Pinetree Elementary School

Great visit with the 250 Fourth Graders at the Pinetree Elementary School on May 27th.

It was also my dear friend,iane Troeller's birthday. Along with her daughter, Sara, we had lunch prior to the school visit. Doesn't get any better than spending time with good friends, then being with an excellent group of students. Top it off with an hour ride back home with my friends...it was a fabulous day.

Diane saved the day, by the way! When we were getting out of the car to have lunch, I realized that I only had one shoe. Diane keeps extra shoes in her car, and fortunately they were the correct size. Do you know why she keeps shoes in her car? Because she has left her house without shoes. :) Love to go barefoot, but better remember my shoes next time!

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Sanka getting some Lovin'

Happy 35th Anniversary to Maureen and Richard Dwyer.

Ed and I celebrated with Maureen, Richard and their family at the Cavu in Wallkill (Ulster County).

Great dinner and great friends. Sanka especially loved all the lovin' he received from Emily.

Don't you love those little girl voices? Every time Sanka licked her, she was thrilled and said, in her excited voice, "He licked me!". Then Sanka would look at me...."What?"

I smiled back at him, and we communicated through our eyes.... yeah, Sanka.... you can sneak a lick.

Ugh, he knows I don't allow him to lick! Especially Me! :)

Apple has a Foul Mouth

​Apple has a foul mouth. Thank goodness my email went to a close friend who knew that I would not have said what Apple dictated from my ipad. After each update, the dictation gets worse. Yes, thank you Apple, you have been working on the voiceover causing crashes and screen freezes, but you have a foul-mouth. Did you know that Goggle dictation will not curse? Try it. All you get is the first letter then ****. Now, that is not so for Apple. They CREATE curse words. How do you get F*** from the word Hope? I emailed a friend and said I hope you had a great weekend. I did not listen to it before I sent it. And guess what Apple dictated? I hope you F***** your weekend. Yep, you may be laughing your butts off. Thank goodness, I can laugh about it too. But could you imagine if that went to someone who took it literally? I know my sister is roaring out loud over this. My friend couldn’t wait to call me to tell me what “I said”. HAHA. In reality, she knew what had happened.

It is not the first time. Most of the time, I listen to my messages. That time, I didn’t. I only had a couple of sentences… never thinking of that word coming from the word hope.

I used to advocate for Apple and its accessibilities. No More! I would never recommend an ipad or iPhone to a blind or visually impaired person. Yes, Apple still has some great points, but WATCH OUT Apple, you are continuing to lose face with all the problems you continue to have with each update. Not only with those of us who are blind and visually impaired, but for sighted people as well.

I have had an Android phone for four years. I just purchased a new one and have no regrets. Love it. And as the dictation on the Apple devices continues to deteriorate, not just cursing, but accuracy…. The Android and Google are 95% + accurate. Thank you Android and Google. J