JudyAnn Lorenz's (vajudy) Blog

Remember when a cell phone  was intended for emergencies?   Remember how the phone usually lived in a box or case under the backseat of your car waiting for you to have car trouble or pass someone on the road who had car trouble?Now we have a computer the size of a candy bar where we can check em...

On Friday afternoon, November 9, veterans, citizens and school children met at the Mansfield, Missouri school for a program recognizing local veterans.Sixteen veterans in the Mansfield area were recognized with the package which includes a medal, a certificate from the State of Missouri and the U...

I read a very articulate news item this morning about the power demands for our standby ‘tools' and equipment.   For along time, I have been carrying on about the green issue of leaving a computer turned on all the time.  In terms of our pocketbooks, to leave a computer turned on has been estimat...

I have a personal issue with the toolbars being offered to me on every side!   Search engines and groups or services all seem to think that I want to have their options right at my "mouse tip".That assumption is not correct.  What I want on the browser is STUFF from the Internet.  I do not apprec...

The first time I saw a wireless mouse, it seemed to make some sense.  The owner had a laptop without a typical mouse plug.  There was no silly mouse tail to deal with.  I think it had been a gift from his kids; he had some obligation to appreciate it. I was really turned off by the receiver that ...

I'm dropping names today!  My Son-in-Law, Bill Pannell of Cheyenne, Wyoming is one of this year's recipients of the Future Farmers of America Honorary American Degree.  This is the highest honor that can be awarded someone who has been active and supportive and meets the other nomination qualific...

 Did you hear the joke about computers being invented to save paper?  Now that we don't have to type every page or make mimeograph stencils or those worksheet chemical copies, we  can just choose a number of copies and click print.  It seems like we need a hard copy of almost everything.  The day...

The Three Minute GREEN Shower from Douglas Garbe, is not a new idea -- and the post about it brought back memories.When I was in school, one of our civics classes talked about Americans working with people in SE Asian countries and recommending typical American hygienic habits, such as take a bat...

Boy, has it been hot! and Dry. We've had to do the necessary watering to keep things alive. Containers have a particulary tough time, but we manage to get them some sustaining water every day.  Seems like the rainmaking here could have carried over for the real stuff just a little.  Zero precipit...

Have you seen that commercial asking you to have paperless billing and telling you how much a tree contributes to cleaner air?I'm hoping my abstract growing this year has done some too.  I have a trellis that lost its roses (I am toxic to roses). This year we debated putting a gourd, pumpkin or w...