Troubles with Blogger

I don't know what Google is doing with Blogger, but it's a mess.  They have made it difficult to go back and edit a post once you've published it .  Yesterday it created 3 separate blog entries when I tried to edit.   Another thing it's doing to me is that any comments left on my blog come to me in my preferred email program.  Well now, it is not only sending comments to aol but also to my gmail account.   Whenever things go way wrong on my computer I blame it on the developers changing things to suit folks who do everything on their smart phones.  I think they want to phase out us oldies who don't want to change.  If they ever make it so that I can't publish my blog or write & answer my email, then there is no reason for me to even bother with a computer.   What I don't understand is why they want to make it so you can do everything with one device.  That doesn't work for all people but it makes no difference to those making the decisions.    Sure, you can take a good photo with an iPhone, but it won't be as good as one taken with a real camera, special lenses, etc., and the know-how to use them.

Well, now that I have that complaint out of the way, I need to come up with some good news.  Frankly I can't think of anything superlative to write about.

I was telling Jeannie about my troubles with the Waterpik and getting water everywhere, and I mentioned that I had wondered why I didn't remember the kids getting into water fights with it.  She replied, "Oh, Steven and I had a major water fight - we got water everywhere including out in the hallway!"  They must have cleaned it up before I found out, and here I was thinking that if anyone would have done such a thing it would have been Mike (the oldest).   It turned out to be my two middle kids!   Sometimes it is interesting to ask your grown kids about things they did as children.  They tend to come clean and be pretty honest about things they got away with, but it makes the parent wonder how they could have been so dumb as to miss it entirely!   The irony of it is that they probably are completely blind as to what their own kids are getting up to!  That is one of the payoffs of being a grandparent, and you have to root for the kids even if you can't say anything out loud!

Last night we worked out at the gym.  Today my muscles are a little sore, but my upper arms look pretty good for an old lady!  I just can't understand why it doesn't translate to being able to lift heavy things more easily.  I have to say though that I don't knock myself out about it.   No matter what I do I will still have saggy skin in places, and I've long ago given up on the idea that I can turn back the clock.

I stopped at the AAA office to get a couple of maps for one of my kids, and got the BC/AB (Canada) maps and tourbook.  The tourbook includes all the western  provinces plus Alaska!   I haven't had a chance to do anything except give the map a cursory glance, so the dreaming hasn't really started yet.   Any possible trip is still so far off and with the uncertainty of my vision by then, I just have to be patient and let things happen, or not.  

I keep forgetting this is a holiday weekend, not that I'll do anything much different than what I normally do.   I stopped grilling outdoors a long time back and can't say that I miss it.  There is nothing like a well-grilled hamburger, but I get one now and then when my kids get together for a cook-out.   I had hoped to get a short camping trip in this fall but so far no plans have materialized.   It was so much fun camping when I had a 4-legged friend to go with me.