TMT

Happy Autumn Everyone

The title of this post is TMT. To me that means "too much technology".

What seems to come naturally to the younger generation takes me a lot longer to figure out.

Have you noticed that whatever new appliance, electronic gadget or even a car comes with new technology you have to learn.

Some time ago my sons decided I needed to have a Smart Phone.
I told them you must be kidding, I'm not "smart" enough to use it.

Their reply, "It's easy, Mom. Besides you need to download the app to get our flight arrivals."

Okay, I got myself a Smart Phone, which of course doesn't come with written directions aside from how to turn it off and on.

I basically figured out most of it and did well with apps and inserting phone contacts. My problem was to make and answer calls. Isn't that why you have a phone?

It was totally different form my old flip phone. I went to You Tube and found a helpful site that showed me how to use it. Thank goodness for people who educate on You Tube.

I pretty much was getting used to the Smart Phone when my son bought himself a newer updated I-phone and decided I needed to acquire his used one.

Oh no, I thought, here we go again. So he set it up with my carrier and explained the basics to me. Then he decided I needed to have the Waze app instead of using my Garmin. Well, it took me awhile to figure that one out and then found out it used up my battery real quick. I solved that by plugging it in to the car charger. My next problem was I couldn't turn it off. So after a call to my son for a tutorial I finally learned how to do that. (I still use my Garmin too).

Since then I found it is easier to text on the I-phone than my older phone and even learned how to send pictures, yay for me.

Just the other day I dragged out my old Fibit and charged it up and updated it. This time I linked it to my I-phone and also found out there is a pedometer on the phone within the Health icon.

So hopefully I'm set with technology for awhile, because my brain needs a rest.

Hope everyone has a good week  and the flood weary residents in North Carolina can resume some normalcy in their lives.

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

I've taken the name of the blog and turned it around to title this edition. I explain why next.

I'm going to start with Yesterday. It has been many years since I posted, why?
Life got in the way including relocating from Pennsylvania to Florida.

Now to Today. I'm enjoying life here in  Florida where the sun shines most every day.
There are flowers blooming all year long. I don't miss the ice, snow, and cold of the north.

I had a motto when I lived in Pennsylvania. I would say we had two seasons, Winter and Construction. When one ended the other began and the cycle continued. The winters with thawing and freezing played havoc with the highways. With so many interstates from east to west and north to south there was so much traffic, especially trucks. Because the winters seemed to go on forever the roads wore out quickly, but the ski resorts loved the long winters.

Here in Florida,we did  endure Hurricane "Irma" last September, but we were fortunate to escape with only some missing shingles from the roof, others weren't so lucky.

Tomorrow will take care of itself.

My thoughts and prayers are with the residents of North Carolina where Mother Nature has wielded her wrath with now Tropical Storm Florence. Much sympathy to the family and friends of those that have lost their lives and prayers to those that have been injured.

More is yet to come as the storm moves farther west and then heads north toward New England, first hitting West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and finally into the New England states, wrecking havoc and destruction along the way.

Hopefully everyone will heed orders from authorities when asked to evacuate.

Having lived In Northeastern Pennsylvania all my, life except for the last three years, we have endured hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and blizzards with many power outages in both summer and winter. Bad weather can be very scary and one needs to have common sense and prepare for it when forewarned.

I want to thank all the first responders who have risked their lives to save victims. Kudos in advance to the electrical linemen and all who will aid citizens in the aftermath and cleanup.

It's good to be back.

Stay safe everyone.