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Apple is offering a $100 instore credit for early adopters of the iPhone.

An iPhone owner in my life offered to donate his credit if I could get 2 others to do the same!

I have sent the following FAQs out to a couple other iPhone owners in my life.

Stay Tuned.

FAQ’s
Q – WHY DO YOU NEED AN IPHONE?
I have worked on coming up with a number of work related reasons. A found a few decent ones including my ability to support other co-workers who consistently ask me to help them set up their new gadgets like the iPhone. I am also in a role to keep an eye on emerging technologies, and the ability to have access to cutting edge technology like this can help me be effective in that role.
However, none of those have been able to justify my expense report and, to date, the college has yet to officially support the iPhone. Push come to shove… I don’t need one. I just want one.
Q – SHOULDN’T I USE THE iPHONE CREDIT ON MYSELF?
A – Yeah, probably. But have you LOOKED at the Apple Store? With $100, you can buy 2/3s of the new iPod Nano, or 3 BlueTooth Headsets. You could pick up 5 car chargers. But there isn’t really much in the $100 range. You will likely have credit left over, or have to shell out a bit of cash. Why not be part of something greater and combine your credit with the credit of others to help… well.. um… Me!
Q – SHOULDN’T I DONATE MY $100 TO A CHILD IN NEED?
A – Yeah, but a needy child can’t do much with in-store credit. Apple has yet to open a store in Burkina Faso.
Q – IS MY DONATION TAX DEDUCTABLE?
A – No. Not really. I mean… I can make out a receipt in Microsoft Excel if you want… and you are free to try and claim it if you want… but it really isn’t tax deductable.
Q – PRICES HAVE COME DOWN, WHY DON’T YOU JUST GO BUY ONE YOURSELF?
A – I could probably do that. But I will still need to shell out nearly $200 to cancel my Verizon account.
PLUS, if this is successful, it would make for a MUCH better story!
Q – WILL MY EMPLOYER MATCH MY GIFT?
A – I doubt it, but you can sure ask!
Q – HOW DO I KNOW YOU WON’T JUST SPEND THE DONATION ON CANDY?
A – You can be confident that your funds…um… Oh yeah, You’ve got a good point…
Q – OK, SO HOW DO I GET INVOLVED?
A – I’m not sure yet. Details on the rebate are due out in the next couple of weeks.
 

Today’s picture looks back to July 4th.

Our 7 year old took the helm of the pontoon on the lake.

She did a great job and had great concentration!

A bit of trivia however… The life jacket she is wearing is the same one I took on a Boy Scout canoe trip when I was in 7th grade…

The girls and I got up early to head downtown and watch runner #2204 cross the finish line in the Lumberjack Days 5K
Yea Mommy!

I should have know today would be a big day.

It is anniversary #11, so both “the Pretty One” and I took the day off.

The day began with things 1 & 2 waking us up with a theological argument.

Our 7 year old came into the room claiming that “All we need is Jesus!”.

The 5 year old, however, took exception (the argument, apparently, had been a bit heated out of our presence)

“No.. all we need is Jesus… and food!”

I have to admit she had a point, but is probably a bit tough to grasp the eternal when you are only 5. I am quite thrilled, however, that my children are thinking through those types of questions.

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Later that day…
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The pretty one and “Thing 1” just came back from grocery shopping. “Thing 2” was in the back yard playing with the 8th grader from next door. They all pitched in and helped us bring the groceries in. “Thing 1” was on her last bag when she tripped just outside the back door and nailed her arm on an old steel wash bin we use as a garden piece. It wasn’t sharp at all, but the injury was the worst I have ever seen and required 15 stitches (I won’t get in to the gory details, but you can call me if you want to know any more).
After 2 hours in the ER we got home and she immediately ran out to ride her bike. We realized pretty quickly that it was still OK for us to go out to celebrate the last 11 years.

We went downtown and tried a great Italian place (Pazzaluna… highly recommended). We then went to the Science Museum to see the Pompeii exhibit, but the last group had just entered 5 minutes ahead of us.

We slowly made our way back to the car and back home. It was nice to spend a little time with my wife… especially after the excitement of the afternoon.

Oh… and to fill my picture requirement, here is “Thing 1” with her new bandage and new teddy bear that they gave her
in the ER (probably the most expensive teddy bear she ever got).

She named him “Stitch”

To be fair to my 7 year old, after yesterday’s post… here is one she took of the 5 year old (You can see they were working on a theme here…)

It doesn’t completely capture my rugged good looks… but here I am through the Simpsons lens.

and my wife…

www.simpsonizeme.com

I am in Willmar for the Sonshine Festival. We will be doing some live broadcasting Thursday and Friday, and some fun stage appearances with the t-shirt cannon.

We did, however, have to stop on Darwin, MN on our way to see the World’s Largest Ball of Twine (Created by one man)