same stuff, different year

   


                 SATURDAY 1/1/22 10:23AM--so now the Echo/Alexa does more than when I plugged it in...I think I can save a little juice on my phone by letting "her" do some of the things my phone does...I have it set up to display the ten photos (so far) I loaded into it...although acting as a photo display device is a nearly useless feature for what *I* consider to be a very sophisticated alarm clock. It's in my bedroom. The Alexa app (which is on my iPhone) is, perhaps, a much better tutor than a youTube video might be. I haven't watched any of them yet--there are a LOT of them.The app seems to be able to answer any questions I might have and it's fairly easy for me to understand.
              The Alexa App can theoretically replace a few of the apps I have on the phone, like Reminders, Things to Do, Shopping List, etc. But I think getting to the various phone apps might be quicker than digging into the Alexa App to get things done...I think the way it works is you enter the info onto the Alexa App and it shows up on your device, which is, like I said, essentially an alarm clock...although the Shopping List feature might be quicker after all...
4:48PM--I spent my entire naptime exploring Alexa...I learned a lot, I just hope I don't forget any of it...and I discovered that I can read my phone more easily by holding it in my lap..and if the laptop is a teeny bit further away from me, I can read the laptop screen more easily...
6:30PM--trying to decide what we're gonna do tomorrow...*I* don't yet have any suggestions. 
9:01PM--it feels two hours later than it actually is...why that's happening, I have no idea.
SUNDAY 1/2/2022 11:26AM--still learning how to use the Echo 5...it's fairly tough with no manual, at least one that *I* know of...all I've done, really, is add more photos...I need to go to MyEyeDr to get my glasses fixed. It's a miracle that I found the screw that fell outta the frame, causing the lens to fall out...
 NOON--I just started wearing an older pair of glasses, and at least for now my vision has improved if only a TEENY bit...but that's enough for ME to notice the difference...I've got some stuff to do, but some of it has to wait, and the rest of it WILL wait, but not long...
12:50PM--one of the things I thought was gonna wait until tomorrow is figuring out how much money is in my checking account vs. my credit card bills...
4:09PM--now I'm playing with my Echo5 in conjunction with my phone...somehow, by accident, I seem to have uploaded a ton of pix, lots of  I wouldn't ordinarily have uploaded, for various reasons...
And I deliberately magnified the content by 10 per cent.It's easier to read, partially because the text is somewhat 'bold"...There isn't anyway for ME to change that.
9:45PM--Dianne says she ain't goin' nowhere, so I guess I'm going out alone...I'm almost outta soda; I don't think there's anything else, except Monday's dinner...
10:19PM--I've spent most of this day wrestling with technology...If I've changed my password(s) once today, I've changed it (them) a dozen times, if not more...and THAT has made me tired...If I don't go to Dietle's tomorrow because of snow, I won't cry, too much...The Weather Channel says it could be serious...

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