Tips for cleaning your Gmail INBOX!

In the photo above you can see a screenshot of a Gmail account. It has 2 Tabs for my Emails - Primary and Promotions Tabs. Gmail sorts my emails and automatically puts Promotion Emails in the Promotion Tab. I decided a long time ago that I will use my Primary for the email I want to see and my Promotion Tab for Junk, spam, and promotions I don't want to see on a regular basis. 

When I see an email in my Primary Tab that I do not want to see rather than delete it or mark it as spam and have it show up again in several weeks, I click on it and select it and drag it to the Promotions TAB and drop it.

A note will pop up asking if you want to do this for all future messages. I select YES. 

I have noticed that once a spammer gets your email, they will continue to find a way to spam you so I put it in a TAB folder where I can easily delete hundreds of them at a time later. I do not waste time marking it as spam or going in and trying to unsubscribe because I have not found that is a permanent way to get rid of the junk email. Technically, my method doesn't get rid of it, it just moves it to another tab where I can flush and delete it once a month a long with all the other junk emails.  

Now once a month, I take a look at my Promotions Tab and see if there is anything of interest and then I click to select all of the emails, 92 in this case and then I click the trash can Icon and delete them all at one time. 

It just takes seconds to drag and drop the scam & promotion emails into my Promotion tab. Later on, it just takes seconds to go to the Promotions Tab and delete all of them at one time. 

You may ask why I don't mark all of the emails in the promotion Tab as spam and my answer is - you could but I do get some promotions in this tab that I do want from time to time and of course when I see a promotion email in the Promotion Tab that I want to see regularly, I drag it to my Primary Tab. 

If you have a comment or question, add it as a comment or send it to me in an email. Thanks for Stopping By! 

October is Safety Month but read this now!

Normally I would wait until October to post a reminder for Fire Safety but when I hear about a story like the one below, I can't hold back.

I know how this happens. The smoke or Co2 alarm starts beeping and you don't have time to mess with it so you pull it down and pull the batteries to make it stop. I have clients and tenants who have taped over or put the alarms in the freezer to stop the noise and weeks later they call me to help fix it.

Consider these steps:

• Find batteries within the same day and or replace the alarm and get the alarm working again.
• Look at the date on the back of the alarm showing when it was made. Replace it - if it is a smoke alarm and it is older than 10 yrs. Replace it if it is a Co2 alarm and it is 5 yrs or older. This is the general guideline I follow. The unit still works but is less sensitive once it goes past the deadline unless it is marked on the package. (I've seen smoke and Co2 combos that warranty for 10 yrs).
• If your alarm does not have a date on it, then it is at least 15 yrs old or older. (Within the last 10 years they have started printing the dates on the alarms). The alarms function with a part that is radioactive that fades over time and accumulation of dust can make the alarm less effective.
• If you have no idea how old your alarm(s) are. Take a look at them today!
• Make sure you have a smoke alarm in or at the entrance to all bedrooms.
• Smoke and Co2 alarms are so inexpensive now. I found a Smoke alarm last week with a 10 yr battery for $17.
• If your alarm has a serviceable battery, pick the first or second Time Change and replace the battery every year on that date.
• Keep yourself and your family safe by talking about what to do in cases of a fire or emergency.

2-year-old saves the family from a house fire after COVID-19 prevented parents from smelling smoke

Fire Prevention Month

💗 💗 Cordell Peterson 1972-2021 Donation Site 💗 💗

Remembering a Son, Father, Brother, Uncle, 

Nephew, and Friend

Cordell Peterson

1972-2021

Our family suffered a tragic loss this week with the unexpected death of Cordell and is in need of funds to get him to a final resting place.
Thanks to your help we have reached our goal for Donations!Thanks to all who Donated! All monies will go to pay the mortuary service expenses and any remaining will go to Cordell's children, Tristan & Lilly Peterson.A private family viewing is planned for Friday 19 November 2021. Thanks for any help that you can give the Peterson Family.

If you would still like to offer help to Cordell's family, 
Send an email to his son Tristan Peterson
-Thrashboy96@Gmail.Com-

🏈 Memorial Slideshow 🏈

💗 Obituary💗

Cordell's Favorite Team

 

Swamp cooler refresher 101

Swamp cooler refresher 101                                           

It's a new summer cooler season!

Swamp Cooler theory: The water and sunshine combine in the cooler to evaporate the water and this changes the temperature of the water as much as 20 degrees. The cooler works to push out the hotter air in the apartment and replace it with the cooler air. To make this happen, you must open a window about 1-2 inches in each room to help the cooler push out the warm air. You can control the cool air after about 40 minutes by then reducing the 1-2 inch opening in each room or closing doors to rooms you don't want to cool. Do not open your windows wider than 2 inches or the cooler will not develop enough pressure to force out the hot air. 

    It is important to turn just the pump on for 15 to 20 minutes to wet-out the cooler filters before turning on the fan to Low or High. Low and High with the pump on will wet cooler pads to make cool air in the day time. (on some switches Low Cool & High Cool includes the pump and water. The Low Vent & High Vent setting does not include water.)

Low and High Vent without the pump on, allow the cooler to blow air without wetting the filters and is good to use when outside air is cool especially at night. Swamp coolers work the best to deliver cool air to each room by opening a window in each room 1 to 2 inches. It works the best while the sun is shining. (Swamp coolers are different from Central air which re-circulates cool air like the furnace) So you'll want to experiment.  Close a door to rooms you don’t wish to cool. Open a window wider to a room you want more cool air in and close Windows in other rooms. Raise your shades up a few inches to allow the air to escape.

    A swamp cooler doesn't work well at night or cloudy days but turning the fan on without the water-pump will bring in cool night air from outside until late July and August when the temps at night are too hot. During the hotter months some people ask why their swamp cooler isn't cooling enough and are surprised to learn that swamp coolers only cool the air up to about 20 degrees lower than the sunny outside air. So on cloudy muggy days they don't work so well and when it is 100 degrees outside, that means they will only cool to about 80 degrees inside. I recommend getting an additional fan to help move the air in your apartment. 

Let me know if you have questions and if there are problems and I will come by to help.

More details about how swamp coolers work

A Video about how Swamp coolers work

I have the best of luck using a 20-inch square fan to help move the air from the cooler into the bedrooms. They sell for under $20 at Walmart or Home Depot. You can also purchase a low-cost 20-inch furnace filter from Home Depot and place it in the back to catch dust.

Happy Heavenly 89th Birthday Mother!

Charlene Coleman Holmes Fryer - Happy Heavenly 89th Birthday!

MARCH 05, 1932 – APRIL 19, 2014

RESIDED IN VENTURA, CALIFORNIA

In April of this year, it will have been 7 years since you left.

Thanks for watching over us. Happy Heavenly Birthday.

You are missed ❤🙏

There are photos and links to photos on my personal web page.

Link to more history info

I saw this in a post yesterday and as the oldest it reminded me of how I used to blame everything on my siblings. I'm lucky they were so understanding and let me live thru my teen years!