Get The Phone, It's For Me

Started to try to do things with my new phone. I was reading the instruction booklet and it mentioned some software on line that could be used with the phone. I went to the Sony Ericsson site and looked up the software under on the Support Page. There it was. The PC Suite software. I downloaded it and clicked on the .exe file. It started to install. And then......Error 1935. AARGH!!!



If it doesn't work the first time certainly the second time will work. Nope! It doesn't. Maybe the third time will be a charm. It wasn't. How about a fourth time. Better yet, how about a different plan of action. Google to the rescue. Hmmmm! Quite a list for that error message. Time to start reading and figuring this thing out.



Found one that made sense. Finally. Here it is on allaboutsymbian.com. It suggested disabling the spyware program. I did that and did a reinstall. Viola! It worked. By the way I found one that wasn't worth 2 cents; not even 1 cent. I found it on the MSDN site.



After I got the software installed and working I decided to try it out. Aaargh!!! The software works, but.......I need a special USB data cable for the phone. Of course, none of mine will work. Back to Google and the search begins again. here it is---DCU-60; Data Cable USB-60. I found them on Amazon like for real cheap. Gee! The shipping is more than the cable. I might go that route.



At least I did my lesson plans before I got started with the download. It was after 10:00 PM by the time I finally finished.



By the way, I did remember to turn on all of my security software after the install. So I shouldn't have to go down that road again.



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Getting Better

Refer to title! I am still moving kind of slow and the post is a little late.

I feel like I have lost an entire day. As you may recall, I called in sick at work and went to sleep for like forever. The only thing I had to eat yesterday was medicine, The only thing I had to drink was water. Gee what a day.

I am feeling better today. However, if I can steal a line from Winnie the Pooh, "I'm so rumbly in my tumbly..." The only difference is I don't feel like munching and early luncheon. Hopefully tomorrow I will will be on top of the world and posting normally.

Have a great day, I know I am doing my best.

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No Post of Significance--Sick Today

I have no post of significance today. I was sick last night and got very little sleep. I suppose I got food poisoning from something I ate last night. At any rate, I called in sick and didn't go to work. I went back to bed and didn't get up until 3:30 this afternoon. I normally post around 5:00 AM. Today I am posting at 4:30 PM. Today can be summed up in a word, BLEECH!! Charles Schultz was always a master of turning the descriptive phrase.

There will be a better post tomorrow if I continue to improve. See ya then.

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It's A Blue Day But I'm Not Blue

Busy day yesterday. Chris called me at work to let me know that my new phone came in. Great! I couldn't wait to get home and check it out. I had to stay and tutor though. Got home from school after 5:00 PM. I got stuck on the bridge over I-35 and had to sit for a while. It always gets blocked around this time due to truck traffic. The truck stop has just added a maintenance facility. Also, several new truck related services and warehouses have opened recently. Needless to say the truck traffic has picked up and makes it kinda hectic at times.

The state has recently announced that they will begin the I-35 widening project from State Highway 6 down to Lorena this year. That means the highway that I travel on to go to work will be fully involved soon and will last for the next three years. Yippee! Not! They will also be replacing the bridge over the interstate. This is good because there is near total gridlock in the area at times. It will be good to have a new bridge because the current one is a two-lane bridge and carries a lot of traffic currently.

Back to my original story. I got home after 5:00 PM and looked forward to checking out my new phone. NO! I didn't get a fancy one. I got a simple Sony Ericsson. It is the z310a. I was ready to set it up and the documentation said to charge it up first. Rats! I plugged it in and then Chris told me she had some errands to run so away we went. When we got back I was ready. Not for the phone. I had to eat. By now it was 7:00. I fixed supper and ate and finally got to the phone. It was fully charged by now and ready to go.

This phone is pretty cool. It has a camera. Now I know that isn't that cool anymore. Almost all phones have them now. For me it is cool because it's my first. The best part about this phone, at least for me, is the color effects that it has. It rings with colors. Different colors. I like the blue. I like most anything blue. My keyboard has blue lights. The warning light on my truck alarm is a flashing blue light. The light on my WD Passport drive is blue. If you want to sell it to me put a blue light on it and I'll probably buy it. Chris even got me a dozen LED tea lights. Yep. They're blue lights too.

The phone? Oh yeah, the phone. I imagine I'll be spending the next several days tweaking it and getting everything just right. If I have a problem I'll let you know. Lesson plans tonight. The weather broadcast say we may have snow or sleet or some other type of wintry precipitation tonight or tomorrow morning. If so, there's a chance for a late start at school. I'll keep you posted on that too.

I got a sample of dog food in the mail today. Yep. It came from Blue Buffalo. What can I say. I just like blue. One day I'll show you a Blue Sunflower. Ignore the fact that my truck is red. I suppose I was blue and just saw red.

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Hot or Cold...It Can Wait Till Later

Things are never the way we want it. It's about 30 degrees outside right now. Well that's too cold. Turn up the heat. Later this summer it will be 90+ degrees. Well that's too hot. Crank up the AC.

I need to dig some post holes in order to put up a new fence. It's too cold for that right now. I know I'm going to wait until it's warmer. Later, when it's warmer I'll probably decide it's too hot. I'll want to wait for cooler weather next winter for sure. One day I'll get that fence put up. It'd be better if someone else did it though.

I need to get out in the garden and do some work. Yep! Too cold. Wait till later is a good idea. Until, of course, it's hot. Then I'll want to wait.

Last summer Chris wanted me to help her clean out the garage. Gee Chris, it's too hot. Let's wait till it cools off. Well it's cool now. And guess what? The garage got cleaned out. Not by me though. I was busy with school work. Chris did it all by herself. Although I did move some boxes for her. It seems that she couldn't reach that high. She was able to clear out a lot of stuff. Look out Goodwill, here we come! The only problem is that she made so much room that I'm sure that it won't take long for it to fill up again.

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Insert Twilight Zone Theme Music Here

Julie called me from work yesterday. Monday was apparently a slack day at her workplace. She told me that she Googled my blog. I suppose she couldn't remember the address and wanted to look at it or show it to someone. She clicked on the link that she thought was my blog. She got a surprise and had to call and tell me about it.

Cue the Twilight Zone theme now.

That's OK. I've done it for you here.



It turns out that there is another blog with a similar name as mine. This other blog is named Horst Happenings; mine of course is Horst Household Happenings. Now wait a moment. The similarities do not end there. First, both blogs are hosted on Blogger. Next, I started my blog on December 11, 2007. The other blogs first post was on December 23, 2007. WOW! Now, the weirdest part is that the other blog belongs to Barry Horst in Hanover, PA . Our names are almost the same. Our middle initial is different though.

The web address for my blog is horsthappenings.blogspot.com.
The web address for the other blog is bbhorstfamilyhappenings.blogspot.com.

Is that not weird?

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