I'm such a pushover

My brother from Florida comes up every Christmas and stays for a couple of weeks. So we all got up yesterday and decided to go out to breakfast. Which was very enjoyable. Then on the way home, my brother spots a Sprint store.

"You know, we have enough credits to upgrades our phones again."

"I don't really have the money for it right now," was Mom's reply.

"Yeah, so? I'll pay for the upgrade. C'mon mom, I really want to go see what they got."

I'm sitting in the back seat, shaking my head and laughing at the two of them. No way I'm upgrading right now, but I know damn well they will end up going back and looking and then upgrading.

So around the block we go. Luckily it is very early, and we are the only ones in the store. We examine phones, and prices, discuss getting Mom something with a full QWERTY keyboard so she can text easier, Michael wants something real basic – BTW, Mike pays for a second line on his account for Mom – has since he moved to Florida. They finally pick out what they want and then all the paperwork starts and transferring of data, and blah, blah, blah.

During which time, I get totally bored and start playing with some of the phones and reading every pamphlet in sight. If I had known we were going to stop, I would have taken a book and the rest would not have happened…..

As Mom and Mike are finishing up, the salesman asks if he can get anything for me today – I swear that NO was supposed to come out of my mouth – Honest! Instead:

“Yes, I’d like to upgrade to the Samsung Instinct, get a Bluetooth earpiece, a car charger for the phone, and upgrade my account to include internet access for it.”

Needless to say, I’m still trying to figure out half of the damn phone. It has a touchscreen, so no keyboard except the one on screen. I can read my email, check out webpages, text message, take photos, Gawd only knows what else – and oh yeah – make phone calls.

I really need to keep a book handy.
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Just Checking In

Christmas was very enjoyable, and I hope that it was for all of you as well! New Years should also be enjoyable, but then it's back to work - yes, I am on vacation, which is why I'm not around much.

I don't make "resolutions" - I just try to do better than I did last year. That's enough for me. What about you?

A Fun Interactive Story

Jess Granger, whose Beyond the Rain releases in August and looks like a great SFR is hosting Interactive Adventure! Ethel the Space Pirate. Go to her blog and vote on what Ethel should do next.
Just click on the title to get there.

Send a soldier a Card

Go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com, pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving overseas.

Although you can’t select who receives the card, it goes to a member of the armed services.
How wonderful would it be if we could get everyone we know to send one? It is FREE and it only takes a second.

Happy ???????

Beware - politically incorrect rant ahead.

I went to the hairdresser's last night. I brought a small gift, since I won't see her again until after the holidays. She proceeds to tell me how her boss got everyone together and told them they could not say Merry Christmas. Only Happy Holidays was acceptable.

I'm all for treating everyone fairly, and being aware of others traditions and beliefs. So where did MY right disappear?

I don't expect my Jewish friends to say Happy Holidays instead of Happy Hannukah. I don't expect my African-America friends to say Happy Holidays instead of Happy Kwanza. So how come I can't say Merry Christmas without being politically incorrect?

Christmas is part of MY heritage. And I don't care how incorrect it seems -

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!

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