iPhone reflections

I have an iPhone.
I have a problem.
I referenced it in this post: a little bit of nothing
It started out innocent.
I had a Blackberry Pearl.
I loved my Blackberry.
I wanted nothing to do with the iPhone.
But then I needed it for work.
And I jumped on the iPhone bandwagon in 2009.
3 years.
And I wouldn't go back.
My iPhone is:

1. My phone
2. My calendar
3. My email
4. My budgeting tool
5. My camera
6. My camcorder (what's that?)
7. My social media connection
8. My Bible (really? really. Have you heard of #shereadstruth? Check it out. Lots of goodness. Women reading the Bible together. Women coming together all over the world. Women deciding to let go of the negatives and dwell on the positives. I digress.)
9. My MP3 player
10. My task list
11. A link to DropBox
12. My car mileage keeper (RoadTrip - great for business purposes)
13. Turn Photo to PDFer for work purposes (TurboScan - turns any photo into a PDF- A-Mazing)
14. My calculator (if I'm not on my computer)
15. My GPS (lots of incredible apps for this)
16. My weather person
17. My note-keeper
18. My keyring (holds all those annoying key-chain coupon store card thingies)
19. My shopping guide (hello Amazon)
20. My reference center: news, Wikipedia, associated press, etc
21. My baby tracker (not now, while pregnant silly)
22. My favorite cookbook
23. My dictionary & translator
24. My movie guide & book list
25. The list goes on... There are so many more things I use it for.

So one day, it broke, at 7:00am.
Tragedy. Serious tragedy.
But I got by.
And by 7:00pm I had a new iPhone.
12 hours people.

You know what happened in those 12 hours?
I stopped calling & texting.
I called from a landline (what's that?)
I checked my email from my computer. (that hardly every happens, except for work purposes)
I used DropBox, my Outlook calendar & task list on my computer.
I didn't check my budget.
I didn't use my camera or camcorder option (Caleb may have used our digital camera).
I stopped checking all forms of social media, except occasionally, mainly for our company (being honest here).
I already read my Bible (before 7:00am peoples).
I used Spotify on my computer.
I didn't take a business drive or fill up with gas.
I stepped outside to check the weather.
I didn't shop (my wallet & husband thanked me).
I didn't cook (we ate at Chick-Fil-A, hubby also thanked me).
There are a lot of things I didn't do.

And you know what?
The world didn't end.
I didn't lose it.

Did I miss my iPhone? Yes.
Did it feel nice to be partially unplugged? Yes.

Sometimes, we need a break.
Maybe my phone breaking was the world's way of saying, "Sara slow down and smell the roses."
And so I will.
When I want to.
(which I'm trying to do more often)
Join me.
Sometimes.

And now for a few June pictures

Waffles by Uncle Peter

Sermon notes listening to Pastor Dan

 

Rollerblade to Chappy

Such a beautiful place - West Falmouth Harbor

Sandwiches during ReMix band practice

Sam wants to be in the band.

Wait for me dad!

Checking out the view in Newburyport

Playing with bubbles at Russell Orchards

Donuts with Dad at Russell's

Röda Vinbär at Russell's

New sleeping habits... apparently his bed isn't big enough.

Bowl full of cherries

An afternoon at Singing Beach

Snack time at Singing Beach

Birthday Weekend

We celebrated Sam's 1st birthday on Saturday!
The forecast was 70% chance of rain and we were planning an outdoor picnic/pizza party.
We had a back-up in place...
And then the sun was out and it was about 75 degrees.
We had a great time.
Sam had a bunch of little friends come play.
We all hung out at the playground.
We ate veggies, fruits, pizza, cupcakes, and other snacks.
Sam thought his first cake experience was yummy.
He didn't understand blowing out the candles.
I'm ok with that.

After the party we headed to Russell's Orchard for apple picking and checking out the animals.
My cousin Jackie joined us. She's a California girl, but she's going to school in Boston.
Woo hoo! Can't wait to spend more time with her!
Pictures to follow.
Hopefully I can post some wedding pictures or wedding videos later this week.
In other news, I'm trying a new project. Pics to come after it actually works. And is not a design fail.

Boating with Sam

yesterday, Sam went boating.
yes, you read that correctly.
a few weeks back Caleb and I bought Sam a life-jacket so he could go fishing w/grandpa.
yesterday, we decided to go tubing.
with sam.
yes.
you read that right.
you may think i'm a crazy mom.
or you may think i'm a fun mom.
but i wanted Sam to experience tubing and get a few pictures or movies of the event.
my brother is currently working on a movie...
so i will post a few pics.
i will preface this with:
1) Sam HATED his lifejacket
2) Sam LOVES the water
3) Sam ENJOYED tubing and we were only out there for maybe 2 minutes (on the tube)
so, since Caleb is in India, I need to share our tubing experience with him via this blog.
once my brother is done with the video, I'll be sharing that...

Uncle Pete & Sam on the boat

Getting Sam ready for tubing

Mommy & Sam about to get onto the tube

Who's more psyched for tubing?

Laying down on the tube

Woo hoo! First tubing experience for Sam!

Folks, I assure you, he loved it!

Happy 4th of July everyone! Today we went to a parade and Sam enjoyed most of it... except the end ;)

Pictures to come later. Hope you get to see some fireworks tonight!

an adventure for sam

One of sam's favorite places is the playground.
He loves:
1) the swings
2) the slide
3) the wood chips on the ground
4) the steering wheel - as pictured below :)




Sam is such an adventurer. The moment we step out of our door he perks up as if to say: "We are going somewhere. Our adventure begins. Hooray for new explorations outside our house."

Maybe it's in his blood... His mom & dad's "first date" was snowboarding. After that our "dates" consisted of hiking, rock climbing, biking, picture dates (grabbing our cameras & going to a park to take pictures), rollerblading, walks, and eating dessert at the cheesecake factory... Maybe someday I'll type our "love story". For now we'll talk about my other love - Sam.



Ready for yet another adventure... Fishing with grandpa!

sam and the glass

so i told caleb i was against the sippy cup. no real reason, i just thought it was silly to use a sippy cup and i didn't want a bunch of plastic cups taking over our cabinets. i told him we would start sam with a regular cup.  and so i gave him a coke glass, which he found amusing... and dropped on the floor. i let him explore further... which you'll see in the pictures. ridiculous i know.

these make me smile.

thanks caleb for documenting :)

love you. and sam.

giving him water in his "coke" glass

a little love for baby sam

love how his mouth looks like the Joker!

mom, oops. i dropped it. can we get it? pretty please?

sam goes after the glass...

getting closer

he got it.

dad, dad, i got the glass!

but woops, it's stuck...

who? me?

ok, i've lost interest in the glass... let's move on to the highchair!

hi dad! do you have to document EVERYTHING?

ok. well, i guess i'll look happy.

mmm... tasty high chair.