BUMP!

It's just like something out of a 60's sci fi movie...

So, here's the deal.

3 contacts on Loni's ITouch

187 contacts on Allen's IPad, all of whom I would like to be on the ITouch.

But, it would take me about three years of my slow phone typing to get all those 184 contacts onto the Itouch.

Enter BUMP!

30 seconds - maybe - and it was done! 184 names transferred to the ITouch!

Okay, I admit it; I'm still gaga-eyed over technology. (Note; not to be confused with Lady Gaga in any manner.)

Additional note: Allen and I never could get it to work. So, we went to the Simply Mac store and the young kid - who had NEVER done BUMP before - figured it out in a whiz. So, I'm gaga-eyed, but still inept!

Now, if I can just get SWYPE to work on my phone!

From This.....

to this.......

Pretty fancy shmancy...

Ah, China!

The Four Docs

It's hanging just inside the front door.

I just put it up.

But, you see, the thing is, when I hung it up, I got all emotional thinking about those four kids.

They were just normal, average, every-day kids; going to school, complaining about helping around the house and having to get up to read scriptures, laughing together, playing the sock game for family-home-evenings, having issues with friends, staying out late, arguing over who gets to take the car, not wanting to eat vegetables.

Did I ever even notice the incredible MINDS underneath their hair, which was mostly unkempt?

And now, they have accomplished something truly remarkable.

All four of them.

SO, that is why I was so emotional. I am so very proud of them.

Oh, they have issues and challenges and problems; just like most of us.

But, what those four children have done sends shivers up my spine; the horrific long hours, the sleepless nights, the studying, the expected things to learn and remember, the lives that are at stake when they are at work – I cannot fathom.

So, yes, it makes me emotional. Because you see, they have accomplished a great deal – more than most – but they are such NICE folk.

And, so I did get just a teeny – okay – really emtional.

I Wanna Be....

skinny.

And, therein lies the dilemma.

I don't want to give up See's dark chocolate.

I exercise, but I don't want to do it 3 hours a day.

Ah, me.

Skinny, I will never be.

Barbara

Could be morning, or early evening.

There will be a slight knock on the door.

When opened, there will be Barbara....with a bag of fruit or a casserole for dinner or some cottage cheese her husband didn't like because it was a new brand.

One Saturday morning, when Barbara brought over a bag of fruit, my two grandsons were sitting on the floor playing with magnets. I introduced them to Barbara, told them how Barbara often brought food over, and Miles said,

"I wish I had a neighbor like Barbara."

The world would be a better place if we all had (or if we were) neighbors like Barbara.

But, It's So Hard to Get Up for Church....

Family Art Time