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A Near Electronics Mishap

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Renee Spindle

Last week I was in my kitchen working on chopping up some apples from our own tree, for an apple crisp. Many recipes that I use in the kitchen these days reside on my iPad. I use a program called Evernote to store a lot of my family favorite recipes, and also favorites that I have found on the internet.

I was diligently working, talking to the kids, and as I moved the cutting board I knocked over a glass of water, and it splattered my iPhone and iPad. My twenty-somethings jumped out of their seats, and got my iPad out-of-the-way. I grabbed my iPhone, and I was ever so thankful that I had the Otterbox cover on it. The twenty-somethings quickly grabbed some towels while I was tending to my iPhone, and we got everything dried up. Oh, and I also had my favorite Pioneer Woman cookbook sitting on the counter. This was a big glass of ice water.

Without the Otterbox cover on my iPhone it would have been toasted. I got the Otterbox for my iPhone because I’m always carrying it with me outside, especially when Travel Man’s on the road. And since I garden a little everyday it becomes a necessity when I am working outside. My Otterbox has saved my phone a few times now. Totally worth the investment.

There was a little skosch of water underneath the screen saver on the iPhone, and I had to remember how to get the darn Otterbox off of my phone. I could not remember which tabs to push or pull, so my daughter when on the internet and googled it for me. She tried to find a you tube video for me, but Travel Man knew how to take it off and saved the day.

Normally I don’t have a glass of anything liquid anywhere near my electronics. But I must have been extra thirsty on this cooking day, because I wasn’t really paying attention to where my glass of water was. I was focused on apple crisp (Which is a great recipe for another day). With so many electronics in the house it’s a wonder we have not had more mishaps similar to this one. Fortunately for me, this one turned out A-ok.

Have you had any electronics mishaps recently?

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The Power’s out Grandma -Now what do we do?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Renee Spindle

Last Saturday our beloved Southern California Edison had scheduled some sort of maintenance stuff, and we had been notified that the power would be out some time between the hours of 7am and 3:30pm, by mail. I wonder how many people in the neighborhood forgot about this and had friends or family over? This timeframe was ok for me. I didn’t have a whole lot going on, and whatever was urgent I finished on Friday. My only commitment was to host my grandson, Evan, for an overnighter so his parents could have a “date night”.

In a perfect world the power would have been off between 7am and 3:30pm, but in my world the power went out at about 11am, and didn’t come back on until almost 9pm!!! The nerve.

I called my daughter to delay Evan’s arrival until 5pm or so. Evan came over with the pepperoni pizza and bread sticks in hand, and I had a movie to watch. At this point in the day the power was supposed to be back on at 6pm. Of course I called to check on it. My grandson was on his way over and I was the entertainment! I figured no big deal, about 45 minutes with no power and then we could get on with our evening. After Evan put the pizza in the kitchen and said his goodbyes to his Mom, he was investigating the house, the light switches, the tv. Walking around very inquisitively.

And this was his battery of questions-

So you mean the computer won’t turn on?

The light bulbs in the lights won’t turn on?

What about the plugs? They still work don’t they.

Will the tv turn on how are we going to watch our movie??

And my response to each of these was “No Evan that needs electricity to work”. It took him awhile to digest that information.

So, 6:15 rolls around, and still no power. I called again to get a status and now the power won’t be back on until 9pm. Yikes! Not the evening I had planned. Mini panic by Grandma at this time.

Now, Evan’s just a little scared because it’s getting dark, and our entire neighborhood is in the dark. The street in front of our house is just pitch black. I lit the fireplace in the living room, lit some candles, and we each had a flashlight. At some point I had asked Evan if he wanted to go home, and he said, “Nope”. Evan was too nervous to eat any pizza so he just snacked on the bread sticks.

We played a short game of memory, and then Evan was looking around the living room and he says, “So this means I can’t play any video games, or watch tv right now”. I replied, “You’ve got it! This is a video/tv vacation”. I’m thinking to myself maybe we should make this a regular thing.

Next I busted about my iPad. I realize this contradicts my no electronics statement, but a Grandma’s got to go what a Grandma’s got to do. I have some games on the iPad that Evan likes to play, plus it was well-lit. We played checkers, tic-tac-toe, connect four, and then scrabble. Evan’s really starting to get into the scrabble board. He needs a little help, but enjoys putting the word puzzle together.

Finally, the power came back on at about 9pm. We scream Yahooeeeee, turn on the tv to watch the smurfs, make popcorn, and eat some pizza. TV/video vacation was over.

Isn’t it funny in this age of all things electronic that we just don’t take more time for some peace and quiet. I think I have a new concept for overnighters at Grandma’s house. A video vacation will be part of our new overnighter routine, and we’ll learn a new board game or card game, and read some extra stories together.

It doesn’t get any better than this. Good night Evan.

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10 Reasons why I couldn’t sell my iPad…

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Renee Spindle

There are not many times in my parenting/adult life where I have treated myself to a gift. However, in December 2010 I did. There was this new-fangled gadget on the market called an iPad, and I just wanted one. So, with my Christmas bonus from work I cautiously spent the money on my own iPad. This purchase took quite a bit of convincing from Travel Man to complete. “You deserve it honey” and “You never do anything for yourself”, are the words from my husband that ring in my head.

When the iPad was new, I used it a lot at work and not so much at home. When I walked away from my job last year, and my status changed to Domestic Goddess I thought I would have used it more than I was. So, the iPad was sitting on my desk collecting some dust, and I had this fleeting thought that maybe I should just sell it. And then logic and reason set it in, along with some teasing from my family.

After spending a few months debating with myself and really paying attention to the use on my iPad I came up with this list:

10. Evan, my grandson, and I like to play checkers and tic-tac-toe on the iPad. Where would we play our games on the go?

9. When someone in the house says, “Google it”, where would we go to become informed? The iPad is usually sitting right on the coffee table or kitchen counter for anyone to grab and look something up on the web.

8. The DJ capabilities with iTunes, the iPad and the Remote app are amazing. How would we play all that fine music at the Party House during family parties? How would the assigned DJ skip to a new song right in the middle of one that’s already playing?

7. I love to play word games on the iPad. How could I possibly keep up on all my games of Words with Friends, and Scrabble in a timely manner?

6. Amazon shopping is my favorite form of shopping, along with a Prime membership of course. How could I check on my Gift Lists? How would I get my Christmas shopping done?

5. There is always some movie that I want to watch on Netflix, and I find using the iPad is the best way to dump movies into the Netflix Instant Que. How would I search for movies on Netflix, or reserve a movie on Redbox?

4. The iPad has become a phenomenal tool for cooking. The ability to view the recipes on-screen while preparing a meal, etc. is awesome. How would I view all of the Pioneer Woman recipes that my family has grown to love? Check out this cool iPad holder I got for Christmas from my hubby for using it while I cook.

3. I have learned to use WordPress to write posts to my blog in the last few months. How would my blog posts get shared with the world at a moment’s notice? I can take it with me wherever I go.

2. I can essentially have a mini computer with me wherever I go. When I am with Travel man on a mini-vacation I don’t have to wait to use his laptop. I have my iPad.

1. The number one reason I couldn’t sell my iPad is that it is the first time in my working career that I used a bonus to buy something just for me.

Thanks to my family members, particularly Travel Man, who have encouraged and teased me through this decision. I will forever love my iPad.