Workin' It!

My son dropped his phone-- cracked the screen, so we were out and about, stopped at Best Buy.  His phone has insurance so they had to order one.  While I was waiting, I was perusing the new phones -- without a contract, some of them are priced at $800 !!!!!!   Now, I know I'm old, but that's more than an entire desktop computer with a 22" touchscreen!!!  I'm sorry, but I'm not about to pay that kind of money for something I carry around in my back pocket.   hOLy bUckEts!



It has been two hellish days at work, involved in a single project sending suncare products back to the vendor.  After five years of doing this each and every year, I keep wondering WHY???  Why do they ship in so much???  It's not like sunshine has a "season" here in the Valley of the Sun.  We get sunshine 300+ days a year.   We use sunscreen year round.  And frankly, in the summer isn't when we use the bulk of it!  More like spring and fall, because that's when its nice enough to actually be outdoors again!  Every single little can has to be scanned individually into a credit memo -- and there are about 10,000 items!  Yeah, as you can imagine, I'm just sitting here shaking my head.  It seems quite pointless to overdo something that you're going to un-do four months down the road.   I moved here from Ohio -- now THERE is a place that has a seasonal need for sunscreens.  The sun only shines from May to October!  *laughs*



I am back at the gym.  I know, I keep saying that, but this time, I feel it.  I felt it last Thursday, I was actually looking forward to it, and pleased with myself afterward.  Today was the same thing.  I actually put away my work tools and decided that all my work would be there again tomorrow, and left for the day.  I got to the gym, slipped into my workout clothes and jumped on the elliptical.  I went 2.45 miles in 40 minutes, and I'm damn pleased with myself!  I also made it through the day with only one Diet Coke -- and lately, that's been tough for me!  

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Smart Phones

Well, I finally have a smart phone... and sometimes I'm happy with it, other times I'm not so happy with it -- but only because it tends to be smarter than me!   *laughs*   Today, I figured out how to get my pix from the camera to the desktop, because sometimes there are things I take with on my phone that I don't manage to catch with my real camera. 

Tonight, there was another dust storm.  As the wind moves in to the Valley of the Sun, it picks up some of the clay dust and it swirls into a huge cloud of reddish dark, and from the right angle, you can watch it begin to move its way across the valley. 

You can see in the picture, the rain clouds that are above this dust storm.  They usually roll along the ground, under the clouds.  Thankfully, they pass by very quickly.

Tonight as this one rolled through, we were watching it as it approached.  We could hear the crunch as two cars collided followed by a screech of tires, perhaps the person behind them as he slammed on the brakes.  Hopefully, everyone is fine.

The other totally awesome feature on my phone is an app called "retro cam" ... it takes photos and automatically gives them a retro look.  I took this one of Sadie while I was experimenting.  Almost as if she says "aw geeeeee, again?" as she patiently stands there, staring at me, giving me what I call "The Look". 

Another pic of a flower
with a different retro cam setting.

I kinda like this :)