Happy Monday and New Week.
Do you shop online? We live rural so I find it easier and less expensive to shop online for many household goods especially. and Today is Cyber Monday. I don't have Amazon Prime but if you do they have loads of specials going on.
We are still very cold here-in the 20's F Some days with wind
The second camera has broke and doesn't work-sigh I liked this one, but didn't like that it used AA batteries instead of those flat lithium batteries. I could only take about 8 photos before I needed to change batteries-didn't think that made sense. The third time I took photos the camera stopped working. We tried different batteries to be sure. I bought this one on Walmart.com as they had the best online price I could find. Nice that I can take it into the store to get my money back right away. It needs to warm up a bit more though for me to get on the roads. We have had a thin glazing of ice here for a few days. Looks like mid week we will get out of the 20's F for a day or two.
Soooo bummer I have spent lots of time looking at cameras-again over the weekend. I chose one that Larry thought looked good but it has no reviews-I always read reviews to help me choose a product, since I can send it back from Amazon I just ordered it. Never have had so much difficulty with cameras before.
We are still enjoying watching pelicans and seagulls on the lake. and I am back to being aggravated by the squirrels eating all the bird food-sigh. They are funny to watch but if they would share I wouldn't mind so much-but No they stay and eat til all the seeds are gone. Oh well that's squirrels haha I did set up a suet feeder that they haven't bothered as of yet. That has been bringing in the woodpeckers.
Do you watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Christmas parade? I didn't enjoy that at all this year, perhaps do to my age now. I recorded it so I could buzz through the too many commercials. I didn't know any of the singers except for a couple. When Santa arrived on his too cool float which I thought was the highlight of the parade-they only showed about a minute of it before they ended the show. I won't watch that again
I did enjoy watching good football games including an exciting college Notre Dame game-they should end up in the top 10 with an at home playoff game. I recorded some of the new Hallmark Christmas movies-again to buzz off the too many commercials and was super disappointed with the film that was based on the KC Chiefs football game. It featured Kelce's Mom-who is always at the games but Wow this was major dork haha. It was really bad. I find myself watching more Christmas movies on the Great American Family network now instead. The plots have more substance.
On a happier note-I did finish most of the deep cleaning in our main living areas. I do still need to tackle my craft room with a good vacuum and dusting-and perhaps a bit of organizing. Soon I will need to downsize but am not ready for that yet., as I never know what craft I want to "play" with. Now the house is in order, hoping to get back to my slow stitch bags.
Happy December Everyone
Browsing online for pelicans in Missouri-I found this one at Truman Lake
and this one taken in Sedalia Mo
Camera woes..... sigh.... All my cameras have always used AA batteries... but i think maybe cameras are on their way out and have been for awhile .. .maybe thats why your having so much trouble.. I enjoy taking pics with cameras more but i don't always have a camera with me but i do have my phone with me so i think things are going that way... I haven't used my camera in ages.. I hope you get a good one Kathy... fingers crossed.. Hubby and i are headed to the scrap yard .. will pop in later and comment more. :) Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteHugs I think so too that little cameras are on the way out. I had one I loved that lasted 20 years after that I can't find anything that works. I did so some searching and ran into a good sounding camera from a video I watched. It was a sony but new ones are over a thousand dollars. Used ones begin around $100 going up-but don't want a used one that could be worse.
DeleteAre looking for items at the scrap yard? that could be fun
Sorry for the camera woes. Yes we watched the parade
ReplyDeleteWe do not watch college ball.
My house is stuck and span waiting fir my company any minute.
We are cold too and we still have snow.
Have a great week
Cathy @ acornhollow
Good morning, I only watch Notre Dame college football-I grew up with in Indiana I also watched the KC chiefs and the Packers, then I started to watch the Blues hockey-a bit too much sports haha.
DeleteEnjoy your company always feels good to have clean house hugs
We use Amazon prime a lot
ReplyDeleteI tried it out for a trial but decided I didn't want an extra monthly bill their cyber monday deals look really good though
DeleteOh looking for stuff at the scrap yard WOULD be fun... I could spend a week in there i think... But they don't let you take things out of the scrap yard but it is a place to dump metal scrap... we take our aluminum soda cans there... We take ours and we collect cans from the Golf Club we go to.. We just turned in 3 BIG bags and took home $45..
ReplyDeleteWe do shop online.. not for food but other things we want... otherwise we are big Walmart shoppers... one stop shopping..lol I just had to get a refund on a Weather book i bought the Grandlittle... it never showed up after a week...
I watched the parade when i was little and even when my daughter was little... but i haven't caught it in years....
I cleaned for Thanksgiving company so i'm sitting in a fairly clean house...lol Time to start pulling out the Christmas decor... but first today ... a gorgeous day i'm going to go weedeat... again... We haven't had a freeze yet... hugs! deb
Wow I love that you recycle and get paid for it didn't know they were still buying cans for money-awesome.
DeleteIt is really cold here and windy-it just made it to 30 degrees f around 2 pm I am heating up the left over beef soup I made a couple of days ago.
I am a wal mart shopper here too but the closes one is not a super wal mart just small one. I thought I might get out my mini xmas tree I bought awhile back from Balsam hill it has strung lites on it too I really like it for me
hugs
Hi Valerie, yep we can't change it I try not complain about the weather-nothing we can do but when it is this cold and below freezing the steps and hill to the mailbox get a lite coating of ice so then can't get my mail.
ReplyDeleteI miss my camera that I had for over 20 years they don't make them as good any more sadly hugs
We watch the parade out of Detroit each year even though I have never been to it it is in our state. In fact it started the same year as the Macy's one did, only it was called the Hudson parade back in the day. God luck with your camera. I take pics using my phone and send them to my email and then download to my computer. Janice
ReplyDeletethat's cool I have not heard of a big one in Detroit-when I grew up in Indiana we only got the Macys on the tv. Most people take photos on their phone but I don't need a smart phone-no one to call Larry has had one for over 20 years but I wanted him to have one being on the road so much when we were moving down to Missouri when we retired. hopefully the 3rd camera will work
DeleteThat camera doesn't sound very good, sorry to read you had all those problems with it. And it's been cold so many places, including at my house. This morning it was only 19 degrees. I guess it's December, right? I hope you have a good week and good luck with next camera. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThank you Erika, I think that most people use their phones for photos is why these cameras are made so poorly sad. Yep it is December we have been spoiled with nice weather-and then went to the 20's for a couple weeks now Have a good new week hugs
DeleteI was surprised they rolled the credits so fast, too. Not fun!
ReplyDeleteI know felt bad for the kiddos
DeleteFlocks of pelicans are awe-inspiring.
ReplyDeleteThey are so fun to watch
DeleteReally beautiful photos. We give up with the squirrels stealing the bird food. They are acrobats the way the hang to get it. I missed the parade this year but I find that I am not liking the new music on many accounts. Our weather is cooler but warm here in Florida.
ReplyDeletethank you, the squirrels are funny creatures to watch for sure-but they don't share. I agree I didn't care for most of the music either-I come from an older generation-Glad you have warmer weather-
DeleteI hate online-shopping. Website is German, yet it takes forever as the stuff comes all the way from China.
ReplyDeleteWow, you really have camera-drama!
Peanut says sorry for his cousin´s behavior...
LOL. I have the TV on my right monitor and surf/do stuff on the left one. Come ads I turn the sound off.
Ack, I need to clean...I hate it because... despite it´s just Ingo and I... I could clean each week!
We´re in one boat, huh, hugs to you and the lake!
Good morning, living so rural I would have to drive an hour to get to stores for most things other than food items so now it is easier and less stressful to order online-and easy to compare prices as well. However lately I have been waiting for a package from fedex-long story-hopefully today it will arrive.
Deleteyes camera drama for sure haha My third one has not been shipped yet
Thank you to Peanut
Sane here at least the floors. my Mom was a clean freak-over did it so I keep things clean, but behind on dusting usually. It all looks nice right now.
Have a good rest of your week hugs
I do shop for items on Amazon only. We don't have many stores here and what they are are crap. It's 100 miles to good stores. As for a camera, with what you are using it for a point and shoot may be your best bet. I have a really good, expensive camera but I have 2 point n shoots that I use for everyday. Have a great day today.
ReplyDeleteI do love the point and shoot cameras but they are not making them as good quality as they used to b
DeleteHappy December! I like your bird pictures
ReplyDeletethank you Happy December
DeleteDear Kathy, I wish you good luck with your camera. We also shop online and especially read the reviews... because with so many offers you often don't know what to buy. But of course I prefer to go to a shop (if one is available), especially if it is a smaller specialist shop... because the enjoyment is unbeatable... but the price is often unbeatable online...
ReplyDeleteThanks for your tip for my sewing needles... I had really bad needles because I rarely sewed by hand... that's changing now :-))) I have one quilt finished and two more still waiting.
I now use shorter needles – like you wrote to me!!! - with better quality... that helps a lot :-))
Your pelicans are beautiful.
A hug comes to you and I wish you a lot of fun crafting and sewing.
Happy December greetings from Viola
Happy December Viola, I am so happy you found different needles-ii is really amazing how many different types of needles are available. I started using hand sewing needles from Japan called Tulip I really like them. I found them when I was looking into sashiko.
DeleteI am happy to read you are enjoying quilting-I always enjoyed that very much. I made a huge flannel quilt with wool batting that ended up pretty thick-haven't figured out how to quilt this yet-will dig that out this winter for sure after getting some of the little bag made
Happy December and sewing hugs
p.s. I love watching Christmas movies :-))) I'm sure you know "Love doesn't need a holiday" or "The Polar Express"
ReplyDeleteMuch joy to you
I agree I love watching Christmas movies too
DeleteI don't do too much online shopping but it can be handy sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the pelican photographs here.
Wish you luck in your camera search.
All the best Jan
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Thanks Jan, I do more shopping online do to where we live, and I never enjoyed driving especially long distances We are still enjoying watching the pelicans here on the lake. hugs Merry Christmas
DeleteI try not to shop online, but sometimes I just have to as I can't get what I want anywhere else 😊. I loved seeing all those pelicans too. Happy December! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteWe do a lot of online shopping mostly through Amazon. This year it really came in handy to buy gifts that the youngest granddaughter requested and then have them sent to her PA home and her mother will wrap them since we won't visit until after then holiday. We are near a number of major stores, but prefer the ease of online for most electronics and some household items.
ReplyDeleteWe watched most of the Thanksgiving Day parade for the first time in years and I felt bad for the performers and spectators as it was a very soggy holiday.
Too bad the camera didn't work out well for you. I have a small Olympus Tough all weather camera and maybe you would want to check out that one. This model is still in production and up to a Tough 6, so you might find an older model still available at less cost. It uses rechargeable lithium batteries.
Good morning, That was a bummer that it was raining during the parade. I had not watched it recent years
DeleteI agree buying online is really convenient and easy to compare prices and shipping costs too. recently fedex has lost a package so they sent another one and that was marked as lost too but it showed up late sunday nite. they must be swamped with packages this year.
I checked on the camera you suggested it does look nice but on amazon they are over 500.00 and used on ebay are over 300.00. I would not buy a used one. I had found a really nice sony too with excellent reviews but was shocked at the over 1000.00 price wow. I don't need anything this expensive but perhaps they don't make good ones in the under 200.00 range any more. amazon still has not mailed out the camera ordered a couple weeks ago sigh.
Have a good week
Yes, it is sadly true that point & shoot camera have spiked in price and I suspect it is because of people using cell phones now. The Olympus camera I mentioned included and even okder models seem to be holding their value.
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