DeeBeeCreative's Blog (16)

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. 

I started my binge of Stargate:SG1 yesterday; first the 'good' device wouldn't accept 1 dvd, so I switched to the older Player. Guess what: first disk was great, 2nd was 'glitchy'. So that went into the trash.  There were 214 episodes over the 10 yrs of the Stargate series, so even though I didn't keep 'all', just the ones I have is a big stack!!   Then, I realized....I still have my 17 in. laptop--wih the DVD record/player--so I can always switch to that & use an…

I don't go to the library now. It's difficult for me to get out.   But thankfully, our library system uses an app for eLibrary (digital).  So when it was time for my card to be renewed, I thought I might have to drop it. However, I called this morning & they were able to renew my card over the phone.

I had actually forgotten it was 'due' to renew. I had gotten an email telling me I had 2 books available…

I've been using Laptops for a long time now. And every single one gives me the same problem: when I try to type, the cursor will 'jump' backward & end in the middle of a previous word! Which is a royal pain!! So, even with a laptop, I've always used an external keyboard. 

I have no idea why this happens, but it's so very annoying.  So when my daughter decided I needed a desktop, I figured I won't have that problem anymore.    

     So I'm now using my new desktop, here on…

Right now, everything on TV is either reruns or ‘reality’, which I don’t like at all. So I decided to find something else to watch. That should be easy, since I have a huge library of tv shows and movies on DVD. I started out using VHS, then I copied my favorites onto DVDs.

I recently came across a music…

I love the movie Forbidden Planet! It's my all-time favorite SF movie. In the film, one of the main characters was named Altaira--after the planet, Altair 4. I couldn't get that name out of my head! So when I started writing, I decided to make that the name of the planet in my futuristic romance--but with my spelling: Altara.  That was around 1970.  Much later, when I discovered the internet, I decided that would be a good Username.  I used that before I was confident enough to use my actual…

I've been writing since I was a teenager in high school. It's just "me", who I am. After high school, I started at the local junior college, and if I hadn't dropped out after getting married, I would have been an English Major.  By then, I knew what I wanted to do with my life: have a family and keep writing.   I would normally write 20 pages per day after I was married--being a stay-at-home mom. I had put it aside when I had my first baby. Then I realized he slept a…

I've always loved chocolate. My favorite candy bars are: Milky Way, Hershey's plain or almond, and Nestle's Crunch. I guess it was maybe a year or two ago that I discovered Nutella. Basically, it's a Hazelnut & cocoa spread. 

  I recently stocked up on Nutella  (2 large jars) and a couple of boxes of graham crackers. I limit myself to either half a graham cracker or another 'extra' 1/4--3 pieces, in other…

   I love taking pictures. I guess it started when I was a child, even though I didn’t actually do it until much later.

    My first camera was a Brownie box. My grandma gave it to me. I was very young & don’t remember if I ever actually took any picures with it. I probably just ‘pretended’ to take…

I'm not one of those people who go 'hog wild' about finding my ancestors. I can't/won't pay for that. However, some years ago, I found a 'free' site where I could look for ancestors. I can't remember where or how I actually did it. But I do remember: I put in the name of a person (grandfather maybe) and then looked for 'his grandfather'--and so on. I found relatives back to the 1200's!  It turns out my ancestors came from England, Ireland, Scotland, the…

I am a music lover. However, I don't often 'listen' lately. I have 12 CD's full of my favorites--my own 'mix', plus at least a dozen 'bought' albums. And I have many music videos saved on my computer. In the past, I have shown many of them on one of my pages--using the YouTube codes.  

This morning I woke up after having a dream of sitting in the middle of large…