I am one of those people who swear I will never cave in to any type of new-fangled gadget. No matter what comes out or how it promises to make my life easier, I convince myself that simple is better and if it ain't broke, then don't replace it.
And then I always end up getting whatever it was I swore I would never get. Examples? Cell phone. Computer. Laptop. Nook. (And by the way, this is not top-of-the-line stuff, so save your crow bars and illegal entry methods for quality that would actually be worth the jail time and bullet wounds).
The cell phone I caved in pretty easy to when I began driving a distance from home to work. Having said that, though, I am seriously considering dropping all cell phone lines and hooking my husband up with a pay-as-you-go type plan. I never go anywhere anymore, a land line with unlimited local/long distance would cut about 60% off our phone bill, and yes... my oldest kid (who has a cell) and the youngest kid (who dreams of a cell) are twitching just a bit at Mom's newest plan to interfere with their social life. The middle, thank goodness, could really care less. Now let me mess with the wireless service in the house and he would protest loudly, rest assured.
Anyway, the computer and internet are here to stay. The kids do so much homework online that the price of gas alone (if I had to shuttle them back and forth to the library) more than convinces me that is one bill worth the cost and besides, I might start twitching if I didn't have access to the blog world or facebook. The laptop was a no-brainer because it effectively stopped me from yelling at the kids to get off the computer. Some things don't require much thought no matter how much I may have thought that I didn't need them.
(Yeah. That made a lot of sense).
The nook took awhile. I love to read. I love books. I love the smell of books. I was 175% against the lame-brain who thought to take away the feel of a book in my hands. Then one day certain aspects of the e-reader began to appeal to me... books purchased in an instant no matter what time of day or night (and cheaper at that); e-books available from the library with no fines for overdue material; easy to stow (and a whole lot more lighter) in my purse... yep, the more I thought about it the more the whole idea appealed to me. I love my nook. I still pick up cheap books at sales and such, and not every book is available in the e-book format from the library, but I am absolutely positively happy with my gadget.
Ahhhh, but allow me to tell you about my latest techno-purchase that was a belated anniversary gift. It's something that I have often said was crazy and lazy and just way-too-overpriced for me to ever think about getting one... and then I tried it, fell in love with it, and had to have it.
A Keurig coffee machine.
Ready in a minute.
Instantaneous satisfaction.
And it's cheaper than my beloved Starbucks Via.
Sometimes math is a good thing.
Especially when it's at Kohl's and you have a 30% off coupon.
I think I might want an i-pod next.
But never the i-pad.
That would be just plain crazy.
3 comments:
Oh my dear. You NEED an Ipad. Just go to quibids and buy a bunch of bids for $75 or so at 3 AM and bid your heart out on an Ipad. You'll get it for less than $100.
Wait... I didn't say that. Repeat after me... "Get thee behind me, Satan."
...bullet wounds......hilarious!
i like all the gadgets; i just wait until they're at least 5 years out of date to get them - and often free or really really cheap.
=) They're just as much fun 5 years later.
Loved this entry about technology. I drink tea and the hubby drinks coffee. We got the Keurig coffee machine a few years back and were just smitten with it, too. Feel the same way about books, you do. But I love my Kindle. We clung to our old simple flip cellphones for dear life. Then at Christmas we treated ourselves to a Droid. WOW. What a difference it has made. Life moves forward at an alarming pace, doesn't it?
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