Sydney with Cry-Baby, Christmas 1939
“It’s all over but the shouting!” my mother used to say at about this time on Christmas morning. I’m not sure of the exact translation but I always knew what she meant. The anticipation and waiting for Santa were over; now we could just enjoy the day. Or, in the case of the children in the household, it was time to play with their new toys while the men cleaned up the wrapping (actually, the unwrapping debris) debris and the women got that turkey in the oven.
On this, my eightieth Christmas (unbelievable!) I feel a large shouting fit coming on. It will manifest itself, as it did years ago, in playing with my new toys. Make that new-age toys. Santa brought me a smart phone (which I sort of know how to use thanks to Nyel’s generosity in sharing his for several years). Plus he brought me a Tablet (which promises to be one of those old-age learning curves.) I’m so excited!
Lupe Helps, Christmas 2015
I’ve already chosen (for now, anyway) a mobile ringtone – the Charlie Brown Christmas Theme. And I’ve discovered that Santa pre-loaded all of my email contacts. Charlie (my son, not the Peanuts character) has sent me a text and I managed to answer it without fumbling for more than a second! “Productive Playtime,” I call it!
Since Nyel and Charlie are in charge (mostly) of our Christmas dinner, I intend to read the booklet “Get to Know Your Tablet” and see if I can get it up and running. I have no idea how I will use it. Cate has something a bit bigger that she often jots notes on when she is starting to think about her weekly column. I have a vague idea that I might use this Tablet in a similar fashion but, in my case, for my daily blogs, instead.
I think (but don’t know for sure) that it is more-or-less a larger version of my spiffy new phone – takes photos, will browse the web, has the same email functions – and all with the decided advantage of having a larger keypad for old arthritic fingers. And it fits just fine in my purse. Imagine! A smart phone in my pocket and a Tablet in my purse! Connected to the max! I think I’ll be shouting (in the ‘all over but for the…” sense) and playing (in the very best kind of fun sense) and enjoying this Christmas all year long! Woot! Woot!
Your phone and tablet both take pictures and operate similarly. You will love having a computer in your pocket!