Itchy Shutter Finger

Yuula nabbed my phone and stumbled upon the camera.

I like them.

Gonna need some new frames.

Buffet Etiquette

Headed out this evening to get me a new phone. Old one broke. That's a new record, had it for like 6 months without destroying it. Laura insisted on going Best Buy because of their insurance, which is pretty much "break you phone, we give you a new one". Sold. Because I will break it. Galaxy S3 in pebble blue. That mean anything to ya?

We were fresh outta fresh fruits so we headed over to the grocery and sure enough that creature in Laura's belly saw the Chinese buffet sign and had made up its' mind. Yuula was on best behavior...

etiquette training begins tomorrow

Well On Her Way To Becoming a Japanese Teen

What better to do on the most frigid day of the year yet, but have the car serviced and wander the shops of Lehigh Valley. Laura needed a new pair of pants and a cell phone case, I wanted to reload on loose teas and German sugar, and Yuula would no doubt find something she wanted.



Before I could even get myself in the doors she had picked this nugget out. Nice product placement JCPenney. Eye level of a toddler never fails. But she still hasn't taken it off and she just went to bed.



We hit a kid's store where she felt the need to accessorize her outfit.



Her sass level was instantly exaggerated.



Over to Disney to stare at all the plush



Showing the big girls how to do style



Laura downloaded some app where you check into stores and get points towards a prizes. A cruise is 64million points. Today she got 30. I'm buying a bathing suit stat!



Yuula killed some butter chicken and rice pudding at Indian Spice

And it's only fitting that I shot the whole day in black and white because it only further accentuates the choices Laura made today in her purchases.

Yes those are florescent orange corduroys and a bright pink phone case. She must be going colorblind.

We visited Katie at YEA! on the way home. Good times catching up, even if the catchup was cluelessness.

Modernized Multipurpose Antiques

Picked up an antique brandy warmer at Sleepy Hollow last week. Seemed to be missing an integral part but it was only $5 so why not. Turns out it doubles quite nicely as a kitchen tablet/phone holder while your cooking. Pretty handy for reading recipes.

And it warms brandy!

How The Day Stood Still

I am not a very organized tidier. At least when no ones looking. She did try to help, but her idea of folding blankets is unfolding blankets.

Who wins a fight between the stairs and my phone? You only get one guess.

Yuula has began to wear socks on her hands. This is not strange.

Feet up,

Just long enough to pose for it.

Fone You Can't Help Believing

We played the phone game with Laura's number last night. Her phone is named Janet Lee which, when googled, brings up this adorable old sepia tinged photo, from the 40's or so. Apparently Janet Lee Simpson was born into a family of famous pilots called the Flying Hutchinsons with who Janet took her very first flight at only 18 months all over the US. So sometimes when Laura's phone doesn't work now I just say it has jetlag, from the 20's.

The google search also brought up some shady characters with their mugshots, all women charged with larceny, theft, and psychic fraud? That's a new one. I'll let you make your own joke. It also brought up a naked billiard player. I'll spare you the latter, but not the former.

psychic fraud ^

Meet Emily Nielson, My Phone

I put on the same cardigan everyday, one is green and one is grey. Apparently I'm writing a poem about it. That's not what I'm trying to get to here. Actually I lost my train of thought. I was going to have some grandiose statement about knowing your surroundings and the comfort of routine and how that correlates to what I'm about to tell you I discovered this morning is now lost on me because I decided to rhyme. Anyhow...

Did you know our phones have names!? Me neither. (or) Well why didn't you tell me? I was curious about this so I, while lying in bed went on to find my phones identity. And here she is...

Emily Nielson

In the flesh people, my cell phone personified. Not bad, blonde, blue eyes, looks healthy. I don't see any signs of all those times I dropped "her" and the constant poking hasn't left much in the way of facial bruising so, yeah, I'm pretty pleased with Emily.

Would you like to know the name of your phone? Ok. Go to this facebook page and scroll down to the post about this subject and type in the last 4 digits of your phone number like this:

@*[000:0]

Then go back and remove the asterisk and press enter and VOILA! your phone's moniker revealed. Then a fun thing to do is google your phones name and post it up on facebook or your stupid blog or something. Yay!

Oh, and I'm wearing the grey cardigan today.

Eyes: Big Bang Theory
Ears: Dan DeChellis Trio - My Age Of Anxiety

In The Rain I Thunderbolt

I did get my new phone today. Same just bigger. And faster. And deeper. And tastier.

Here's some new photos I took with it....

It's So Easy When You Know How

That is a lyric that is on a commercial right now. That's all.


On a smoothie kick the past couple mornings. Delicious.


Broke my phone, so, gotta wait til I can get an upgrade in mid-September. Don't call me.


Here's Yuula watching So You Think You Can Dance. She thought Sasha was gonna get sent home. Oh well.

To The Gods Of Verizon

Why do you hate me so?
What have I done to you?

...and I forgot my sunglasses........

Yelling Wednesday

Wednesday. Starts on a Tuesday. Ends on a Thursday. Lots of yelling on a Wednesday. First Laura yelling about her phone updates. This sort of thing should not be attempted at high speeds. Then yelling at work. Not at me, just around me. But I find it amusing. Big business, well oiled machine, still operates like a schoolyard playground. Good thing I get to hop in the truck and leave. Had a loaner while the real deal was being serviced. The hood on it (the loaner) was broke so it kept popping up. Made for an interesting ride. Wasn't sad to let it go. Reilly broke the backgate too. Crazy lifter. GT was quicker than ever. I had hopes to clock out on time. The last 2 miles of 380 would make sure that wouldn't happen. The kind of traffic where people get out of their cars and walk around. I saw a woman taking her blood pressure while she was driving. That's either careless driving or extremely careful driving. Now I'm yelling at the phone. I'll sleep on it.

In A World That Doesn't...

We does.

Funny right? But seriously, this phone is crazy. I never had a phone that did much else beside ring someone, but this thing is like a computer in my pocket. And it's not that we needed or even wanted such a gadget, but they were free. What can I say, we duped the system. Ya see, I had a few hours to kill yesterday before picking Laura up from work, so amongst other little errands I stopped by the Verizon store to see what was what and when we were due for an upgrade. The women helping me seemed as surprised as I was when she said "1/15. Why that's tomorrow!". So now I'm stoked because I hate my phone (the bottom row of buttons barely works) and I know Laura hates hers (sometimes the screen goes buh-bye). So I started checking out all the phones we could trade in. The woman made me aware of the deals we can get for renewing our contract and other bargains we get for being such loyal and punctual clientele. We get the phones at the special bargain basement price plus another $100 off one of the phones. So I'm looking thru the inventory, doing the math in my head, and initially passed over the fancy touchscreen/3G/smartphone section, but then curiosity came over me and I glimpsed. Apparently the Droid Eris is on sale for $199, with a special promotion this week of $100 off. So $99 each. Add to that the fact that we get another $100 off one of the phones, and then the real kicker, since we're such wonderful bill payers, we get buy one get one free. So again, that's $199 per phone, minus the $100 of each in-store promotion, $100 off one for resigning and one phone for free just for being nice people; Verizon owes us $1.00. Even the guy helping us seemed caught off guard by the deal. Guess we're the first ones. Either way, we walked outta there not spending a penny with two brand new phones that a normal, less conscionable person would've spent over $1,000 on. And we have no idea how to use them, but so far they're fun and I can now call people with a 7,8 or 9 in their number.