show and tell : your computer

I love blackbird's show and tell. Peeking into people's lives and houses, but in small, intimate and personal ways. It feels so warm and homey.

So, here's my computer - a place where i spend a lot of time and share my feelings with the world, my friends and my family. My eMac sits in the corner of the playroom, a room which the previous owners converted from a double garage. It's nice to have the extra space and it is the room where we spend the majority of our time as shane's giant-ass tv is in here. It is not, however, very pretty.

My computer was a gift last year for my 34th birthday from my brother-in-law. Wow. It still amazes me that he gave it to me. I suppose i have always, the last 15 years at least, been there for him. I have listened and offered advice as he changed from a fifteen year old boy into a warm and caring man. He lived with us for several years and we became a family. A house full of laughter and joy and anger and frustration. I have the relationship with him that i wish i had with my brothers.

So, i love my computer. I love it because it reminds me that someone other than shane and the kids cares about me.

The computer is also the only place where i have any sort of desk space. As i move along in this motherhood thing i realize it is like a job. A job in that there are lots of papers to shuffle on and off my desk.

This is also the place where the kids play computer games and shane records all his music, hence the keyboard and mike stand. It's the family computer.

I also have an iBook, but it is presently asleep upstairs with Parker. I should add that i am a spoiled girl. My iBook was a gift from my dad. It's a little slow and clunky, but i love it too.