Passwords123

 Oh my lord, passwords may well be the death of me.  I have a little spiral index notebook that holds my plethora of passwords. They say use something that you'll remember...I barely remember yesterday and from all the evidence I have seen and heard, it's gonna get worse. Don't use your birthday, don't use your anniversary, don't use your families' birthdays, don't use the same password for every website, use numbers and letters, punctuation marks, capitals.....!!!!  Then you get a message that for safety measures, it's time to change your password...seriously? Oh, and then, it really isn't safe to store/save your password on your computer in case it becomes compromised.  Ok, well it really isn't safe or smart to eat chips and dip for dinner and pizza for breakfast but I do it.  What isn't safe, is trying to tell a nearly 70 year old woman what to do.  I have never been known for taking orders and less so for following them.  If I can get the computer, iPad and phone to take me to the website, address or page I want to go to, it's been a really good day. If I can then access the information, Hallelujah!!!!!!!  

Most of us are fortunate to have grandchildren who can navigate the World Wide Web for us but they don't understand the importance of going slowly and showing us how the hell they got there.  If they would show us step by step the first time, we could avoid the under their breath conversation and the subsequent eye-rolls!  I keep saying they'll miss us when we're gone but I don't think that sinks in!  

While rewriting my password notebook for the umpteenth time, (they have no idea how many that is,) pondered writing a description of the site or service as my password.  For instance, Zito Media would be...Zitosucks666 or Verizon ...virtualchats000. Many could use this one...ohhold30minutes, or even..Dothead420 for several.  

More and more I miss the direct audio contact with a real, live person...even if they're idiots.  Virtual help virtually doesn't..........And when I have a password AND a PIN...Well, no flipping way am I going to remember those. 

I have a plan for departure and I have tried to make it easy and painless for whomever is left to clean up  my mess. I have, however, given a great deal of thought to burning my password notebook and letting them try to figure it all out.  But for now, all changes will begin with WTF2020!!

Stuck in the Middle

Mid February is winter hump time.  We're getting kind of sick of the cold, we've had a bit of snow, Santa arrived, Father New Year and Cupid drops in this week-end.  It does stay light until nearly 5:45 which is a mere blessing in itself. It staves off my bedtime by an hour.  There are some good shows on prime time and a few new series that fill in the blanks. I've started watching a new movie every afternoon and always fit in at least an hour of reading.  It's not like my dance card is full!

My vacation is impending...Lee will be off to Florida this week and then it's me time, my time, all the time... Kind of like it always is :-)  Our chickens have been relocated..some to Sempronius and some to heaven..  Bruce will be returning to Burtless Road and Baby hopefully going to Genoa.  Spring will then be time to take down fencing, reseed the lawns and decide on a new use for the barn... I have ideas!!!! I rather enjoy planning....... I still have that caboose for sale swimming in the back of my mind. The perfect pool house it would be!!!!I'd only need a crane and trailer to move it, a dozer to level its new home and a torch to fit in the French doors....doesn't every caboose have French doors?

February usually sucks weather wise but with only 28 days, we'll muddle through...especially knowing that with March, comes spring...on paper.  St Patrick's Day always brings snow and we usually have it in April as well.  At least in those months, it comes and goes quickly. We're over the hump in no time.

For those of us who are not travelers, patience is a virtue. I have almost achieved that virtue and it only took 69 years. What's the rush.  I have a warm house that I love, books that entertain, television shows that teach and friends who help me complete sentences, remember names and ............something else????  It'll soon be time to slide down the other side of the hump and find myself no longer stuck in the middle!