Texting

For many years Beth has answered my texts with one word, usually 'Okay'. Sometimes spelled okey. Sometimes it's Yes or No. Or 'Thanks' or 'Yes I did'. Just simple answers, one or two words.

Beth lives at a slow speed. She walks slower and when she does chores around the house it takes her longer to do them than it would you or me. At the grocery store it takes her a while to get all her groceries on the conveyor belt thing.

But technology isn't something she has to do quickly. She can sit at her desk for as long as she needs to figure out how to send a photo or change her ring tone. And she loves her phone!

We've given her a laptop but she just never used it. We've tried getting her to use our laptop to get on Facebook but she just doesn't want to. But using her phone, that's a whole different story!

To be honest this is something I never even considered when Beth was born. Our concerns were about her sitting up and walking. Not 'Will she be able to navigate the internet?' The internet hadn't even been invented yet! Yet she has just grown with the times and learned the technology right along with the rest of us.   

In the last 6 months or so I've noticed her texts are becoming more complex. She combines two topics and uses various words.

Instead of always answering with 'Okay' now she'll sometime use 'Alright'. And it's spelled right too!

I sent her Diana's birthday list.
"I got it already mothera"

Do you want to watch the movie with us?
"No thanks I'm good"

I tell her I'm going to Safeway.
"Okay and can you get my lunch for Wednesday please"

"Can we go to Safeway and dollar tree after work is done please?"

"I do want to go shopping for groceries and new cd player and batteries to"

It's been kind of fun! 

A Recent Text

Beth likes to walk to a local drug store to buy markers or whatever. It's about 3/4 of a mile from our house and it's downhill all the way there so you know what that means for the walk back. :) She goes there a lot in the summer but it's winter here now so it gets dark at 4PM.

Here is a recent conversation we had via text:

B: Can I go to Bartell Drugs to get my stuff please?

Me: I will take you after work. Do not go by yourself.

B: Okay fine. And you no fun.


It seems the older I get, the less fun I am. :)

Feeling Guilty

Chuck, Diana and I went to the mall last night after work. I asked Beth if she wanted to come but she said no. Diana bought a new watch. It's rose gold and absolutely beautiful! At one of her jobs, they're always needing to know the time but the clock isn't in a convenient place and they aren't allowed to have their phones on them so... she bought a watch.

I sent Beth a text telling her that we were stopping at the grocery store and then we'd be home. She sent me this text:

OK. CAN YOU THREE PLEASE HURRY UP NOW. I NEED YOU TO OKAY? SAY YES OK?

Then a few minutes later:

MOTHER ARE WE GOING TO EAT SOMETHING WHEN YOU THREE GET BACK FROM THE MALL?

I assured her that yes, we would have dinner when we got back.


Wow, I thought that would be a lot more exciting than it actually was. Our lives really aren't that grand. I've sometimes felt a little guilty about the title of my blog, Adventures With Beth. We don't have that many adventures. At least we haven't lately.

Beth went to job class yesterday. She said it was 'fine'. She took a package of mini marshmallows with her last week to share with everyone. They are each allowed one cup of hot chocolate and she wanted to share them. When I asked her if they had hot chocolate today she said they were out of hot chocolate.

...And that's her adventure for this week! :)

Are my problems with IE 9 or Blogger?

We upgraded to Internet Explorer 9 the other day and now Blogger is different. It's been difficult to leave comments. I have to try numerous times before it finally accepts it.

The font that shows in my New Post field is very basic, almost like code. And when I try to change the font, it's not available, like some of my new post options, Underline, Text, ect. are not visible.

Is anyone else having problems? Is it Blogger... or IE 9?

I just hit Publish Post and it's telling me, "An error occurred while saving!! Grrrrr!