It's Been Soooooooooooo Long!

I haven't blogged in such a long time that I don't even remember how to do it.
What do I write about?  Who is my target audience?
I live such a mundane life...we go camping in the summer, in the winter we stay home and play World of Warcraft most of the time.

I'm not a winter person, not much for driving.  I don't like shopping, as a matter of fact, I absolute HATE it!
I go to work every day, and when I get home just want to relax.  Sometimes I play WOW, sometimes I watch TV.  Most of the time I am playing Angry Birds on my Kindle Fire.   That game is so darn addictive!  I've got 2 of the games in the original Angry Birds completed with all 3 stars on all levels, and in the Seasons I am close to completing one of the levels with all 3 stars.  Right now working on the Halloween game, still have about half of it to get all 3 stars on.

I have some new favorite shows that I like, some are off season, others are still on in reruns.  These are Restaurant Stakeout, Undercover Boss, Storage Wars, and Bar Rescue.  Not sure why I like these,  but they are interesting and different from the usual sitcom and reality shows that are on.  One show that I absolutely do not like is that one with the little girl from the south who is in pageants.  Just too much attitude on her for a little girl, needs to be a little girl and not a small version of a smart-ass adult.  Just my opinion.

I hate getting old.  I've been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, and also have a multitude of other issues that I seem to take a lot of prescriptions for, but if I don't take them, I suffer.  Diabetes, Acid Reflux, menopause, arthritis, nervous stomach.  My doctor just took me off one of the meds I was taking for the menopause and night sweats because I was having some issues that were related to that one.  We will see if that helps, seems the one I was on causes  problems with short-term memory and concentration.  Hopefully those problems go away, since they were a source of frustration and problems at work.

Well I've whined and commiserated enough for now.  Maybe later or tomorrow or another day I will think of something really interesting to write about.

Toodles.

Communication...or lack thereof

Watching "You've Got Mail", I started to think about the way we communicate. I remember the days of keeping in touch with writing letters and mailing them with a stamp (snail mail), then it evolved into email, which is still around. I had a lot of correspondence with email since the beginning of the Internet. Lately tho, it seems that most of my communications with friends and relatives are thru Facebook. I can't remember the last time I got an email that wasn't trying to sell me something, or scam me out of something. I have phone conversations and text communications on occasion, but most of the contact with friends is thru Facebook. And not always Facebook mail, but posts to each others walls. It's almost as if people have forgotten how to communicate face to face. Sure, it's easier to just leave a post or send a text to get a quick message across, or call and leave a voice mail. But that eliminates an immediate response or reaction on the part of the recipient. This type of communication also leaves the option to the recipient of just totally ignoring the message/post/text and not responding. So you really don't know if they saw/heard it or not.

Back in the day of online chat rooms and IM's, you could get your point across and know that it was seen. There was nothing more rewarding than that chime on AOL when someone sent or answered an IM. I haven't been on AOL in quite a while, not even sure if the people I "knew" on there are still around, or use the same screen-names. I still have my screen-name there, and just might pop on there and see what's happening.

Keeping in touch is good, phones have "apps" that let you access email, instant messaging programs, Facebook, among other methods. Yes, I'm guilty of being connected to Facebook and several email accounts on the Blackberry, and sometimes even connected to Yahoo messenger. It's convenient when away from home and without my laptop or an internet connection. I have even been considering a tablet, or possibly a Kindle or other type of multi-functional wi-fi capable device that will just require a bigger purse to carry it in. I like to read and when we go camping on the weekends I have in the past brought several books with me. If I had one of those devices that let you download books and check email and check Facebook and surf the Internet, it would save a lot of room in the truck, plus my husband could put his books on it also. The only thing holding me back from buying one is the fact that I haven't had that winning lottery ticket yet. Someday, sometime, in the future I'm sure I'll get one, probably when it's out of "style".

Oh well, until I get the new stuff when it's new, I still have my trusty Sony laptop with Windows Vista, and my Blackberry Tour to get me where I want to go. I might be behind the times, but I'm an "oldie but goodie".