iMessage to spy on your kids :)

Tonight I was trying to get myself organized when iMessage popped up on my laptop.  You see, with four kids all having smart phones, I feel it is important to monitor their texting and such.  In the past I have randomly checked their phones and I have to admit I've been disappointed at times.  I know I cannot see everything they are doing but this is a great way to spy on your kids.  They know I check regularly so I'm not sure why it continues to be a great way of "busting" them.  It isn't a big deal but when I noticed it was past bedtime and one of them was texting, I decided to send my own text and ask what they were doing.  The child answered "nothing."  I gave several chances to clarify and finally received a flat out LIE.  How disappointing.  My response was this... "So, you know when you lie to your mom, she takes a screen shot of your text messages and posts them to Facebook."  This finally got an honest response...sort of.  My children forget that I have super powers and ways to find out things. 

Today it rained just as I was leaving class.  Although I had an umbrella, my backpack got soaked as did my cell phone.  It appeared to be working until I realized I couldn't hear.  After playing around with it and using the hair dryer to dry it out, it still wouldn't work!  So, I did my "research" and google suggested to gently insert a q-tip in the headphone jack.  I didn't think this would work because I wasn't able to hear from the speaker at the top which was not located near the headphone jack.  I did it anyway...and it WORKED!  When I called home to tell Jack that I had fixed it, he of course understood exactly why it worked.  Something about a short or contact or some other weird intelligent concept I care to know nothing about.  Anyway...if this happens to any of you...give it a try!  It may just work!

I can't wait to go home tomorrow!  I miss my family.  I am so excited to go to physical therapy again and then hopefully get cleared from my doctor to go back to work!  I still feel great!  I think I'm getting stronger everyday and praise the Lord I feel more and more like myself!  

I have decided to add a countdown to graduation on the blog to give myself a reminder to breathe and take one day at a time. 

Matthew 6:34The Message (MSG)

34 “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.