No matter what we think we have planned, lo and behold said plan quite often doesn’t follow “the plan” and we get thrown for a loop.  For instance, when we bought this house, we knew that at some point we would have to do some foundation work.  We planned on it being several years away.  Wrong!  When I bought my last smartphone, we included insurance.  We planned ahead in case something happened.  Which it did because I, apparently, can be a huge klutz when taking pictures (of the work being done to shore up the foundation).

Another thing, my bathroom sink hasn’t been draining as well as it should.  I planned on doing something about it… really.  This morning, I ran drain cleaner down it.  This afternoon, I ran downstairs to let my husband know that there was water all over the bottom of the cabinet under the sink.

Recently, i bought a big box of disposable gloves for when I do art projects involving things that could stain my hands.  A smart plan.  However… they made my hands sweat which made those suckers stick like glue.  Didn’t think they were ever coming off!  Yep, we plan and life laughs.  And when life laughs at me, I either laugh back or yell.  OR… quite often… I just paint.

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Well, it had to happen at some point.  Though I never thought it would happen to me.  I committed what could be called accidental phoneslaughter.  There I was, innocently and happily taking photos with my ever faithful sidekick (i.e.my smartphone) of the chaos and mess outside our home due to the drilling of scary looking holes deep into the ground under one portion of the house with my only intent of being sure everyone I’m connected with on Facebook … well, you know.. could share in this “life event”.   Really, look how exciting my life is… we’re having foundation work done!  Share, share, share!!!  Well, there I was, taking photos when I noticed my husband coming around the corner from the backyard and seeing me, he promptly started to give me a semi-goofy pose.  Not wanting to miss the opportunity to capture such a Kodak moment, which would give me proof that he really is capable of sometimes being goofy, I swiftly raised my smartphone with camera mode still at the ready, and proceeded to ZOOM.  As I put my eager fingers on the screen, I pushed my poor unsuspecting faithful sidekick completely out of my other hand.  The phone did a lovely backflip which would have earned it a 10 if it had not ended up in a full on “face plant” right on the driveway.  When I picked it up, it was in it’s death throes.  After a quick emergency trip to the local ATT store, and going over options, the phone is now at a repair shop where I hope the data on it can be saved.  Apparently, when the display goes into cardiac arrest, you can’t retrieve anything!  So, I am without a phone and I can only hope the phone doctor can revive her.  No prayers needed, but would appreciate any and all “crossed fingers”.