Fun Find!

We went to the thrift store yesterday and found something very RETRO! An electric typewriter!

We have had fun writing a letter this morning. Monkey is waiting his turn behind Mouse to write a letter to his new pen pal. She is writing a story. It is fun listening to the hen pecking......click.......clack........click click......clack. It is as if each time she types a key the typewriter is shouting, "Found it!".

The clicking also reminded me of my mom endlessly practicing to increase her typing speed as I was growing up. It was a necessity. She was a single parent, and our livelihood depended on how fast she could type in her various clerical positions. Even today my mom practices her typing. Except now she uses a nice typing tutor program on a laptop. Medical transcription requires an accurate and speedy typist. It is just one of those things that a mother does to provide for her children, that you never appreciate until you are older.

I never took typing in school. I had friends who took it, but I could not be bothered. I took the word processing class. WAY more my style. I also never learned shorthand. Now, that skill could come in handy. I like to write things down word for word when taking notes. Especially during general conference, where a missed word could change the whole meaning of some spiritual matter. Good thing they publish it in a magazine later, or I would be toast.