I use an app called List Master. It's sort of a cross between a spreadsheet and a database. I downloaded the free app and paid ($9) for the full version within twenty minutes. I can sort on any value and I keep pictures of what each one looked like before I planted it in the list. I'm also keeping my lists separated by year. I can copy what the seller said about it into a note field. I also track date, origin, location, color, size potential and price. It's easy to add another field if I think of something else to track. Kathy

I downloaded Food Diary, it works well; but I find it easier to do my food diary on my laptop. I use my Tabata timer for abs exercises, 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, I do 5 different exercises twice. The timer motivates me with the whistle sound. I also have IFitness, you can watch a short video of some exercises and keep track of your routines. You're right, there are so many applications, it's mind boggling.

I have collected a couple gazillion cook books over the years and I'm sure I won't live long enough to try all the recipes I'd like to. But when I've cooked something I like and know I will cook again, I scan the recipe. I have also scanned all the favorites from my little recipe box that are on index cards. I scan or make pdfs from internet recipes as well. Then I file them in folders and subfolders according to categories: folder - desserts, subfolders - cookies, pies, cakes, etc. This way I can print out a fresh recipe whenever I want it. I can take it to the grocery store with me, or to a friend or relative's house or just use it here at home without ever worrying about damaging, dirtying or losing it. And I can make notes and changes and add them on the computer later for future reference. This really works for me. And it makes it easy to share a recipe with someone who requests it. And I've been thinking about scaling down the physical collection as it is taking up much too much room in my house.

Akpparently this won't help you, but this is my DD's recent email: "This is why technology is awesome: I lost my phone at a concert last night. As soon as I knew it was gone, I started calling it. Whoever had it was not answering. I set it to "lost phone mode" from a friend's phone, which sent a display message to my phone saying that it was lost and giving a contact number to reach me. This morning I used the Find My iPhone app, which pinned it to a house in Littleton, giving me an address and a map. After I filed a police report online, I called the Littleton police, who went to the house (which turned out to be a duplex, but Find My iPhone was pretty specific, pinning my phone's location to the northern unit in the building. I took a screen shot of map and texted it to the officer.). So the cops walked into the apartment and let the ladies living there know that they'd tracked a stolen phone to their house. There was some go-around, but after they were told that a stolen phone carried a grand larceny charge (which actually isn't true, the cop was bluffing), they managed to find the phone and give it to the officer. So I got my phone back and didn't have to drop $400 at the Verizon store"!