iPhone Update

So as I posted here I lost my phone and I thought everything on it.  Well I was wrong!

I didn't lose everything, just somethings. My phone was backed up on my computer, not using iCloud, from the last time I hooked it up to the computer.  All great and fabulous except that was back in April.  But instead of losing over 1,000 pictures I lost around 100 the sad part is that 99% of those lost pictures were of Jackson.  I have now started taking more pictures with our actual camera instead of just with my phone!!

So new moral of the story....find SOME way to back up your phone so you don't have a minor freak out like I did and you don't loose any awesome pictures!!

Side Note: this whole situation happening on the 4th of July is pretty much the only reason I haven't blogged about my FAVORITE holiday....it kind of brings the day down.

what was I thinking!!!!!

Yes I am well aware that I only blogged twice in June....blogging has been neglected big time since the little man has arrived.  I am still working on fitting it into a daily/weekly/monthly routine....so bare with me a little bit longer!

Anyways, to the point of this entry.

Wednesday happened to be the 4th of July, which is my FAVORITE holiday not counting my birthday.  Well it is now also a little bit of a sad day.  That night my iPhone was accidentally dropped down a street drain.  I think the worst part was that when we shined a light down we could see it sitting there, staring back at us from a 10 ft hole.  Now most people might be surprised by this but I really didn't get too upset about it.  I mean I have had the phone for almost 2 years and have gotten my monies worth out of it and was planning to upgrade this fall anyways to the iPhone 5.  The part that I am the most angry about is that I lost over 1,000 photos that I had taken.  There were tons of pictures of the baby and of trips and things the man and I did.

So the moral of the story is do one of two options: 1.) use the iPhone cloud....it automatically backs up ALL of your photos to your computer or iPad do not ask why I didn't use this...super frustrating! or 2.) get a Google+ account which I have and it will upload all of your photos to its cloud server so you can then get them from the internet.  The tricky part with Google+ is that it only uploads the ones that are taken since you used the app, so no past photos and it only uploads them when you open the app so you have to remember to at least open it once a week to get all the photos from that week saved.

Google+ did have a few of my pictures saved the middle of May through the end of June but other than that I pretty much lost all my pictures.  Granted a lot of them were taken using Instagram so I can go on there and see them or create a photo book with one of the serves that allows you to upload directly from Instagram but that is about it.

I also never realized how dependent I was on my phone.  I couldn't even pick up groceries because I have an app that I use to make a grocery list and I had NO idea as to what was on the list or what we needed at the house off the top of my head! Hopefully I can get a cheap phone to get me through till this fall when the iPhone 5 comes out and then I will be getting that and for sure using the cloud service!!!

HUGE downfall

This time of year makes me really happy for a couple reasons: 1.) love the fall weather 2.) getting closer to hunting season & the holidays 3.) football begins

Now living in WI is the reason I fell in love with all of those things and living in CA is making it really difficult to enjoy all of those things!!

 Average high temp where we live is in the 100's with a low in the upper 60's...this does not equal the hoodie weather that I enjoy once 4th of July is over with.  


Now hunting season and the holidays are not even close to the same experience they were just a couple years ago.  No large family get togethers with 10 different Christmas' and 3 different Thanksgiving dinners....just 1 of each and usually with only one or two other people. 


Football season is the reason I wrote this blog entry.  I LOVE to watch Packer & Badger games and now I am stuck watching 3 California teams that I could really care less about.  Which forces me to watch the games online, not exactly the same experience. 

4th of July in Wisconsin

Just in case there is someone out there that did not realize this but 4th of July is my FAVORITE holiday well except for my birthday 


This would be the first year the Man would come with me for all of the festivities.  I was also extremely lucky to have a few of my good friends join us up in Phillips for the weekend.  I hope they had as much fun as I did!!

Here are a few pictures from the first half of the weekend up in Phillips

Above: Me and Megan walking by the dam 

Above: View of the lake from the dam....I love this picture!! 

Above: Me enjoying a cocktail while on a peaceful pontoon ride 

Above: Latest family picture...Nicki couldn't make it home this year so we made a cardboard version

After 3 days there we moved to the Eau Plaine to celebrate the holiday with more family.....and boy was I impressed with the fireworks!!  I wish I could have taken a good picture of them but it just didn't happen, sorry!

Here are a few pictures from the Eau Plaine

Above: The Cabin 

Above: Boat ride with Meghan & Kelly 

Above: While on our boat ride we came across this bridge and fisherman 

Above: View of the lake from the cabin.....AMAZING!! 

Above: View from the boat waiting for the fireworks to start