Mostly about the GPS

I am having a lot of fun playing with my GPS and have taken it out once. That was what you might call a not-successful trip. I had charged it up using my computer and got it set up in the car using the included cord to plug it in to the cigarette lighter. I was vastly amused that the GPs {I will have to name it!} told me first what exit to look for, told me again when I was a little nearer and told me again when I was there.

I was going to Jo-Ann craft store and had an idea in my head that I knew where it was, so when the GPS told me to turn at an exit, I said to myself, "No, surely it is the next exit!" and I went on to the next exit. Then there was a pause and the gadget said, "Recalculating…" { I am, as I have said before, easily amused, so all this stuff which is old hat to you longtime GPS users was new and fascinating to me. } At this point, the poor little GPS was trying to do its duty and reroute me when suddenly a little "Battery low" message popped up and it died! I had no idea why it was doing this because I had it plugged in to the power supply ! Anyway, since I was near the big-box stores, I unplugged the GPS and put it in my purse and did a little window shopping–the good kind where money isn’t spent!

When I got home, I bunged off a "Help" email to He-Who-Knows-ALL-about-Gadgets otherwise known as my younger son, and he mentioned that perhaps the end of the cord attached to the GPS wasn’t plugged in firmly. Hmmm, that is very possible. I will be using the GPS to drive to K.’s house on Thursday for a couple of hours of art, so we shall see..

What I want to do today:

• vacuum and steam mop the living room floor. {Done}
• tidy up the piles of "stuff." {only one more-mine- to do }
• dust the living room
• vacuum and steam mop the kitchen floor.
• paint a bit.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

— Confucius (Chinese Philosopher) 551-479 B.C.

"Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness."

— Bertrand Russell