Hi there my intrepid reader!

I am going to try and make some progress here with the site this weekend.  We have finally completed the work getting the house ready to sell, then the long weekend and Ribfest passed so it was just looking like I would be able to get some work done in the kitchen, and some posts done here.

Not so fast it seems… I am a tech nerd in addition to being a foodie, so when Microsoft offered a free upgrade to Windows 10, I was all about it.  Now, given that I was going from Windows 7, it was asking a lot of my laptop.  However, I did the tests and it showed that it was good to go.

I ran the upgrade, and it went swimmingly.  I had a few days of working with Windows 10,  and really liked it.  Then it hit…

Upon a cold boot up, I was greeted with a black screen with a white cursor arrow – that was it.  Out comes the tablet so that I can do some research, and ultimately I settle on resetting the machine back to Windows 7.  That went relatively uneventful, but a few hiccups did result.  So I decided to wipe the laptop, and start clean with Windows 7 from a factory image.

Sounds time consuming, doesn’t it?  That’s cuz it was…

Now, I am not only a foodie, and a tech nerd, but I am also a stubborn cuss (and all those that know me are all yelling in unison the letters O, C & D).  I really did like Windows 10, and I am not reasonable enough to just give up and run on Windows 7.  So, back to installing Windows 10 again…

Sounds time consuming, doesn’t it?  That’s cuz it was…

So, the laptop is currently back running Windows 10, and so far so good.  I do really like 10, almost as much as I hated Windows 8.  Well, probably not as much as I hated Windows 8.

Sounds like I really hate Windows 8, doesn’t it?  That’s cuz I do….

I am going to try and get back in the kitchen here over the next few weekends, and get some of my recipe’s back in testing.  Hopefully the laptop stays operational, and I can get back to the project here, instead of indulging my computer mechanic alter ego!

More to come!!