The Day the Phone Died

      Last weekend was supposed to be a stress free weekend where I would be able to just kick back and relax.  Well that all began to change on the very first day.  My Ex came back into town to visit with her kids and had asked if I had a camera that I wasn't using,  so if you know me by now that is a silly question cause I have more then enough of stuff cause I tend to upgrade things when the newer better models show up.  So in this case I had 3 digital cameras a small one easy enough to tuck away somewhere which I bought for my car in case of accident, to be able to take pictures of it all. 

      Then I have 2 others a recent purchase for it's 40x zoom plus the higher mega pixels then the other camera. As I had stated in one of my other blogs I had wanted to go with a digital SLR camera  but opted with Automatic one instead like the other one.  So now I have 2 of those and I figured I would let go of one of them go for my Ex to have, but that wasn't the case at all.  She opted for the smaller one because it was easier to carry and keep in her purse.  I had kind of wanted to keep that one for what I said, but with cell phones being with such great cameras in them I really don't need it as much anymore. 

       So Friday begins with a trip to the tire shop to have tires rotated and then off to pick my ex-wife to go to breakfast and talk a little bit.  After breakfast we went and did a little shopping at Target then I dropped her off and then back home to relax the rest of the day well at least that is what I hoped. Alas there was the problem of the dreaded laundry piling up and in need of a great cleansing.  Through it all I was able to do a little catching up of shows but not as much as I had originally planned. 

        Saturday arrives and I get an early morning call about giving my ex a ride to the Little Jesse's T-ball game and then drop her off at a party for one of her nephews kid. I ended up staying at the party for quite a while so another day flew by just like that.  All in all in wasn't such a bad day I got plenty of pictures with both my digital camera and camera from my cell phone.  They turned out pretty good for what I got but every happy story has a downside to it. 

       I decided to update my phone with the new operating system and during the process something happened and it bombed out and my phone went dead or wouldn't boot up again.  So after many hours of trying I gave up for the evening and took my SIM card and put it in my old blackberry phone to have a working phone for the time being. 

       Sunday rolled around and it was time for another daddy daughter day.  So I go to pick her up for our usual breakfast and shopping extravaganza and then after dropping off freezer stuff at my house we headed off to best buy to see if they could do anything about my little problem all the while I am upset cause I may have lost all my data and pictures off the camera. 

       This was turning into a very disappointing time here cause after a couple of attempts the tech has no luck and informs me that it may have to be sent in and refurbished one will be returned to me if mine can't be repaired.  So since we are here we peruse around at the new Galaxy S4's and are looking to purchase but alas they only had the one in black so my little Verruca will have to wait another week for her new phone. 

        After work on Monday I decide to go to AT&T to see if anyone there might be able to assist me in my little dilemma. She informs me that by doing the hard reboot I will more then likely lose all my data and it will reset back to factory settings. After 2 attempts it finally goes through but not reset but updated to the new operating system.  I am still under the impression that my photos and other data is all gone, but to my amazement the photos were still there and with the new system the display was much nicer. 

        So what turned out to be a very painstaking weekend with plenty of ups and downs it was all finally  rectified on Monday.  So now off to learn all the new features to the system and retrieve some of the apps I had lost in the process, but at least I am a happy camper again.

Boys with Toys Part 2

     Sometimes I really wonder what in the world am I thinking, every year new gadgets come out new camera's, phones and tablets.  All just sitting there begging to be bought and sometimes I just can't resist the temptations.  I mean after all I already have two different tablets right now 3 digital cameras a couple of video cameras and that is not even counting my laptop and desktop computer.  But every year they just like to tease me with all the new toys. 

       This year after buying my cell phone they came out with one that was so much better, but then again is that always the way it is anyway.  With the new Source and larger Kindle Fire both have interesting points but if I was going to make the purchase it would probably be the Source cause it seems pretty cool with Windows 8 on it an all.  I have been considering getting a Kindle but just the reader cause I didn't feel the need to buy another tablet.  Well maybe but the jury is not back yet on that ruling.  

       There are other things that I have had my eyes on but being on the limited funds I have to keep it more down to earth.  So getting a new car or new 3D big screen TV with new 3D blu-ray player is out of the question.  But still there is always the hope of new things and if not for me then maybe for the ones I care for.  I settled for getting the new Kindle Paper-white which I have to admit is pretty cool.  But for me unless I end up giving in to the Source I will have learn to sit back and dream for better gadgets from a far.  

       Next up for me will be the shopping project to get my daughter her new phone and get her into the smart phone generation.  So I will have to live through her in her new purchase and be jealous of her new toy, but I love my daughter and this will be like a late birthday present to her and I hope she enjoys it.  So I better cut this off here cause it is getting late and I need to get up early to go to work in the morning.