Any Recommendations?

 Although my husband and I struggled with the idea of getting iPhones this year, to be honest, it's been a good thing.  For him, a great thing because he never misses a client call, and for me I get to capture even more of what goes on around me.

 Most smart phones have great quality cameras on them as well as apps for those photos, of which I have yet to download even One. Single. App.

Yep.... slacker woman here.

 Without this handy gadget smartphone, I would not have captured, or even been looking for this butterfly, which alit on the butterfly bush as we completed planting our fall flowers and I rounded the driveway to head back indoors.

 Kind of like my very own butterfly pavilion.

*seriously and totally recommend you plant a butterfly bush*

Any of you have a great iPhone photo enhancement app to recommend?

I'd love to know about it.

XOX

Gave It Some Thought

When it comes to being sick or having any kind of ailment, I am not one to jump to the worst case scenario thinkin

OMG CANCER!

JEEZ, I NEED MY DOCTOR!

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY BRAIN!!!!

I WONDER WHAT MEDICINE WILL HELP ME?

MY husband is a wee bit more of an alarmist, and will look up things on the internet and send me links to read.

Now.... about that vertigo of mine, or just flat out dizziness and spinning of the room:

The first action I took was to stop and think "what am I doing differently" and "what change has happened in my life" or "what have I been eating that I didn't eat prior to this condition"?

That's exactly what I did after five days of that shitty vertigo that had me nearly falling flat on my face just by getting out of bed in the morning.  Horrible stuff that Vertigo fellow.

The only thing that had changed in my life was that I was now using a cell phone... an iPhone... but probably any phone with scrolling capabilities would do the same to me.  Yes, I do believe it was caused by excessive scrolling and viewing on my iPhone, so I have backed off of using it, except as a phone most of the time.  Other computer social needs can be taken care of on my iPad, which has a larger screen, or as I am doing right now, sitting at my desktop computer.

I read THIS ARTICLE today about vertigo/dizziness/nausea and cell phones, and I went in and changed the settings on my phone as they showed how to do.  It is now nearly noon and I have had no vertigo today, so I am going to see how the next few days go and if these symptoms do return, then I'll be making a doctor's appointment, but for now...

I am blaming it on the phone.

A New Century

*image source 5barstore*

I'm still not sure how I feel about this, but it was necessary for us.

Neither my husband nor I have ever enjoyed being tethered to an object, for a job, or for home life, but the time has come it would seem, whether we like it or not.

Many of you in the blogging world have probably read my rants on cell phones and how much I dislike them and seeing people driving with one (so stupid and dangerous) and hearing people out in public as they gab gab as loud as possible so anyone within twenty feet of them will know that they are the owner of a cell phone and subject EVERYONE to hearing every bit of their personal business.  I find it disgusting to say the least,

but I digress since dummies will be dummies and do dangerous and stupid things throughout their lives.

The above flip phone is a good likeness of what my husband has had for quite a few years... you purchase the inexpensive phone and then buy minutes as you need them.  It's a VERY economical choice, and if you don't have the need for shoving a lot of data across the air waves, then I suggest you use this type of phone.  He's been using it for his consulting business as well, but the thing is, when he is at large corporations he has had no way of getting 'certain' files moved to their offices, and they generally do not allow him access to their internet connection either.  With a smartphone he will be able to connect to a hot spot, get wi-fi on his phone and then connect to his iPad and be on the Internet where he can connect to websites that have what his customer needs.

And so it was time for him to get a smart phone for running his business in a more efficient manner.

I myself have not had a cell phone and to be honest have not been able to justify the cost of owning one,  AND, I don't talk on the phone much, other than a couple of family members from time to time that live thousands of miles away.  Facebook and Messenger pretty much takes care of those connections for me as well as FaceTime.  

*image source CNET*

Our phone company notified us that our landline monthly service cost is going up once again, so my husband and I talked about it and decided that we would drop landline service and could now justify what dollars we spend on cell phones.... 

and since the landline is going away it would mean that he would have no way of contacting me when he is out on business and I am at home, and if I were in town I would have no way of contacting him.  So 'bye bye' landline and hello smartphones for each of us.

He has ordered the Plus and I have ordered the 6.  I realize that there are benefits to having the Plus, but it's simply too large for my hand, and if you can't hold it then what's the point of owning the Plus?

I totally understand that some of you have had smart phones for years and that we are just now moving into this century when it comes to our cell phone choice, but it was a great and economical choice that worked for us to use a flip phone, and it allowed us to save a few bucks.... it was the SMART thing to do, to use the flip phone.  Our cell phone cost per month, after the purchase of a $100 flip phone nine years ago was only a couple hundred dollars a year, or around $16-$17 a month.  

One thing for sure though... you will STILL not see me jumping in my vehicle, immediately dialing and sticking this phone to my ear as so many women that I see do, nor will you see me driving with a phone at my ear while cruising down the highway.  

I'd really like to smack people that feel the need to be THAT connected while putting others on the roadway in danger. How selfish they are.

So, the phones were ordered since they did not have the ones we wanted in stock, and they should arrive in the Verizon store today for us to pick up, set up, and start dialing.
Wish we old fogies luck!