Holly's Hair

Hi Everyone

Thanks so much for the birthday greetings.

Some pics of Holly's long beautiful hair and the donation she made to Locks for Love.

August Updates

Happy August Birthday to:

Lorne Hayter
Mason Sampson
Randy Burke Jr
Joe Currie
Richard Landry
Issac Porrier
Myself
Austin King
Tiffany White
Winnie Burke
Hazel Lindloff
Isabelle Hayter

Happy Birthday to each and everyone of you who are celebrating a birthday this month


Imagine, August 1 already and still no summer.  Well, here's hoping that the month of August will be much dryer and a little warmer (not much, just a little) LOL

OK,  August birthdays and memorials have been updated and a new slide show is in the works, so keep watching.  Enjoy the remainder of your summer.

PS: (Aug 5)  New slideshow up and running

eReader Update

I promised I would let you know how I got along reading on my new eReader (it's actually called Kobo).  There are many different types of eReaders out there, you just have to make a choice.  This one I chose because it is connected to Chapters Indigo and I can use the gift cards to purchase books on line.  Most of the books are the same price you would pay at Walmart or the Superstore, but there are some free ones out there and some at reasonable prices.

Anyway, my first ebook was a Harliquin Romance.  I chose this book because it was free (LOL) and because it was a smaller book than I usually read.  I thought reading ebooks would be hard on the eyes but you can turn down the backlight on the reader to ease eye strain.  The reader is about the same weight as a large paperback and lighter than a hardcover book.  The reader I have is a touch screen, which I would recommend and WiFi, so I can purchase and download the books direct to my Kobo without going through my computer.

For anyone who does a lot of reading, it's a lot of fun, BUT, don't forget about the paperback, it can't be replaced YET !

New eReader

I have taken my reading habit up to a "tech" level.  I decided I needed an eReader, so I chose Kobo.  And I am back to my old habit of reading two books at one time, LOL, one on paper and one on the eReader.  "Once A Cowboy" by Linda Warren is my first ebook and I will let you know how I like reading from the eReader when I get into it more.  BUT as usual, I have my second ebook lined up already, Debbie Macomber's new book "A Turn in the Road".

As you can see from the blog, I have also dabbled in audio books, but I'm not a big fan yet!  I listened to the book on my ipod, but I really wasn't impressed by the readers voice or her style of reading (for lack of a better word).  Reading style is hard to explain, but I hope you get my meaning.