I bought a Kindle Gen 2 ebook ($8), and then couldn't get it to ask for (my) connection. I did the same thing years ago when I bought my uncle's Kindle, and I don't remember any problem changing the owner to myself with that Kindle. Anyway I looked online and found someone with the same problem, and the process was very straight forward. Even the steps looked familiar, so I tried it and it worked like a charm. The only hiccup was that the battery was in need of a charge, but it came with a cable and so now I have two. It is so nice to get something to work like it should. My son tried the laborious method, and found that the Kindle is so old they wouldn't work. Anyway, the name it is registered with now is M***'s 6th Kindle (blush). I inherited my husband's Kindles (2) as well as my own so I have one gen 2, a paper white and one large screen kindle which is very nice. They read to me, shop with me, and do several "beta" programs. The only problem is remembering which Kindle I want my selection to be on. Hurting for choice. One lives in my purse, one on my bedside table, one in the living room (drat) and so forth. It is easier when I don't have to remember where I had it last. In theory.
My psych doctor is messing around with my meds and it is wreaking havoc on my sleep cycle; I have to sleep all the time right now. At least I don't have to go to work anymore, yeah. Retirement is grand, I wish I had been able to coast along all these years.
I bought a selection of drawing pencils/charcoal sticks, etc., to keep me involved for now at least. I used to be able to draw OK from a photograph, and I tried to buy a movable articulated horse figure, as I get confused when the legs are close together, but on Amazon they are $60! and I don't know if it would even work. The exact same thing of a human figure is $10 - $12! Supply and demand. When I was in junior high the art teacher browbeat me into thinking how things, like trees, really look on paper. I learned a lot from her that year. I am sure they don't take art classes now except for an elective, probably in high school. There are no sketches on the bulletin boards in elementary school where we go to vote, when it would benefit drawing skills the most. We didn't let our kids attend that school, back in the day. One voting day, of course right near Thanksgiving Day, there was a display of paper leaves with wishes the students had made (anonymously) and they broke my heart. Wishes like "I wish I could stay here forever" and "I wish my dad would come back" and" I wish I lived with Mommy and Daddy again" and "I wish I could see my sister" and on and on. My kids went to Parochial school. I knew they would have to face many difficult times in life, but please, not as a 6 year old.
I am currently reading Beginner's Guide to the End, Practical Advice to Living Life and Facing Death. I haven't gotten very far yet, but it reads in a compassionate and straightforward way.
It is the Kindle I just rejuvenated, all charged now and I downloaded this book. It came with a nice leather case too. And it bills to our credit card.
That is it for today, hope this hasn't been too boring. I can only write about the past, because the current life is totally the same day by day. Talk about boring.
Bye!
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