It was supposed to be a quiet day today. I was going to pack for my trip to Elkhart, Indiana tomorrow (I did the necessary laundry yesterday.) and print off the packet of materials that had been sent the meeting.
First Hurdle: The files were all sent .ftp! I haven't seen anything in that format for more than twenty years! We used to use it way back when before email to access the Internet. Of course, the directions that came with the files did not work! I finally went on line and downloaded FileZilla File and was able to figure out how to open the files so that I could print them.
Second Hurdle: Three pages printed and the black ink portions tapered off to grey! No problem, I had a spare cartridge in the cupboard. Oops, two color cartridges, but NO BLACK! I knew I had seen an office supply store in the shopping center just up the road by Publix. Oops, guess I saw one somewhere else?
OK, don't panic. Plug office supply store into the GPS. It found an Office Depot about nine miles away (it was actually more like twelve as the GPS seems to calculate "as the crow flies"!). Uh, oh, looks like the address that the GPS says is an Office Depot is now only an empty store! Try again. The GPS finds a Staples. It didn't look to be too far away. Turns out to be way over in Winter Haven! When we get there, we find another empty store and I FREAK! Fortunately, Forry remains calm and spots the Staples store on the other side of the highway!
We park. I go in; see the sign for ink; grab the correct cartridge; pay for it; and go back out to the car. NO Forry! (I thought he was staying in the car to plot the closest way back home on the GPS.) Evidently, he followed me into the store and was looking around... I go back in and find him, the clerk laughs at us as we leave...
Home again (by now it's after 6 PM) and I put the new cartridge in the printer and print off all the pages. Looks like I should have bought another ream of paper while I was at Staples -- the stack is an inch high! Oh well, print off the Boarding Passes, write my blog and go pack. Tomorrow is another day!
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Those Christmas Letters!
I really don't care what Ann Landers, Carolyn Hax or any other etiquette guru says. I LIKE Christmas letters and pictures. I enjoy reading about what everyone has been doing and seeing the pictures of families and especially seeing how the kids have grown. I really dislike opening a Christmas card and only seeing someone's signature -- or printed name. I want to know what's been happening to you! I want to know who's getting married, or having a baby, or being promoted -- or demoted, or graduating, or retiring, or getting a new job, or becoming a grandma or??? I don't throw them away either. It takes me a year -- sometimes longer -- to finally toss them out. (Right now I have three years worth...)
Maybe it's because we are on the road much of the time and I don't see you very often. But, I don't think that's it either. I've ALWAYS liked Christmas letters and photographs. That's most likely why I like Facebook, newsletters and blogs as well. Even if it's only a glimpse, I enjoy knowing what's going on in your life. It's the same reason I've never wanted to live in one of those "65 and older" places. Life is more than my own age cohort -- that's what makes it so interesting.
But, I must confess, I've not done well the last few years with sending out a Christmas letter. I think I've let my blog sort of take its place... I've had good intentions and have even started once or twice, but obviously haven't gotten it done.
When we were in Office Depot a month or so ago, I saw some very nice Christmas letterhead, "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given." It had an ornament in the corner with silhouettes of the Holy Family. Giving in to an impulse and hoping it would motivate me, I bought a packet along with matching envelopes. Naturally, every time I've opened the file drawer, I've seen that stationary just sitting there, looking back at me.
A couple of days ago, I sat down and started drafting a letter. Always before, I've just typed one up and added some pertinent clip art to it. It's not quite as easy to fit a letter into a prescribed format. Forry read my draft, added some comments and changed a couple of things that didn't quite make sense (everyone needs an editor). This afternoon, I got serious and got the letter printed. I wanted to add some pictures to it, but realized that in an entire year, we did not get a single picture that had both of us in it! (I did stick a little picture of Auntie Violet and the Toad into a corner.)
Now that it's done, I feel good about it. I'll sit down tonight and tomorrow night and get them addressed and stamped. And then I'll wait for the mail, so I can start reading yours!
Maybe it's because we are on the road much of the time and I don't see you very often. But, I don't think that's it either. I've ALWAYS liked Christmas letters and photographs. That's most likely why I like Facebook, newsletters and blogs as well. Even if it's only a glimpse, I enjoy knowing what's going on in your life. It's the same reason I've never wanted to live in one of those "65 and older" places. Life is more than my own age cohort -- that's what makes it so interesting.
But, I must confess, I've not done well the last few years with sending out a Christmas letter. I think I've let my blog sort of take its place... I've had good intentions and have even started once or twice, but obviously haven't gotten it done.
When we were in Office Depot a month or so ago, I saw some very nice Christmas letterhead, "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given." It had an ornament in the corner with silhouettes of the Holy Family. Giving in to an impulse and hoping it would motivate me, I bought a packet along with matching envelopes. Naturally, every time I've opened the file drawer, I've seen that stationary just sitting there, looking back at me.
A couple of days ago, I sat down and started drafting a letter. Always before, I've just typed one up and added some pertinent clip art to it. It's not quite as easy to fit a letter into a prescribed format. Forry read my draft, added some comments and changed a couple of things that didn't quite make sense (everyone needs an editor). This afternoon, I got serious and got the letter printed. I wanted to add some pictures to it, but realized that in an entire year, we did not get a single picture that had both of us in it! (I did stick a little picture of Auntie Violet and the Toad into a corner.)
Now that it's done, I feel good about it. I'll sit down tonight and tomorrow night and get them addressed and stamped. And then I'll wait for the mail, so I can start reading yours!
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