Thankful Thursday

I am thankful that I am down 20 pounds from my heaviest this week!!!
I am thankful for anesthesia.
I am thankful for good friends.
I am thankful that we get to go out of town this weekend.
I am thankful for a "free" gym at our apartment complex.
I am thankful that the weather is getting cooler.
I am thankful that I found my camera that had been missing for a week.
I am thankful for phones, internet, and all of the other ways that I am able to keep in contact with loved ones who live far away.
I am thankful for inspiring people and for their stories.
I am thankful.

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for the possibility of a job nannying for the 6-week old baby girl of a lady at church.
I am thankful for good friends, however far away they may be.
I am thankful for our new phones - they are so sweet!
I am thankful that we are starting to feel like a part of society/our community now.
I am thankful for the power of prayer.
I am thankful.

Jed's Phone Evolution

Well, Ali had such a great idea that I decided to copy it. Here goes......

In 2001 I got the Motorola V120C with US Cellular. It was the smallest cell phone I had ever seen up to that point so I wanted it. The crappy thing was was that in 2001 I was the only kid in high school who had a phone so it didn't get a lot of use. It sat in a corner for 8 months until I went on my mission.

On my mission the DL's got to use these beauties, the Nokia 3285. It was a downgrade from my last phone but I got REALLY good at that snake game where you eat the dots.

In 2005 I got a Sony Ericsson T610 with T-Mobile. I learned how to make my own ringtones with this one. Sony Ericsson was one of the only phone manufacturers that had the ability to use any MP3 as a ringtone at the time. Most other phones used polyphonic ringtones or you had to buy them from the store.

In 2006 I signed up with ATT to get those roll over minutes. It turns out I still haven't used any of them in my 4 years that I have been with ATT. I picked another Sony Ericsson, and my first and only flip phone: the Z520a. My boss also has this phone.

In 2007 my friend Jerr sold me his Samsung Blackjack, my first smartphone. I still have it and use it as a backup phone. I liked this one because I uploaded a nintendo emulator. This was a really powerful phone and I still like it better than my current phone...

which is another Sony Ericsson. The W580i Walkman phone. I like it a lot but its no smartphone. Well the screen has cracked in two different places so that means it is time for a new phone.

My new phone will be the Droid X! It comes in two weeks and I cant wait. We decided to get this phone because of the awesome camera on it (8 MP and two flashes) and the display is amazing. Also, it is on Verizon's network so the third party apps aren't restricted like they are with ATT. So yea its gonna be sweet.

Friday Foto Fix - Phone Evolution Ed.

This is the first cell phone that I had ever seen in real life/used. And I thought that it was the coolest thing ever.
[Nokia 5110]

In college, I got this sweet thing. Best phone I've ever had, present phone included, because it was so fast and easy to text.
[Nokia 6810]

Then I got something like this. Didn't really care about it because it sucked when compared to my old phone (but I wore that old phone down and it broke).
[Have no idea. Couldn't care less.]

Then I got this little number. Thought it was awesome when I bought it, but it wasn't as user-friendly as I thought and it weighs as much as a premature child.
[AT&T Tilt by HTC]

Moving on...
This beauty will soon be mine. Wipe up that drool - I know, it's awesome! Can't wait!!
[Motorola Droid X]

I've been a loyal AT&T/Nokia customer for a while now, but if I stayed with AT&T I would have gotten the iPhone. I wouldn't have minded so much, except Apple is a selfish, profit-seeking (Heaven forbid!) company and they don't allow 3rd-party apps. (Jail-breaking is just too much effort.)

And since I'm all about cheaper/free-er apps, we're going with Verizon/Motorola!

Single Digits. And New Digits.

WE ARE IN SINGLE DIGITS!! 9 days until "The Big Day"!! :D

Last night we went to the Days of 47 Rodeo in Salt Lake with my mom and brother. We rode the TRAX down from the University, which is always an interesting experience (Mom ended up talking to two drunk guys and giving them directions...). The rodeo itself was really cool. They had some great entertainment and the events were fun to watch. I don't think I've seen so many serious bull-riding injuries in one sitting though. It seemed like every guy got thrown off, and most of those got hurt pretty badly. It was kind of hard to watch at some points.

The weirdest part of the night was when we came out of the building and there were trays and trays full of loafs of bread for free. How bizarre is that? Of course we took some, but there were some people who took like 4 loaves each! It was SO random!

I wish my charger for my new phone was here already (we lost the one that came with the camera like a week after we got it, so we had to order a new one). This is why I never have any pictures, and why our engagement isn't even really documented. :(

Our new phones are coming today!! My phone's screen went pitch black about two or three weeks ago and it is pretty much impossible to use that phone (so I'm using Jed's in the meantime and he has the broken one). I thought that if Jed had that crappy phone, it would intice him to get a new plan and/or add me to it so that I could get a new phone. Nope, didn't happen. I ended up calling last week and setting up our new plan because I felt sorry for him having to use that one. But it's all good because now we both get new phones!! YAY!! The only downside is that we had to get new numbers. I hate that.