30 days of Gratitude Day SEVEN
Nov 7, 2016 3:50:53 GMT
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Post by grammadee on Nov 7, 2016 3:50:53 GMT
Day Seven prompt: Let's celebrate all the ways that TECHNOLOGY makes our lives more enjoyable.
I am not a very techy person, but as they say, you don't always appreciate fully what you have until its gone.
My internet access wasn't exactly gone when we were on our cruise, but I had to pay for it by the minute, so I was VERY aware of any time I logged into my shipboard internet account. I saved it for checking and sending emails home. We joked about wanting to Google information every time we had a discussion, but no one wanted to pay for the online time to fact check. I also realized how much I normally use the internet to relax at the end of the day, checking websites, even playing Microsoft solitaire daily challenges.
Also, my European texting package did not include imessaging, so even when we were in port, many of my normal contacts were cut off. Yet it was technology that kept me connected to family at home, to be aware of what was happening here. And I was immensely grateful for that.
That isn't to say I DON'T appreciate the technology that makes my life so much easier than my mothers' ever was. I love being in touch with grandkids, getting photos of their adventures in the long weeks between visits. I like being able to check out information in the middle of a discussion. I like having options, and satellite TV and uTube provides tons of those.
And I appreciate the irony of playing with paper while my washing machine is washing clothes, my drier is checking another load so it reaches optimum dryness, the dishes are getting clean and I have a roast in the oven on timer.
Here is my page for Monday the 7th:
There's an ap by Gramma Dee, on Flickr
I am not a very techy person, but as they say, you don't always appreciate fully what you have until its gone.
My internet access wasn't exactly gone when we were on our cruise, but I had to pay for it by the minute, so I was VERY aware of any time I logged into my shipboard internet account. I saved it for checking and sending emails home. We joked about wanting to Google information every time we had a discussion, but no one wanted to pay for the online time to fact check. I also realized how much I normally use the internet to relax at the end of the day, checking websites, even playing Microsoft solitaire daily challenges.
Also, my European texting package did not include imessaging, so even when we were in port, many of my normal contacts were cut off. Yet it was technology that kept me connected to family at home, to be aware of what was happening here. And I was immensely grateful for that.
That isn't to say I DON'T appreciate the technology that makes my life so much easier than my mothers' ever was. I love being in touch with grandkids, getting photos of their adventures in the long weeks between visits. I like being able to check out information in the middle of a discussion. I like having options, and satellite TV and uTube provides tons of those.
And I appreciate the irony of playing with paper while my washing machine is washing clothes, my drier is checking another load so it reaches optimum dryness, the dishes are getting clean and I have a roast in the oven on timer.
Here is my page for Monday the 7th:
There's an ap by Gramma Dee, on Flickr
