Things Have Changed As I have Gotten Older

[F, Calla & Luca]

I've noticed many changes in the way I do things as I get older, or maybe it's just since I've had dogs. Things expand to fit the free time you have. So just the ADL, Activities of Daily Living as they are known in the care trade, soon take most of the day. Any appointment before noon is a major hassle and 1pm is preferable. Especially if you are a night owl like me.

and there's WWF

 

Whoops, wrong WWF

 

So I've made a new rule that you can only plan one major, and major is very relative, thing a day and sometimes that is too much. If I go to my office for a few hours that's it. If I'm cooking for company, a rarity nowadays , I shop the day before. Mostly if I need to return invitations I take people out. So much more relaxing and the food is better : )

 

I no longer wear a watch but maybe that's partly because I always have a clock or cell phone nearby. I no longer balance checkbooks, which I did fanatically in years gone by, because who wants to waste however much time I have left on that. I once found a mistake the bank made for one penny, all the other mistakes were mine.

 

 

Some of the things I have begun to do and stopped doing will not be discussed in polite company. But one major change I've made is that I no longer stop myself much from expressing my opinion. So I find myself writing emails to CEOs, sometimes ranting and sometimes merely requesting things politely. Today I felt like writing to Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple so I did:

"Smiley for IPAD

Dear Mr. Cook,

I recently got an IPad mini and I love it. One thing that would make my life and the lives of all social media users, easier would be a smiley face that was accessible with one step like the apostrophe is when you slide on the ,! key. Surely this would be  easy for your programming gurus. The way I've been doing it takes a lot of effort.

Someday Flash would be lovely too.


Thanks for your consideration,"

F....... ............

One of my mottos in life is, "How can I make life easier for myself given who I am? " What have you done along these lines?

And now that I see how much easier life is with Google Chrome I may have to use it. I am writing this on Chrome since it is almost impossible for me to upload images to DK otherwise using Firefox since they disabled Java.  But first I'll have to write to Java to see when the security issues are really going to be fixed. And then I'll have to find out how to put the tabs under the taskbar. Ah, life is complicated : )

 

 

[Doris, Knox & Flash]

We're the best, aren't we???

[F, Calla & Luca]

I think so : )

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Me too :)

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I feel better knowing I am not alone :) LOL

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

I've just been reading through this blog and who knew the paths it would take?! lol Very entertaining! I have to say that I still iron and fold everything and my checkbook has to balance to the penny. Is there hope for me?! One thing I'm doing that I think will make things easier in the future is totally cleaning out closets. I just did mine last weekend and got my husband to join in and go through his. A clothing drive at the school where my daughter teaches had inspired us. I can't tell you how much we cleared out and donated. Now I don't have to look at things over and over and wonder if I need them, they are gone and it feels good! More closets to go, but it's a good start! But that checkbook.. I can not stop!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Don't worry, you just are too young. You'll get better as you get older : )

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Yes, Janie, I agree with F...you will get lazier as you get older :)

[F, Calla & Luca]

Well the CEO of Apple hasn't responded as yet : ) but I have figured out a quicker way of doing a smiley face. I discovered there are shortcuts you can make while I was poking around my tablet. . So instead of going to the alternate keyboard, typing a colon and then doing at least several other steps I now type qz, a letter combo I rarely use : )