For some time, I was working on Pages which is a word processing program for Apple. I finally learned that Apple does compete with Kindle for ebooks. I know that they have told me so at the store but reading it online from an article about ebooks has convinced me that apple is in the ebook business as well.
I have been thinking my first draft through repeatedly, realizing that I have characters to develop more fully, and scenes to expand. When one has reached the word count, the rewrite to make it interesting and educational is quite a task. Stories alter as time passes, and while I had not intended for it to be an indie book it could become that if I decide to go that way. I actually wanted a publishing company to do most of the marketing even if they do get the biggest slice of the pie. They generally know how to find the audience for it through their departments.
However, I have finally launched into iphotos and as a result, have learned that one can take a series of photos and splice them together to get a video from them.
I learned this from my trainer who is going to help me learn how to do it, presuming that I get her as tutor again.
I am liking this computer more and more all the time. It has so many interesting functions that I am constantly amazed. Before long, I will be somewhat proficient at using it. However, until then I take it one lesson at a time. I have to write notesto myself so that I do not forget it. With Apple, fingers and motions are very important. One finger, two fingers, and three fingers all create different responses. It takes some time to get accustomed to it, but it is quite fascinating to think how these programmers came up with some of these designs.
Another nice thing about apple is that one can make accent marks for other languages when one learns the tip or secret. I watch the tips and tricks that are often posted on the wall when I am there to learn another new tip.
Of course, the trainers do often give you information that you would not know unless told how to use. One tutor told me that it is nearly impossible to learn all that there is to know about the computer. I suspect that is true since most buyers are interested in only certain parts of it.
I actually do appreciate all these tips and techniques. The hi tech world is fantastic to say the least.
Yours Truly
Janet Fauble at home
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Lousy Monsoon Weather
Due to high intense heat and blowing winds, dust, and high humidity I stayed home today. I would not budge from an air conditioned apartment. Just too darn hot and miserable!
So I watched horseracing from Arlington Park, Illinois. Arlington Park is a suburb of Chicago, and has had a week of festivities climaxed with its Million Dollar race day. I had wanted to bet these races, but I could not come up with a plan suitable so I ended up dodging it. Probably best that I did, even though I did pick pretty well on a pick 6 plan. Can never be sure that I would have bet the horses that did win since when push comes to shove, I often change my mind and do dumb things...so who is to know? But for the most part, the horses that I believed would win pretty much did.
A controversy on a horse from South Africa called The Apache ruined the entire day for me though. I had believed this horse would win due to its trainer, Michael de Kock. I had heard him explain his horses to an interviewer for the Dubai World Cup and I liked him so much I trusted his word so I believed that The Apache would be the winner.
He did win but there was an incident at the end of the race which disqualified him. I am a bit annoyed at the call. It is hard to tell if the horses did touch or not. The Apache does veer in towards the horse that is coming from behind. The stewards decided to reward the horse that placed but clearly the real winner is The Apache. Winning by disqualification is not a real win in my opinion, and it annoys me that this horse gets into the Breeders Cup instead of the real winner.
The jockey of The Apache will probably be blamed but in truth he has protested the decision also, saying that his horse was afraid of the screen. I do not know what means. Had The Apache stayed running straight ahead he would have won by a greater margin than he had. He clearly is the better of the two horses, but each race has to be judged on its own merits. The horse that was declared the winner will have other chances to prove how good he is or is not, but whether it will be with the challenge of The Apache is more than I can know. I do not know if a horse shipped from South Africa will want to do it twice if such bad luck as this happens to it.
Personally, I believe that the bumping incident should be proved. I did see the front view that the cameras show but I did not see that they touched. Just being close is not a bump. But then I am not the owner or the trainer of The Apache, but I am a gambler who wants the truth and the proof.
So I watched horseracing from Arlington Park, Illinois. Arlington Park is a suburb of Chicago, and has had a week of festivities climaxed with its Million Dollar race day. I had wanted to bet these races, but I could not come up with a plan suitable so I ended up dodging it. Probably best that I did, even though I did pick pretty well on a pick 6 plan. Can never be sure that I would have bet the horses that did win since when push comes to shove, I often change my mind and do dumb things...so who is to know? But for the most part, the horses that I believed would win pretty much did.
A controversy on a horse from South Africa called The Apache ruined the entire day for me though. I had believed this horse would win due to its trainer, Michael de Kock. I had heard him explain his horses to an interviewer for the Dubai World Cup and I liked him so much I trusted his word so I believed that The Apache would be the winner.
He did win but there was an incident at the end of the race which disqualified him. I am a bit annoyed at the call. It is hard to tell if the horses did touch or not. The Apache does veer in towards the horse that is coming from behind. The stewards decided to reward the horse that placed but clearly the real winner is The Apache. Winning by disqualification is not a real win in my opinion, and it annoys me that this horse gets into the Breeders Cup instead of the real winner.
The jockey of The Apache will probably be blamed but in truth he has protested the decision also, saying that his horse was afraid of the screen. I do not know what means. Had The Apache stayed running straight ahead he would have won by a greater margin than he had. He clearly is the better of the two horses, but each race has to be judged on its own merits. The horse that was declared the winner will have other chances to prove how good he is or is not, but whether it will be with the challenge of The Apache is more than I can know. I do not know if a horse shipped from South Africa will want to do it twice if such bad luck as this happens to it.
Personally, I believe that the bumping incident should be proved. I did see the front view that the cameras show but I did not see that they touched. Just being close is not a bump. But then I am not the owner or the trainer of The Apache, but I am a gambler who wants the truth and the proof.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Big Brother After Dark
I have been watching some episodes of Big Brother After Dark which is on my t.v. Tonight an episode with Helen and Elissa suddenly made me recall a scene that I had seen when in trance to learn something about Genghis Khan. All of a sudden I could see the resemblance between the two girls standing in the hallway to the time when I saw the two women standing in a hallway similar to this but between two wood buildings. For a while I kept my mouth shut about it, but then I finally opened up and said what it was that had happened. I think it gave me feed back. I have been thinking about Genghis Khan or Timujin a lot lately because I recall his brother who had stolen from Genghis and his other brother...It was an older brother...that has been lurking in the back of my mind when I think that my brother had been doing that to me now. I am pondering on all of this now. But I think that Big Brother Live After Dark made some strong impact tonight.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
How I Got My Drivers License Renewed
Because I had not gone to the DMV to have my address changed on my license plates, my registration for the car showed my former address. I caught that Sunday night when going through all my papers for the car, so I decided that I would have to make that change immediately so that my plates and papers would arrive at this address instead of being sent to former address. I scooted up to Paradise Lane fast and took a ticket at 1:53 to wait to get an address change.
While there, I asked the information lady about license renewals. How soon could one renew one's drivers license...Answer was a year...I thought...hmmm. I could do it now then. I hemmed and hawed and then decided that I did not have to do it until February so why bother...However, when at photo booth to get new drivers license photo, I said that I would be back in five months to get my license renewed. The photo lady said, what, why don't you do it now? I said, O.K., and she sent me to information desk to take vision test so that I could get license renewed, and she also told me to go back to the guy who had processed my changes of address on old drivers license.
When I finished the vision test, I hurried to interrupt the guy and his next clients to say that I was told to go to him to get my license renewed, and he got all perturbed, bent out of shape, and huffed and puffed his way to the photo girl to see what was going on....so another charming lady decides to get into the act, and says come with me, he can't do it, and I will take you over here so that you can get your license renewed...they in the meantime had my papers and drivers license which I had guarded and protected as if it were gold, and so I followed the lady wherever she went, not wanting to lose my drivers license...now punched with a hole in it making it invalid to operate....so at last she found an open window who said she would take me, but then reneged on that and decided that she could not so I had to go to next window where very nice and pretty girl decided to help me to get my license renewed. She did all paperwork...I asked her how did she get so lucky to get a job like this in a place like this, and she laughed, and said for an office job, it is not bad....she finally got me all set to go back to photo to retrieve brand new drivers license. I had to wait some more while everyone else began to pick their licenses up, and finally at last, I heard "Janet" called out loud and clear, and quickly I ran up to get my new drivers license, checked to see it was good to Feb. 11, 2019, and soared out of the place at 4:30...21/2 hours waiting for a drivers license! But at last my address is correct, and I am all set to drive anywhere, and learned also that it will take a while to get my license plates and important papers. 45 day waiting period...
Then I had to go to Brookstone to return my mouse/scanner which had crashed, and exchanged it for a Tempurpedic pillow at same value. Can you believe the costs of things anymore? A pillow and a computer scanner....both the same price...amazing. That went without a hitch and I came home to see the difference between pillows from Brookstone and pillows from Sleep America. It is so nice to have two pillows to use.
It has been a long day...earlier I went with my neighbor to Walmart's to pick up a sunshade for my car and a new air filter for the air conditioner. I hope that tomorrow morning I will have proof positive that the air filter has made a difference. I bought one that is an allergen filter so maybe my allergies will not be so bad in the a.m. I will see. I feel better already tonight.
I told Barbara about my new car and showed it to her. She loves it, loves the color, and is so happy for me. She is a good neighbor, helping me many times over...I appreciate that in her.
While there, I asked the information lady about license renewals. How soon could one renew one's drivers license...Answer was a year...I thought...hmmm. I could do it now then. I hemmed and hawed and then decided that I did not have to do it until February so why bother...However, when at photo booth to get new drivers license photo, I said that I would be back in five months to get my license renewed. The photo lady said, what, why don't you do it now? I said, O.K., and she sent me to information desk to take vision test so that I could get license renewed, and she also told me to go back to the guy who had processed my changes of address on old drivers license.
When I finished the vision test, I hurried to interrupt the guy and his next clients to say that I was told to go to him to get my license renewed, and he got all perturbed, bent out of shape, and huffed and puffed his way to the photo girl to see what was going on....so another charming lady decides to get into the act, and says come with me, he can't do it, and I will take you over here so that you can get your license renewed...they in the meantime had my papers and drivers license which I had guarded and protected as if it were gold, and so I followed the lady wherever she went, not wanting to lose my drivers license...now punched with a hole in it making it invalid to operate....so at last she found an open window who said she would take me, but then reneged on that and decided that she could not so I had to go to next window where very nice and pretty girl decided to help me to get my license renewed. She did all paperwork...I asked her how did she get so lucky to get a job like this in a place like this, and she laughed, and said for an office job, it is not bad....she finally got me all set to go back to photo to retrieve brand new drivers license. I had to wait some more while everyone else began to pick their licenses up, and finally at last, I heard "Janet" called out loud and clear, and quickly I ran up to get my new drivers license, checked to see it was good to Feb. 11, 2019, and soared out of the place at 4:30...21/2 hours waiting for a drivers license! But at last my address is correct, and I am all set to drive anywhere, and learned also that it will take a while to get my license plates and important papers. 45 day waiting period...
Then I had to go to Brookstone to return my mouse/scanner which had crashed, and exchanged it for a Tempurpedic pillow at same value. Can you believe the costs of things anymore? A pillow and a computer scanner....both the same price...amazing. That went without a hitch and I came home to see the difference between pillows from Brookstone and pillows from Sleep America. It is so nice to have two pillows to use.
It has been a long day...earlier I went with my neighbor to Walmart's to pick up a sunshade for my car and a new air filter for the air conditioner. I hope that tomorrow morning I will have proof positive that the air filter has made a difference. I bought one that is an allergen filter so maybe my allergies will not be so bad in the a.m. I will see. I feel better already tonight.
I told Barbara about my new car and showed it to her. She loves it, loves the color, and is so happy for me. She is a good neighbor, helping me many times over...I appreciate that in her.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
My New Car
I just bought the most beautiful car. It is a BMW sedan coupe 328i. It looks like champagne or gold but is called Orion silver. I keep trying to see where the silver shows as I just don't see it at all. It is a light gold color...so that must be why they call it orion...or for gold.
I went to Ford on Saturday and tried the Titanium hybrid car which has many features quite similar to the BMW. I swear these companies are all copying one another. Ford Titanium has a rear camera which shows you the area behind the car when in reverse. It is an option on BMW if you choose it. I did test drive a car with it, but the car I bought does not have it. There is also a parking device that one can get for a car that shows you if you are safe in both front and rear for parking. I did not get that on my car either, but I did get two packages which give me other valuable assistance. I have a navigation package which helps me to see my speed through the windshield where the speed is posted so that I can focus on the road without having to take my eyes off the road to glance down at the speedomoter. Directions are also posted on the screen when in navigation mode so that one does not have to look at the screen which is on the right of the driver in the center of the car.
The package that I have gives me the ability to open the trunk of the car with my foot which actually worked for me tonight when I came home and needed to get my groceries out. I was happy with it then. The side mirrors do fold in when one presses the button to turn them in. This is good for tight parking spaces, narrow streets, and car washes where it is advisable to prevent damage to the mirrors.
I do fold them in when I park it for the night. I have a neighbor who also has a BMW and I noticed that he had folded his so I decided to do the same. It is a good idea that should be implemented on all cars to be honest.
I will have to spend time fooling with all the gadgets to learn everything. For now, I am getting quite spoiled by all the fancy features which do make life easier for me. I have Sirius satellite radio free for a full year before I either subscribe or cancel it.
I love satellite radio for now. It is great fun. There is an all Evlis radio station on it, and I thought that i had seen a Sinatra station too but i have not yet gone through all the channels. One that is POTUS station also. I will check it out soon.
Driving is so much fun but I do drive defensively and carefully. I am getting less fearful of problems as each day passes. But it is easy to be careless and I do not want even a scratch on this car now. I park far away from other cars and try to stay out of dense traffic. I take streets that offer better driving conditions than busy stop and go streets. Camelback in other words. I took Greenway today, and yesterday I did drive on the freeway which turned out to be just fine for the short distance that I drove. I want to go to California soon so I am seeing how long I can stay in one position without going mad.
It will take me five hours and 23 minutes to get to Del Mar so the google device is telling me. I have my doubts about that but we will see. I do not know yet whether i will go or not but I would like to be there to see the Pacific Classic race which will feature Game On Dude and Dullahan.
I am so very pleased with myself for buying this car. It has truly helped me to get back to a state of wellbeing. There is nothing like a good car to make me feel on top of things again. Believe me when I say that having the chance to go where I want when I want is the best thing for me now. I needed that for my personal health. I just did not realize how wonderful it is to have such a great car until I finally had it for my own. wow! What a joy! I am so happy.
Like with so many things, we do not really know how another person feels. I was thinking about people who are bent with arthritis pain. Nobody can know or empathize with another until one has that ailment himself. I thought of that tonight when an arthritic pain hit me. I wondered about what it would be like to be bent over as Frank Manfredie had been. That would be so dreadful...So likewise, none of us who have not experienced driving a Cadillac or Rolls Royce knows the joy and pleasure it gives to the owner. Until one does it, one is totally ignorant of it. At last, I know about both the arthritic patient and the very rich man who has had the best of everything. It is a lesson to learn, and to understand.
So even a car like this is a lesson for me. It is a good lesson to understand how men and women who are brilliant in the area of technology can impact our lives in such a great way. I am impressed with all that modern technicians can do.
The base price for the 3 series is $34,000 and prices go up according to engine, packages, and styles. I looked at a $82,000 convertible today...Man, the insurance on that would be out of sight for me.
I am being punished for not driving a car for the past four years so that my insurance is high despite my senior status and my good driving record. I will get it lowered believe me. But for now, i am happy to pay it so I can drive safely and securely. How I wish people could impress upon themselves the need to take care when driving. I saw many collisions today. My navigator tool also tells me with complete up to date information any and all accidents in my area...that means the entire city and neighboring cities. Great device to avoid traffic problems.
I will be sure to update this journal with anything and everything that I learn while driving this driving machine. It is truly the ultimate, and I do really appreciate it more and more every day. I am sometimes slow to use some functions, like voice commands, but believe me, I will eventually get that down too.
I went to Ford on Saturday and tried the Titanium hybrid car which has many features quite similar to the BMW. I swear these companies are all copying one another. Ford Titanium has a rear camera which shows you the area behind the car when in reverse. It is an option on BMW if you choose it. I did test drive a car with it, but the car I bought does not have it. There is also a parking device that one can get for a car that shows you if you are safe in both front and rear for parking. I did not get that on my car either, but I did get two packages which give me other valuable assistance. I have a navigation package which helps me to see my speed through the windshield where the speed is posted so that I can focus on the road without having to take my eyes off the road to glance down at the speedomoter. Directions are also posted on the screen when in navigation mode so that one does not have to look at the screen which is on the right of the driver in the center of the car.
The package that I have gives me the ability to open the trunk of the car with my foot which actually worked for me tonight when I came home and needed to get my groceries out. I was happy with it then. The side mirrors do fold in when one presses the button to turn them in. This is good for tight parking spaces, narrow streets, and car washes where it is advisable to prevent damage to the mirrors.
I do fold them in when I park it for the night. I have a neighbor who also has a BMW and I noticed that he had folded his so I decided to do the same. It is a good idea that should be implemented on all cars to be honest.
I will have to spend time fooling with all the gadgets to learn everything. For now, I am getting quite spoiled by all the fancy features which do make life easier for me. I have Sirius satellite radio free for a full year before I either subscribe or cancel it.
I love satellite radio for now. It is great fun. There is an all Evlis radio station on it, and I thought that i had seen a Sinatra station too but i have not yet gone through all the channels. One that is POTUS station also. I will check it out soon.
Driving is so much fun but I do drive defensively and carefully. I am getting less fearful of problems as each day passes. But it is easy to be careless and I do not want even a scratch on this car now. I park far away from other cars and try to stay out of dense traffic. I take streets that offer better driving conditions than busy stop and go streets. Camelback in other words. I took Greenway today, and yesterday I did drive on the freeway which turned out to be just fine for the short distance that I drove. I want to go to California soon so I am seeing how long I can stay in one position without going mad.
It will take me five hours and 23 minutes to get to Del Mar so the google device is telling me. I have my doubts about that but we will see. I do not know yet whether i will go or not but I would like to be there to see the Pacific Classic race which will feature Game On Dude and Dullahan.
I am so very pleased with myself for buying this car. It has truly helped me to get back to a state of wellbeing. There is nothing like a good car to make me feel on top of things again. Believe me when I say that having the chance to go where I want when I want is the best thing for me now. I needed that for my personal health. I just did not realize how wonderful it is to have such a great car until I finally had it for my own. wow! What a joy! I am so happy.
Like with so many things, we do not really know how another person feels. I was thinking about people who are bent with arthritis pain. Nobody can know or empathize with another until one has that ailment himself. I thought of that tonight when an arthritic pain hit me. I wondered about what it would be like to be bent over as Frank Manfredie had been. That would be so dreadful...So likewise, none of us who have not experienced driving a Cadillac or Rolls Royce knows the joy and pleasure it gives to the owner. Until one does it, one is totally ignorant of it. At last, I know about both the arthritic patient and the very rich man who has had the best of everything. It is a lesson to learn, and to understand.
So even a car like this is a lesson for me. It is a good lesson to understand how men and women who are brilliant in the area of technology can impact our lives in such a great way. I am impressed with all that modern technicians can do.
The base price for the 3 series is $34,000 and prices go up according to engine, packages, and styles. I looked at a $82,000 convertible today...Man, the insurance on that would be out of sight for me.
I am being punished for not driving a car for the past four years so that my insurance is high despite my senior status and my good driving record. I will get it lowered believe me. But for now, i am happy to pay it so I can drive safely and securely. How I wish people could impress upon themselves the need to take care when driving. I saw many collisions today. My navigator tool also tells me with complete up to date information any and all accidents in my area...that means the entire city and neighboring cities. Great device to avoid traffic problems.
I will be sure to update this journal with anything and everything that I learn while driving this driving machine. It is truly the ultimate, and I do really appreciate it more and more every day. I am sometimes slow to use some functions, like voice commands, but believe me, I will eventually get that down too.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Choosing a new car
I am having to purchase the right car for me. It may be the last car that I own or not. Nobody ever knows for certain but the possibility is that I could buy a good car to keep and maintain over a seriously long period of time. So I am being very careful about the choice I make in this really very important purchase.
Today I received a call from BMW since I had contacted them last night via the internet. I want to take a test drive in a BMW as I have pretty much decided it may be the best car for me. I like its maintenance policy which tells me that this company truly cares about its product. I trust the company for its sense of integrity. I made an appointment to take a test drive this coming Tuesday and indicated a car that I am wanting to purchase.
So today I went to Ford which had already contacted me some time ago when I submitted a list of cars that I am interested in buying, and so I finally talked to a salesman there who introduced me to the hybrid car, a plug in car called the Titanium. This is a really great car which has me happy that I did take it on a test drive and learned about its finest selling points. It is about the same price as the BMW so that I am interested in it as an alternate if the BMW does not fulfill my expectations. However, I have a brochure about the BMW 3 series which is reassuring me more and more all the time about the care that BMW gives to its production. I love this car so far.
But Ford has outdone itself in producing a great car that I would enjoy as well since it has such fine amenities for a top of the line car, is attractive, and has the fuel economy that I really would love most of all. If it is true that it would produce the kind of fuel economy as boasted on its sales sheet I would very definitely choose it for that reason alone I know already that it is not the same kind of luxury car that Lexus had been, so that I am certain that BMW will probably be much more luxurious in the interior than the Ford can be,but the Ford has wonderful computer programming that makes it a joy to own as well. I can see that many people will want this car and probably should own it. I recommend it very much as a great buy if the fuel mileage does live up to its promise.
I have more to learn about both cars but so far I am definitely leaning towards each one. After I test drive the BMW on Tuesday, my salesman told me he will call me on Wednesday.
This is a major decision. I am as excited as I can be to think that I will soon own a car again. It has been a long drought for me. I am really looking forward to traveling to California and Las Vegas and maybe even Ohio in one of these two cars...should I look at others? I don't really think that either one of these cars can be topped except by the Tesla of course. I have not test driven one of them but I do not want to wait a year for it to be built either. If I win the lottery or a huge windfall comes my way, I would consider it...after all I would only be 75 in six months. At heart, I guess my real age as told to me by a computer is really 35.
I feel that way about buying the car...just as I did when I was in my 30's. We never grow up...shades of Peter Pan...the original...
Today I received a call from BMW since I had contacted them last night via the internet. I want to take a test drive in a BMW as I have pretty much decided it may be the best car for me. I like its maintenance policy which tells me that this company truly cares about its product. I trust the company for its sense of integrity. I made an appointment to take a test drive this coming Tuesday and indicated a car that I am wanting to purchase.
So today I went to Ford which had already contacted me some time ago when I submitted a list of cars that I am interested in buying, and so I finally talked to a salesman there who introduced me to the hybrid car, a plug in car called the Titanium. This is a really great car which has me happy that I did take it on a test drive and learned about its finest selling points. It is about the same price as the BMW so that I am interested in it as an alternate if the BMW does not fulfill my expectations. However, I have a brochure about the BMW 3 series which is reassuring me more and more all the time about the care that BMW gives to its production. I love this car so far.
But Ford has outdone itself in producing a great car that I would enjoy as well since it has such fine amenities for a top of the line car, is attractive, and has the fuel economy that I really would love most of all. If it is true that it would produce the kind of fuel economy as boasted on its sales sheet I would very definitely choose it for that reason alone I know already that it is not the same kind of luxury car that Lexus had been, so that I am certain that BMW will probably be much more luxurious in the interior than the Ford can be,but the Ford has wonderful computer programming that makes it a joy to own as well. I can see that many people will want this car and probably should own it. I recommend it very much as a great buy if the fuel mileage does live up to its promise.
I have more to learn about both cars but so far I am definitely leaning towards each one. After I test drive the BMW on Tuesday, my salesman told me he will call me on Wednesday.
This is a major decision. I am as excited as I can be to think that I will soon own a car again. It has been a long drought for me. I am really looking forward to traveling to California and Las Vegas and maybe even Ohio in one of these two cars...should I look at others? I don't really think that either one of these cars can be topped except by the Tesla of course. I have not test driven one of them but I do not want to wait a year for it to be built either. If I win the lottery or a huge windfall comes my way, I would consider it...after all I would only be 75 in six months. At heart, I guess my real age as told to me by a computer is really 35.
I feel that way about buying the car...just as I did when I was in my 30's. We never grow up...shades of Peter Pan...the original...
Friday, August 2, 2013
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