Ok, so here is my totally silly random musing for the week.

Those of you out there who have rented cars may appreciate this or I may just be completely bonkers, or both! Most cars now have some stereo controls on the steering wheel, if not a channel changer, at least the volume buttons.

Apparently I have been in rental cars a lot lately because I got in my car tonight and as I was driving I kept using my thumb looking for the volume control, I did that at least four times. Pavlov much?

I love my car and I wouldn’t trade it for the world, or as I heard on a TV show when I was a kid, “all the tea in china”, but it is fun trying something new when I am on the road, but…whenever I get back to the long term parking lot and unlock my car, I say “Hello Annie, I missed you, let’s go home”.

Yes, I am a complete nutter and I’m ok with that

Today I did something I couldn’t believe.

This will be a very brief and too the point post.

I was flipping channels and saw a movie, ‘Two Weeks’ (not to be confused with ‘Two Weeks Notice’, which may have been some peoples first thought). This movie stars Sally Field as a mom dying of cancer who has her four children visiting her for a last goodbye.

Why did I even turn to that station? I watched a few minutes, there were some funny moments, and then the grandchildren came in, happy moment, then tired, then a friend came in, she left and press the morphine pump for the pain.

I think I made it through about fifteen minutes and I turned into a giant puddle of blubbering mush, oh brother. There is a reason I don’t watch this stuff, not just because it’s sad, I can still watch ‘Beaches’ and cry and move on, but this type of thing hits way too close to home.

I remember when the movie ‘Because I Said So’ came out, I saw the preview when I was in the theater and started bawling like a baby, from the preview. I don’t know if the movie was good, I just knew I couldn’t watch it (nothing to do with cancer). The main character was celebrating her 60th birthday and my mom would forever be 58. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490084/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I know I don’t talk about my mom much, not sure I’m ready, maybe someday.

Let’s just say I didn’t continue to watch Two Weeks, and I don’t think I ever will.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448166/?ref_=nv_sr_3

So, how many of you are actually happy after the latest Apple upgrades?

So…this post would only apply to anyone who has an Apple product like an iPad, iPhone, you know…iPhone 1, 2, 5s, 7, something like that.

I have an iPad 2, I love it, and I’ve done every upgrade that has become available, the latest, everyone was a little wary of, I figured why not, it could only get better, right? There were some things that the upgrade would fix and some new features that looked like they would be cool.

Plug in the charging cable and upgrade, here we come. When it was done, our iPads said Hello across the front of the screen, in multiple languages, how cool was that? We had to set a few things up and then we were free to explore. I kind of liked it, the new look, the way the way the folders changed, you could have more apps within a folder, there are multiple tabs within each folder. When there are updates to apps, I open the App Store and hit Update All and it happens quickly and then it would clear itself out. I like the new icons, seems to be a good thing, the upgrade.

I may have spoken too soon. Now for some things I am not so hot on. The iPad has gotten less responsive; when I tap on something, it doesn’t always open, sometimes the iPad freezes, I might be in an app and nothing, that’s fun. My favorite? When I type in my password to get in, it doesn’t register all the taps, sometimes, I have to try to enter it at least three or four times! That’s not cool.

The last thing, the battery doesn’t last as long as it used to, today, I started with a full charge at 7:30am, used it sparingly, checked emails, Facebook and some Skype conversations and by 2, I was at 47%, very unusual.

So, all in all, as with anything, there are good and bad things, am I completely sold? depends on the day and when you ask.

Sounds about right?

I had an amazing weekend and I want to tell you all about it, but I have to admit, I am beat!

The coolest part of the weekend, well, the last cool thing…you no longer have to turn your electronic devices off at take off on flights! Delta and Jet Blue are the first and today, I was on a Delta flight and was able to keep my phone and iPad on the entire time.

It’s not often I get to watch a movie on flight…start to finish!

http://news.yahoo.com/faa-eases-rules-electronic-devices-planes-195034657–finance.html;_ylt=AwrTWVVFhXhSyzAANTdDDex_

A lot more to come tomorrow!

I had something else to talk about tonight, well, two good things, but they will keep.

The reason I am not talking about those good things is because of what I saw on my way home tonight. As I was coming up the road, I saw a lot of blue lights up in the distance and all the cars filing to one lane in my direction, I thought it was a routine license check, you know, it’s Friday night (sometimes Saturday) and they will have the roads down to one lane in each direction, you show your license and they let you go, unless you’re drunk then, well, you’re not going home tonight. I even saw a few cars turning around, you know, they think they’ll make it and get away with it and as normally happens, as they turn around, the cop goes after them.

I got my license out ready to say, “Yes, is is my current address, have a good night” and be on my way. As I got closer, I saw at least a dozen police cars before the light and one or two fire trucks, no ambulance, maybe they were waiting for it. Then I saw the accident and I started to cry, it’s hard to see something like that, I’m crying now as I write this remembering what I saw.

There was one mini-van in the half ditch/grass next to the corner and top sign, I looked for the other vehicle and was confused until I realized I was looking at the undercarriage of the other vehicle, I couldn’t even tell you what the other vehicle was, it was standing straight up facing the direction I had just come from.

I saw at least 15 police officers, some directing traffic, some around the vehicles and as I passed, there were at least two police cars at every corner, stopping people from going in that direction and more officers standing by. In total, there had to be at least 20, maybe more official vehicles for about a mile.

My heart went out to whoever was involved, I hope it was just scary and no fatalities or serious injuries, but I’m an adult, a realist and I know that’s not possible, not from what I saw, but I can hope.

All I can say right now is please be careful, watch the road, the speed limit (yes, I know I’m a lead foot, and I’ve gotten better, but I will tell you, I have never gotten a speeding ticket on a main road, only on the main highway/interstate) I always obey the speed limits, especially when I’m near a neighborhood, I know better) watch for other cars.

When our parents would tell us to be careful and we would say, “but I’m a good driver, don’t you trust me?” What was their response? “Yes, of course I trust you, it’s everyone else I don’t trust!” Please take those words to heart and be careful, life is so precious and no matter what you think, someone loves you and would be heartbroken if anything were to happen to you. I know I would.

Why is it that we watch things we know are going to make us cry? ok, not everyone cries when they watch things, so I am just talking to them and I am including myself in this group, so no pointing fingers.

I find there are shows or movies I have watched that I know have sad parts and made me cry, but I find that I can’t look away or turn the channel and then I sit there and boo hoo.

I was watching an old episode of Criminal Minds, the one where Agent Hotchner’s ex-wife is murdered and you are so ensconced in the show and the characters, you are shocked when it happens and then incredibly sad. I have seen this episode multiple times, still makes me weepy.

Why do I watch Beaches when it comes on? I know I’m going to ball my eyes out! I don’t even care for Steel Magnolias, yet, I can’t turn away when it comes on and then i am crying like a baby. I love the Harry Potter movies and I cry like crazy when the main characters die, but I’m still going to watch the movies.

I guess we’re just gluttons for punishment, that’s all there is to it.

Isn’t it interesting how the weather is so different in places all at the same time.

Yes, I know different regions of the country have different weather, it’s still interesting how it can turn on a dime where you are and be so different at the same time. For example, last week, it was in the high 70s in Colorado and in the 50s in Atlanta, people were turning on their heat and here, the air conditioning.

When we left for Las Vegas on Friday [not to worry, I will be telling you all about our trip this week] it was quite warm, the driver from the parking lot to the airport turned on the AC and all the posts on FaceBook for New York, Boston and Atlanta, brrr. We got to Las Vegas and the weather forecast for the week, high 70s during the day and low 50s in the evening. Let’s just say, I’m glad I only brought two shirts that were 3/4 sleeve, DCM wore shorts all week and the evenings…shorts and tshirts, what? Last night, it started to cool off a little, then the wind picked up and didn’t quit.

This morning, after being awakened by the wind hitting the windows and the whistling all night and morning, we looked outside and the palm trees looked like they were going to get uprooted, the pool furniture was in a pile, the fountain had a cyclone going on, the revolving doors were bolted shut and the traffic lights looked like they were about to swing hard enough to go flying down the street!

It was finally comfortable in Las Vegas and we were leaving, go figure.

We landed in Colorado, 30 degrees! and we could see our breath as we walked from the plane to the gate, just on the jetway! I need to get to the storage unit! I need my winter stuff!

What’s it like where you are?