spring... hah! it looks like a barren brown wasteland out there. {tee hee} seriously though, it's brown out there right now. there's a few patches of green here and there, but from our 9th floor apartment, the patches are hidden by the brown brown trees. sigh. doesn't help that we had a snowstorm come through a few days ago. the snow's melted except for on the mountains, which makes for beautiful scenery when out and about. but i'm ready for SPRING HERE!!!!!

and to make matters worse, my scanner just bit the dust. boo. it was 2.5 years old, but i didn't use it very often at all, which makes me think that it's the hardware that sucks. so i'm not sure i'll be looking at any HP scanners to replace it. BOOOOOO. so if anyone is reading this and has suggestions for a good quality, not too pricey scanner, pleeeeeeeeeeease let me know. please.