R5 for February 15 — socks, technology, winter, deliveries, death

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  The black hole – I lost 3 socks, one half of three different pair, in the dryer last week. It was the dark load so I double checked all the jeans and pants to make sure they weren’t stuck … Continue reading

The ladies of the circuit and techie me

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I go to a gym that is populated with very interesting older women. I always learn something. Most of the time it is of no value but it can be amusing! This morning the gym was empty. There was another person … Continue reading

Random five for October 5

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Call papa bear – Maybe you have seen those ads with Peyton Manning in his new Buick using the voice recognition system. Mine doesn’t work like his. In fact, mine doesn’t always work. I long for the days when I … Continue reading

I have the power or Microsoft listened!

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In today’s paper (yes, I read a real paper version) Microsoft announced the release of its new Windows 10 operating system which will have a real start button. (Yay for start buttons!) If you have read my posts for the … Continue reading

Random Five for September 28

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Hallelujah! It’s done, it’s done! — The pond project is complete. The water went back in the same day but I had to keep the fish in the holding tank overnight. My back isn’t speaking to me. Wait until it … Continue reading

And the pain goes on…(I promised you a series)

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Have you been hearing strange sounds? Forlorn crying? Perhaps loud swearing? Painful wailing as in childbirth? For the past week I have worked on learning my new computer. It’s a noisy process that requires occasional bad words. Ok, maybe more … Continue reading

Argh! (Part 1, this may be a series!)

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Ok, I’m a weenie and I admit it. Proud of it! I put off switching computers as long as I could but I did it. Yes, it was painful. Changing operating systems and Office versions left me with very little … Continue reading

It’s three years and going!

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Without readers there are no writers! It’s been three years since I started this blog. Holy cow! Blogging has been good to me in unforeseen ways. I learned how to operate my camera AND download (or is it upload?) photos. I … Continue reading

My new Kindle HDX is here! It’s tiny and it’s purple!

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On Saturday I received my new Kindle Fire HDX. It is very cool. It came in a tiny box that wouldn’t fit much else. Maybe a necklace. Or some nice pearls. It made me reminisce. My very first computer was … Continue reading