TECHNICAL DIFFICULITIES......

OK....so I just tried to add a picture.  I clicked on the add pix icon, and then clicked on "browse" and nothing happened???  I'm more technical than Dean (by far---he can't even use the DVR) so I can't ask him for help.   I need to get Bekah over here to help me.  She's a master at the computer.

The other tech problem I WAS having---was streaming netflix to my computer.  It would "buffer" for 7 long minutes for every 7 min. of watching!!!!  So I got Brian over & got his opinion; Dean had his own opinion; talked to someone at Office Depot, and even called my brother who made my computer.  The different answers I got, were I needed more memory and/or more DSL and/or maybe I should get another modem + box for the t.v. and so on.  So I made an "executive" decision and upgraded my DSL from basic to 1.5-----and voila!  I can now watch movies all the way through with NO buffering!!   So easy......(sigh).  However, I'm still going to get another memory stick, as my virtual memory is small as I have LOTS of games & stuff on this computer!

Bekah gave me a new "heading" via her computer---I did say she was a computer whiz, didn't I?
Other technical items----we bought 2 new doorbells today.  They are wireless and supposed to work from button-to-receiver at 100 feet.  Ours work at about 6 feet!!  So we installed one outside the front door.  We wanted to put one at the back door that would ring in the kitchen (less than 100 ft. by far) but it wouldn't work.  So we are going to try a new battery, not that one that came with it from China----& then if it doesn't work---back it goes!  Whew!  Who knew this stuff was gonna take up so much time in our lives?

I've almost finished reading THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH by Helene Cooper (non-fict.).  It's really interesting.  Did you know that back in the 1800's there were freed slaves sent BACK to Africa, and they started their own colony---Liberia?  I didn't either.  This is a true story about the author who was raised with money, and lived very similar lives to what we we did back in the 50's & 60's in so many ways.  I was astounded to learn about the government, and all the things we never learned in history about these free black people who were raising their children to be educated (in America mostly) and have similar lifestyles that we had.  Eventually, there was a "coup" and that is the rest of the story.  Fascinating!

On another front, Sherri, girls, & I did a card challenge that Sherri thought up using nothing but scraps----it was SO FUN!!!  The cards turned out marvelous!  Also helped Sherri go through a few closets and she has tons of bedding to get rid of----so if you need any, just give her a call.  Cause it's going OUT!!!

That's all for now----talk to you later......

Ahhhhhh SUMMERTIME, & THE LIVING IS EASY.......

Well, I haven't posted in a long, long time.  My grand-daughter Bekah is now posting her pictures (that she draws) and I so enjoyed looking at them, I thought I'd go & post on mine.  

Well, I survived----as did Sherri----Noah's 11th Birthday party, which was a SURVIVOR Party!!  We had 12 kiddos, 4+ hours and 12 challenges (some really hard) and 90+ heat.  And we made it.  Of course Sherri did & kids did all the hard work.  I just showed up, and helped a little, but now that I'm officially an "old-lady" I get a pass, right?  It was actually fun watching them do the challenges and the kids were from 7-15, and on evenly matched teams.  Really fun.  The winner---SURVIVOR---(name pulled out of a tiki-box to make it fair) won $1, and a T-shirt.  Great fun had by all.

Now that the weather is in the 90's & so not my time of year, I may just sleep during the day (sometimes) & stay awake all night.  Ha-ha.  We didn't get any flowers planted in our flower beds yet, and even though it's really late, I think we will still plant a few.  I want perenials (sp) & just don't know what to get.  I like those yellow lily-looking plants with leaves that look like big grass, and need to find some other's that keep coming back.  We have a gi-normous stump, and I mean like 3 feet or more across, that's actually  hollow, & we plant flowers in it, and it's looks really cool.

I just read SHANGHAI GIRLS by Lisa See (she also wrote SNOWFLOWER & THE SECRET FAN) and I wasn't disappointed.  It was really good.  I so love a good book.

We had a great shoebox-card-swap at my friend Trish's last month, and it was so fun.  It was great making all the cards and just talking, plus one of my friends whose name I won't mention (Suzanne) played a great trick on us all.  Every time I think of it, it makes me laugh.  Good Times!


Well, that's it for today.  Have a great day/evening whoever reads this----& if you are reading this, it means you are someone special in my life.  Cheers!