This summer my sister decided to upgrade her electronic and digital equipment, and bought a second hand iPad from an online auction site. My daughter goes over each year for a little summertime break, and my sister reasoned that this year she would have an iPad to help her chat along with her friends while she was away from home. I expressed to my sis my own interest in obtaining a “coffee table tablet” to ease up the demands on the computers here as well for simple chat and email review. We didnt really talk more about that, we just prepared for Lexi’s visit and about how she would have fun using the iPad. And so she did, Lexi chatted along with her friends, played games, and had a blast downloading apps on the iPad AND the new iPhone her aunt got her for a surprise. Anyway, after Lexi came home, she informed me that the iPad she had been using was on it’s way here so that I could enjoy it too, because my sister is already considering getting the newer iPad2.
A few days later a package arrives addressed to “The Coffee Table” c/o Dawn Suiter. Yep, my sister also has a good sense of humor. Inside is the first iPad or touch screen tablet, I have ever seen in person. I wasn’t really ready at that time to begin learning about it, after all my tomatoes were growing out of control and really needed my attention. But I really didn’t have much of a choice sfter a few days because I am officially the techie in the house and when hubby and favorite daughter Lexi began having trouble, it was up to me to fix it. True to form, only a few help files later and I became a bit of an expert on Henry and how he thinks. We have been inseperable ever since.
Since embracing him, Henry has helped me plan a wedding reception, get my blog back online without chaining me to a desk or chair, keep track of favorite daughter Lexi’s upcoming school schedule, allowed me to find great recipes while waiting during after school pickups, put me in touch with gmail on the road, provided my husband and I with HOURS of cost effective entertainment at our fingertips. We even can now find a nice place to park with a picnic and watch movies together, play video games from our childhood with amazing realism, or we can sit under the stars and track the International Space Station or listen to music. Henry has really changed my daily activities for the better!
If you don’t already have a Henry of your own, I think you might just be missing out on a fantastic relationship. Finally a device that ACTUALLY has the ability to enhance your life instead of detract from it as most tech gadgets do, in my opinion.