OK, so I have my great new smart phone. I LOVE it! I post activities on my calendar at work, that syncs with my yahoo calendar which then syncs with my outlook at home and the I sync the whole mess to my phone. You'd think with all that synchronization that I would know what I was doing...NOPE!
Today I finally had time to sit down at home and sync all 4 calendars (which was the point of the phone in the first place). Am I ever sorry I did that! I knew we were busy, I didn't realize how busy until I started writing it all down. OMG! No wonder I'm exhausted all the time. I have one free weekend before Christmas and I'm quite certain that it won't last long. We haven't gotten the children's choir performance schedule or the date for the church Christmas program so that will probably fill that weekend right up.
I cannot begin to describe how totally overwhelmed I am by all that we have going on. On second thought, maybe this phone thing wasn't such a good idea!
~Carol who is now too exhausted to type anymore!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Smartphones?
Ok, I'm officially a technogeek. Or I will be when I learn to use my new phone.
I decided a couple of months ago that I cannot keep track of everything going on in our lives in my head anymore. It's just too much for my feeble brain to handle: Girl Scouts, choir, babysitting, dinner dates, hubby's work schedule, my work schedule, playdates, parties, birthdays, bi-weekly recycling, dr. appts., vet appts. homeschool group activities, family dinners, the list goes on!
I felt my best option was a very used PDA. Well, 5 mins. on e-bay told me that wasn't a good idea, not the deal I was expecting. So I decided to drop a hint to DH. I figured since he works in the cell phone industry that he could get us a good deal on a PDA phone. No need to carry more gadgets than necessary.
Well for our 15th wedding anniversary I got a PDA phone, also known as a smartphone. I've discovered that the phone may very well be smarter than it's user. DH brought it home and started showing me all the cool things it does. I have Mobile Excel, Word and PowerPoint. It has a calendar, my contacts list, e-mail, text messaging, internet access, a 2 MegaPixel camera. I can even play solitare. I had to ask DH if I could make a phone call! I can but the clarity on the phone is sort of crummy. LOL, go figure.
Anywhoo, I now have all my appointments at my fingertips. Actually, while I haven't tried, I can probably blog from the phone too. Maybe that will be my next entry. Then, I will totally be in geekdom!
I decided a couple of months ago that I cannot keep track of everything going on in our lives in my head anymore. It's just too much for my feeble brain to handle: Girl Scouts, choir, babysitting, dinner dates, hubby's work schedule, my work schedule, playdates, parties, birthdays, bi-weekly recycling, dr. appts., vet appts. homeschool group activities, family dinners, the list goes on!
I felt my best option was a very used PDA. Well, 5 mins. on e-bay told me that wasn't a good idea, not the deal I was expecting. So I decided to drop a hint to DH. I figured since he works in the cell phone industry that he could get us a good deal on a PDA phone. No need to carry more gadgets than necessary.
Well for our 15th wedding anniversary I got a PDA phone, also known as a smartphone. I've discovered that the phone may very well be smarter than it's user. DH brought it home and started showing me all the cool things it does. I have Mobile Excel, Word and PowerPoint. It has a calendar, my contacts list, e-mail, text messaging, internet access, a 2 MegaPixel camera. I can even play solitare. I had to ask DH if I could make a phone call! I can but the clarity on the phone is sort of crummy. LOL, go figure.
Anywhoo, I now have all my appointments at my fingertips. Actually, while I haven't tried, I can probably blog from the phone too. Maybe that will be my next entry. Then, I will totally be in geekdom!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I'm BAAAAACK!
Well, here I am again. I didn't realize that it had been 2 months since I had written. We have been so busy. We finished up the soccer season. #2 had really good coaches this season we enjoyed it very much.
Work has been very busy, which is good considering the economy.
My mom came for a visit which is always fun.
We enjoyed the warm Fall weather so much. I'm hating the fact that it's getting cold and dismal.
Now that I'm back in the blogosphere, I will be more diligent about posting.
Take care all!
Carol
Work has been very busy, which is good considering the economy.
My mom came for a visit which is always fun.
We enjoyed the warm Fall weather so much. I'm hating the fact that it's getting cold and dismal.
Now that I'm back in the blogosphere, I will be more diligent about posting.
Take care all!
Carol
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