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I’m in sales — I’m all about quota and “making my numbers”.
I am also very glad I didn’t review this as soon as I got it. It’s not the easiest to set up. I got it, opened it and put in the battery and put it aside. The directions don’t flow and it took my techie hubby to bail me out– and only after several tries. My first thought was to send it back. So, to avoid my frustration– put the battery in only when you are ready to set it up.
But now, I am in love. The goal is 10K steps a day or 5 miles. They add up. Doing laundry, making the bed and breakfast, etc etc added about a mile. Then I went for my 3 mile walk. My walk has markers and I found it to be accurate. Then it was a birthday celebration and I had a larger meal than usual. So instead of the 10K steps, I walked around my pool several steps. It’s 6PM and I’m at 15K, and feeling light (vs fat) from the meal.
These steps add up, to and fro the shop center parking lot is 75 steps each way. How easy is this– you overeat a bit so step it up! It’s only easy cause you can see your progress.
K– skip the harness. It comes with a string already and the bundled harness is $3 and they’re gonna charge you shipping. I was discouraged reading the other reviews– some saying “get something more serious” at this price? But next one will be a watch, waterproof at that. You need pockets for this. You can put it in your purse, but I don’t take my purse in sales calls.
So, I learned about pedometers, quotas and after one day– feel great. I’m addicted! It keeps me moving– did I mention I’m in sales and love improving my numbers?
L Space Sensual Solids
Artemis Fowl was the recipient of the accusation in the title of this review, but even though he is a thief, he is also much more. The twelve-year-old genius has decided to use his intelligence to pursue a life of crime, so we find an unusual situation. A story with an evil main character is not a completely new concept; Jean-Baptiste Grenouille in the outstanding “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” or Serge A. Storms in the series of books by Tim Dorsey come to mind. If we go into a different media, then Tony Soprano is one of the most famous examples in our time. What is novel though, is using this concept in a book targeted to young adults, and this is certainly a reason for controversy. I have to say though that the final product is so good, that the good aspects of this effort more than overcome this “drawback”.
Artemis Fowl descends from a prestigious family of billionaires that a few years ago suffered a reversal of fortune. His father has disappeared and is presumed dead and her mother has gone crazy with grief. Artemis is decided to return his family to where it is supposed to be and crafts a plan designed to do just this. To try to accomplish his goal, he uses the help of Butler, a mountain of a man, expert in combat, and who as his name suggests is Artemis’ butler, and Juliet, Butler’s sister. The plan involves kidnapping a fairy and then getting a ransom in gold, which is a lot harder than it sounds.
The story involves a myriad of creatures besides fairies, such as goblins, elves, dwarves, centaurs and trolls. These variety allows the author to create several characters within each one of these groups that are interesting, peculiar and endearing. But the creative process does not stop there, since the author uses some of these peculiar characteristics, as well as some acute comments to make us laugh us loud in the middle of the action. In my opinion the funniest scene in the book involved Mulch, a dwarf, and Butler, you will know what I am talking abou
L Air Du Temps
The Kindle makes reading so easy.
Being able to have multiple books in one place to switch to on a whim is great.
Downloading new books is a snap and can even be a little dangerous with the one-click ordering system (you can easily get carried away with downloading all sorts of things and all of a sudden have spent A LOT of money, but don’t realize it until you look at your credit card statement)
The single BEST feature is the built in dictionary- I love love love being able to just highlight a word and see the meaning pop up at the bottom of the screen.
And the iPad does NOT read the same as the Kindle. Reading ebooks on the iPad is still like looking at a computer that is backlit and hard on the eyes. I can work all day on a computer and come home and continue to read my Kindle for hours and my eyes don’t get fatigued at all.
L Space Slinky Solids
I enjoyed this first book in a Harry Potter-sortof way. It’s good, fun escapism. What I like is how the tempo of the book changes from criminal drama to comedy to fantasy to spy novel, etc, etc… Initially, you aren’t really sure what is going on, but eventually the young anti-hero idea catches on and becomes a very entertaining narrative. Nathaniel Parker provides a fantastic narration, reminiscent of Jim Dale’s excellent characterization for the Potter audio books.
Having finished the first couple books, I’m led to think of the first two books almost as a continuous story, with many of the same characters recurring.
Worth checking out.
L Space Omni Peace
I had previously ordered a cable, but didn’t realize that there was a regular end and a mini end. I ordered this one because I needed the mini plug on one end. It works!
L Occitane Ultra Rich
Just what I needed. My new Canon camera needs a fast drive to store many pics. Maybe won’t take the 3000 pic capacity, but the speed will make it easier.
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