447-7471

447-7471

No longer is this my home number.

Finally HOBL and I did what we always said we would do.

When Jesi graduated from high school we would

get rid of the house phone and resort to cells only.

I guess I should say,

I HATE THE SOUND OF A RINGING HOUSE PHONE

Now all of those who laugh at how "frugal"

(cough, cough cheap)

we are I have to say, this decision, for me

had nothing to do with the 50 bucks HOBL spent

each month to have the monster.

For me, after speaking on the phone all day

to parents there is nothing that drove me

crazy more than the sound of the ringing phone.

Now I know what some of you are thinking,

same as baby girl said when she tried to protest the situation.

(of course, we offered to keep it if she would pay the bill,

hence the loss of the house phone)

"How can you say you hate the phone when sometimes

you spend hours talking to your sisters and nieces?"

Yep, it sounds like a double standard coming from me.

However, many days in the evening when the phone rang

no one here would answer it.

Why, well mostly because usually it was

a salesperson, someone telling my via a taped message

that my car warranty was about to expire,

and as all of you know, my favorite,

freaking DAVID VITTER calling me.

Facts are as I get older I hate speaking on the phone more.

On my cell, I love to text and I can screen my calls

because I can see who is calling

and David Vitter does not yet have my cell number.

Yet, there was a time when I lived on that phone

I can still remember my home phone number that

I kept throughout my childhood until my Mumsie moved

to Cut Off: 4755371

Yep on this line I did lots of gossiping as a teenager,

spoke to many boys and girls alike for hours at a time.

Phones in our bedrooms were not allowed but

the old green chair near the phone became one of my

favorite places to hang out.

Once I got to high school, being the only child left at home,

I convinced Daddy to get a long cord and I was able

to walk this phone across the room, up the stairs,

to the first room on the left which was my room at the time.

Then when I married the HOBL and moved to Galliano

we had the number 6322798 for the whole marriage

until we moved to Thibodaux.

Oh much happened on this number.

I learned how to parent from others on this number.

Spoke with many other parents on that line.

Spoke many times with HOBL wherever he was working

through those years.

Many arguments and making up happened on that line.

Then there was 447-7471 the last one.

The one we got when we moved to Thibodaux.

When we took a leap of faith in hopes of

saving baby boys life and giving baby girl a new start.

It was one of the best things we have ever done,

a thing that I still don't ever regret.

So a part of my life is done when it comes to landlines.

I have no need for them.

It has been one of the best things we have done lately.

It is so peaceful to come home and not have to hear

the phone ring. To be able to relax without hearing

the screeching ring and hunting for the phone.

For the absence of hearing 5 rings before the

answering machine picks up and no one leaves a message.

For not having to know via phone that

Stage is having a huge sale and I am invited.

I sometimes hate admitting when HOBL is right.

This time, he definitely was on target.

Call or text the cell if you need me.

I do not see a landline in my future.