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I've been trying to 'organize' lately.  I realized I have a total of 9 email addresses: 1 ATT.net, 4 Gmail & 4 Outlook. There are a number of reasons for this.  I'd like to 'downsize', but for now I need 3 for different web pages. Since Gmail no longer notifies you of comments/messages on social sites, I had to switch to Outlook.com for those. And I 'like' Gmail for other things. I might be able to get rid of 2 Gmail; but we'll see. As soon as I get the new option in Gmail of 'changing'…

My daughter gives me her old laptop computers when she doesn't need them. Which is good--I get something 'new to me' without buying it. I bought my 17 in. HP laptop in 2019. I think it was 2021 when my daughter gave me this 15 in. laptop. Both were built in 2019 & have been working fine, with needing a few 'resets' over the years. 

Anyway, I…

December was warm--but Jan. hit with a vengeance! We had about 11 inches of snow & then temps down to zero and below this past week. With a neighbor's help, my husband (after 3-4 days) got our car cleared off & the driveway halfway cleaned off as well. But since we had already done our monthly stock-up--and before it hit, my husband also found some small bundles of wood in case we need the fireplace--I don't plan on going out at all till it's…

I often get the 'option' to use AI to 'improve' things that I write; I do not like that. But I did try it once, and it was only a couple of words that were different. So I was happy to learn that I'm doing all right.

Anyway, I also read a lot of books. Recently, I've seen so many by someone with a certain name. It seemed odd to me--so many titles and many with the names of two authors. Well, I decided to check it out. Today, I learned that originally, this was just a name that…

I'm a collector. Over the years, I've collected many things: books, stuffed animals (mainly the tiny Beany baby cats), key chains, refrigerator magnets, paper bookmarks, DVDs of my favorite TV shows and movies (started as VHS tapes, then converted to DVD), CDs of all my favorite music (a total of 13 now), post cards from all over the world (courtesy of many pen pals), pictures of those pen pals and their families, all the stories I've ever written (close to a…

I think it's too early, but the young guy across the street has already put up a HUGE amount of Christmas lights!  My gosh, so many lights!! He usually puts out some inflatable things so we have that to look forward to. I can't wait!! The next time he turns on the lights to check them, I'll try to take a picture. I was completely overwhelmed when I saw how many he has put up!!  He's a single guy in his mid 20's, so I guess it's surprising that he's so into decorating.