Tuesday Thoughts

I never actually said these things to my girls, but I hope they know that they can always come home!! Or, they can come to us with any problem! 

Our family is everything to us!!

Me on Monday

This apparent piece of junk mail came last week. When I turned it over, I saw this:

Now, this little Catholic girl was told in grade school by the nuns, that you can keep anything that comes in the mail if you didn't ask for it. Meaning that if something came you didn't order, you are under no obligation to either pay for it or return it. Nothing was ever said about money, but I think it works the same way. 

Then, when I opened it to get that crisp dollar bill, instead, I discovered two!! Jackpot!

It's from the Nielson rating people. It's not addressed to me but to: Brentwood Area Household. So they won't even know who it is who kept the money and didn't do the survey. That made me feel a little guilty, so I thought I should probably do it. How in the world can they afford to hand out $2.00 to god knows how many people?

I also thought it might be fun to participate in the survey. But, as I read further, you have to go online to do it. Also, if you do, you will get an additional $5.00 in the form of a gift card or cash to PayPal or Venmo. 

Okay, I'm not gonna' lie. That makes me a little suspicious. Obviously they would have to get information from me that I don't think I want to give. Yeah, I'm not gonna' do it. I'm just gonna pocket the money. 

Does that make me a bad person?

Something for Sunday

1. On Thursday, we left for Atlanta to spend a couple days with Sandy and Greg. Our first stop is always Starbucks. 

They were giving out free sleeves in honor of the World Cup. I sent this picture to the girls. 

I swear within 30 minutes, Mindy sent hers! She's not one to miss out on any special treats!

2. On Memorial weekend, Jeanne made this fruit flat for our family party. 

We caught little Theo just eating the marshmallows!! Great idea for the 4th of July coming up!

3. This past week, we got our yellow pages in the mail. Yes, you heard that correctly--in the mail! We usually get it dropped at the front door.

It's really kind of ridiculous--and a complete waste of money. It's about 1/2" thick. Ours went straight in the recycling bin. Everyone uses the internet to find anything they want. I don't know who is paying for this, but I'm sure it's us in some way shape or form. 

4. We stopped at Taco Bell for lunch on the way to Sandy's. Look what they have again!!

Although I have asked for a taco salad many times, they told me it had been discontinued years ago. Now they have a mini version--it was really good! But, I could easily have eaten another--just a bit too small.

5. I came across this sign on our Route 66 trip. To this I respond...

..."Well, okay, but I really only need 2!" 

Seriously. I'm sure they are trying to limit the number of napkins people take. It seems to me, that it would have made more sense to just say, "Please limit your napkins to 2 per meal!" Or 5 if they are really serious about people taking 5!! 

Scrapbook Saturday

In honor of finishing the project of getting Janet's layouts put in albums, I thought I would share the unfinished layouts that I finished for her.

Friday Frustrations & Friday Funnies

I could call this a "Me on Monday" post, because it's basically about me and my computer. I love my computer. I know a lot about it. I've taken classes and watched tutorials. I can figure out most things. But lately, I'm stymied about something. It's a little something that can turn in to a BIG thing if I forget!

I know how to create groups within my contacts. I have several and have been using them for years. Then, something happened. I don't know how, but it's so frustrating. All of a sudden, one person was left out of my "Book Club" group. I've had this group going for darn near 20 years--for sure. I don't know if it's something that happened when I got my new computer or what.

Anyway, here's the situation. I tried adding our newest member, Kathleen to my group. It just wouldn't take--no matter what I did or how many times I tried. Okay, I wasted a lot of time trying to figure it out to no avail. Finally I just told myself that I would just have to remember to add her address manually every time I sent an email to the group. It's bad enough I have to remember that, but after the first couple times, I kind of have it in my mind now. Okay, not that big of a deal. But then, it happened again--this time, leaving someone out who has been on the list for many years with no problems. Here's what happened.

Stephanie is our "Recorder of the Books and Ratings." I just made up that title for her. After our last book club, she pointed out that the email I sent the group with all the current info: recap of our meeting, who was hosting next, the books, and when--that one of our members had been left off the list. I don't even know how she noticed that. I never look at who is included in a group email. 

Anyway, I went back and looked and sure enough, Nina was left out of the email even though she is still listed in the group in my contacts. So frustrating. 

I took the time to try to delete her and add her again. That didn't work. 

I created a whole new group and deleted the old one. That didn't work.

It didn't work for Kathleen's email either. 

Next, I restarted my computer. That didn't work.

I'm at a loss. Now I have to remember to manually include TWO people to my emails. This is not looking good for me. My memory just isn't what it used to be!

Okay, I just thought of one more thing. I'm going to try AI to see if that has an answer. Hold on while I give it a try.

10 minutes later:

Here is the question I posed:

When I send an email from a group I set up in my contacts, not all of the emails appear when I email the group. Why?

This is the answer I got:

When you email a contact group and some addresses disappear, it usually happens because the group name or label is hiding the individual addresses, the missing contacts are missing valid email addresses, or your email client is grouping duplicates.

What? Okay, that didn't help me at all. I have no idea what all that means. I continued reading and it said that a "gmail" address might be the culprit.

Well, now there's an answer. Both Kathleen and Nina have a gmail address. But I don't understand--at least in Nina's case--why it just stopped working? I'm certain it has something to do with my new computer. I can still email them individually, but not in a group email. Hhhhhh! (Frustrated sigh)!

So, I've wasted a whole bunch of time messing with this to get no solution. I'm going to have to rely on my own pea brain to remember. Sheesh!

Okay, I cannot leave you with a frustration. I have to lighten the mood with a funny!

Ten Things Thursday

Considering we're just a couple weeks from the 4th of July, I thought I would share some beautiful red, white and blue tables. This way, you might get some ideas and actually have time to put them together.

All of these are pretty nice, but I have to say that I think #3 is my favorite. I'm sure you can guess why! That floral arrangement!!! Swoon!

Words of Wisdom Wednesday!

There are some really good ideas here. I personally do #7, 11, 17, on the right side: 7, 9, don't know about 14, 16 and part of 20. 

Not very many--I need to work on this!!