high/low 10.18.10

High: We had a great little trip-ski to Williamsburg over Columbus Day Weekend! Charlie, Mama Nixonsleeve and I were away for a girls weekend for the holiday weekend and this was a brilliant idea that really should evolve into a tradition. Fun, fun, fun. We even ran into a old friend from my high school! Small world--shout out to the Oakies!!! Here are some pics to prove we were there..and not just at the outlets. Great news there, I got some CHRISTMAS GIFTS!!(for other people) Aren't I the best?  A few people are already done on my list. I never start so early so I feel sooo good about this. 

Anyhow, we saw a lot of interesting things in Williamsburg.

Note the authentic Indians that I snapped a picture of. My hands were trembling, it was the best I could do.

 

Too bad about the hairy elbow that couldn't/wouldn't get out of the way for the pic.

See??....remember The Last of the Mohicans...scary, right?

 

Low: I dropped my iPhone on the ground on the last day in Williamsburg and the screen shattered! Booooo....

High: Got a new iPhone 4 when I got home!

Low: Lost 7 voicemails when they transferred service to the new phone. Yikes! Hope it wasn't HGTV letting me know I was finally picked for a FREE backyard/home remodeling TV show...hope that call comes this week.

High: Koenig, the 6 month old wonder dog, is much, much better following his puppy pneumonia! Hip hip hooray!!! For the loyal readers out there, you may recall...he was on antibiotics for WEEKS after his episode. 

Low: Koenig pooped on the floor of PETCO on Sunday...not cool. Like, you never think YOUR dog will actually pull that one on you. It was a 5 alarm fire in my mind and the man who worked there was like, 'why are you even telling me that' because he sooo didn't seem to mind.

High: Mr. Lulu had Friday off this past week--which made for a great weekend!

taken in a dimly lit Panera...with my iPhone 4 that has a FLASH!

A mixed low/high at the same time:

While I was out Saturday, Koenig knocked over my favorite lamp in our den...kind of looked like this one. BUT he also texted me while I was driving home to tell me he was leaving a blank check on the table where it happened so I could replace it. Not kidding, he really did text me that.

High: 

 

Mary Kay Limited Edition Nail Color in INTENSITY. It's the dark purple color. It is SO awesome--on shorter nails filed square shape. Duh, like I have to tell you fashionable readers that. But the color is so cool--dark at first glance but such a good combination of shiny purple/ metallic. YOU WILL LOVE IT! And their colors have always been long wearing--ask anyone, they are chip resistant which is so essential with the dark colors!

xoxo

Lulu

call me on my land line but don't leave me a message

I've been doing a lot of thinking.

Uh-oh.

It's come to my attention that talking on the phone is no longer a national pastime. When was it, the 80's-90's? Like people don't really want to speak anymore in the year 2010. Voice mail makes many people (ahem, me and Charlie) cringe. I read an article in the Washington Post about 2 weeks ago that was about this very topic; one college student was quoted as saying that he doesn't call his friends without texting a 'pre-appointed conversation time' because calling unexpectedly would make him feel awkward and he doesn't want to be rude! I DO love texting, but when did an actual call become rude?

And cell phone companies are selling us a bill of goods that your "fave 5" or "friends and family" minutes are free because reality check: we only talk to 5 people EVER on the phone. And they ARE our friends and family. We chat in the car while we commute and that's pretty much it. Done. Next question.

I'll admit, I am on the phone a decent amount of time because of my job, but I like talking on the phone. And I can't imagine giving up a land line in my house. Weird? Charlie already went cell phones only & our Brother NixonSleeve did too.

Now, I distinctly remember longing for a phone in my room in high school. Maybe that is where the intrinsic value of the land line was formed for me. I felt like that would solve all my problems-if I could only have access to my OWN phone, on my night stand 24/7. Do you remember that feeling too? It's because it was BEFORE cordless phones. Take a walk down memory lane with me. All of these phones were the object of my affection at one time or another:

The Swatch Phone-very cool choice

Cabbage Patch phone-not so cool but available at Spencer's Gifts I'm sure..I went thru a Spencer's phase. Lava lamps, magic 8 balls, fake dog doo, you know, the usual.

I really wanted this phone...there was a model that lit up when it rang. Convenient.

Always a classy choice.

We had this phone. It was in my room right before cordless phones became the norm.
I called it the banana phone.

I think I wanted this one too. Who didn't love Garfield?

Classic 80's look. Reminds me of a Robert Palmer video(s).

And why not think pink?

If you had any of the above phones, you need to stand up be counted as a child of the 80's!!!

PS- the word "texting" is always caught on spell check. FYI spell check is old school too.

After all this, I will admit that I loathe checking voice mail. I never signed up for the delayed 'to-do list' when I lost my heart to the Garfield phone, ya know?

A plug for today's technology: Do you all know about Google Voice? You can pick your new local phone number, forward the calls to any number you want and your voicemail is transcribed to an email. OBSESSED with it. And it's FREE. Who loves you now?

Night all!
Lulu