Old Friends/New FriendsI have had a very trusty old friend for many years now. It was a good friend. I could always rely on her and she never let me down. When others were treating their "friends" by dropping them in the river or leaving them at the movies, or even worse having "CRAZY ROSE" take possession of them, I kept my "friend" near and dear to me. Nothing worse than a dropped call now and then but never due to her own fault....it was the satellite who let us all down. I always knew when the barnyard sounds were going off, Jana or Ava were wanting to talk to me. When I heard that peppy music that I always let run until I could finish with a heartfelt "CHA!!!" that Maggie was on the other line. When I heard that "I really wanta dance" sound, I knew the Poole's were hunting me down and when I heard that old fashioned telephone ring, that a very "handsome man" was calling me. Poor Jonathan's ring was just same ol', same ol' cuz when he came back from his mission, I didn't know how to program a new ringtone onto my friend....but nonetheless, my friend always let me know who was wanting to get a hold of me by the special sounds she made. Well lo and behold, I let my friend down the other week and left her in my pants pocket after a hard day of working out in the orchard. Now I always pride myself as I do my laundry thinking...Oh I don't have to check my pants pockets because I never put anything in them. Well I learned a valuable lesson when I reached in to get my laundry out of the dryer and there lay my old friend at the door of the dryer looking ever so pathetically beat up, missing her little antennae stub and I could almost hear her say, "what did I do to deserve this?" I was heartbroken cuz I really thought she'd last forever. But I pulled up my bootstraps and went to the internet to track down a replacement phone thinking life would truly never be the same. After hours of searching and deciding and picking Maggie's brain, I came home from the AT&T store the following Monday with a new "friend".....and she's a BEAUUUTYYY she is. I don't do much with my phone other than make calls (how ingenious for a phone to do that) and take pictures of my grandbabies to look at, but this little friend has enough features to keep me happy and then some....some I'll probably never use, but if I ever want to truly go high tech, I'll be ready for it. Heck I even feel comfortable texting with this one and am driving Jana and Maggie crazy with that newfound knowledge and am even having fun sending Dave a little "sweet message" now and then that he so kindly says....Hmmm, think I'll save that one for a while. But I have the potential for music and GPS and internet and all other fun stuff if I ever want to....WHATTA friend!! The only thing that I'm not sold on yet are my new ring tones....I miss the old barnyard sounds and the "Cha" song and all the other ones that let me know who it was that was ringing me.....but I have found I can dance to Maggie's new tune (I will contain myself if I am in public when you call me Maggie) and I guess they'll all grow on me eventually like a good friend does. So kids, call me often so I can get used to your new ringtones and know who it is calling me....I'll have a quiz to take at the end of the month.
