Today's story has taken place over a period of 3 days days, which is quite perfect because I am writing on patience and my 3-day rule and how to fix cell phones that have gotten wet. Wow! I just realized after proofreading this article? How cool that is. God's perfect timing! So, my daughter's LG cell phone fell in the toilet a couple of days ago, accident-G! OG! Me, being TG, made her laugh in the midst of devastation! OMG! How? Well, right after we prayed, I told her it should have been her iPod. Then we could have called it an iPeed or iPood, and then an iPrayed. Because iPaid for it and I can call it anything I want! It worked. She laughed. And, after drying it in brown rice for 24 hours and prayers? So does the phone today. Actually, I bought her the iPod last year for Christmas and her Aunt Dawn and Uncle Troy bought her the cell phone this year for Christmas. And by the way? Does everyone take their phone to the bathroom? While they are bathing or washing hands. OR?.... She was washing her hands and it fell off the counter. Other wise I would have called it texting on the phone while sittin’ on the throne. So, I told her? Don't make me use the plunger! Take the plunge! Instead of the plunger! PIMP LOL. I don't want to have to use the plunger to unclog the mess and recover the gadget! Try leaving your cell phone at the door...outside the bathroom! I'm gonna make a sign that says that and also this: Please leave sneakers and cell phones and iPods with clerk at the desk! Me! PIMP LOL. Well, anyway, remember that “today” I was talking about when the LG worked? That today is now yesterday! It did work all night, but when we tried to charge it last night? It wouldn’t charge and it kept saying “insert battery". And, YES! I did put the battery in it first. You are funny! Back to the drawing board to figure out what to do. I wish I was rich sometimes or just had a little money, so I didn't have to always figure everything out and fix and repair...could just buy another phone. Oh, well. NO complaints. It keeps me creative and thankful! So, you ask what is my hope part of the story today? Since I already had some humor and a bit of character? Me being a character myself? Well, the nearest I can see? And I can’t see too far right now because my contacts are wore out and my glasses are old, but that is another story. So, the nearest I can see with my heart, that is? Patience and making do. We make money…and need more. We make do…and need less. Need less to say, right? Like the motto of my daughter’s cell phone, an LG? It is “Life is Good”. Look for the good in each of life’s situations and find the humor in it. Seeing God in everything? Now, THAT is “The Good Life”! Because, after all? 
What's a parent to say when helping their children with LG cell phones or anything in life? In short? This parent? Says: This is TG saying OG! while trying to charG the LG. And I call that? PG! Parental Guidance…OG! Now, I need a HG...as in hug? PIMP LOL! One more last bit of info for you. I always wondered what LG stood for on the appliances and all. I didn’t think “Life is Good” was the company name. Just their motto. Which I like because they use their own letters and it’s creative. Anyway, it is Lucky Goldstar. So, along that line? Give someone a gold star today. Tell them they did good. Give them the good life. Give them a “Life Is Good” gold star. And, I’m not talkin’ ‘bout LG Cell phones. Although, I wouldn’t mind having one myself and having my girl’s phone working again. But, we lived all these years without a cell phone and texting. OG! How did we do that? A little bit of being creative and a lot of being thankfu! That’s how! So, make do! And you’ll need less. Needless to say! And remember when you are having one of those bad today’s? It will be a yesterday…tomorrow? So, I will write more tomorrow and by the time I write it? It will be today. Another day passes... So, this is tomorrow which is today now! And I have an update: Since yesterday I did some thinking and decided on 24 more hours of drying...this time under a very warm light and surrounded by brown rice...and also a bit more detective work, I realized I hadn't opened up the latch that covers the hole where you plug in the charger...so, I opened that also and pointed it toward the heat and open air. Also, tested the charger on another person’s phone and it worked. So, I knew the phone worked, the charger worked and the battery was good, so it had to be the charger port. Anyway, after a full day of drying, it is now charging at almost midnight. I told her that we always have the 3 day patience law around here…you know? Like the disciples and everyone had to wait for Jesus 3 days, right. But, she had to keep trying it in the first 24 hours. Almost spent the rest of her Christmas money on getting another phone right away. Good thing we were too tired to take her out and get another one last night. So, the phone is charged and now working like new. But, come to think of it? If I had let her buy another one? I would have kept messing around with her old one until it worked and then I would have had a cell phone, too. PIMP LOL. Oh, well! Did I mention she had to go babysit at church last night and be without her texting and we prayed first and I told her to give all her attention to the little ones and not the cell phone and she did. Took her mind off it and gave God time to work in her heart…it’s called patience. That was the other lesson in all this. So, my thought is that if the 3-day isn’t enough or maybe it is too long for this certain situation you deal with? Then give it the 3 minute…or if the 3 days are up and you are frustrated, give it 3 weeks, 3 months, 3 years. You’ll know. I use that in everything and sometimes it is the only thing keeping me from jumping ahead of God. Jesus told the disciples He would return in 3 days and they had to be patient. They were devastated. Can you even imagine how hard that must have been to remain believing? Wow! So, I am working on the 3 year thing right now with my health. Tough stuff. Been 3 years. Some days all I can do is the 3 minutes. But, it gets me through. Sometimes, the 3 weeks…and that gets me through. You know what I mean. And, like the LG motto of Life Is Good, remember that God is good even when things don't work out the way we want or in the time we want. It’s just that He sees the whole picture…our whole lifetime…past, present and future…in a snap! And we see the snaps of our life time captured in a moment. Oh, snap! You know? Photographs? Memories... Songs... One last thing? I do realize that leaving your phones and iPods and gadgets all out of the bathroom is an impossible request, but it sure makes for a fun story and lesson. And, I mean, someone could text or call and I could not wait until I went to the bathroom or washed my hands or took a bath, right? We must have everything in a snap! Oh, snap! So, now if you ever drop your cell phone in the toilet? Follow my steps! It works! Love to hear your stories. Take the plunge and comment! Okay, so the phone is still working. You could say the LG stills keeps its charG! Oh, and here is an update that occurred on February 25, 2011. So, here's the TMI on the LG via AT&T...all brought to you by TG. My girl’s cell has a strange name for caller ID. Called to have it changed 4 times, but OMG! The wires must be crossed between AT&T and "some other country". Phone supervisor reads to me, “get your landline provider to make the right name come up”! What? Come on! Who thinks this stuff up to put in the book for all outsourced phone reps to read off to us? I’m thinkin’ someone with not enough TMI! Either that? Or too much curry! Trace
