Technology at its Finest

The real meaning of my blog is to prove that if I can mother two toddlers, anyone can. Here is a case in point:

Yesterday was a very unusually slow day. We had nothing planned, nowhere to go, and the kids were their usual selves. However, it was unusually quiet...you know, fewer phone calls than normal, very quiet with visitors, etc. I somehow missed Nathan's call that he was coming home for lunch...again, that was unusual, too. But, it was almost 5 p.m. before I realized the source of the strangeness.

You see, my parents blessed us with a wonderful gift at Christmastime of a new phone. We were in DESPERATE need of one (ours had this aweful buzz on it constantly). In fact, it was over and above what we needed to meet every need we had...built-in answering machine, four handsets (one for every level of the house AND the garage), great caller-id...I mean, the works.

So, after missing a call that should have forwarded from my cell phone to the house, my concern grew. I glanced at the handset on the charger in the kitchen looking for answers, only to find that one of the handsets was "in use." My thoughts went, "Hmm...that's funny, being as that I am on my cell phone. I wonder which one it is?!?" I quickly ended my conversation to start the great hunt. I found three of the four handsets with the sinking realization that one of my blessed children had turned on handset #2 (yes, they are numbered) and hid it somewhere in the house.

I remembered something about Naomi playing with one in the basement, you know, the office (the one that is REALLY not clean). I started the hunt there to no avail. For two hours, I searched high and low, refrigerator and freezer, only to come up empty-handed. As bedtime fast approached, I feared the worst. Just when I gave up all hope, Jonathan tried jumping off the furniture right into my tirade of punishment, when, to our surprise, the jump loosed the functioning handset and brought it out of hiding.

Needless to say, Jonathan received no punishment, the phone was on for 8 hours 50 minutes and 5 seconds, and turning it off revealed a still-full battery. Praise God for serendipitous moments that only He can arrange, the sense of humor to laugh it off, and a cell phone to check messages in the meantime!!!