Technology update

There are loads of times when I wish DH were more techie, but he isn't. However, he did solve the mystery of the missing mic on my laptop, so I can't complain!

I just opened my protein bar in preparation for spin class. It's a low-sugar one. How did they lower the sugar? By eliminating the chocolate coating!! Where's the fun in that?

It wasn't my most productive day, but I'm making progress on the writing assignment. The next tone will be sent after I make a couple of minor changes, leaving one that is written and just needs some pictures and editing. I still have a lot of other things to do and only two days to make it all happen. FOCUS!!!! 

But SIL and I took a trip to the local quilt store to buy some fabric, and that took all morning. I picked up a few things on my need-to-buy list, and YIKES—some of that stuff was $23.50 a meter. Thank goodness, there isn't too much I need to buy these days. But in fairness, there was other stuff that we paid  $11.98 for. You really must watch the prices, and I wasn't paying too much attention as I was yakking the entire time! 

What did I buy? Stuff that I need to forward a project that was sitting on the current project table. So it won't be used immediately, although one of the fabrics did when I got home; the rest of it did NOT go in the stash room!

I haven't had much time to play with the new iPad, but now that I've put a case on it, it's heavy again! But look at this—it's smaller than the previous one. Not the screen, but the body. It's about an inch shorter than the previous one. However, I now need to find the HOME button. Another learning curve! But the quality of the screen? WOW - night and day compared to the old one. I must remember to unpack the pen, or is that a pencil, later today, and get it charged up. 

The old iPad is bigger than the new one

I didn't get a chance to check for my files, but I saw my paid app on it, so I'm assuming it transferred my files as well. More investigation to do, hopefully later today. I do NOT play games on my iPad (or any device for that matter), nor do I watch TV ( I thought about accessing the three-free months of Apple TV  - just because, but when they wanted my credit card, which I knew they would, I said No thank you!) or any other streaming service. It's a work iPad, and I need to download the new app later today, which is why I bought this iPad. Then I can start playing with it.  

Then I dug the Wi-Fi pods out of the box as I was having trouble keeping my sewing machine connected to the internet. I know—it's a first-world problem, but I needed it connected because I was using the connectivity feature. I never did get the pods working, but I managed to keep the internet connected long enough to get what I needed done.  

I also got the Wi-Fi app to recognize stuff in our house. I don't know why that was such an issue the previous day when I needed to see. There is an app for everything! 

OMG --- look at the data on that screen. Yes, we can see that one pod has a poor connection, and the other is offline. I had plugged one in, but couldn't get it to pair. 

No, that's not what I mean—look at the number of devices connected—TWENTY EIGHT!!!!! Good grief—what are all those devices? And see that 20 of them are online. Cell phones, computers, iPads, headphones, oh my. I'll have to check the list and see if I can disconnect some of them or take them offline. We are two adults - imagine if we had a teenager. Well, we wouldn't have Wi-Fi issues if we had a teenager in the house! 

I have now plugged in the second pod, and at least the Hub recognizes the two new pods. Now I have to figure out how to pair them and bring them online! I will need to be much more cognizant of this going forward. I must check the Wi-Fi app regularly to ensure both are connected and in good condition. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and monitor my Wi-Fi to hopefully prevent a disaster like I had on the weekend. 

The pods are waiting to be paired

I'll try to pair them today, but I also have a lot of work to get done, and the clock is ticking! 

Here's my apple pie candle! It's burning away quite nicely and evenly, but it'll take forever to burn it out! And there is always so much wax left after burning a candle. I guess we just toss out the old wax. I'm not even sure if I have that Kimberbell pie design, but if I don't, I'm sure I can find it online!

My apple pie candle

Here's a picture I took a while back. These trees turn the most magnificent shade of red in the fall, but because of the dry season, many leaves had already fallen by the time the color was at its peak. I feel cheated!!

Intense red fall leaves

It's funny how our girls gravitate to one or the other of their owners. Miss Murphy is like Velcro with me. She won't leave my side, and while I was gone to the quilt store for only a couple of hours, she wouldn't leave me alone when I got home. While this was taken a couple of weeks ago, she was even worse yesterday if that is possible. 

MOM - don't go!!!

Lexi is more aloof. While she needs to keep an eye on DH, she can do so from the hallway outside his office. She's just preparing to lie down!

Dad - I'm protecting you!

Bear, on the other hand, NEEDS to be right in your lap. Not my lap, but DH. So the two of them sit and watch TV together (no pictures allowed) and he's snuggled right in!

Oh gosh --- speaking of setting expectations. I told my Dad I would make him a pillowcase out of absorbent fabric, and I ordered the Zorb fabric while I was in Saskatchewan. Have I made it yet? NO!!!! I need to fix that! Has anyone worked with this? Tips?

Zorb fabric

Here are a couple of patterns I bought for $3, which is cheap since Fabricland is getting out of selling them. Well, we don't exactly know what's happening. 

New patterns

But all that is put in its place, and my surfaces are clear except for what I'll be working on today. I didn't bother taking pictures - you have to trust me on that! If I have items that need to be put away, I usually put them on the cutting table. Then it's right in my face, and I do that before I start sewing. It only takes a few minutes, and all is good!

I need to figure out how to do that in the office. I cleared the mess a while back, and now I'm staring at THREE piles of crap that somehow accumulated. How does that happen? I just don't get it. But I should take a few minutes to go through the piles and see what can be put away immediately. I also need to finish clearing out the filing cabinet so I can immediately file any papers that need to be filed. That would help and leave only the stuff that needs to be actioned. I'll get there. Perhaps once I'm back from these two weeks, I could take a couple of hours and make that happen. I would feel better, and I'd have some room to work!

On that note, I'm out of here, off to spin class. 

Have a super day!!!

Ciao!!!