Woe Resolved

There are a few hand driers that

will accept my hands and work

for me – but not all.

 

Two weeks ago Richard and I decided to cut

our entertainment services. 

With one company we were offered a

second line to accompany the mobile

phone that I already have. 

Richard decided to pay off my phone and

upgraded his phone plan with the carrier that I am

using but they would not accept his phone. 

They have different styles to choose from. 

One was a flip phone option. 

Seriously.  That was not an option when I

first opened my account – and

the prices were lower for the plan that

Richard wants than when I had opened. 

 

It is less than his current plan with

a different carrier.

Thus we decided to add him to my plan and since

they have flip phones available, I decided

that I would go back to a flip phone and

Richard decided that he would use

 my brick touch screen.

 

My phone came a week ago today. 

We talked to a wonderful representative

living in Florida. 

My phone was up and running –

well, for four hours anyway.

Sadly our carrier was experiencing

problems before we could successfully

transfer Richard’s cell number from his old

phone to my brick. 

We were told to call back in

three hours.  I was certain we would not

get that awesome worker we had

previously talked to. 

 

Our next call was with someone in

North or South Carolina.

She did not seem to have as much experience

as the first. 

Earlier that morning we had called on

Richard’s phone to set up my phone. 

We used my brand new phone to talk to

the customer service rep in Carolina and

were cut off before the transaction was

complete.  That isn’t good.  We did not have

service on either of our provided carrier phones. 

 

I did have a temporary number that had been

set up by our carrier. 

We used that and talked to another rep who

had loads of experience and talked with

authority and admitted that someone had

messed up. 

Evidently Richard’s number had been placed

 on both the flip phone and the brick. 

The issue with his phone and number was

resolved by the end of the night.

 I had a temporary number up until yesterday. 

Nice to finally have my old number back.

 

I do not like the orbic phone nearly as much as

the three featured red ones that can be found on

yesterday’s post.

Why can’t I go back to my

Easyfone as I liked it best?

  Better than the orbic.

Electronics Don't Know My Hands

 

I don't know if there is enough

blood in my hands or

whatever it is that the 

i phones or electronic sinks or

touch screens sense from the

human touch - but I don't seem

to have it and so get frustrated

with devices not recognizing my touch.

I went back to a flip phone. 

It isn’t red but it does

fit in my pocket. 

I no longer have to have

a special wallet in order to

tote my brick phone.

I’ve had flip phones before but this

will take some adjusting.

I will no longer be able to “talk”

my messages or use a keyboard but

have to do one letter at a time by

pressing a number several times. 

Texting has never been my

favorite thing – especially

group texts but it is fine.  I

don’t need it.  

I need the phone

to be a phone.

That is all.

Follow up to this post tomorrow 

I hope

Medication

 

Come back little pill

The larger pills come out

maybe one or two at a time

but not seven, not 18

You always roll around and

one or six will manage to

escape as I am trying to

put you back and at least

one of you will fall to the

floor and laugh at me

thinking you have made a

triumphant escape

Truth be known

I don’t even wish to take you

I understand your

wanting to hide  

Planting a Garden

    Friends of Myrtle Creek has introduced an activity for the community to be more involved in plant growth.  Our first introduction started last month.  Each attendee was given seeds to plant in containers.  We brought home peppers, tomatoes and salad mix.  We planted in Costco Muffin containers and transferred the seedling into larger pots.  After we had finished Ally expressed interest that she would like to plant also.  And thus we planted more seeds.  When they sprout we will let her help transfer.

It is the first documented activity that Ally and I have been engaged in 
 

It Still Makes Me Smile

                As I was walking Bonnie around the neighborhood I smiled as I thought of a time when Richard, Jaime and I were all walking with Bonnie.  I thought I had posted this when it initially happened but can’t seem to find it.  Funniest thing – in my mind anyway.

         Children and animals seem to be drawn to Richard.  The chickens would flock around him and follow him.  So as we had started our walk at least seven chickens joined us.  All seven made it to the corner where we crossed the street. A couple of them decided to turn the corner rather than cross the street.  Two more decided to turn back toward our house.  But three continued to follow – at least for a bit. 

         I don’t know if anyone had even noticed us.  Can you imagine?  Seeing three people out walking their dog and having two or three chickens trailing behind them?  It amuses me each time I think about it. 

Sunday Visits

                I have been listening to/watching next week’s “Don’t Miss This” and have been awed with the segment which compares Sabbath to Christmas and wrote down my notes to love Sabbath as much as the Christmas holiday (holi taken from holy) and replicate the reasons we gather.

          I remember going to visit my grandma every Sunday afternoon – or just about every Sunday afternoon.  Sometimes we would meet up as a family (her three children plus their children) and she would treat us all to some expensive eating place.  I have fond memories of those Sundays.  I really did look forward to visiting with family.   

getting ready to drive downtown to Grandma's house

with my cousins and Grandma and Aunt

one of the dinners 

          We haven’t established any Sunday traditions in Oregon – though Jai and I had started with watching a “Come Follow Me” You Tube video the minute we returned home.  Richard had always stayed behind doing clerical stuff though did join us on occasion.  I don’t know why we got out of the habit, but I found myself watching videos and prolonging the studies on my own. 

Jaime and I have always enjoyed taking walks – but not just Sundays.  Richard will walk around the block and call it good.  I need more.  Especially when there is so much nature to look at.  Sunday drives have also become a thing of the past – though I had tried when I was driving.  Sunday drives should be relaxing which became a thing of the past – at least in the Salt Lake area.  Don’t know if Richard will go for that one either – though Sunday driving would offer more relaxation in Douglas county than Salt Lake.

My Sunday rituals are very different from my family’s.  But so have the last few Christmases.  I suppose some traditions have to be altered in order to keep the reasons to look forward.  I would like to look forward to the Sabbath in a positive way each week.

5 Important Lessons

 A thought received in my email over 20 years ago.  Exists on many other websites but unknown is the original source. 

A PENCIL MAKER TOLD THE PENCIL 5 IMPORTANT LESSONS JUST BEFORE PUTTING IT IN THE BOX :
 
 
1.) EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL ALWAYS LEAVE A MARK.
 
2.) YOU CAN ALWAYS CORRECT THE MISTAKES YOU MAKE.
 
3.) WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS INSIDE OF YOU.
 
4.) IN LIFE, YOU WILL UNDERGO PAINFUL SHARPENINGS,
    WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE YOU BETTER.
 
5.) TO BE THE BEST PENCIL, YOU MUST ALLOW YOURSELF 
    TO BE HELD AND GUIDED BY THE HAND THAT HOLDS YOU.

 

We all need to be constantly sharpened. This parable may encourage you to know that you are a special person, with unique God-given talents and abilities.  Only you can fulfill the purpose which you were born to accomplish. Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot be changed and, like the pencil, always remember that the most important part of who you are, is what's inside of you.

Three Things

 Wholeheartedly agree:

Three things in life that,
once gone, never come back -
         
1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity
         
         
 Three things in life that can destroy a person -
         
1. Anger
2. Pride
3. Unforgiveness

       
Three things in life that are never certain -
         
1. Fortune
2. Success
3. Dreams
     
         
Three things that are truly constant -
         
Father - Son - Holy Ghost

 

Trivia Passed Around

Collected early 2000's.

 I don't know how many of these are true.  Would like to try #4.

1 . Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

2.  The  Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. 

3.  The dot over the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle'. 

4.  A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will  bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. 

6.  40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy  Meals.

7.  315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were  misspelled.

8.  The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes.  He was albino.

9.  On average, 12  newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.

10.    Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. 

11.  Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a  few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

12.  Orcas (killer  whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

13.  Most  lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).

14.  Donald Duck  comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. 

15.  Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

16.  Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and  'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in  individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on  top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. 

17.  Leonardo DaVinci could write with one hand and draw  with the other at the same time hence, multi-tasking was invented.) 

18.  Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during  World War II were made of wood.

19.  There are no clocks in  Las Vegas gambling casinos.

20.  The name Wendy was made up  for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before! 

21.  There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with:  orange, purple, and silver!

22.  Leonardo DaVinci invented  scissors.  Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.. 

23.  A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will  make it  instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

24.  The mask  used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's  mask  painted white.

25.  If you have three quarters, four  dimes,  and four pennies , you have $1.19 You also have the largest amount  of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good  to know.)

26.  By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)

27.  The phrase 'rule of thumb' is  derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

28.  The  first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for  automobiles.  At that time, the most known player on the market was  the Victrola, so they called themselves
 Motorola.

29.   Celery has negative calories!  It takes more calories to eat  a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.  It's  the same with apples!

30.  Chewing gum while peeling onions  will keep you from crying!

3 1.  The glue on Israeli postage  stamps is certified kosher..

32.  Guinness Book of Records  holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

33.  Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.

Life's Chiasmus

SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . Not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is having friends.
At age 16 success is . . . Having a drivers license.
At age 35 success is . Having money.
At age 50 success is . . . Having money.
At age 70 success is . . . Having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . Having friends
At age 80 success is . Not peeing in your pants

Slowly But Surely Interaction

                I heard Richard saying, “Get out. Get out! GET OUT” 

          I figured he was talking to the dogs.  He and Clair were in the kitchen and Ally was working on moving the coffee table to block the dogs out.  I stuck my head out to call Bonnie.

          “It’s not Bonnie,” Ally said.  “It’s Char.”

          Char is more aggressive as far as height and actually jumping around.  Bonnie will wait quietly – most of the time still in the way, but not jumping.  Once the food is served she is like Godzilla upon Tokyo and it is Char who has to find another source.

          Truth be known, I wasn’t calling Bonnie to distract her from the others.  I had an ulterior motive.  I wanted her to lick my dish clean so that I wouldn’t be in anyone else’s way or have to settle on gunking up my bathroom sink.  Bonnie did not come.

          I retrieved the dish and held it out the door. 

“Come on, Bonnie!” I called.  The dish had gotten her attention.  Char had already been banned to the bedroom and Bonnie ran towards mine.

          “Thank you, Grandma,” Ally said sincerely. She was truly grateful and I was impressed with her actions.

          Before Bonnie had finished eating there was a soft knock at the door.  Ally had come to retrieve Bonnie.  I was surprised she was still licking the bowl as there hadn’t been enough worth calling her for really.  I think overall Ally prefers Bonnie to Char.  I sent her out only moments later.  I don’t know if Ally even noticed.

A True Experience which took place just over 25 years ago

 Many of the thoughts I had accumulated were while I was working in Salt Lake City.  Shares passed through email as facebook was not a thing.  I do remember writing the following.  I had even created a picture in "paint" to go with the story.  Created on my mom's computer.  If I saved it, I no longer seem to have access to it.  But here is what I wrote:

Date: 2/11/98 3:04pm

Subject:          Just in case you need a laugh . . .

 

have you ever read the story of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, no good, Very Bad Day?  As I was relating my experiences to my co‑workers, I decided that my experiences could be counted as similar ‑

sometimes I even wish I was in Australia (although I forgot to include it with my true life experiences that I am sending) ‑

and so I wrote up this cute little essay.  (I am also including a self portrait so that you will know that I am not exaggerating)

 

(If you read the WP before the e‑mail attachment, it will make more sense)

 

My Story:

subtiled: I was too tired.

 

 You will not believe the day I’ve had (this is a true story by the way) I really should have just stayed in bed. 

I wrote an e-mail to Pat - I should not have tried to send an attachment - or I least I should have printed up what I wrote - instead of trying to write it again.

 I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

 My back’s really been bothering me, and it’s been hard to sleep.  I’m always tired.  And I really didn’t feel all that well this morning.  And I tried to sleep in.  My back’s been making it hard for me to sleep at all.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

 Okay, let me back up here, and see if I can get my thoughts together -

When I finally did force myself to get up (still not awake, mind you) I called my work # and left a message for Arabella - to tell her I’d be late.  And then I proceeded on taking my sweet time (not sweet enough) getting ready.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

 After I ate breakfast, I decided to do a load of clothes.  I was cold and put on my robe and matching booties.  I remember turning the washer on - so I do have that much going for me.

I did get dressed and ready for work - or so I thought . . .

 I placed a dollar bill with my backpack and coat, etc.  I purposely left it out so that I would have it when I got on the bus.  Somehow it disappeared.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

I locked the door and stepped out of the house only to discover it was snowing.  I set down my backpack and removed a bunch of items in search for my keys.  I retrieved my umbrella and wondered if I should get my boots.  I decided it wasn’t snowing that hard and decided not to make the big trek downstairs.  I wish I would have gone with my first impulse.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

 I walked toward the bus stop and stopped in at the Food Mart - because I figured I’d have time.  The orange juice I got was 22 cents more than if I had made a purchase at the 7-ll where I transfer (or usually transfer anyway)

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

I took the first available bus (an express) and decided I would transfer at the mall.  A fellow passenger pointed out that my shoelace was untied.  It’s a wonder I hadn’t tripped over it.

Okay, there was one good thing that came from my morning.  I didn’t have to wait for my transfer.  The #10 left as soon as I boarded.  Meanwhile, I retied my shoelace so that I wouldn’t trip.

After I got to work, I went to change my shoes and noticed for the first time that I wasn’t wearing any socks (boy, am I observant - or what) and my booties don’t at all match what I’m wearing.   I’m actually surprised that I was able to get my shoes on over my booties and that they didn’t slip down inside my shoes while I was walking.  And why in the heck didn’t I notice while I was tying my shoe for the second time?  What an idiot.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

 And so I put my sandals on over my bare feet, only my feet got cold (surprise) and so I put my booties back on.  And it looks really stupid.  Not only that, but the jeans I am wearing have turned out to be major floods on me.  If they were any shorter, they’d be knickers.

I mean anybody can see by the way that I’m dressed that I must not feel [well] and that I’m still not awake.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

After I got trough eating my lunch, I found the dollar I had misplaced.  It was in my lunch bag.  What a brilliant person I am.  And what a brilliant bill to have hitched a ride in something warmer than the cold air I had intended to flap it in.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

 I wrote an e-mail to send to Pat Peterson.  And while working on a self-portrait to send as an attachment, the power went out (just blinked off) and I lost everything.  So now I have to rethink it all.  Somehow this story sounded funnier in e-mail.  But maybe not.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

 Katie keeps saying she’ll be coming in this week.  But we haven’t seen her.  She also told Arabella that Friday will be my last day.  Yes.  Sure it will.  Friday the 13th.  Come now.  I have strong doubts about it ever being my last day.

I don’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week.  I am too tired.

 Just now I think I either wrote on my pants, or Shelly’s shirt (which I have given myself custody over) What a klutz.

Oh, and about the pair of pants I picked out - I really thought I had ripped in the knee.  I even looked for it.  I found it five hours after I put them on.  It was in the other knee.

I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I was too tired.

 Judy says she has loads for me - but she is too busy to find it right now.

And so I am now working on this oh, just so important document to send to anyone who might need a laugh.

I don’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  I am still too tired.