Well, first of all, you can see the goldfish finished except for his eyes and mouth, and that almost all of the three lily pads are done. I've not stitched any more water stitch but I am going to start on that once I have the last bit of top leaf done. And I'm going to use Anne's tip of rotating the instructions and canvas a quarter turn and working the water stitch as vertical stitches instead of horizontal.
The real thing I did yesterday was replace the CMOS battery inside the old laptop so I can scan photos for you again. It took me about 5 minutes to unplug the laptop, remove its battery pack, locate the right door on the bottom and unscrew the screw holding it closed, open the door, locate where the internal lithium battery was hiding under a stiff paper tab, remove the tab, slide the battery out, then being careful to note where the red wire and the black wire were plugged, unplug the battery. Then the new nickel-sized battery was plugged in properly, slide into its slot, the paper tab replaced, the door back on, and the external battery pack restored. After that, it's turn on the machine and set the date/time again (that's what the CMOS battery does, keeps time for the system internally), replace the tiny screwdriver and the tweezers, and toss the old battery.
The hard part was looking up what the error messages meant, finding the right battery for my model at a good price, and looking up online instructions on how to replace it. I am so proud!
I'm not just a fancy stitcher after all. LOL
Hugs from your Master Enabler and part-time mechanic in Chilly Hollow
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