Archives for 2009

I thought I would have a ton of time to blog this week but it’s not really turning out that way at all.

5:30 hurt so bad on Monday morning.  It was worse for Scott who had just gotten in from work at 2am and who ended up staying up all day.  The flight was completely fine save 3 Chinese women who held up boarding when they stood in the aisle not knowing what to do when their luggage wouldn’t fit in overhead compartments.  We were in our meeting by 11 and out by 5.  Dinner lasted a few hours until we came home in time for TV and bed!  Lather, rinse, repeat!

Monday was made of data flow diagrams, filet at an old steakhouse and One Tree Hill.

Tuesday was made of software demos, lasagna and tiramisu and American Idol.

Wednesday was made of data mapping, crab legs and American Idol results.

And that my friends is a general shell of my week so far.  We’ve sat in meetings until we can not sit in a meeting anymore and between have eaten until we can not eat anymore.  Full breakfast, snacks, coffee breaks, lunch, dinner, dessert.  Let me tell you how bad it is.  I actually ORDERED A FRUIT CUP at BOB EVAN’S this morning.  And I ATE IT.  I know my friends and family are probably shocked right now.  I don’t usually turn down a good carb-filled (and free) breakfast like biscuits and gravy or french toast.

OK, let me get past the food.  I’m traveling with 6 other people and we’ve had great conversation together.  The guy in charge of this all, while probably 30 years my senior, has been great fun to talk to as he is a huge American Idol fan.  We both put a time limit on our dinner to make it back in time for the show and complained at how bad the show was last night.  I’m interested to know what he thought about tonight.

Let me go ahead and say I was SHOCKED that Allison went home.  I really thought it was Kris and was terrified it might be Danny.  Really didn’t think Allison was in trouble after her duet with Adam.  Maybe he’s not really as big as people think and he’s still in the bottom.  Ryan was clear it was in random order this week.

The girls are doing well at home from what I can tell.  I’m getting anxious to see them and hope they aren’t missing me too bad(ly?) much.  I guess I shoud call it a night.  It’s late and I need to get up early and we’ll find out what Thursday is made of.

Today at lunch I sat my iPhone in front of me and my coworker laughed and said, “What would you do if something happened to that phone?”  I’ve heard that question more than once because, yes, it seems like I’m staring at it a lot.  What could I possibly be doing?  Well, I’m here to show you the Top 12 things (and only because I’m tired of taking screenshots) I’m doing.

A peek into Amy’s iPhone!

Tweetie I probably spend most of my time on Tweetie, the app for Twitter.  I check it first and last thing.  I love that Tweetie is fast and I can check all my accounts.  And of course I Twitter my own Tweets!

Mail. Closely following Tweetie, I spend most of my time checking my mail in the built-in Mail app. And only second to Tweetie in that I don’t get much mail.

Text. Self explanatory but I spend time on my phone texting. I love how it’s conversation style. I don’t like that you can’t send pictures through text.

iPod. Another built-in app. Unless you live under a rock, you’re probably very familiar with the iPod. Looks a little different on the iPhone but it’s just the same.

Kindle. One of my newest apps. This one is worthy of a little explanation. Amazon.com put out a book reader named the Kindle. It’s basically another electronic device. It’s about the size of a book and you buy and download books onto the device for reading. Save the trees! The Kindle iPhone app is basically just an app on the iPhone where you can download and read books. So far I’ve only downloaded one book but it does take up screentime.

Daily Mugshot. Once a day I spend a few minutes using DailyMugshot.com’s app to take a daily picture of myself. This is simply an extension of Twitter. A tweet is sent out with a link to the picture. It sounds a bit vain but it’s actually cool to see other people’s hair, outfit and environment every day.

mSecure. As one of my latest purchases, it’s quickly becoming my favorite. mSecure stores all your site, user ids and passwords. I have a lot of them and I’m beginning to lose track. It’s so easy to pull this app up and find my password!

Weather. Another built-in app. I check it at least once a day to figure out what I need to dress the girls (and myself) in for the day. You can add several other cities and I use it when planning for trips. No more weather.com for me!

Notes. It seems simple but I use the Notes section all the time. I’ve written a whole chapter of my book there, made notes when Lexi says funny stuff, take notes in meetings where I forgot my notebook or even write down a song I hear that I like.

American Idol Exclusive Videos This one is recent and it will be over soon. But weekly, all the contestants post videos. You can’t watch it anywhere else.

DirecTV I love this one! I can actually control my DVR from my iPhone!  I actually find myself using my phone even when I am only a room away from my TV.  It’s just faster!

Bible I’m sure I get bad looks and questioned motives when I’m staring at my phone in church.  And while I admit to playing checkers with Emma in church a time or two, I do use the Bible app to look up verses when I don’t have my Bible.

The thing is, there are even more I could add..Yellow Pages, Showtimes, Shazam, Camera, Safari, PayPal, eBay, Facebook, Recorder, Word Warp.  And not to mention all the game apps the kids play.  So yes, I get every penny out of my iPhone!