Interesting article:

How Not to Talk to Your Kids
The Inverse Power of Praise.
By Po Bronson

I definitely can relate to the – I’m smart, this thing is hard, so therefore I should focus on the easy stuff and forget about the hard stuff “logic.”

So, hard drive is unrecoverable. But as upset as I was I managed to not cry about it, or do anything really stupid (like driving to Sac through nasty Friday rush hour traffic to get my external drive to start recovering data to) and just went home early to relax with the kitties.

At some point I realized that the stuff I cared about losing was the stuff I’d created – and really that stuff was just a part of me. And as my pirate pointed out, I could recreate it. It’s not like I lost a finger or an eye or something. So I managed to have a relaxing and productive weekend. Got more stuff done in the den, and the tree undecorated and put away. Projects left to do are get the curtains up and put the lights up in my bedroom.

I really want a dishwasher, so I’m looking into getting a free one via Craigslist possibly.

I also managed to pick up the bug spray I like from ACE about five minutes before they closed on Saturday. The other day I had to clean up an infestation of queen ants and their drones (they all had wings) that tried to get in my bedroom window. So definitely time to spray around all the doors & windows for bugs.