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Time for an upgrade…

I just bought the iphone 5!  Well, I pre-ordered it, anyway.  It officially goes on sale in stores on September 21st – but I decided I couldn’t be bothered with waiting in lines amongst the throngs of people outside the apple store.  I haven’t jumped on every upgrade bandwagon so I’m hoping I made the right decision with this one!  Can’t wait to get it in my hands!

Speaking of phones… I thought this would be a great time to take a moment to reflect.  I am a child of the 80’s.  I did not grow up with a cell phone.  I remember when my mom got a ‘car phone’ – it looked a little bit like this and I can remember we all thought it was coolest thing EVER. I think I was in middle school at the time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, she moved on to an actual ‘mobile phone’ – smaller than Zack Morris’ phone on Saved by the Bell pictured below:

 

My Mom’s phone looked a little bit like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, my sophomore year of college, I moved out to New York City to pursue my dreams of being a fashion designer.  It was in 2000, at 20 years old – that I bought my first cell phone.  It looked a little bit like this:

Fast forward to today… my goodness, things have changed.

 

Just two weeks ago I was back home at my parent’s house and we were cleaning out the basement and came across some ‘electronic antiques’ – this cordless phone being one of them – I can remember being in high school and talking on this phone ALL THE TIME!!!

September 21, 2012 - 5:15 pm

bethany cox - ahhh the good old days. i think i HAD that samsung phone. good timessss. i need to get the 5 i think.

December 17, 2012 - 2:14 pm

Dad - Vanessa

I just looked at your blog….fantastic….can’t believe thatI have notseen this earlier…. you are awesome….you make me the proudest dad in the world..(along with your brothers of course)
Love you bunches….

DAD