Can You Hear Me Now?

My Mama always said check the pockets before you wash but for whatever reason, this lesson has not sunk in. I always forget to check JD's pockets before the laundry. It has become almost funny in our marriage. Almost. Since my husband and I have been married I have washed his wallet at least three times. His SS card is now in a plastic bag, barely readable, shredded at all four corners. I don't know how many important tax receipts have been lost due to being washed and dried. I've melted chap-stick and gum. I've laundered a lot of money and I can always find a guitar pick in the dryer if JD needs one. And let's not forget the little maroon w/ white incident. It is exhausting for us both to say the least.

Well, yesterday, I didn't wash his phone, his Blackberry phone, but I did dry it in the dryer. It had been raining all day, we'd all been out in the rain, the coats were soaked as were Colin's shoes, and pants and socks etc. So I threw it all in the dryer so we could leave again. When I went to retrieve said items there was JD's phone in pieces....several pieces. The back had fallen off, the battery had fallen out, other little very important pieces had fallen out or off, not sure. I gathered the poor broken thing and carried it to JD and said, "I think I might have ruined your phone." We checked for anymore missing parts, there was one, and brought it to the phone store like carrying a kid to the emergency room with a hopeful look on our faces that pleaded, "Can you fix it?" Luckily, all the parts were there, they put it together again and it still works. Thank goodness! So, if you're looking to purchase a new phone, I can recommend the Blackberry. They're tough. Real tough, like a truck tough! And, needless to say, check your pockets.