the replacements

having a few appliance issues over here...

the toaster oven died last week. it was brain's old toaster oven-we registered for and received one when we got married, but then decided to stick with old faithful and returned the gifted one. so old faithful lasted 5+ more years. luckily, before we threw down for a new one, brian remembered that he snagged his grandma's cuisinart toaster oven when he was out in CA clearing out her house last summer. and better yet: it was in the first box he opened when he went down to the basement to hunt for it.

we put in an order for a new computer for home (we'll keep the old pc laptop for a few things for a while, but in computer age, at 7 years old it's ancient!). since i work for dartmouth, we get screamin' good deals on computers and equipment. we decided to go for a mac so that brian doesn't put himself on the verge of a stroke everytime he gets on the computer. we're getting one of the new imacs with intel chips. wow-ee: a new computer and DSL within the same month! rock and roll.

a few more appliances seem to be on the brink of replacement (coffee maker, hair dryer, etc), but we'll squeeze every last bit o' juice out of them before they die. also, i'm thinking about buying a slow cooker...any suggestions?