Changes To Our Phone

This isn't a big thing but we decided to try Caller ID with our phone service. We use Cox and of course we couldn't just get one thing, we had to get their package. Their package included voice mail.

Now we have an answering machine and it has been working just fine. The voice mail was part of the Caller ID so we took it. It was so strange to hear the number being announced to us when the phone rang for the first time. For those that already have this feature, I know it is not a big deal. For us though, it is now letting us know when those telemarketers are calling and to not answer that phone. Why did we wait so long?

Now the voice mail has been very strange and a little harder to get use too. We have to actually pick up the phone and listen to see if there is any beeping on the line to let us know there is a call. Sometimes we will get a message saying we have calls but it is not always true. We could be getting that message because we had calls and they are still saved waiting for us to do something with them. Do we delete them or save them? The pressure!!

With all these changes, I had to remake the message. I tried not to have it sound business like but to have it sound pleasant. It is that "California feeling" I guess. So, the next time you call, you may be hearing my voice. Enjoy. Talk with you soon.

Took a spill

I just went outside to see Dad and he was working on the side of the house. The side of the house is mainly made of mulch and on a slant. It is not a good walking area, especially for me. I took a chance anyway. I did OK going to Dad but on the way back I lost my balance.

I didn't hurt myself really bad but I did scratch up my back. I fell back against some schrubs and a rose bush. I have a nice long cut the length of my back. It did not bleed but the blood came to the service. I was more angry at myself than being hurt. Dad was upset about me falling and he said his upset-ness was higher than my being angry. Oh, I did cut my right arm too and it did bleed a little.

I just feel stupid for not being more careful and angry at myself that it happened. I am OK.

Las Vegas

We went, we saw, and we came back. It was a nice trip for our anniversary. The hotel was OK but very crowded. We stayed at the Paris Casino and it looked terrific from the outside. It just had SO MANY people. We went to other casinos and spent more time at those places than we did at our own hotel. We saw a couple of terrific shows, Mamma Mia and O (Cirque du Soleil). Those shows were fantastic. Have I mentioned that we thought they were wonderful. : )

We broke even with our gambling. I lost my money. I did not have much luck with the slots as I usually do. Dad won a little over $200 in Roulette. He had never played this before and wanted to try. He lucked out the first game he played as he wasn't too successful with the other games. That is OK as we know when to walk away.

We did cut the trip short by one day as we did not have anything else planned. We didn't want to gamble anymore so we got on the road early. Sometimes that is a good thing to do when traveling to Vegas from California as traffic can be bad on the weekends if you wait too long. People love going there. We were glad to be back home and sleeping in our own bed.

We Have TERMITES!

I had a phone call from a termite company wanting to do an inspection of the house because they were going to be out in the area. Their company also was close by and they had done a lot of work with other home owners so knew the area and was aware of the problem with termites.

Well, of course we did not feel we had a problem. We didn't see anything or felt there was a problem. Dad felt it was just a way for the company to try and sell their service to make some money. We were under no obligation to use them as they just wanted to do the inspection for us for free, to see if we had a problem.

At first he didn't see anything but the first sign showed up in the garage, especially over the garage door. There is a 2/4 over the garage door that is real bad with termites. There had been markings, in the garage, that showed the garage had been treated for termites before. We were not aware of this!

On the side of our house, there is a couple of places. One place in particular is on the pitch of the roof. The guy does not have a tall enough ladder to get to the spot but he can tell from looking at it from the ground that it is not good. He said we needed a contractor to REPLACE some boards up that high. We have to use a contractor as there is a slope and it will require scaffolding to do the work.

The other termite damage can be treated by the termite company without using a tent. (Thank goodness) It would be difficult to use a tent anyway as our house attaches to another and the other neighbor would need theirs done too. That usually doesn't work out. OH! we also have a tree next to our house that is also full of termites that needs to be taken out. This is going to be something that the Homeowners Association will need to do so that is another process.

We figure we will wait on everything until after we finish our trips. The termites have been there this long they can continue to wait a few more weeks. They might like living a little longer too....

Apple TV

We have now acquired the Apple TV. It is not an actual TV but a device along with a router on your computer and iTunes, you can listen to music or watch movies that you have downloaded from iTunes. We downloaded the Pirates from the Caribbean movie (the first one) in iTunes on our computer. We then synced it with Apple TV and we could watch it on our bigger TV. It took a little bit for us to get everything figured out and we almost thought we were going to have to return everything, but it was worked out. This was a Father's Day present to Dad from me. I didn't think it was going to be an an all day project or such a big deal in putting it on the TV.

Depending on how many movies you download and music you want to listen too, you can also look at all the pictures you have on your computer. We haven't done that yet but I would think that would be fun to look at everyone in large view.

This is something new for us to play with now...

It has ended before it started

You remember I had said if Dad would have a work related item come up our "movie extra" would be over? Well, Dad had a meeting show up on Tuesday and our "movie extra" time is over. Oh well, there will be others. It is probably a sign. We probably should not be in a movie that deals with such violence. Our grandkids would not be allowed to see it even if we were in it!

Extras in a New Movie

Dad and I are going to be in a new movie called Redbelt being filmed in Long Beach California. We will be on set this Tuesday, June 5 from 9:00 until about 6:30 at Californa State College Long Beach. We just can't stay out of the movies! To learn more about the movie go go www.BeInAMovie.com Then scroll down to where they have a list of the movies they are getting extras for and click on Redbelt. It should come up and give you the information about the movie.

We couldn't pass it up as it was so close to us and Dad could get away from work. It can always fall through if something should change with work but we are hoping that this won't happen. We are going to be "Movie Stars" again....