A few months ago, my mom's phone suffered from spontaneous botulism and sort of exploded. It burst apart at the seams. Naturally, she then had to get a new phone. This one must have been set up with similar sounds as my father's phone, because they started confusing whose phone was going off. Even now, several months later, I don't think she ever ( Read more... )

I came downstairs today to discover a letter opener on my placemat at the kitchen table. I picked it up and put it on mom's, which is covered in stuff from this convention she went to on Sunday. She was in the dining room on her computer and could see me, so she made a comment about how dare she leave something out of place. Well, yeah, I take up ( Read more... )

Grandma recently got a home phone again ( Read more... )

This is from Tuesday, AKA "Tuesday food day," when mom makes her regular call to grandma to remind her to go down and pick up her Meals on Wheels delivery. Mom makes this call around 9 AM, when I'm still home. Since she knew grandma had the new phone, mom decided to call it. Grandma didn't answer, but called right back--on her cell phone ( Read more... )

My uncle texted my mom yesterday--a picture of grandma's new phone. I heard about it when I walked through the door and I was asking dad what it looked like, but all he would say is, you have to see the picture. Oh, goodness, what did she get ( Read more... )

Our home phone rang yesterday, and the number on the caller ID looked familiar. It was my uncle. He'd tried texting my mom and got no response, so he smartly called the house. This would be part two of the grandma phone saga. He was picking up the lead at this point, having gone to grandma's to try to install the gateway box and get her a phone-- ( Read more... )

Since I'm off this week, one of the activities I wanted to do was go visit grandma. Dad begged off, but mom and I made plans last week to see her either this Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the weather. And then on Sunday, we never talked to her because she slept the day away, but she talked to my uncle so at least we knew she was okay. He'd ( Read more... )

As I do a few things online, or I use Duolingo, I'll see ads for other games. I'm not someone who really wants to download apps because my brain is wired to spend all my time playing those games rather than doing useful things. And yet, some of the games are really piquing my interest ( Read more... )

The other morning, my father couldn't find his phone. He'd just gotten up and hadn't had coffee yet, but Nancy Drew decided to pitch in to help. I grabbed the landline and dialed his number. No sound; it's not in the house. He'd done some yard work the day before, so I went out into the garage in case he'd left it there; no sound when I called ( Read more... )

I've had my current phone for two years. It's bigger, specifically longer, than my previous phone, but I've still kept using my old phone's holder for this one. It's like a little book and has a bunch of suction cups on one side which holds the phone, and the other side, which folds over, has slots for three cards. You can then close it up and seal ( Read more... )