My new phone

My two-year contract obligation with Verizon was up and so I had my "New Every Two" incentive where they give you a big discount on a phone to get you to sign up for another two years. We went to the Verizon store on Tuesday night and I walked out with this sweet baby.

AJ got to play with it while I was visiting teaching. The next day, he was showing me some things on it and then he said,



"I hope you realize what you have." Big pause, and then in a slightly anguished voice, "This would change my life!"

Ahh, my dear technie husband whose favorite activity is to read the Best Buy ad and think about the next gadget he wants to buy. He is not getting a new phone because he already has a perfectly usable, paid for by his office, Blackberry. I told him we could share.

I've already tried out the turn by turn navigation system (replaces GPS just like that) and the free Google Sky Map app. Just point the phone at an object in the night sky, and it will show you the star map and identify the constellation. We'll have a lot of fun with this on vacation at the beach next week.

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The countdown is on!

This week, I took the kids to Target and we left with a total of 75 separate items in our bags. I think it might be a record for us. It's back to school time and I handed both my school kids their lists and let them have at it. It took at least 1/2 hour, and that was standing just in the smallish school supply area.

MJ was skipping as we came in, she was so excited. "It's just like Christmas! It only comes once a year!"

I just wish I didn't have to sharpen all those pencils.
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