The Holtonian

Computer Decision made and How I'm getting an Xbox360

Well I made a computer decision, went with a combination of price and speed. I got a Dell 3ghz dual core proccessor with 2gigs of ram for 500. Got Vista home premium and then everthing else was vanilla aka what it comes with. No monitor to speak of, ours should work for now but I'll keep my eye out for a nice lcd.

I wanted a mac, but didn't want the price. I got 7 to 8 years out of my last dell and plan on getting as much out of this one. Janelle is the primary user of it so it won't affect me all that much.

I had priced a kickin dell for around 800 bucks (lcd included) but realized the only reason I would need a 'kickin' dell is for gaming, and I'm not into computer gaming that much anymore....

That being said... I'm still into videogaming, which brings me to Janelle's Deal or no Deal moment.

A week ago or so Janelle and I were watching/babysitting Adam Crabb while his parents went on an overnight to celebrate their 4th anniversary. I came home early that day to help janelle manage the two children. It got to be about 4 PM (I'd been home since 3:45 or so) when she turns to me and says, "Babe... I really want a pedicure."

"Well ok, you can use your allowance and schedule one for this weekend I guess. (we do an allowance system each month where you can spend your allowance on whatever you want no questions asked, you want magic beans go for it)

"Babe, I was kind of wanting one now..."

I look at the kids playing, look at her, look back at the kids and give a big old... "humph! We have two kids right now and you want to leave me with them?"

"Please babe?"

So here's where the gears started to work in my old brain, and I proposed a deal.

"OK here's the deal, you go get a pedicure right now. But as you know I have been saving my allowance and am half way to my goal of buying an Xbox360. Basically if I continue to save my allowance for the remainder of the year I will have enough to buy it by December. Allow me to take an advance on my allowance for the remainder of the year right now. And guarantee me that I can either receive one game for my birthday (8/20) of my choosing or take some of the money I may receive on my birthday to go purchase one game... the remainder of the money will be put into our general checking forever being lost to bills."

She pondered her desire to leave the kids with me and go get a pedicure. She looked at me with a big grin on my face.... i knew what she would deside. I started laughing maniacly, "Mooo ah ah ah..."

She shook my hand and the deed was done.

So this weekend I will purchase an xbox 360, in perfect timing. She is leaving me with Anna-Kate saturday night to go to an overnight bachelorette party. So Saturday night the mood will be right for Halo. Plus she's going to texas in a week or so to see a friend for a few days... so that time will also be right.

Posted by holtonian at May 23, 2007 06:22 PM | TrackBack