Aaaargh!  BOOM!  That’s my head exploding from all the post Thanksgiving holiday shopping ads!  The turkey is still warm and the television is erupting with suggestions from Target or Macy’s to run immediately to the stores to buy, buy, buy! Not only that, every time I check my email this week, the “box” is full of discounts from everyone imaginable:  Amazon, Justice, Kohl’s, to Boy Scouts of America!  Boy Scouts?  I only just ordered Isaac and Levi’s uniform last week! Buy? Buy? Buy?  Are you as plugged in as I am?  Wait…  cell phones, lap tops, notebooks, Kindles, iPads, iPods (I still don’t know the difference!)  And the “G’s”… a 3G vs a 4G?  What in the world is a “G” anyway?  Every time I turn on the television, someone is telling me I need to upgrade to something I have NO clue what it is!  Luckily, I have our 11 year old Violet to interpret all this modern technology for me! I guess all this “stuff” is supposed to keep me connected, right?  Look around.  Kids texting.  … [Read more...]