My FIRST Smartphone!

I broke down and finally bought one, yessirree, I did. My old cell was a little flip phone and it was fine for me for years but now the sound was awful and I had to keep it on speaker phone all the time and STILL hold it up to my head to hear. I thought it was just me but it wasn’t. No one else could hear with that old thing, either. That was my first wake up call to buy a new phone. Then there were the tornado warnings that we seem to get a lot more than in the old days. I’d see the warnings show on TV, snatch up the cats and we’d all head to the basement….and sit, and sit, and sit. There was no way to know if it was over or if we should stay down there. Yes, another reason for a decent cell phone where I could have a “Live” weather app. Consumer Cellular to the rescue! I love that company and if you don’t know about them, you really should bone up on their site. Best prices and services that you could ever imagine and I’ve been using their plans for 5 years now (and wish I’d started years and years ago). Well, they also sell all types of cell phones and so that’s where I went. I had no intention of buying the newest as you’d have to have a gun to my head to fork over mega hundreds or even into a thousand bucks for a phone. A phone! Geezy peezy. I just want it to have great sound and the ability to call and receive and text and email and go online when I need to. Wow. What I found was that it not only does all that but holy smoke, I can hold it out at a store that takes Apple pay and bingo, it does all the work! I absolutely LOVE this thing. I bought the older (not ancient) Apple iPhone SE. That one came out after the 5’s and with the 6’s and has iOS 11 which is the latest operating system out there.. Reviews post that it’s been the best of all of them other than it’s physically smaller. Men love the smallness because it fits in a pocket. I’m getting used to squinting. No worries, I just adore this new gadget, and the price was terrific, $160. Brand new, not used; and my monthly billing with CC is still incredibly low, as in $19.95 per month and that’s with unlimited text, I chose a lower amount of talk minutes because I’m always on wifi and my data is next to nothing because I don’t download a bunch of apps. The phone came loaded with all the apps I’d ever need. Yay! I feel like I stepped into the world, haha. I even took this photo of my Lucy this evening with the cell camera and I have to say, that camera does a really nice job! I sent it to myself in email and here it is (click to enlarge):

Ok, that was the good news. Now for the ick. I have an abscessed tooth and it hurts! I am on a good antibiotic but it’s taking its sweet time working. Tomorrow is the last day of pills. Luckily, my dentist wrote the Rx for a refill, so I’ll be trotting back to the store to pick up another round. In the meantime, I’m being very quiet because my face hurts from the abscess and I’ve had a roaring headache on that side for a whole week. I’ll be back around to visit in not too long, but until then, be good, have fun, and BLOG! XOXOXO

Throw WAYYY Back Thursday ~~

It was Christmas. I was 4 yrs old and can still remember this day. First 2-wheel bike, but with training wheels, of course. The tall case beside me opened and housed my favorite doll with her clothes on miniature hangers. And way over on the right was a pink stuffed animal that I had up until my last move. The curtains were the real thing of the day – big red and pink and green cabbage roses, haha. Much ado was made over “placing” the tinsel so that each piece hung straight and wasn’t just thrown on. Didn’t matter, my dog and cat made mincemeat out of it all before the day was up. My most loved present was the book on my lap. I was an early reader and would curl up anywhere I could find, have Winnie (dog) and Bootsie (cat) right beside me, and read all day long. That particular book was a geography book and I thought it was glorious with all the pictures so huge and the colors so bright. I actually thought I was seeing the whole world. Good days, yes indeed.