My Family Reunion – circa late 80′s
Where am I in the pic? Hint…I’m hanging on tight
to my little guy with the red pants 
Three cheers for Presto.com…we are now connected with our family, way over there on the other coast. We hooked up our folks with the email printing mailbox, along with the Presto yearly mail service, and they don’t even have a computer.
What we really like…
- The easy set-up – put it on a counter and plug it into an analog phone line and a power outlet. Since we could not be there for set up we were told by the family that the directions were pretty straightforward.
- We can share current events – snap a photo, add it to an email and send.
- Our parents now anticipate getting messages, I get a call if I have forgotten so send anything for a few days.
- Only email addresses set up in the account will be delivered. No spam…yeah!
- There are different template designs for all sorts of occasions.
What we don’t like…
- As we are only four months into the service the only issue we have right now is that the ink cartridges are a bit spendy for our folks to afford – we are resolving that by making sure they have one or two on hand that we’ll purchase.
Presto Printing Mailbox
Amazon Price $49.99 
Touted as the email machine for grandma, Presto has been connecting families since 2004.
Set up a monthly ($14.99) or yearly ($149.00) Presto Mail Service separately by calling Presto (M-F 10:30 am to 7:00 pm EST) at 1-800-591-9827.
Who would love the email printing mailbox and service…
- Mom, her special day is just ’round the corner ♥
- A computerless friend, *gasp* that refuses to get into this century.
- Your grandparents, hello! Did you know National Grandparents Day is September 09, 2012?
You might be interested in checking out these similar services…
- Landel Mailbug is a small keyboard with the capability of sending and receiving computerless email.
- Celery automatically prints incoming emails and instantly sends outgoing pen-and-paper messages as email.
♥ What do you think of Presto’s email printing mailbox?
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Our guest post today is from my dear friend, Dianne Loomos. Dianne is a true patriot and student of the US Constitution. When Dianne speaks, I listen! I think you will too! Thank you, Dianne!
As seniors we have the advantage of hindsight. We have lived through some significant events in our lifetimes. Have you ever looked back and wondered how our country jumped the track? When did God become irrelevant and disrespected? When did our high school students start talking like drunken sailors? Why is the divorce rate so high? Why isn’t the younger generation able to spell and use correct grammar?
All of these things happened by design. We have an insidious enemy. Nikita Krushchev was the premier of the Soviet Union in the fifties and sixties. He presided over the Soviet Union during the Cold War when American school children were taught to hide under their desks during a nuclear attack if they couldn’t get to a fallout shelter. He warned America that they would take us down without firing a single shot. They would take us down from within. Who is “they?” “They” is communism.
What? Didn’t the threat of communism go away when the Berlin wall came down and the Soviet Union collapsed? No, we became complacent. We allowed ourselves to become dumbed down. We didn’t pay attention. We went along with what we were told. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom and we didn’t pay the price.
In order to succeed in America the communists knew they would have to first break down some of our dearly held traditions. God would be removed from our schools and government institutions. They would have to break down our virtue and morality. The nuclear family would have to be destroyed. They would gain control of the schools and brainwash our children.
They wouldn’t call it communism. Americans would never accept that they were aiding the communist effort. It would be called by such names as liberalism, environmentalism, feminism, and progressivism, and people would feel that they were supporting good and noble causes. Americans would be turned into what Vladimir Lenin called “useful idiots” unwittingly helping to promote the cause of communism.
If this topic is of interest to you I suggest that you get the DVD Agenda: Grinding America Down
. It will go into much more detail about how this happened and where it is taking us.
Exercise is important at any age but perhaps the most challenging for senior citizens who have a few special needs such as decreasing ability to balance. So it is a great idea to find great exercise options that take this into consideration.
One of these options is the tricycle for adults. You will find a great selection of tricycles for adults that not only take into consideration the balancing challenges of older adults but also think about comfort, features and function in the design.
You might like to have a basket on your bike so you can get your exercise in and also drop by the grocery store or the library. Perhaps you want to bike with a friend (there are options with two seats), or stop over to visit a friend (comfort makes these tricycles a great short distance traveling option).
Cycling is a great way to get your exercise and also use your vehicle less often if you live nearby places you like to visit.
(note: Referenced Article Best Selling Tricycles For Adults http://www.squidoo.com/best-selling-tricycles-for-adults )
When vision is a challenge you might like to find out that there are talking electronics you can buy for yourself or a loved one.
One of these is the talking alarm clocks which can provide you with preset or customized sounds and recorded statements. Some clocks have periodic announcements which would be great for daytime use as you are working throughout the day.
Interactive models allow you to speak to the clock to access features and functions making them ‘vision free’ (NOTE: Watch for celebrated models endorsed and recommended by the “Stevie Wonder Foundation VisionFree Award”).
Anyone with a visual impairment will be delighted to have an alarm clock that can talk and to find there are models which can be voice interactive, have customized recorded messages, and even tell you the day and date. Knowing the date, day, time, and hearing a friendly voice you recognize saying “time to play golf” would be a great way to tell someone with low vision that you understand and they will be grateful to you for thinking of them.
(note: Referenced Article Alarm Clocks That Talk! http://www.squidoo.com/talking-alarm-clock )
If you or someone you know is challenged with low vision ability then you will be happy to find the low vision reading gadgets, digital magnifier, you can use to magnify what you are reading.
Great for books or other media (newspapers, magazines, mail). Find the right “reading machine for legally blind or low vision” in the Healthy Living Senior Citizens Gadgets section HERE and share this link with your friends.
One of the favorites in the showcase is the “easy to hold” computer mouse style reader which can be displayed on your computer monitor (Note: be sure to purchase the optional adapter). There isn’t any reason to strain your eyes any more. No reason to misread information or misunderstand important communications. Take your paper, magazine, your bills and your mail right to your low vision reader and you will be able to read everything with ease.
(note: Referenced Article How to Choose A Low Vision Reading Machine http://www.squidoo.com/low-vision-reading-machine)
Like you, my email sometimes is junky – and then at times there is a treasure! Today was a treasure day – thanks to my sister, Betty. and I know you remember these days!
And now a POEM …
Do you journal? One of the simplest ways to journal is with a 10 year journal. You just have to write 5 lines a day. Each page shows you the same date for 10 years – such fun to look back and see what you were doing on the same day last year and the years before.
Admittedly, the first year is the hardest, but if you are faithful to it, you will create a treasure!
There is a space at the back too for special notes — My little granddaughter is 8, but I just read last night a note I had written when she helped me decorate the tree when she was just 18 months old. so glad I did that. She was in love with pearls. And we loaded the tree with them that year!
Journaling is a healthy practice too!
And I found another 10 year journal style you might like to try!
Journal: A Decade of Memories
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