Using a wheelchair full time makes life interesting in trying to figure out how you’re going to do things that most people take for granted. Taking a daily shower is not easy for someone who cannot stand up. Several years ago we put in a roll in shower into our bathroom. It’s nice to be [...]
Before computers ever hit the scene we all had our own personal identity built around our names or nicknames. With the advent of the Internet everyone has their own
About 15 years ago I purchased an NEC 15 inch CRT monitor which was pretty close to top-of-the-line and cost me a small fortune. It served me well through my graduate school years and through the first couple of years of marriage to Norm. Probably about six years ago I upgraded to a [...]
When I was quite young I wanted to own my own business. My brother and I used to play office and we would take my dad’s old business cards and office stationery and rewrite them for our own use. It was always a lot of fun. Now days you can make your [...]
(Part of the “stuff that makes my life easier” series.) Having weak hands makes it hard for me to hold a paperback book open. Workbooks and other types of paperback books are usually meant to be written in as you read them. Trying to hold it open and write in it at [...]
I’ve been using Gmail and Google search engine for several years. In the last six months I started using many more of Google’s fantastic and free tools.
Google Calendar: I especially like this because I can share it with other Google users, specifically my husband Norm. We each have our own personal calendar and [...]
… to visit family in San Diego. I’m leaving Monday and am looking forward to getting out of the heat. It’s been hovering around 110°F all week and I’m ready for some cool ocean breezes. BTW: I learned this week while watching something on the Discovery Channel that crusted over lava fields in Hawaii radiate [...]
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(part of my Stuff That Makes My Life Easier series)
If you have weak hands like I do, you probably find it difficult to write with most ballpoint pens. I always enjoyed handwriting and in my younger years I even taught myself calligraphy. As I’ve gotten older I’ve found my hands even weaker so writing can [...]
