New phones, aughhhhhhhh!

There's nothing in the world that makes me feel more stupid than a new cell phone. This has been my adventure over the last couple of weeks. It all started with my work started to send out mass text messages to the staff when there is an open shift, sick call that needs filled, ect. Easier in the sense that they can send out one text message to everyone and let the staff call in if they are interested in the extra shift instead of calling 50 staff members one by one and having the majority of them say no. Smart idea, I thought. My old phone was never set up to text so I gave them Boyd's cell phone number. After a couple of weeks Boyd finally said that he didn't think NuSkin would appreciate paying for all my text messages from work. So I went to change my service with Qwest to add text messaging and they are changing over their service to Verizon so all new changes are made through them, which also means that my old phone wouldn't work and I needed a new phone. Now the dilemma. Since I am not a good texter I decided I wanted a phone with a standard keyboard, but also wanted a phone that was small enough to fit in my pocket. After browsing and looking at all the cool new phones I got a Samsung Glyde. A cool looking phone with a touch pad screen for all number pad functions and a full keyboard that slides out for texting. The touch pad was heat sensitive, so if you have cold hands (which I do most of the time) it doesn't work so well. After a week of getting ready to throw the phone across the room I decided to call Verizon and tell the troubles I was having. They were really nice and said they have had multiple complaints about the same thing, and since it was within 30 days of purchase I could exchange the phone without any penalties, and recommending that I go into one of their stores and try out the different phones to see which one I liked the most. So, a shopping I go. I finally decided on a Samsung Alias. It's a flip phone that when opened normally, which push button keypad for numbers, then it opens the long way to reveal a full keyboard the other way. It's kind of cool. I played with 2 different phones I was deciding against for 45 minutes until I decided on the right one. It was also $40 cheaper!!!! They transferred over my contacts and everything!!! They were really nice and helped me fix this problem. Now if I can just keep Mitchell off it I'll be a happy woman.

We also had our first snow storm of the season. The kids were so excited and played in the snow all day. The snow has now melted and the weather is beautiful again. But on the way to school the other day, JoLyn exclaimed, "I tired of beautiful days!! We need some snow!!!!" I'm sure she'll get her wish soon enough. For now, we'll just go put up Christmas light on the roof and the trees while we have the chance.