13 April 2012

Week 15: Technology

This week I am grateful for Technology...imagine the world if we didn't have computers to write our blogs!


My new toy at the moment has been my HTC Sensation mobile which Hubby bought me for Christmas. Its a smart phone, which gives me access to Facebook and the Internet. I didn't have this on my old mobile, so its a bit of a novelty at the moment, but oh so handy when out and about.

Another technology that I am loving at the moment is Skype.

I've had Skype setup on my computer for sometime, but never got to use it until recently. After months of nagging my penfriend, who lives in England (we have been penfriends for approximately 28 years), she has finally setup Skype on her computer. Woohoo!!!

Just last night we managed to be awake at the same hour (ok, well it was only 7pm our time) and spent an hour chatting on Skype. What's been great is that I can see her and her daughter, and she can see me and my little family. She's been to Australia twice, once for our wedding, and we've travelled to England once to see her...but that was before my daughters were born.

It's nice that she can see and talk to "Popette", and one day can talk to "Cherub"..."Cherub" has been asleep both times we've Skyped.

What technology do you love?

6 comments:

  1. How amazing! 28 years of letters and now you can talk face to face! Such a sold and special friendship you must have built over the years. x

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    1. Thanks Bron, yeah we've done well to keep our friendship going.

      There have been times when we've only written one letter in the year as we've both been so busy. Now that I have two littlies its much easier to just write an email or have a catchup on Skype.

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  2. Oh I LOVE skype. I couldn't have spent seven years living in Australia without it. We skype my Mum nearly every day and my kids have developed a great relationship with her through it. Luckily for us though - we won't have to rely on it for too much longer as we're heading back to England in two weeks. x

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    1. Hi Anna, Skype is great, even better since its free. I don't think I would use it if I had to pay for it.

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  3. I haven't used Skype too much, I'd probably use it more if I had close family overseas. We used it a bit to keep in touch with grandparents, but they're only an hour away. It was very cute seeing Charlotte show off and talking to them. We have a web cam on our big screen TV, so Nana and Grandad were HUGE.
    I love all technology, I'm a tech addict. If you're interested I've started doing a weekly technology post on Wednesdays.

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    1. Hi Kylie, My eldest "Popette" is 3, and loves seeing my friend on the computer and talking to her. My brother is moving up to Queensland soon, so it'll be great for her to keep in touch with her little cousins.

      Sounds great, I'll make sure I follow you, so I can read up on your posts :)

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