Showing posts with label Alphasmart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alphasmart. Show all posts

Monday, November 19, 2007

Short Work Week!


Wow. Saturday was, in a word, awesome. I got so much done and was in such a good mood that I didn't want the day to end. I got caught up on the all the laundry (a feat in itself!), cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom, played catch and dodgeball with my daughter, and ate too much dark chocolate. Perfect day!

Sunday was less so as I slept in rather late - you know it's bad when in your dreams you're telling yourself to wake up. It's a darn good thing I have an alarm clock to rouse me from sleep on the days I have to be somewhere at a certain time.

It's a short work week this week because of Thanksgiving - we're planning to head back home and see the family. Can't wait!

And over my lunch break today, I'm hammering out my rough synopsis on my AlphaSmart. I am loving this thing!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Random Thoughts

Nothing of importance today, so here are a few random thoughts from my scattered brain.

--Mama Kitty has four kitties in all - she did the exact opposite of last time and had three kitties then waited 24 hours to have the fourth one. Odd. Two black and two calico. They're all in the bottom of my closet, thus I have a pile of clothes sitting on my dresser. Sigh...

--My mother had an Alphasmart sitting around. Yes, you read that right. Sitting around. She had a friend give it to her months and months ago and when we moved her to her new apartment last week, she showed it to me and said, "I don't know what to do with this." I think my eyes widened a few inches when I saw it! Since Stephanie Bond had shown us her own Alphasmart at the writing conference in October and raved about it, I'd been thinking of buying one of the little gems. And here my mom had one just sitting around!

I've been playing with it and I love how easy it is - turn it on and you're ready to go. No waiting for programs to load, no worrying about batteries or power cords. It's easy to type on, lightweight, and a breeze to use.

--I'm wondering if they're something to the whole feng shui issue. When my house is a mess, I can't stand to be around it. I feel unfocused and generally growly. But when everything is in its place, the carpet is vacuumed, dishes done, tables cleared of clutter, I feel so much better about, well, everything.

--Have you stopped to take notice of the autumn colors in your part of the world? Tell me about them in the comments section if you'd like! Here in Nebraska, it's been just gorgeous. Lots of golds, oranges, reds, yellows...and I love that crunchy sound when you walk in piles of leaves. Autumn is definitely here!

Living in the Land of "I Don't Wanna"

 I'm currently at war with myself. The "you should be..." committee is fighting with the "I don't wanna" committ...