Remember how on Fridays I used to talk about fashion or something?
I’m not sure what happened.
And I realize I keep creating false hopes for all three of you who care about Fashion Friday because every Friday I promise that I’ll resume Fashion Friday the following week.
Honestly, I still intend to do Fashion Fridays because I enjoy them, but it will be sporadic over the summer. Because really, what do you need to know about summer fashion?
Wear shorts. Wear t-shirts. Wear skirts. Wear a swimsuit.
It’s all good.
As long as you have access to some A/C.
I’m leaving for Atlanta at 6:30 a.m. to attend Deeper Still. For those of you doing the math, that means I’m going to have to set my alarm for 4:30.
Oh the horror.
I haven’t set an alarm for 4:30 since Caroline was a newborn and her pediatrician said I needed to make sure she ate every three hours around the clock. That’s what I get for having a baby that only weighed 5 1/2 pounds.
The good news is that I managed to pack one carry on bag. However, since I’m only going to be gone thirty-six hours, it would have just been embarrassing to have to check a suitcase. Still, I haven’t traveled with just a carry on since my days of riding the Greyhound bus to Houston to visit my daddy with my rainbow duffel bag thrown over my shoulder.
So yesterday I spent the day meticulously obsessing over the inventory of my carry on. What if I spill something? What if I hate the shoes I pack? What if it doesn’t feel like a day for jeans and all I have are jeans?
You know, real problems.
Anyway, in spite of all my suitcase concerns, I spent most of the afternoon at the pool with Caroline. Everything was great until we stopped for a break at around 4:00 and I pulled out my cell phone to check in with P, only to discover that my cell phone wasn’t working.
Panic. Sheer panic.
How did my early 90’s self survive without a cell phone? Or as I called it back then, a CELLULAR phone.
I cannot even imagine all the time I wasted in my late teens sitting at home waiting for some loser to call. Time that could have been spent bettering myself or shopping.
Clearly, I couldn’t leave town (to a whole other state, no less) without a working cell phone.
The phone was working, it just said that I needed to insert the SIM card. I’m no technological wizard but I do know that the SIM card is the key to your cell phone universe.
So I took out the battery and took out the SIM card to research the problem. I used a highly scientific process to try to fix whatever was wrong with the SIM card, which means that I kind of rubbed it on my beach towel and then blew on it really hard.
After I put it back in the phone, it still wasn’t working. I can’t imagine why.
Caroline and I stayed at the pool a little while longer and then we left so that I’d have time to go to the AT&T store to say HALP! MAH PHONE IS BROKEN.
Since I couldn’t call P, I decided to stop by the house to let him know what was going on and share my STRESS. STRESS OVER MY NON-WORKING CELL PHONE. Nevermind that I spent the first twenty-four years of my life without one, I cannot function without it.
He opened it up while I stood next to him explaining that I’d already done that. “I’VE DONE THAT. I EVEN BLEW ON IT AND WIPED IT WITH MY BEACH TOWEL. CLEARLY, IT’S BEYOND HELP.”
That’s when he noticed that some idiot had put the SIM card back in facing the wrong direction. And it was kind of stuck. Which required tweezers.
And maybe some pliers.
But it finally came out.
P put it back in and turned on my phone. It worked.
He looked at me and said, “That’s a little thing I like to call doing it the RIGHT WAY.”
Whatever.
He’ll be lucky if I call him this weekend.
I’ll be posting updates on Deeper Still over at the LifeWay All Access blog this weekend.
Kelli says:
I thought I would share something utterly scary with you.
When I left for Oregon (with 48 hours notice mind you) to find a house? I packed one carry on.
For 31 says.
And that included my blow dryer and everything.
Of course, I think the whole “cannot pack liquids more than an eyedropper full” thing may have had something to do with it. Let’s not discuss what I’ve spent on haircare products since I arrived….
June 27th, 2008 at 4:48 am
Jennie B says:
Welcome to Georgia! Glad to have you here, BIg!
June 27th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Kim says:
Ok I’m sure we expect some wonderful profound enlightenment when you get back. With speakers like that you can’t but soak it all in. I wish I would have known, I’m just in Florida and could have drove and packed 10 suitcases if need be lol. And trust me the need would be!
Have a great time.
Kim
June 27th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Georgia on my mind | Gearfire.com says:
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June 27th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Lizz @ Yes, and So Is My Heart says:
Oh, that sounds like something that could happen to me. Glad you got it fixed. Have fun at the conference.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Amy Beth @ Ministry So Fabulous! says:
I always tell friends to call me on my cellular device. Then we laugh like we’re soooo funny. And then we usually realize that we’re not that funny.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Prairie Rose says:
How on earth do you go with just a carry-on with all the restrictions on liquids? It seems impossible to me to take all the toiletry items necessary under their terms!
Have fun!! I wish I was going, but alas, t’was not to be!
June 27th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Donna says:
Welcome to Atlanta! My sister and I are also going to Deeper Still this weekend, but we won’t be doing any blogging. I have to confess I was excited to hear that you were going to be there as well (a bit like BigMama’s excitement about the possibility of meeting Kristy Nockels when she attended the Nashville Deeper Still event) Hopefully we’ll spot you at one of the 40 concession stands buying a soft pretzel.
Although you’ll probably be in the VIP lounge area under the arena - we’ll be looking nonetheless!
June 27th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Erin says:
LOL about P’s comment to you!
June 27th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Heidi says:
June 27th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Paula says:
Insert SIM card always pops up on my phone. WHhat does this mean? I turn it off and then turn it back on and it works again.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Jessica says:
I read your blog for the first time yesterday and laughed til I cried! Then I emailed my friends to read your blog. Then I started my own blog. It’s always a relief to know others think the same crazy way I do!
June 27th, 2008 at 7:48 am
angela says:
So funny.
I about died when my son put my cell phone in my coke. I immediately removed the sim card so I would be able to keep all my phone numbers. The phone is toast and I am really upset about that, but I have a replacement phone until I buy a new one.
I got my first cell in 1999.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Lysa TerKeurst says:
I have often wanted to only carry a carry on. But my southern requirement of hair spray could almost get me arrested at the security gate.
Do tell your secrets about getting through security.
Do they sell 3oz. bottles of the spray called “Big Sexy Hair?” Or “Shaper?”
And who sits around and names these products for Pete’s sake?
June 27th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Jackie Sue says:
You did it! You proved all us doubters wrong. Hope you have a wonderful time in Hotlanta…oh I shouldn’t call it that, given your pronounced hatred of the heat. I’m sure its much cooler than home.Can’t wait to hear what you learn.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Jackie Sue says:
You did it! You proved all us doubters wrong. Hope you have a wonderful time in Hotlanta…oh I shouldn’t call it that, given your pronounced hatred of the heat. I’m sure its much cooler than home.Can’t wait to hear what you learn. Oh, and P cracks me up!
June 27th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Emily says:
Welcome to Georgia. Stay awhile. You’ll like it here.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Heather says:
Hope you have a safe and enjoyable “little” trip. Can’t wait to hear the stories you will tell when you come back. Hope it includes pictures.
Isn’t it nice to have a husband that can fix anything. Mine is like that too. What a blessing.
Also I posted a recipe finially this morning. I think you would really like it, being in Texas and everything. Plus it goes perfect by the pool! Well except for you would need to bring your toaster for the pita bread…that might be kinda tricky to take the toaster to the pool. :0) Use tortilla chips instead.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Annabelle @ Christian Momma says:
Have a wonderful time!
June 27th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Susan B. says:
Well…I never knew about the SIM card! Now I can truly say I’m getting smarter by reading your blog! Of course, I knew that all along. Love the fashion Fridays. Can’t wait for the fall session to begin. Hope you have a wonderful time at Deeper Still. We had tickets (arm bands) to go…but life happened. Too many things in one weekend. I’m heart-broken. I was thinking about it during my walk yesterday. I am so going to miss the W&P with Travis & the Priase Team. Maybe next year…(But that’s what I said last year.) Oh, well…God’s timing. Have a blast in His Word and with His peeps!
June 27th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Luke Holzmann says:
Isn’t odd how we suddenly can’t live without the technology we didn’t have yesterday? I thought that’s how it was for me and my Palm (before it died) and my watch (before it died)… now I live without either… and I have yet to die [smile].
And, while my wife has a “cellular telephone” on a family plan with her folks, I still resist the temptation. But I do love the interwebs (and we really like them lolcats), so someday I’ll be connected all the time through some portable, wireless technology.
Very fun post. Thanks!
~Luke
June 27th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Stephanie from MO says:
Just this past Saturday, I was leaving my sister’s house, which is just an hour away from home. I went to call my husband to let him know I was heading home and my phone said “unauthorized sim”. My husband just got a new phone the day before and had called to activate his new phone….however, when they turned his new phone on, they turned MY phone off. So, my husband had two working cell phones…and I had none. Panic overcame me for a minute….what would I do driving and hour without a cell phone?! What if we had an accident…or car trouble? I stopped at a gas station and used the…..pay phone–for 75CENTS!! And, I was clearly distracted by the horror of no cell phone, b/c I neglected to take my antibacterial wipes with me for the nasty pay phone receiver. I tried to hold it as close, yet as far away from my ear as I could and told my husband the situation…I informed him I was leaving right now…as if to say “If I’m not home in one hour, send a search and rescue out for me….I have no cell phone”. But, my husband commented on the fact isn’t it funny that we spent YEARS driving with no cell phones what so ever….even as young teenage drivers–no cell phone and in the last 15-20 years, our lives are so accustomed to them and that security, that we “panic” when we don’t have it. We did make it home and got the phone situation cleared up…that’s a whole other story.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Ashley says:
Oh husbands. If I had a nickel for every time my husband said to me, “Do you really think that’s how that works?” or “You didn’t realize you were doing that wrong?” well, I’d have a lot of nickels.
Have a great weekend in Atlanta!
June 27th, 2008 at 8:40 am
cindi weber says:
a 5-1/2 pound baby? honey, each time i had a child, it could have counted as twins in big mama world. but, yeaaaaaaaaa for c-sections!!! and, even tho my preciaous little angels were huge, with even bigger heads, it made for a great newborn schedule. they ate 3 square meals a day from birth. j/k…kind of. have a great trip.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Sister Honey Bunch says:
Don’t forget the importance of the sundress Big Mama.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Brickhouse says:
Cellphone story…
I got my first cell when we were in Houston and I was pregnant with Austin. (Houston…Austin…haha…I know) Anyway, we only got one cell because they were expensive and S only had a pager. If I went into labor, I could page him.
So let’s call it hormones or being blonde (ha). I was on my way home from work and there was a very bad accident. We had plans to go eat that night, and being pregnant, I did not want to miss a meal, so I tried to call S at his office to warn him. He had already left, so I paged him, and waited for his call while I sat in traffic. I didn’t hear from him, so I paged him again with 911 at the end. I wanted to make sure he took a different route home to feed me!
So he was stuck in the traffic jam behind me with no cell. When he got the second emergency page, he just knew that I was in labor, so he pulled onto the shoulder and almost caused about 40 more accidents trying to get to an exit to call me.
Needless to say, he didn’t speak to me during our dinner that night. And I think he got a cell phone and ditched the pager.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Marla Taviano says:
I’m seeing some parallels between the cell phone story and the Mac one…
But I’ll shut up now, because I’m even more techno-imbecilic than you.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Jennifer, Snapshot says:
Maybe he’ll be lucky if you don’t call him ;0
Who knows what kind of infomercial damage he and Caroline could get into in 36 hours. You must post about the towel-thing. I’ve been tempted so many many times. . . .
June 27th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Tricia Hicks says:
Deeper Still Nashville 2007 brings two memories to mind. It was colder than a well diggers bucket in the Sommet Center and the girls ABSOLUTELY BROUGHT IT AND THE LORD SHOWED UP. Ok, maybe that was three things, but you get my point. Have fun!
June 27th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Tricia Hicks says:
Deeper Still Nashville 2007 brings two memories to mind. It was colder than a well diggers bucket in the Sommet Center and the girls ABSOLUTELY BROUGHT IT AND THE LORD SHOWED UP. Ok, maybe that was three things, but you get my point. Have fun!
June 27th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Slacker Mom says:
Oh Big Mama - be prepared for this wicked Georgia weather. The forecast is hot, hotter and hottest for the next day. Hey, if you pass any rain clouds, could you bring them this way?
Seriously enjoy our ‘big city’… and have a wonderful time.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Holly Smith says:
P has a brother named Chris in Colorado…I’m sure of it!
And there you go leaving Georgia on my Mind again. Oh, you are tricky! Yes, ma’am.
Praying for you all this weekend!
June 27th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Fuschia says:
How did we survive before “cellular” phones?! I mentioned to my teenagers something about a time before we had them and they looked at me as if I were from another planet. Then I told them we learned to type on a thing called a typewriter…they are now certain I am from Pluto (or maybe it’s Goofy
June 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Kim H. says:
How funny… I had a similar situation when I was putting some furniture together. I wanted to do it while my husband was at work so that he wouldn’t have to do it… but somehow I got some things backwards and was left near tears because I couldn’t finish it myself. When he got home - he immediately figured it out, and even told me that he likes fixing thngs for me… like I’m the little lady in distress. HA!
June 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Shalee says:
Men. They think they’re so smart because they can figure technical stuff out. Well that my be, but I’d like to see the day when they pull off doing laundry, doing dishes, tutoring in math, cooking dinner from nothing and breaking up an argument ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
Pshaw on their technology wizardry. That’s one accomplishments to our hundreds.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Shalee says:
Men. They think they’re so smart because they can figure technical stuff out. Well that my be, but I’d like to see the day when they pull off doing laundry, doing dishes, tutoring in math, cooking dinner from nothing and breaking up an argument ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
Pshaw on their technology wizardry. That’s one accomplishment to our hundreds.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Shalee says:
Well looky there… that comment was so good it was posted twice!
June 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Connie says:
Very funny…again. Have a wonderful time. (very impressed with your packing prowess)
June 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Kristi says:
OH, you crack me up! This just made my morning, thanks for sharing. I’m praying that you have a wonderful weekend and I can’t wait to read all about it. I finally decided to jump in and start blogging. It is a blast and a joy. Thanks for inspiring me to blog and for being a blessing in my life.
Joyfully,
Kristi
June 27th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Tammy says:
Doesn’t everyone need someone sassy in their life to overstate the obvious!
That’s the story of my technologically, ummm, advanced life….since my husband is the king of computers at his office.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Aggiema (Michelle) says:
So will P be nursing a black eye while you are gone. That Man likes to live dangerously, making that comment to an obviously stressed out woman!
Have a good trip!
June 27th, 2008 at 11:40 am
midlife mommy says:
My first phone was literally a box, and I called it a “car phone,” because holy cow, it was rather bulky and not something anyone would carry around. My mother never got over the fact that I could take my small, new phone with me and talk to her — without even being in the car! Bless her heart, she never got around to calling them “cell phones.”
June 27th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Jennifer (Et Tu?) says:
What a cool event. Have fun!
June 27th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
April says:
Ugh..I get in that same boat with my hubby all the time…he thinks he is so smart.
have a blessed time !!
June 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Kacey says:
I can’t believe that Caroline, girl of the wild sports and fishing life only weighed 5 1/2 pounds…she must not have been wearing her gunbelt at birth.
The husband and I just bought a new Ford Taurus X with SYNC. You can be talking on your cell phone, get in your car and continue talking on the phone without hands through the radio. I can’t get him out of the car now! But, I did get a new Nano iPod out of him for use in the car. Woo Hoo!
June 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
MooBeeMa says:
Men! Can’t live with ‘em. Can’t shoot ‘em.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Christine says:
Oooohh! I hate it when the hubs is right on dumb stuff like that! And it happens wa ymore often that I care to admit! I’ve got 2 things like that on him! A whole 2! But boy, are they a good 2!! HAve a great time in Atlanta - I’n jealous! MAybe I’ll have to go to the one in Vegas!
June 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Kelly says:
I’m a little jealous of your weekend and that you will be meeting Amanda and she will be meeting ya’ll. But I’ll try to get over it!
June 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
CarolinaMama says:
We just call that a “Damsel in Distress!” And P did the right thing.
Have a blast!
June 27th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Robin (the pensieve one) says:
You were just trying to make P feel needed, right?
You’re on a roll with the girlfriend weekend thang. GirlieQs, Jesus and some awesome teachers? Wahoooo!
What’s on tap for next weekend?
June 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Molly Pearce says:
You are so funny girl. Have a safe trip and have fun. ~ Molly P.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Janice (5 Minutes for Mom) says:
Girl - I can’t pack just a carry on when I go for 24 hours. Seriously. I am impressed.
(When we went to Hawaii when my son was three, some woman in the airport asked me if we were moving there. When I said we were on vacation she said something about how her husband would never have tolerated that etc and looked at me with absolute disdain. Whatever lady - I am high maintenance. That is my business!!!)
June 28th, 2008 at 2:04 am
Dawn @ My Home Sweet Home says:
Very cool - enjoy it here in Hotlanta this weekend!
June 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
D.M. says:
Men! They think they know so much more than we do!!
I can’t live without my cell phone either and mine is a Blackberry with ALL my email addresses - double trouble!
June 28th, 2008 at 5:16 pm