Thing 7--Technology!

I have a love/hate relationship with technology. I had a great time making the trading card and magazine cover of my sons. E-mail and digital pictures have been a boost in my attempts to become a good collie breeder, plus I have the ability to get information on dog health problems instantly, saving an emergency trip to the vets. Many of the things I can do with computers have become great time savers but at the same time, I find myself with less time than ever before! Plus, technology can be so frustrating! For example, Tuesday I wanted to post a picture of one of the cats to my blog. Not finding one on my computer, I thought I'd just take a new picture of Bootsie, but there's something wrong with the camera--it won't take pictures in viewfinder mode and I also can't get it to go into review mode. But, that didn't matter anyway as my phone line was completly dead and I couldn't get on the internet to upload any pictures. The cell phone call to Verizon was less than satisfying so I decided to just relax, read the paper, listen to a cd and have a glass of wine. Two of the stereo speakers are not working! At least the comics were funny and the wine was tasty. But that brings up another problem with technology--good wine gets better and more valuable with age, while computers, cell phones, digital cameras etc become obsolete and need to be replaced at ever increasing costs! We just caught up with big screen tv's (then they immediately came out with plasma flat screens), dvr for the satellite (but no time to watch our recorded shows) and now we are in the market for a new stereo system after I drop off the digital camera for repair/replacement. My collies are happy with a milk bone in the morning and long romps in the yard--why do I make my life so complicated with gizmos? (besides that my knees are bad and I'm so out of shape that my romping days are long over!)