Today, (with the exception of a little grocery shopping and dropping some packages off at the Post Office), I will spend working on my Etsy stuff. I have a few questions and I'm actually going to phone them because I need some immediate answers regarding one particular issue. Things are progressing fairly well, though. I have a firm idea of how I need to handle the Swarovski crystals, and although it will be time-consuming, I'm pretty sure I'll get the hang of it soon. The laptop and I will be getting a bit of a workout today.
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I redid the photographs for my 8mm Swarovski cubes last week. This is the first page of six, and I'm quite happy with the results. They're really awesome when they're on the Etsy pages - bright and brilliant. I did receive a cell phone mount for my tripod earlier this week, so if I need to do more photos, it'll be a bit easier now. But these aren't bad. |
I'm 75-80% happy with my new phone. I love the battery life, the basic structure and the way it works (although it took a few days of learning how it communicates). What I'm not fond of is a common complaint - I'm not fond of how well it attaches to the internet. I got much better linkage through the old phone, at least sometimes. Baast seems more sporadic. (Of course, I named her after the Cat Goddess, so having things sporadic shouldn't be a surprise.) But also, it is a 5G phone operating on a 4G network, and the performance may change once Verizon rolls out their 5G to all areas, and discontinues their 3G at the end of the year. In any case, it's not so bad that it's worth returning the phone. I've just noticed it from time to time, so it's sporadic. There's a lot of good, and the bad is quite minimal. And, I have a functional phone, and that's the most important thing to me.
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I'm quite happy with my Google Pixel 6. I'm sure I chose the right phone. It's comfortable in my hand and not so different to use that I'm messing things up all the time. Of course there is a learning curve, but after several days, I'm feeling much more confident. |
I purchased a pop-out holder for Baast, but I'm not sure I'm going to keep it. The major problem I have with it right now is that the phone doesn't fit into my car's cell-phone stand while I have the pop-out attached to the back. I have a different cell phone holder for my car that I'll be putting on when the weather isn't as cold, but I'm not sure that will work any better. I can test that out today since I have the new holder sitting by my side in the computer room waiting until Spring.
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Of course I had to get an Egyptian themed PopSocket for Baast, and I chose this one - Isis, in her eternal glory. It's actually quite lovely, and I enjoy it, I'm just not quite sure if a PopSocket is what I want to use. |
In general, however, I'm reminded once again of how much I enjoy using a Google phone. On average, I get 5-10 spam phone calls a day. My phone is getting really good at intercepting them, allowing the caller to leave a message if they choose, and then disconnects them. Automatically. It's a total joy. I'm not even interrupted by a ring tone in most cases. I can look back over my phone log and it's populated in reds and oranges for suspicious calls. There might be one or two voice mails of an average 30 second duration that I can easily listen to and delete, and the calls I actually need are passed through immediately without interference.
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The other style of cell phone holder I've been looking at are the ring-style - either one or two rings. These are nice because they have a tighter profile than a pop-style of holder does, so it would be more likely to have less problem in my car cell-phone holder. For now I'm using the PopSocket, but that may only be for a month or two. |
I'm going to wrap this up and get going. I have quite a lot to do today and there truly never seems to be enough time. I hope you have an excellent Friday and I'll be back tomorrow. Maybe it will even be a little warmer, after all, it's a scintillating 5 F (-15 C) right now . Winter in paradise ... LOL.
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