iPad

Sad Story: my laptop (Gladys - I named her in the midst of thesis writing in undergrad - because I was spending so much time with her and somehow it stuck - which makes me giggle now) - is from my sophomore year of college (2004) - she is getting old in the computer world, but she still works - her major default is her battery life is less than stellar and so any time I want to use her not plugged in I only have about an hour before the battery will be dead - she runs a little slow - but still runs well - and I love her - I know all the short cuts on my trust macbook, I know where things are saved, what programs she has, and her quirks. I am not ready to replace her (although I have started saving up for a new one - I haven't told Gladys this yet though - I don't want to be caught computerless and have no funds to get a new one).

True Story: I am cheap. I don't like to spend money on frivolous things (like a new computer when Gladys works just fine). My uncle every year for Christmas gives my brother and I $100 in Best Buy Gift Cards, there have been years in which I have gone out and bought things such as movies, video games, kindle gift cards, camera memory cards, camera equipment, etc. and in my later years I have learned the joys of saving up my gift cards and getting something even more wonderful, several years back I bought my wii with said gift cards (I LOVE my wii - games, amazon prime, and netflix). The past few years I have just been hording my gift cards questioning what I would buy with them, slightly debating a computer, but knowing that would take me a lot of years to get enough gift cards to get a new macbook, this year after we got our gift cards, it struck me, I was going to buy a iPad. This would extend the life of Gladys because I could use Gladys for certain things and my iPad would cover many needs that Gladys was starting to slack on. So I bought an iPad - I named her Ethel (sounded like a name of someone who would be good friends with Gladys).

Several people have asked what apps I currently love soooo here is my list: (please note above true story, I am cheap so generally I love free apps) (apps are in no particular order)

• Pinterest
• Pandora
• LOVE having access to music all the time
• Facebook
• TripAdvisor
• Super handy when on trips
• Instagram
• BBC News
• Pages
• SBR Speeds
• Remember the Milk
• my favorite to-do list app
• ELCAYMNET
• Google +
• Bible
• Songsterr
• Wikiweb
• was a free Starbucks app at some point - I actually use it quite a bit
• Where's my Water?
• Bejeweled Blitz
• Cook DASH
• Temple Run (Brave edition)
• Words with Friends
• Spider Solitaire
• Yahtzee
• Battleship
• Candy Crush
• Ruzzle
• Draw Something
• love this game
• Fruit Ninja
• Monsters Run
• Pages
• Blogpress
• I often blog from this app
• CaringBridge
• Love this app
• Amazon
• Shutterfly
• sort of a worthless app - it doesn't do a whole lot -I am often tempted to delete it but I keep hoping that they will come up with a way to work on photobooks from the app - it hasn't happened yet
• Twitter
• Amazon Prime
• Netflix
• yes please
• YouTube
• TLC
• ABC player
• yes please
• PBS
• IMDB
• I like information so I have a great appreciation for being able to have movie trivia at my fingertips
• AllRecipes
• perfect for when I am in the kitchen
• ScoreCenter
• LionBrand
• YAY crocheting patterns at my fingertips and no longer having to print out every single pattern I want to use
• Slide Shark
• super helpful for work and presentations

What apps do you use? 

Do you have any app recommendations that I don't have?