Happy Birthday, BeyB!

We love you!

A Movie Review and Other Thoughts

courtesy of Hasbro Co.

Golfer and I went to see Transformers: Age of Extinction  this afternoon.  Yay! for Optimus Prime! Optimus and the Autobots were great.  Some of the script writing and some of the acting.... not so much. But it was fun.

We watched Extant last evening.  I like the show.  Very interesting theories and possibilities.  The android kid is still creepy.

Golfer is checking out the schedules for the new movie channels we now have with Verizon.  He's making a list.  :)

Stay safe!

AHHHHHH.........Technology!

Golfer and I finally decided it was time to switch from Cox Communications to Verizon Fios, a bundle deal.  This is going to be good!  This will be great!  Better service, less expense, better everything!  Woo-Hoo!

We met with the Verizon rep.  Nice man, very patient with our questions.  Everything was set up.  Several different people came and painted lines on our grass.  Looked like plaid out there!  Then someone came and dug a small trench for the fiber optic lines.  Remember the issues we had with our side yard and drainage issues and having landscaping done and grading and new sod??  Yep, the cable went right through there.  So far, so good.  I think it will be okay.

Monday morning the tech guy came.  Many connections to be made.  Lots of stuff to learn.  Three new remotes to use!  The guy was pretty good, clean, neat, patient, liked cats.  (always a bonus point for someone as far as I'm concerned). Anyway, he finished up and then the fun began. 

After a couple hours I gave up trying to tell if Golfer was talking to me, mumbling to himself or growling at the TV or Computer!  We are gradually getting things set up.  We know how to use the TV and find a station we want and record something.  And the phones work, although I have not programmed any numbers into them.  Same phones for us, same number, but now we have long distance for no extra cost.  We have been using our cell phones for long distance for a few years.  The computer/Internet is faster.  But we're still in the process of getting email set up and working.  Golfer has been contacting all our utilities and other places and getting the bills to come to the right email address!

One glitch we needed help with was our universal TV remote.  Golfer called Geek Squad for help.  They programmed the remote when we first got it a couple years ago.  Golfer got a  message saying the Geek Squad was having technical difficulty.  WTH?!  Isn't that just confidence inspiring????  But we know they are good people and do good work that we just are not capable of.  We do know our limits.   :)  We stopped and made the appointment while we were out doing errands. Two young men came yesterday and got everything connected and working and ready.  As they left they said call us if you need us.  I said they knew we would!

So it's been busy around here.  Life is good.  All is well.  Stay safe!

Right now I have to get back to work.  I am trying to get the capability to print back on my phone and tablet.  I never thought I'd miss something like this.  But once you have it, when it's gone, you miss it.  Just like a lot of other things.

Too Many Choices

Golfer and I had a few errands to do the other afternoon.  So we headed out with our list and got things done.  Some tasks went quickly, others not so much.  One item was to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond and buy new pillows for our bed.  I admit - way back when - I would just go in Penney's and pick up two.  There were usually only a couple choices to pick from.  It wasn't a big deal.  Sadly, Penney's management has ruined most of the store and they no longer carry most brands I will purchase or use.

Anyway, Golfer and I went into B,B&B and headed to the pillow section.  It was OVERWHELMING!  There were hundreds of pillows to choose from!  You could pick duck down, simulated duck down (??????),  latex foam, generic foam, hypo-allergenic fiber, eucalyptus fiber fill  (again ????) side sleeping, back sleeping, stomach sleeping, child, adult, and on and on and on.  Who knew it could be so hard?

We finally accepted some help and settled on two huge, premium, fiber filled, reasonable firm pillows for side sleepers.  Evidently with all these choices, they don't make any specifically for people who might move around while they sleep! We've been using them the last couple nights.  I thought it was pretty comfortable.  Golfer says he'll get used to his.  The furry kids think they're bouncy.  :)  Thank goodness I had coupons!!

Geez!  Stay safe!

A Breakdown in Advertising Communication

While I was standing in line waiting to get lottery tickets, I saw a display for some new M&Ms.  Bright package, big letters saying, "3x the Chocolate".  I thought Woo-Hoo!  You know this family likes some good chocolate.  So I bought two little bags for Golfer and me to eat while we watched the last Star Wars movie the other evening.  I opened my little bag anticipating extra chocolaty goodness.  It was disappointing.  The candies were just bigger pieces, not better chocolate.  Don't get me wrong, M&Ms are good just as they are.  I just expected deeper chocolate flavor.  I think they should explain that on the bag.

Stay safe!

Happy Birthday, Bikini!

We love you!

More Memories

Golfer always brings in the newspaper before he leaves to play golf.  This morning he brought in two - our regular one and a copy of the Wall Street Journal!  So I enjoyed my coffee and cereal and read two papers.  I found some interesting articles in the Journal.  The most intriguing was the article on the shortage of night crawlers!  I did not realize that night crawlers were a big business operation.  Evidently imported from Canada, too.  Anyway, this brought back memories.

My Grandpa Claude loved to fish.  After driving Grama Ethel to the grocery on Saturday mornings, fishing was how he spent the weekends.  When I was little, because Mom worked full time, I frequently spent weekends with Grama and Granpa.

I remember going out after dark into the back yard and garden with Granpa.  He'd have a big flashlight and a couple empty coffee cans.  We'd walk along in the dewy grass and he'd shine his light down.  That made the night crawlers move and then we'd pick them up.  If it had rained that day, there were more out and it didn't take long to get enough "bait" for Granpa's weekend fishing.  I wonder if people still do that anywhere?  Or do they just go to the store and buy a box of worms?  That just doesn't seem right.

Stay safe!