Technology...

I was speaking with one of my friends about the amazing advancements in technology that have occurred since even I was a kid. I wanted to make a list of sorts about the technology I remember being debuted in my life time: When I was a young kid, I listened to music on a record player, we had a old TI computer that didn't have a backspace button. The Atari was considered top of the line. Since then.... Music -I listened to Tapes and had a Cassette Tape Walkman. The first tape I ever owned was "Whoomp, There it is" ha ha. -The CD player made its debut. My dad bought one of the first generations. I believe he spent quite a bit of money on it! I had several CD walkmans throughout the years, and I remember being very excited to get a Walkman that was "Skip Resistant"...until I found out how fast it sucked through AA batteries. When going on long roadtrips I always had to have at least a twelve pack of batteries to keep it going. Lugging around my 3 cases of CDs was also enough to cause anyone a headache. -The mini-disk was introduced, but short lived, since MP3 players were nipping at its heels. -Finally, many MP3 players were introduced, but one reigns supreme, the Ipod. I got my first Ipod when I was 20. My Dad bought it for me for my birthday. -I have 2 Ipods now, as technology expands. One of which has more memory than my first laptop. Movies -While I have been alive, I have watched movies in many formats, including Beta Tapes, Laser Disk, VHS, DVD, and finally BluRay. Computers -I remember the TI computer, the Atari, the DOS system, Windows 95 (a triumph! And still one of Windows BEST platforms), Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. -I remember distinctly having to type in commands to use the computer. (Especially when players computer games). -I remember FLOPPY DISKS, and not the hard cased floppy disks that are also now defunct, but truly floppy, giant disks, that probably only held 1 KB of memory. -I remember a time where I could easily go to download a song, watch a movie, come back and the song would still not be done downloading. -I used IRC, mIRC and Pegusus mail. None of my friends have any idea what any of those are. Ha ha -My first laptop has a 40GB harddrive. I filled it up with music. :o) -I remember the switch from Dial Up (my mom much more recently than my dad) -I bought my first mini-pc two years ago. It is already a relic, but I love it. Communication -While I was really too young to be aware of the cell phone era where you talked on a brick and got no reception anywhere, I clearly remember the days of the black brick flip phones that all the biggest business honchos carried around. My mom later owned one, and I thought it was so cool. -We actually had a car phone, in my mom's BMW. We never used it. Mom said it was too expensive. -I remember having a cordless phone and a caller ID box, I thought I was soooo cool. -I was jealous when my sister got a "Beeper", even now it amazes me that these were as popular as they were. You got a page, then had to locate a pay phone to call the person and see what they wanted. So archaic compared to today. -My friends all got Nokia phones in high school. I remember that they all had interchangable faces, the annoying Nokia ringtone, and Snake. I wanted one so badly, but I never got one. -My first phone did not have a camera, I'm honestly not even sure it texted. It was a cell phone in the purest form. At least it was small. :o) -My next few phones got fancier and fancier, first, texting, then a camera, then a camera with a flash! Then it could make movies, and even go online, for a price. Now I use my phone more than I use my computer. About 80% of the time, I don't use it as a phone. It is a gaming device, a camera, a video camera, a computer, and almost lastly a phone. No wonder my data usage is through the roof (thank god for unlimited data!) and my phone usage has barely reached a quarter of the way through the limit (despite there being 4 people on the plan). Well, there are so many other amazing inventions and advancements that have been made in my lifetime, but I am going to end here. I hope you enjoyed my journey through technology :o)

An Ode to Butterbeer

You come two different ways, frozen or non, but either way can be quite fun, the delicious foam you have on top, lasts all the way down to the last drop. I love the yummy buttery taste, and make sure that none goes to waste. Non alcoholic so all can enjoy, give one to parents, little girls and boys! Thank you Harry Potter for inspiring such a delicious treat, and thank goodness it doesn't taste like feet.

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medieval times

Matt and i went to medieval times over the weekend and it was a blast! We have wanted to go for many years, so it was exciting to finally cross an item off of our "florida bucket list". There are still many items on that list that i would like to get to, but we'll see!

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Where has the time gone???

December has wizzed by too fast! I find Matt and I saying "didn't we want to do this or that before Christmas?" and finding that no matter what we do we will never be able to do it all. The time for avoiding all things Disney has commenced as just braving Downtown Disney yesterday resulted in insane crowds! Even my commute to work is a little slower what with all the tourists who stay in one hotel/motel or another by our house. The funny thing is, is that at Downtown Disney I encountered more Disney Cast Members than anything else! I guess because they, like I, think to themselves, "I wouldn't touch a park right now with a ten foot pole!". Ha ha. People always seem to be amazed to find out that Disney is busy during the week of Christmas. "Who would go there during Christmas??" they ask, completely astonished. "Well, right around 70,000 people....and that's just the Magic Kingdom" ha ha. It's pretty insane, I admit, as I would never have thought about going on vacation during such a decidedly family driven holiday, but I guess when you consider how many "Disney or Bust" signs I see on people's vehicles and tee-shirts, it probably IS a family event! Just a super insane, super expensive, super BUSY family event. No thanks. I prefer my Grandma's house. :o)

Helloooooooo Humans!

I don't know why I titled my blog that. But for some reason I just got a bout of "Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor" stuck in my head. So Christmas is coming up much more quickly than I am prepared for, but I am SO excited to be going home for Christmas that I am urging time on to go even faster. I am extremely excited to see my family and friends, and to get to be at the Ferguson Family Christmas Party. I love love love the Christmas Party more than any other Ferguson gathering. The house is decorated, the food is delicious and the company great. Everything about it says "Home". This year for Christmas Day the family dynamic will be different as my mom got married earlier this year. There are the kids of her new husband that I have never met to contend with. Not that I don't think we will get along. Just different. We were the three musketeers for so much of my life (even when my mom was in a relationship) that it is hard to think of that changing. Although, if I think about it, it already changed, since Erin is married with two adorable children and I am married, we have expanded our family a lot. I suppose we can expand it more.

Work has been hectic lately, all the more reason to egg a vacation to get here faster. I also found out that my co-worker, whom I work solely with at night, will have her last day with the company on December 23rd. I will come home from vacation to working nights alone. I don't look forward to this for many reasons, but I suppose, as Aretha Franklin says, "I Will Survive". Though I have a sneaking suspicion that this turn of events will push me over the already crumbling edge and leave me clinging to a pole at the SLC airport on January 2nd yelling "Don't make me go back!".

Sigh.

election day!

I find it so frustrating that people are forgetting the REASON this country is in a slump. His name isnt Barack Obama, his name is George W. Bush. I will admit that Barack Obama confirmed my fears from the get go. I don't think he had the experience to fix such insurmountable issues...but people were expecting him to build Rome in a day. It was never going to happen. He received a country on the verge of complete destruction, and had the courage to take it on. It IS getting better, just in very small steps. I am very afraid that this election will make room for right wing republicans to completely destroy the baby steps.

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I really miss my family. Something fierce