Archive for October, 2005
10.17.05
Posted in computers, learning at 2:13 pm by Mrs C.
Today I am determined to get organized. It seems that I spend half my time getting rid of extra stuff and if I was more careful right from the beginning, I would save myself a lot of trouble. So today I am spending time to organize all of my writing (newsletters, articles, and the blog) and then saving them onto individual topic cds. Then, not only can I find them right away, but I will have a back-up in case my computer dies (as they are known to do when you least expect it).
This project has taken me about two hours so far, and every so often my husband walks by and shakes his head. Makes me realize that I have to start making some money from all this Internet business and show the dear man that I am not really wasting my time - it just looks that way. Now if I could keep away from opening my email 5 times a day!!!!
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10.14.05
Posted in life in Canada, family at 8:37 pm by Mrs C.
I recently discovered another extremely well written blog. The writers name is Melanie Bremner and you can find her blog at http://thephilosopherszone.blogspot.com/
-Here is a sample of her work: “–I’ve been thinking about the ways we measure our lives worth. In todays society the emphasis on gaining riches and having everything that is promoted as “must haves to be a somebody” are constantly in our faces until we are brainwashed to believe that it must be true. Since we can’t take anything with us when we pass away why does it matter so much? Like a child at Christmas the thing we want so bad soon grows old in the pursuit of something else that may make us more fulfilled. The constant struggle to find what we so desperately feel will be the answer becomes all consumming. We lose sight of what is really important and lasting in this life.
Look at all the chaos in the world. The third world countries that long for an extra piece of bread. The people who lose their life and belongings to natural disasters. I would be severely ticked off too if I had spent my life working to gain as much as I could only to have it washed away with the fury of mother nature. But sometimes it seems to be the only thing that makes us remember the truly important things in life. Our families,friends and loved ones.
I am deeply bothered by the shallowness of humanity in todays day and age. I hate turning on the t.v. to see another disaster, or another missing child, another murder or suicide. What has happened to us? Why can no one seem to stay married, with the divorce rate increasing every day? I rememeber years back when you were embarassed to say your parents weren’t together. Now it seems unbelievable when you hear someones’ parents are together still after more than five years. Is modern technology to blame? Is it because everything is so much easier to attain that we have learned to take everything for granted? We lose so much in the process. …… “
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10.07.05
Posted in computers, life in Canada at 3:07 pm by Mrs C.
I was at the local computer store the other day, and as usual, I had a look at their computers. Besides all of the wide and wider screen laptops, there were two models that were about 7 inches wide and I wondered why anyone would want such a small laptop.
Well, a few days later, I found out the answer. We were at an anniversary party in North Bay and I noticed one older gentleman sitting at a table typing on one of those laptops. I went over to check it out and tried to start up a conversation. The man didnt answer, but continued to type, so I looked at the screen. He was explaining that he had throat surgery two years before and was no longer able to talk. Then he went on to type about how much he was enjoying the party. At that point, someone else came over and tried to speak to him. Rather than type his explanation all over again, the man had saved all of his past comments and showed them on the screen whenever specific questions were asked.
No longer would that man feel left out of things or would he feel isolated from others. All because of a little machine called a computer!
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10.05.05
Posted in life in Canada, family at 11:08 am by Mrs C.
Again the time has run away from me. As usual, I cannot believe almost a month has passed since I last posted. Where did it go - let me see……. My youngest son got married on the beach in Haliburton. The weather and the scenery were both amazing and other than my crying every time I looked at him, I had a great time. My favourite memory of the wedding will be the dance competition between my son and I and his new wife and her father. Each couple tried to spin their partner more than the other while doing an elegant waltz.
………….our stay at a rented cottage out in the country for the whole weekend of the wedding. There were 14 of us in all, wall to wall sleeping bags, but we had an amazing time just being together, especially since the family is all spread out now. My oldest daughter and family from Nashville, Tennessee, my daughter and grandson from Belleville, son and family from Sudbury, son from Toronto, youngest daughter and family from Cambridge, as well as hubbie and my dear mother - 80 years old but still wanting to be where the action is. My only missing child was the bridegroom, who understandably wanted to be alone with his new wife.
………then there were the visits to Sudbury to visit my oldest son and his family and enjoy the northern countryside.
………visits to Cambridge to watch my youngest grandson learn to crawl - much more fun than watching TV and we never tired of it.
……….then the usual daily activities and interactions with people, both family and friends, that make you thankful for the relationships you have.
So what have I learned from it all? How much more important people are than anything else. As I get older, the possessions don’t mean so much, but being with those that I love (including my God) - what more could I ask for?
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