Dad’s Cell Phone:

Dad picks it up off the nightstand, puts it in his pocket and goes to work.  It sits on the desk or in his pocket all day.  He comes home from work and places it back on the nightstand.  Number of people that touch Dad’s cell phone daily?  1

Mom’s Cell Phone:

Starts off the day on the kitchen counter where it’s charging.  It’s generally always charging since it doesn’t hold a charge for more then an hour.  Mom walks in the kitchen to find it sitting next to a puddle of milk spilled from a bowl of Cheerios (I’m telling you- Cheerios will be the death of me!) The cell phone is suspiciously sticky.  Mom wipes it down and puts it in her pocket while she cleans the counter.  She get’s kids off to school and takes younger children to run errands, the toddler gets fussy while shopping and is handed the cell phone to ward off a full on tantrum.  First it’s chewed on, then it’s dropped, picked up, dropped and picked up before it goes in mom’s purse.  In mom’s purse it’s banged around with 50 other random things and then it falls out when mom pulls out her wallet to pay for the groceries.  Mom doesn’t see it but the preschooler does.  The preschooler quickly pockets the cellphone and waits until she gets home to play with her find.  Sneaky one isn’t she? The cell phone is gotten out and while randomly pushing buttons the preschooler happens to call China. Twice.  The first call lasts .37 seconds.  The second call lasts 73 minutes. The second call happened when the preschooler put the cell phone under her pillow. Mom is looking all over the house for the cell phone- but it won’t ring because it’s busy talking to China- Mom assumes that it’s dead.  She finally asks the preschooler if she’s seen the phone- when the preschooler ‘finds’ it for her- and is rewarded with gum.  If only mom knew… The phone is put back on the charger where it sits until oldest daughter comes home from school and uses it to call a friend because mom’s on the home phone.  After hanging up the phone with her friend she sets it down on the counter.  Shortly after that the phone is set next to a sweating glass of water… more moisture.  Then it’s picked up by the preschooler who hands it to the toddler and shortly after it looks like this:

From Soggy Cheerios

Actually that phone is three phones ago. Reason #1 I hate spending money on a phone. This last phone I’ve been incredibly careful about not letting anyone chew on- but it still doesn’t seem capable of making it until March when I qualify for a new FREE phone. Sigh. Same reason I don’t spend much money on Sunglasses- they never survive long enough.

So I’m looking for a T-mobile or unlocked phone. Anyone have one they’re willing to part with for cookies?

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