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Exploring all the new features on my cellphone

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I was playing around with my cellphone the other day. I had uploaded some pictures and videos that I had taken onto my computer from the cellphone and then I noticed that there was a major software update for my phone. So … I spent some time updating the software and then updating it some more. Luckily everything went ok!

Naturally once everything was updated I decided to explore all of the new features that were now on my cellphone. It’s a Nokia N8 BTW and it just got Symbian Anna. I know there’s yet another update that some people are getting but it’s not in my area yet.

The new maps are very cool so I decided to try them out when I was walking the dog. It was a very cold day so the gps was a little slow calculating my route when I made turns that it didn’t anticipate but otherwise it worked great. I really hadn’t used that feature or the maps for driving before, but I should because, well with this phone I don’t need a separate GPS navigation device.

Now I want to find new apps to download onto my phone. I was looking at an app that’s similar to Instagram earlier today that I might put on my phone. Watch my tweets for some cool pictures soon!

Have you investigated all of the cool features on your smartphone? There’s just so much stuff isn’t there?

Everything is on sale at this time of year isn’t it?

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I don’t know about you, but half the emails I’m getting are for post holiday sales. Always at this time of year the stores have huge sales – everything is 50% or more off or stores are having liquidation sales and everything must go. Am I right?

Are you getting all those emails too? Or flyers in your door?

Now I don’t have much money these days to take advantage of the sales, but I’m keep an eye on them anyway. I figure that I might see something that someone else might be interested in and I was right. I saw an ad for kelty tents at RockyMountainTrail.com for really good prices and I sent the ad to my nephew because I know he’s been looking into getting some camping gear. I don’t know if he’ll take advantage of the sale or not, but at least he knows about a great sale now.

Do you take advantage of some of the great sales at this time of year too?

I think I’m finished shopping

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I think I finished my Christmas shopping. Yup. Yesterday my husband and I did a final round of shopping – scrambling around to several stores trying to find a few last minute or hard to find gifts. I think we’re finish or at least I hope we are!

It seems like we bought more gifts for my family this year than his, but I guess in years past it’s often been the other way around so fairs fair. Now I have a dinning room table loaded with presents waiting to be wrapped – books, a nice blanket, tillman gloves, lovely skin care items, clothing, gourmet treats and many other special gifts. I’m pretty sure everyone will like what we bought.

Are you finished shopping yet?

My Labrador grew Antlers!

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My poor dog. I bought Christmas antlers this year just so I could take pictures of her wearing them.

I don’t know why I did it. I just wanted to see her in them. Hey – she looks good in red doesn’t she?

Actually she really didn’t mind wearing the antlers at all, as long as they were behind her ears she actually seemed to enjoy wearing them. She didn’t try to take them off and walked around the house proudly with them on for over an hour.

Have you put antlers or a Santa hat or some kind of costume on your dog?

Keeping my home or not?

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I’m not sure that I’ll be able to call myself the Home and Garden Diva for all that much longer. I have a lot of things happening in my life lately and because of these things it seems that in a few months I might not have a garden or a home any longer. It will certainly be hard to go with the name if I don’t have those two things anymore now won’t it?

Oh don’t worry I won’t be homeless … I’m thinking the house will end up sold. Maybe I’ll buy a motor home and just travel? Of course then I’ll need motorhome insurance and I’ll have to buy gas … but that still might be cheaper than keeping a house? Maybe .. I’ll be the Nomadic Diva?

Anyway I’m hoping things don’t change because I love my home, garden and life the way it was but who knows …

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