Normalcy

[dxmachina]

Gorgeous day today. Still sniffling and coughing a bit, but I seem to have weathered the cold better than last year. Yay for better health. Had blood drawn this morning for my annual cholesterol test. I celebrated that fact tonight by making sauerbraten for dinner, and having dulce de leche ice cream for dessert. I am currently watching the EE (extra Eowyn) version of The Two Towers. I call that a good evening.

I picked up TTT-EE at Sam's tonight as a birthday present to myself. I also bought a cell phone, the first I've ever owned. Welcome to the 21st century. It's a Tracfone, so there's no plan, other than you need to pay a fee to keep it activated (I get a year of activation with the phone), and the calls are paid for by phone cards. It's all I need. I really only plan to use it for emergencies, and on those odd occasions when I need to make a call on the road. I've always sort of considered it a point of honor that I've never owned one, but there are times when I can see the need.

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[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Oooh! A pinky-toe into the 21st Century!

Good to hear that the health tide is turning....

[la-perkins.livejournal.com]

That's how it starts you know. Sure, now it's only for emergencies, but a year from now, you'll be walking around with it, and a sidekick, and a blackberry, and all three will be on at once.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

You forget that I am an uncommunicative cheapskate.

[la-perkins.livejournal.com]

Weren't we all, once upon a time?

[makaidiver.livejournal.com]

I've been researching cell phones for years and still haven't bought into it, but I keep thinking that I will at some point. My needs are similar to yours. Tracfone is one that was recommended by friends. They got theirs at CostCo - did you get yours via the web, or buy it in person somewhere that Calif. would have, too?

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

I got mine at Sam's Club. It was $80, which includes one year of activation and 10 minutes of time. I also picked a 150 minute phone card, which was $35 or so. The cheapest plan I saw was $20 a month, so that's $240 a year. My average regular phone bill is only about $14 a month, so paying even that much for cellular is silly for me. I just don't use the phone enough to make a plan worthwhile.

[makaidiver.livejournal.com]

You are me, though my phone bill for not much use is much more.

I don't think we have Sam's Clubs around here. It's an offshoot of Walmart, right? I'm not even sure if we have those around here, though I hear they are ubiquitous. I'll look around. signed, anti-big box development voter.