Getting Oriented

Have been avoiding using my laptop since it threatened to conk out on me last week. In the interim, I've gotten myself an external hard disk to back up all my data (actually, it's more like I forced hubby to buy the hard disk and back up the data for me ;). Hubby has also graciously offered me the use of his laptop till I get mine fixed. Am still trying to get used to the new interface and configure the settings to my preference at the moment. Think it's going to take forever (at the rate I'm going)...