False Alarm

Ok, the phone is not dead yet. I charged it and it resurrected. I do believe though that it's in "the last days". If it was just out of power, why didn't it just say "powering down" and go off. No, something is definitely up....I'll keep you posted.
To change the subject, I want to bring up a pet peeve of mine. Ever go into a restaurant and it doesn't smell right? Sometimes you realize that it's probably a piece of something burnt on the stovetop, or a dish that has an odd smell when they bring it out. I'll let them off the hook on those excuses, it can happen to anybody. I'm talking about an unexplained smell that is alarming to your senses. Here's an example: When my third child was about 2 months old Mr. Martin and I decided to go on an Anniversary trip. My Mom kept the new baby and his Mom kept the two older ones. We were so excited to get out on our own. We went to Nashville to Opryland, and all the other stuff that people do in that city(so much fun). One evening we decided to get breakfast for supper at the Waffle House. As soon as we walked in the door we were assaulted with an odor directly from the plumbing. As my nephew once said "I think they're cooking doodoo" We looked at each other, wrinkled our noses and hoped it would eventually go away. As we sat there we commented on how bad it was and that it wasn't getting any better. I thought surely we had walked in at it's worst moment and that it would dissapate quickly, but oh, no. I was beginning to feel a little sick to my stomach when the waitress came and asked us for our drink order. When she returned with them I saw something floating in mine and pointed it out to the-man-of-the-house, and he almost lost it. Ok, this was getting intolerable. I felt the gag reflex as I looked at that and smelled the ever increasing odor. Just then we looked down at my silverware and saw some dried bits of food on my fork. My eyes met Mr. Martin's, I stifled a giggle and said"let's go". We walked out laughing uncontrollably. Now to some this may sound like a disaster but for us it's one of our best memories. Yes we still have a little 3rd grade bathroom humor left in us, but you have to admit that was just too many bad eating out situations at one time to believe. The only thing missing was someone hocking and spitting. That's another blog, I'll call it "Why don't they have hocking and spitting sections in a restaurant". Bye for now....

Death of a Cell Phone

I think my cell phone is dead....it's was blinking the logo for awhile, but now the screen is dark. I've tried everything, even removed the battery...nothing. I knew this day would come. This was no ordinary cell phone. It was the original Envie in electric orange, full qwerty keyboard, 2 screens, etc....the first phone I texted on. They even started to make cars the same color as my phone. I wanted to buy one to match but that didn't work out. Guess I will just have to move on and get another one. Maybe the-man-of-the-house will let me have his 2nd generation Envie. He doesn't appreciate it anyway, not the way I would. It's the same design but flatter with more squared ends, and sort of an electric blue. I wonder if they make cars that color....