Phonetastic

It's been almost five years since we've had a land line phone!! It's been a while in coming, though. One of the biggest drawbacks to having a Mommy cell phone and a Daddy cell phone is that there is no one family phone. So... does that mean my children need to know two phone numbers and exactly who to call about certain things? No, that means it's time to get a house phone. I mean, we have a house now, so we should have a house phone! I'm really excited that I can call my sisters and Mommy and friends and not have to worry about what time it is (didn't really do that anyway) or worry about how many minutes I'm using (didn't worry about that either until I would get a bill and say, "WHAT???") Today is the first day of the "minute free" bliss thanks to the Freecycle friends who donated an unwanted cordless phone to our plight of saving money for the propane bill.

So, what should we do with the cells?? We want at least one for travel and the second one is only $9.99 more so we may as well keep that one, too, which basicly means there should be a twelve step program for cell phone users. It's tough to quit. We have a little over a year in the contract, so almost a year to decide if we want to back away from our cell phone affair. They are just so handy, though. One of those points that convenience tends to drag and trample frugality after kicking it in the nuts and pulling it's hair. $60/month or being connected in case of emergency and urgency? Hmmm...