Continuing with 30 Days of Pictures - November

On the 9th of November, we were supposed to take a picture of something small.  I took a picture of this small bud vase. Last weekend, Joe was out working in the yard and brought me this rose he picked off a bush he planted in the back yard.  It was sweet and unexpected and I put it in this small bud vase beside our picture on the hearth.

The 10th was something we can't (won't) live without.  I have to say other than my microwave (cause I can still use my stove/oven) - probably my iPad (really the internet).  I LOVE my iPad.  I use it for a lot of things.  I play games on it every day.  I cook with it. I just pull up my Pinterest recipes and have them right there.  If I don't like them, I can delete them and not have to worry about how much space they are taking up in a notebook somewhere.  Same with sewing projects - I can keep the picture up right beside where I'm sewing.  I can read my book or my newspaper online, look at some of my print magazines online (which I'm going to stop taking). I look at Pinterest the same way I used to look at magazines - who needs a bunch of advertisements?? I send emails to my children/friends. I get on Facebook and look at friends' pictures and keep up with their lives.  If I'm watching a movie on TV and I see someone but can't remember what else I've seen them in - I just pull up my handy-dandy IMDB app and look them up.  Check out the weather for the day... All from the comfort of my couch in my robe. I don't even have to go get on my computer anymore (but I still do occasionally).  My iPad doesn't do EVERYTHING I need, but it comes very, very close.  As a secretary, I can say unequivocably that the internet has changed my job immensely since I started in 1973, typing on a manual typewriter. Thank you Jann for giving me an iPad last fall (October 2011).  I love it!!