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I am now the proud owner of an iPhone.  The SIM in my Motorola RAZR 3 died a few weeks back.  Rather than replace my SIM for $6, I decided to buy a $300 iPhone that has 16g of memory and supports 3G.  I've really been enjoying it - listening to a lot of podcasts and watching video podcasts.

Connor has totally given up on Thomas and Friends and now is a huge Transformers fan.  I remember liking Transformers and owning all of the Constructicons.  I really I bought them slowly over a long period of time, probably when I was around 12.  I might have owned one other Transformers - that's about all I could afford.  On the other hand Connor is 5 and has 4 models of just Optimus Prime and a host of other Transformers.  Times have changed ...

Yesterday we had our first soccer game of the new season.  The previous weekend we had a washout.  Our coach was gone, so as assistant coach I had to get the game managed.  We play on two different fields  at this age group as 3 on 3, but one of the other parents helped out with the other field.  We were short handed most of the game but we held our own welll even playing 2 on 3 part of the time.  Connor is still not playing very aggressive and is a little awkward in his running, but I think the lack of aggressiveness comes from not having a sibling to fight over toys with.  The awkward running probably comes straight from me.

Back right before New Year's I splurged on a new living room setup.  I got a 46" TV, a BlueRay player, and a new computer that outputs HD.  I must say I'm a bit dissapointed with the result.  The TV is probably not as big as it needs to be (people - pay better attention to those distance versus TV size charts - they are not just trying to sell you a bigger TV) and as a result the computer is a bit hard to read from most parts of the living room.  Things have also been slow on remodeling the living room to better fit it all in - one of Sarah's brother started that but hasn't finished it.  I think I'm going to have to roll up my sleeves and work on it.

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