Is Netflix worth it

I had a subscription with Netflix the second year it had come out. Let me tell you back then  I thought the owner was a genius and that Netflix was the next best thing I enjoyed out of a chocolate sundae. First, I could see all the DVD I want and later movies online.  Now I think this was a ploy to put Netflix competition like Blockbuster out business, but all I cared about is that I didn’t have to rent movies on Saturday and bring it back on a Monday. I began to noticed a change around the time Netflix decided to have separate price for DVD and movies online, okay. I wasn’t too happy, but I went along until I notice that a lot of movies online weren’t what either one of us  wanted to see  so about three years ago I cancel my subscription. However, my mother has taken ill, and I wanted her to have movies to look at so I decide to renewal my subscription. Only to find that Netflix has once again change their prices. Now that they are only selling online movies, you have to pay more if more people are watching in another room, huh. If you have more than two bedrooms the price jump up higher, did I forget to mention if you want HD you have pay more for that to? What makes me nervous is what’s next? I think Netflix is getting a lot like Cable One. They know there’s not too much competition so they can afford to charge more. Well, I might have to restart my subscription with Netflix because of my mother, but I will look for alternate.

Happy Thanksgiving

I wish everyone out there a great Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What Happen Next

I have been watching an episode of the old TV show Columbo when I noticed something. At the beginning Lee Grant, female character, shoot her husband. She then wraps the body in some kind of sack. The next I know she is on a cliff pushing the body off into the waters. My problem with this scene is he must have weight at least 180 pounds how did she managed to get the body into her car by herself and out the trunk(I'm assuming she had him in the trunk and not the back seat.) Columbo is one those TV shows that like to show you how a crime is being committed in the beginning, but I don't think they did a good job of showing in this episode.

Learning How to Write

I haven’t had a chance to write in my blog for almost two weeks. I have been working on my book, and I'm just beginning to realize how hard it’s to write a book. When I read someone author telling how they started their writing career, I want to laugh because they always make it seems so easily. Well, it sure isn’t easily for me. Sometimes writing is really frustrating. For example, the lady that edits my work wrote that she didn’t see my character going to a refrigerator after she had broken up with her boyfriend. I kind of disagree with her. She has always been right on the money with her suggestion, but this time I just don’t see my character like she does. She suggested that my character should have been crying. I don’t see her like that. She's tough and she doesn’t cry easily. However, that doesn’t mean she isn’t right. I just don’t see it. I have been reading more and more books on writing. Thank God for electronic tablets because I wouldn’t have been able to go inside my closet. My favorite book is plot and structure by James Bell. I have other favorites. I just love Mary Buchan’s books on setting. She really helped me color my setting which is one of my biggest problem beside grammar. I never have enough setting because I just didn’t understand how.

The Finish Line

This will be the shortest post I have ever written. I have finish the rough draft of my book!

Acid Reflux and Dementia

 

 

I have mentioned in several of my post that my mother has dementia and acid reflux. Her acid reflux has started showing up in her tongue in form of blisters. The blisters were so bad she couldn’t even swallow.  Her mouth was filled with white bumps. My mother has had acid for about four years, but it had never bothered her tongue this much. She spends every night trying to suck on ice.  When the acid isn’t attacking her tongue and stomach, it goes below in her private parts. I know because she complains how hot she is in that area, so I use Monistat and some medication I got over the counter. I have also taken her to the doctor to have a PAP test, didn't help much. The doctor did give her some pills, but the pills had a bad effect on her dementia.  She was even more confused the week she took the medicine. She did manage to take them all, and for a while the burning went away. However, it came back a week later. Thank God, it went away again without her having to take those more pills. I love my mother. I don’t want her to hurt, but it seems like the last three years there have been more and more problems. Also, I took her to another doctor, a neurologist, and he was the only one who prescribe Gabapentin for her tongue. My mother is taking three of those pills now and sometimes it does work, but there are times like Friday night she had stayed up until 4 A.M. in the morning, and I had to go to work the next morning. I’m so frustrated it just doesn’t seem fair it as if Satan is attacking my mother with everything it can throw at her.

 

 

Review on Clean Sweep

I’m a fan of the husband and wife team who created works like Gun Metal, Kate Daniels's series and my favorite On Edge's Series. I’ve been a fan since I discovered their work on Amazon two years ago.  Although, I’m passionate about the Edge books. Clean Sweep is my new favorite book. I also listen to the audio. Both book and the audio version were extremely enjoyable for me. Clean Sweep does remind me of the Edge but without the kids. There were children in the book, but they played a minor role.  Spoiler alert. The star of Clean Sweep is definitely Dina and the handsome werewolf name Sean. There was also a vampire name Arland. He didn’t show up until later chapters. What I like about this book was the sense of humor. The scene when she dragged the creature that she just killed to her house had me laughing. Dina was force to break up a romantic scene between parents who apparently hadn’t had any time for themselves since the Stone Age using her magic. When their children knew what their parents were doing, they complained loudly. I love that they make their scene so real in my head. I can picture their scenes when I’m reading their books.  Reading and Andrews’s book's way better than some movies I saw. I’m sort surprise no one has ever express interest in film rights. I love the way they always seem start with a hook.  Brutus was dead. Right way, I want to know who was Brutus, and how did he get dead? Naturally I’m going to keep reading. That the beauty about this team, they make you want to keep reading to the end. I hope there will be a sequel to this book

  

Finding the Time (A rant on trying to do something you love.)

I am a little jealous of authors who write books, especially the ones who write every month. I try not to be that kind of person because I'm a Christian,  but I want to be a writer. I haven't wrote my first book, yet. I've been working on my rough draft for three years! I finally got serious with it and set a dateline on my birthday, and then I realize today that wasn't going to happen. I don't think my characterization is strong enough, and it's taking me too long just to go over one chapter. I do have a problem with grammar, but I've someone who can edite my final draft If I ever finish. When I hear about people like Amanda Hocking writing a book in one week, I wonder what is wrong with me? Am I really a writer, or I'm just kidding myself? I've asked God this question, and His answer to me is that I can't stop writing. My number one problem is finding the time. Since my mother has been sick, I've had to take over all the chores that she used to do. I never realize how much she did. Plus I still have a job, and then my mother lives with me, and she has dementia. Today I felt like giving up when I realized I couldn't meet my date line. I don't know the answer to why it takes people longer to write, but I know that despite what I just wrote there is no giving up for me this time. I can only keep asking God to show me the way.

The Battlefield and My Mother

 I'm trying not to worry about my mother because God doesn't want me to worry. She has one problem after another. First, her feet keep swelling. It has been almost a year since the surgery, and it's still swelling. Lately, her tongue has begun to bother her again. She has had a problem with acid for last three years, but recently, the acid has begun to put blisters on her tongue. It actually hurt for her to swallow. My mother does take acid medicine. In fact, I had to change her medicine three times this year. It hurts to see her in so much pain. I want her days to be peace. I can count on my fingers how many good days she has had in the last two months. For me, the worst part is her dementia. My mother use to be brave when she first started having different kinds of illness, but then she started losing her memory and becoming confuse. Now she's like a different person especially when she get ill from having acid reflux. She's angry and sometimes she won't take her medicine. I love her, and I want her to live to see her eighties. No one on my mother side of the family has ever reach that age. I pray God will once again heal my mother.

Tablet Fix

I finally have my Samsung Galaxy tablet fix. I have been using my Kindle Fire tablet as a replacement, but I miss this one maybe because it  has a bigger screen. I know I missed Google Play. Kindle FIRE has some nice apps, but it's nothing like Google. I have to admit I was a bit disappointed that I was having to replace the battery already. I only had  the tablet for  four months. I had to search the web to find out what was wrong. I had try all the methods that I got off of YouTube and none of them work. I finally came across a video that showed how to change the battery after I realize it had to be something wrong with it.  I bought the battery from Amazon for Samsung Galaxy 10.1. I'm including a video from YouTube, but I think the package does include a video on how to replace the battery. Since I'm all thumbs, I had my nephew change the battery.

My Helper

I’m trying something new with writing my post. I thought that I would write my thought on paper first before I posted. After reading an author talk about how she always writes her books by hand I decided that I can at least write my post. I have using a computer for thirteen years, and I would feel lost without it. However, it does help to write things down. Also, I had a wonderful day. I manage to get everything I had to do thanks to God done with only two hours of sleep. My list included the following: cooking, house cleaning, writing, posting on this blog, grocery shopping, giving my mother her meds, making sure she checks her sugar, cutting the yard and reading.  

Expensive not Working Tablet

I have been wanting to do a review on my new Samsung tablet. I love it. I spent countless hours playing games, searching through the web, and discovering new apps. However, last week I notice that it was starting to lose a charge quicker. Two days ago my tablet wouldn't come on at all. I have had it for four months. I have been searching YouTube and Google for help, and I have try everything accept take the back off. I bought a new charger today, and I'm letting it charge all night. If that doesn't work, I may need to take the back off and replace the battery or motherboard. I'm really disappointed. I went with Samsung because cheaper than an iPad, but it's still expensive for me.

Hobbies

Like most people, I have a few hobbies that I like to do. Reading a good book, cooking, decoupage, movies and writing are my hobbies. Lately, I have been spending more time with writing trying to improve.  I have tons of books on writing. Thank God for Kindle ereader. Writing is hard for me, but I do get a great deal of enjoyment out of doing it, so I keep trying. I don't talk about it much because I've always thought it's as a pipe dream, and I do have a problem with my grammar. I tend to make mistakes that I know I should have caught.  I wont give up because I have something to say, and I express it best when I'm typing the words.

Fiverr is the best

Once again, I had another post plan on a different subject, but I became more interested in writing about Fiverr. I discovered Fiverr when I was reading one of my kindle books. I can't remember which book it was. A few days ago, I decided I would have to check out Fiverr. I'm amazed at all the things you can get done for five bucks.  For example, if I wanted someone to write this post for me or to write any post, they would probably do better job. However, I rather write my own post. How can I learn to write better if I don't do the work myself, but still I was amazed at the tons of stuff you can get done for the price of a big Macdonald meal. Actually, I think Fiverr would be cheaper than the meal. I have been thinking about having someone design my blog. The price for design does get higher when you want more done. Still I think it pretty cheap. I just love the gift category. With Christmas not too far away, I made just have to use Fiverr for my presents. Cheap is my new middle name. There's also a ton of Youtube video explaining how Fiverr work, and how you can make money with gigs. I'm more interested in Fiverr as a buyer though.

Work, work, work

Today has been a really busy day for me. I clean house, mow the yard, wash clothes, cook, clean the siding on the outside of my house, trim the bushes, fed the cat, gave my mother her pills, made sure she checked her sugar and sat down to write this post. I have to add that I couldn't do any of my work without God. Sunday is my day off, but I worked more on a Sunday than any work day. That was my day. I would love to hear from someone about what they did on their day off. 

Best British TV Mystery

I didn't do a movie of the week last week because I didn’t watch any thing that I thought about posting. I did find a great old mystery TV show. I hadn’t seen since I was a child. The show is called Thriller. Thriller is a British TV mystery, but quite a few Americans play leading roles. One of my favorite episodes had no American in it. The episode is called Cold Blood. Spoiler.  Cold Blood is about a serial killer on his way to a maximum prison I think. Only there is an accident and the serial killer escape. He always wears a coronation just before he kills. He meets a woman who thinks she is meeting a client. This episode had so many plot twists and one shocking ending.

The Good in People

I had another post plan, but I felt I needed to write this one, first. I think I have grown jaded when it comes to people, so much that I have forgotten there is plenty of good in everyone. For example, I was planning on paying someone to mow the yard. When I got home, the yard had already been mowed. This person didn't even want any pay. One time I cashed my check and the money inside an envelope.  I must have been tired because I didn't even know I had dropped the envelope on the ground. Lucky for me a teenage boy was behind me and told me what I had done. He didn't have to. He could have picked it up and had plenty of candy money for at least three months. Well, depending on how much candy he could consume.  He could also just keep going. I was so surprise I wanted to hug that child. An amazing little girl once wrote that people were really good at heart. May God help me to remember those words when I don't see the goodness in others right then.

Dead Blogs

I noticed quite a few blogs that haven’t had a post on them since 2012, and I have seen blogs that have had no post as far back as 2011. Shame.  I read a few of these blogs, and I thought they were pretty good. I especially like blogs that have plenty of pictures. As I was reading one blog, I wondered why this person stopped posting. I couldn’t get enough of what the blogger had to write. Maybe he or she felt like I do sometimes that nobody was reading what they wrote. I have faith though. Maybe someday all the bloggers who stop posting will start up again. 

HOW TO SEE YOUR SAMSUNG GALAXY TABLET SCREEN ON TV

One of the best solutions for me to view my tablet on my TV was to use an adapter. I have a Samsung 10 inch pro tablet, so I have to use the OEM Samsung hdmi adapter for my Samsung galaxy tab 10.1. I tried other ways to view my entire screen on my TV, including using Allshare Samsung cast adapter. Allshare doesn’t work on my tablet. I have read reviews that say different, but I have tried everything to get the product to work. There is no enable button in setting for Allshare on my device. However, I did find a post in Amazon and a YOUTUBE video where someone setup their Samsung tablet to a TV using the OEM cable. I included a video from ebpman. I had to make sure I had my tablet plug in, or I wouldn’t see the screen on my TV. Once I had it hook up, I could view my entire screen that meant I could play any movies or games that’re on my tablet to my TV. The whole setup took me about 3 or 4 minutes tops. The price for the adapter is 38 dollars, but you can find a bargain on Amazon beside the cable is much cheaper compare to the 68 bucks I spent on Allshare.

FAITH

I became a follower of Christ when I turned forty. Oh, I believed in God since I was a child, and I was baptize in a church. However, I never really knew Him until the day I asked God to help me find a better job. I was working for the casino hotel as a maid making less than minimum wages. I couldn’t even afford my health insurance.  I had only three more payments on my car, and I didn’t have the money. I had already borrowed the money for the last month payment, but this time I didn’t have enough. I was cleaning seventeen or eighteen rooms and bringing home around 140 or 160 dollars a week. My car note was three hundred a month, and that didn’t include my car insurance not to mentioned gas. Plus I also had other bills that needed to be paid. The hotel where I worked was forty miles from my home so I spent a lot of money on gas. The casino at the time did provide a bus, but most of the time I would be late cleaning the rooms so I would have to miss my ride. I remember having a talk with my mother about the situation. I wanted out.  She made me realize that I needed to believe God would help me.  My car note was due in eight days, and I didn’t see a way how I was going to pay for it. I pray that night and in the morning I went to a temporary job agency and sign up. I remember talking to God all the way home. When I made it home that day, I received a call from the agency the same day! I started that job the next morning making a dollar and a half more an hour. By the end of the week I had enough for my car payment and some money left over. Two months later I had paid off my car. When the job ended, God provided another job that I like. I worked for Kelly Services for about two years until the Lord provide me with a steadier employment. 

New Problems

I think I caught the mother load of virus on my main computer. I have all my editing software on that computer so right now I'm using my chromebook to right this post which is the reason why it's short. I don't like to write without my software. I'm in process of fixing the problem. Lord knows I don't want to buy another computer. 

About Writing Software

I had a different post plan, and I usually write my post a day earlier so that I can go over it before I post. I notice quite a few mistakes if I don’t.  However, I seem to have deleted that post.  I love to write, but I sometimes think that I have dyslexia because of the huge pile of misspell words. I do have a number of software helping me with my writing.  I use Microsoft's words, WhiteSmoke, SmartEdit, Natural Reader and Ginger.  Except for Natural Reader, WhiteSmoke, SmartEdit and Ginger are editing software.  Natural Reader reads my words out loud as I type or the entire paragraph.  I plan on doing another post soon about the benefit of Natural Reader.  I also read the e-book version of Painless Grammar.  I do feel these programs and the book has helped me with my writing, but there is plenty of room for improvement. I’ll just keep my faith that I can overcome this obstacle.

My Hometown Courthouse

I love to take pictures of old buildings. This is a picture of my hometown courthouse.

The Trouble with Alzheimer

I wrote a month ago that my mother had dementia. She and I both have been trying to cope with this disease, and it has been heartbreaking for me to watch my smart, sweet mother lose her memory.  Both my sister and I try to help her. We spend as much time as possible with her.  She had a bad episode last week. Today she doesn’t remember that night, but I do. The memory is so fresh like it happened today. I keep hoping someone will find a cure to stop this disease, and my mother will be able to hold on to some of her dignity.  

Best Movie Of The Week

I watched the 2013 Lone Ranger movie this week.  I was surprise by how good this movie was.  If I expected a carbon copy of the old TV show, I was wrong. This movie had lots of action, but it also had some nice humor throughout the movie.  Spoiler. One funny scene happened when a young boy dress like the Lone Ranger comes into the museum and sees a statue of an old Indian.  As he gets closer, he finds the Indian is alive. The Indian traded a dead mouse for the boy's popcorn.  The look on that boy's face as he took the Indian trade was priceless.  There's another scene where the prostitutes/owner of a salon takes care of a rowdy customer in an unusual manner.  She has a gun inside her wooden leg, and she knows how to use it.  There are so many good scenes. I especially like William Fitchner role as the creepy villain who kills the Lone Ranger's brother. I thought one or two scenes towards the end where a bit long, but I enjoyed this movie.  My rating for the Lone Ranger  is a B.

About Tech

Some people might not consider the Chromebook a laptop, but I do. There are many features that I like about the Chromebook. The first is the response times. I lift the top and boom I'm  staring at the password. Next favorite feature is the Chromebook has one of the fastest load up browser I have ever seen. I think it takes about two seconds to completely load a page depending on your internet this is really helpful for me. For example, say I want to look up a recipe, but I have to be somewhere else in the next ten minutes. Well, it takes my Acer 14 inch laptop fifteen minutes just to warm up before I can search the web. I can load the Chromebook and search the web in thirty seconds. Another great feature is the low price. You can find some Chromebook for as low as 149 dollars. I did my homework and found the Acer C720. The best one I could afford. I also checked out the reviews. Yes, there are some drawbacks. You can't download software, but I consider it a trade off. I use my Chromebook mostly for fun, and when I don't have time to wait.

Raining Days

The rain has been coming down in my hometown for seven days! I actually love it when it rains. I always sleep better when the rain comes, especially at night. However, seven days of rain, and I'm starting to be reminded of Noah not that it has been raining day and night the whole seven days, but it sure does seem like it. I was planning on taking pictures of my hometown and posting them, but as soon as I stepped outside I felt drops of water so I had to abandoned that idea because then the rain really came down oh, well maybe tomorrow.  I think the weather is effecting my mother's feet.  Her feet swells because of the surgery that she had on her right foot six months ago. She doesn't walking as much is not helping her feet. Unless I keep after my mother to get up and walk, she'll spend her time in the bed watching TV. She does move around later in the day, but it's mostly from one chair to the next.  I have turned into a drill sergeant because I'm constantly on her to walk. I don't mind doing this for my mother. I just wish I didn't have to argue with to get her to exercise.

Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad is about one cop deciding he had enough with all the crime in Los Angeles and takes on Mickey Cohen the man responsible for the wave of crime. I was surprise how much I like the movie Gangster Squad. Ryan Gosling is not one of my favorite actors.  I did like him in Murder by Numbers and The Notebook and those are the only two movies that I like with him in it until now. I though he did an excellent job playing the playboy cop that falls in love with the gangster girlfriend. I like all the characters, including James Brolin, who played the main hero determine to stop the villain, but my favorite character is the villain played by Sean Penn. He did a topnotch performance as the bad-guy Mickey Cohen.  I love to hate Penn's character and watching him commit one heinous act after another was both riverting and terrifying.  Giovanni Ribisi did a fine job with his character. I like the smart family man cop role he played, and I was surprise that he was killed. I knew one of the good cop characters had to die that the way all these movies play out, but I like Ribisi's character, and I hate to seem him kill.  It didn't surprise me that Robert Patrick's character was killed. If I was to compare this movie to another film, I would have to say it reminded me of L.A Confidential, but I think L.A Confidential was better. I can see the similarity between Josh Brolin's character, and the one Russell Crowe played. The only weak link was played by Emma Stone. She just didn't seem right for the role like Kim Basinger was in L.A. Confidential. I love the actions scenes throughout this movie and there was even a little comedy. One the best was when the good cops decided that they would rob Mickey Cohen's place when they got there, they found the place full of cops protecting the joint. I give this movie a B for rating.

Expensive Fruit

Watermelon is eight bucks in my hometown. Last year, it was only six dollars that's a two dollar prices jump. The price of eggs has jumped up high, also. What's happening? I often think about raising my own chickens and growing my open fruit, but I don't think the town would allow me to raise chickens. Plus we have too many hungry dogs running around. The last time I saw a rooster clucking  I was going into a store, and I kid you not, but by the time I left the store a dog trotted past me with the rooster in his mouth. Food prices are just too high.  Even when gas goes down, food price still rises. Food is a big item in my home. Of course, we needed food to live, but I'm starting to worry about how high the price to eat is getting. I have to admit I have more incentive to lose weight. Sometimes I think that if people boycott certain items, the price would drop.

72 Years Young

My mother birthday is today, and she is 72.  I admire my mother.  She has gone through a lot with acid reflux,  high blood pressure,  diabetes, knee surgery,  foot surgery and now Alzheimer. She still keep on fighting, and sometimes she gets angry when she can't remember. I want her to have the best, and that includes having a good long life.  Only God can give her that.  I just try to make her life as comfortable  as I can. My mother does try to stay active.  She goes to church, cook, sew and sing.  I love to hear her sing gospel songs. She sit on the porch and sing along with whatever gospel song is playing on her Kindle player. I'll pray that I have her courage.


                             HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHER

Learning to Stop the Madness

I fell off the wagon. FYI I ate a MacDonald meal, and yes I did feel terrible afterwards, but then I chided myself. I know I can live a normal life without beating myself up about my weight, but I really think I need some support so I'm leaning on joining Weight Watchers. I'm just not sure. I'm going to pray about it. I have to find out why I eat the wrong things and so much of it. I know I'm an  emotional eater, but I also eat when I'm bored. Sometimes I eat when I'm happy. I'm at the age when I'm starting to worry more about my health. Half my family had or has diabetes by time they were my age. I have seen the side effect that diabetes bring to the table, including the damage it has done in my own mother. I want give up. I can't this time, so I will make a contract with myself to eat right, exercise and get a good night sleep. l don't won't to let food control me.

My Little Helper

I just love technology especially things that help me. One gem I bought for myself is the V-bot robotic vacuum cleaner. Let me tell you this little machine is a Godsend. I can't afford
the expensive ones, so I took a chance and bought this one. I will try to include a small video of this little wonder. Sometimes I just watch it do it job. My mother swears it follows her around. This thing actually cleans the entire house. My only problem is that it want clean thick carpet. I'm having trouble uploading my video that I made of this robotic vacuum in action so I took a clip from Youtube.

Hunger Games Flop

I love the movie Hunger Games, but I didn't care for the second movie. With all the great reviews I came in expecting to like this flick, but I just didn't. First, the main character just seem flat.. Her character had so much spark in the first movie. From when she shot that arrow in the air to risking her life for Peete, I saw a girl doing her own thinking. The second movie someone else was the hero, the smart person. I don't want to say she was having her butt save all the time in the second movie , but yeah it just seem like it. Also there was no real surprise in this movie. SPOILER. I notice that they use much older adults in the second movie. I don't have a problem with that.  I hate to see kids getting hurt,  but  it just seem like having  the older adults lesson  the horror. I do like some scenes. One in particular is when the oldest member of the group sacrifice her life to save Peete. I'm debating if I want to see the next installment of Hunger Games.

My rating for this movie is a C-.                          

Under the Weather

I had a different post plan along with a short video,  but I'm  to sick to tackle upload it.
I just got over some kind of allergy.  Now I have a summer cold.  Oh, well such is life. I plan on making a lot of changes on this blog as soon as this bug let's me alone.

The Darker Side to Blogging

I enjoy bogging and reading others, but today I was reading a blog that was my wake up call about being careful with copying pictures off google. To summon all up, she made mistake of copying a picture. The photographer demanded she take it down. She did as soon as possible, but that was the end of it. The photographer sue her. She learned a valuable and costly mistake. I'm glad that she did post about her experience because it stop me from making the same mistake. I will be careful whenever I think about copying a picture off google, or anything else without direct permission.

News and Apps for Fun

Mila Kunis is pregnant! I know I know I'm probably the only person on the planet that didn't know. I was a fan of  that 70's show. I grew up in the seventies, so yeah it was fun seeing those kooky hairstyles and funky clothes. I always like Mila and Ashton as a couple on the show. They were my favorite. Still I was a surprise when they got together. I wish them all the luck on their upcoming marriage.


I love finding different new apps, especially those apps that are fun to use. In fact, I'm thinking of starting a YouTube channel.  I guess I have about seventy apps that don't use too much ram.  Meantime I'm recommending two apps. First, one up is the floating YouTube app. This is a really cool app. You can resize it to your heart is content and  use other apps or web page at the same time you're watching content from the app . I really like that I can move it all over my tablet screen. It works just like the regular YouTube there is even a button if you want to go back to the regular one. My next app is coach memory. This is a game for improving your mind. There is an icon that looks like a cat with a brain on top of his head for the logo. Once you start the app, you'll see all kinds of games inside that'll help improve things like concentration, memory, speed, problem solving. I like playing the one where you have not only to guess where the numbers are, but you have to find them in right order. For example, if the number 15 and 9 show, you've to pick nine and then fifteen. The more you get right, the more numbers you'll get showing up. This is fun and does help my memory.  Plus it's a lot cheaper than Luminosity because it's free.

Sick but it's a beautiful day

I bit the bullet and went to the doctor today after a night of feeling nausea and itchy. Did I mention I hate going to the doctor? I live in a small rural town, and the doctor is about 16 miles from my hometown, and the average wait time for me is about 3 to 4 hour just to see the doctor or nurse. Usually I see a nurse. I'm getting sick of just sitting here. In fact, I'm still waiting for someone to see me while I write this blog post. They'll stick you off in some room and forget about you. I think they have all gone to lunch. It's so quiet. What's happening to the health "care" these days? If I weren't motivated to take better care of myself, I'm now. On the plus side today is a beautiful day. There is a cool breeze blowing through the trees. People are sitting outside, having a good time. To tell the truth, I'm starting to feel a little better. Maybe I'll take a walk before I go to work that's if I ever get out of the doctor's office. I took a picture of my backyard. The grass a little muddy from the rain last night. 

Life, love and problems

 I started up my blog again and this time I will stick to it.  I haven't been feeling well, lately, so I have decided maybe it's time to go back to the doctor.  I hate going to doctors, but I need to know what's wrong with me.  Maybe the reason I don't like going to the doctor because I always think, the news is going to be bad.  Long life doesn't  run on my mother's side of the family. I think her mother live to be sixty-two. My mother is seventy-one, but she has all kinds of heath issues. Funny I use to be as health as a horse.  I rarely even had a cold until I got up in my forties. I can't blame anyone but myself. Poor dieting and lot of junk food didn't help. Still, I am hopeful that I will get well soon.  Somehow I will maintain a healthier lifestyle,  but no more crazy diet. I tried them all.  Anyone ever heard of the wiener diet? Believe it or not I actually lost five pounds on that crazy diet, but then I gain pounds right back the following week. Of course, I had to try the seven eggs a day dieted and  no other food.  I was just asking for a heart attack. I even tried the liquor diet, manage to stay on it for a whole day. The next day I ate everything in sight.  In my defense, I was young and stupid.   You name the diet, and I have tried it. I got so disgusted that I vow never to diet again and just accept whatever I weigh. One day  someone took a picture of me at work.   I stared into this obese and tired all the time woman's smiling face, and I wondered HOW THE HECK DID I GET SO BIG. When I weight the next morning, I weight at 235 pounds that was fifteen years ago. Since then I've lost weight  and  gain it back. This time I want to try something different. First, I'm not going to diet anymore. I will try to work out a healthier way of eating and like myself know matter what I weigh. I know it will be a lifestyle change for the rest of my life. I want to live to see my eighties. My dad's mother is ninety-eight. I just need the write tools. There are plenty of weight-loss programs, but  l'm just not sure which one is for me. I like to lose forty pounds though. With the help of God, I know I can do it. I will post my progress each month.