Father’s Day Canoe Trip
Kristin always hits it out of the park when she plans things. Today for Father’s Day, she planned an amazing seven and a half mile canoe trip down the Duck River about 20 or 30 miles from our house. It’s one of those places that takes you up river in a van and drops you off and gives you several hours to make it back. Absolutely perfect. Well, perfect except for the part where I jumped in the river to chase a turtle with my phone in my pocket. But other than that, perfect.
This morning I woke up to the Kristin and the boys bringing me breakfast in bed. Cooper was so excited that he swung on the curtains and ripped the pole out of the wall and it slammed into my computer, then spilled the coffee. Nothing like a dose of fatherhood reality in the midst of breakfast in bed.
So, about a quarter of the way into the trip, we stopped for some lunch. Now, when I said that Kristin plans, I mean she plans. Just the sandwich she made was no joke. Homemade bread, avocado, pesto, turkey, spinach and some other cool stuff. Then after lunch Kristin had strawberry shortcake. Frick. Strawberry shortcake. On a river. Complete with whip cream and all that. I told you she was no joke.
So after seven and a half miles, and another layer of sunburn on the shoulders and a full belly, we’re spending the rest of the day relaxing, watching some movies at some point eating some sushi. An absolute perfect day despite the distracting turtle that ruined my phone. I have the coolest family out there.
So, happy Father’s Day to all those dads out there. Keep your phones out of the water and enjoy the rest of your day.
Words With Friends
Have you ever been addicted to something you suck at? Words With Friends has become my new addiction and not only that but has now become something that I aspire to become good at…. Because right now… I’m not that good.
Above is an actual game I played with my friend Evan. Now, he’s a pretty smart guy, and I knew that, but look at some of those words he came up with. ’Gelato’, ‘Axmen’, ‘Warder’, ‘Ripple’. These words kill it in Scrabble. Not to mention all the double and triple word scores.
So I think I’ve only won two or three games in the ten or fifteen I have played. No good. Time to pull out the old Dictionary and start reading again.
So who’s got it? You good at it? Time waster or amazing technology bringing the world around the Scrabble board in one united awesome game?
And if you’re up for the challenge of everyone reading this, leave your screen name in the comments and let the games begin.
iLiberty
So the other day my friend Seth blogged about this pretty amazing application for his iPhone. Naturally, after reading what Seth had to say about all the different things he could now do with his iPhone, including Super Mario Brothers, recording music, Etch-N-Sketch, and GPS, I was intrigued and a hair jealous. Seth sent me the link and now I too, have the entire King James Bible on my iPhone. I also have GPS, a cool locating Twitter Application and a game where I can smash marbles into things. It’s pretty awesome. I can also record video now with my phone, which is something I never understood why Apple didn’t do, and I can also play guitar on my phone.
Mostly all of this stuff will be used to entertain either myself or my kids when we are places that we need to be quiet and distracted. I am still sorting through all the different things that this thing has. There are tons of games, photo applications, dictionaries, alarms, and a ton of other stuff that I have no idea what it is.
So if you have an iPhone, I would suggest checking out iLiberty. There are a million different ways to waste your battery faster, and you might find some of it useful.
Check it out. And Thanks Seth.
*This post has been added to Watercooler Wednesday*
