Funny...

... isn't it strange, that more of my adult life has been spent without cell phones and email than with them. How did I ever cope without instant communication? How mysterious and scary! Well, back in the day, we did have a two way radio system with a large antenna attached to the end of our house. The radios had a range of about 40 miles from home. Our vehicles all had these hunky Motorola radios in them like the old police radios, you had to pick up the microphone and press the button to talk into it. While primarily used for our small business, we used them as needed for our own personal communication. We could radio each other about important stuff, like, can you pick up the kids from school on your way home, or we need milk. So, in a way, I guess we were 'cutting edge' communicators of our time. But now, wow, we can call the grandkids, or instant message them, or even video conference with them, from anywhere anytime.

When I got this in a forwarded email this morning, I realized almost all of these apply to me:

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when...

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list. AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself. Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to!

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Here's a WIP for Big Knitter. This is seriously soft alpaca yarn (Baby Alpaca Worsted from Plymouth Yarns)