in general? I guess so . . . ? I think that is really kind of sad. I personally know some really great women who may not be as beautiful on the outside as they are on the inside (me being one of them - I like to think I have a more beautiful personality than face - is that conceited?). Anyway, that's just something I was thinking about this morning.

Ugh. My computer still isn't back to normal. It keeps freezing up and then telling me the "video drive" (or something like that) stopped responding and then recovered. It's really annoying. Especially when I dropped like $300 to get my computer back to normal. What is it with the Geek Squad? I'm thinking that maybe they aren't the best option. They are definitely expensive, and apparently they are just normal kids hired "off the street" (meaning they have no education in Computer Technology of any kind), are shown a manual and put to work fixing our computers. Is this true? And if it is, does anyone know of any better options in my area?

So, I'm still doing Halloween pics for a few more days if anyone else is interested. Just let me know (facebook: Cortney Durbin). They are pretty effing sweet!

Before:

After:

Here are a few other examples:

Let me know if you want one! And feel free to post this to your facebook, twitter, whatever, if you think you know someone who may be interested!