When in doubt, ask the web. That's what I always say. Okay, not true but let's just pretend I always say that.

Oldest wants a cell phone.

Oldest is 11.

This seems like a ridiculously young age for any type of electronic equipment that can be easily ruined.

However, she has some valid arguments, which include:

At a birthday party, she was the only one who didn't have a phone and she called me to leave early because she felt so out of place. Everyone was texting each other while they were in the room together.

She could call me from extra circular activities when it was time for her to get picked up.

Her dad would always know what school to pick her up from. (This is an entirely different blog posting).

She could text me about stupid things like all of my friends.

If I should cave under the peer pressure, the phone would not be purchased until Christmas or her 12th birthday, which is in February.

However, I'm wondering should I go with one of those prepaid jobs or should I put her on my plan.

Parents of tweens....what do you do? How do you handle the need for a phone at such a young age? Do your kids pay for their own phone? Do you do the prepay phone or the plan. I'm thinking the prepaid one would be less of a hassle if she lost it.

Your thoughts??

How did you do with your "What I'd like to accomplish list". I have to say I was able to kick my list right out to the curb.

• Make at least 10 more scrapbook pages. I made more than 10! I made 17! The best part about this...my house doesn't look like a crack house because I spent all weekend scrapbooking. It still actually looks pretty good around here. Do I want those British ladies from "How clean is your house" to come knocking and to check the status of my loo with a blacklight...um no. Do you? Below is one of those pages...I can't get it to rotate for some unknown cyberspace reason. It is from a Halloween parade my daughter was in. She is in the center pic dressed like a cat.

• Upgrade my phone. I got my little keyboard! Finally, after months of procrastinating I got a Pantech Matrix I love this little thing! Mine is the red one and I can't stop playing with it! Here is a picture I took with my phone of Copper after a long day at the dog park. Does he look tired?
  Take the kids to the park. The weather was nicer on Saturday than it was on Sunday, but me and two of the kids ended up at the park on Sunday. Oldest wasn't feeling well and she stayed home with daddy. Here are some pics of middle daughter and her friend riding around. I also took these with my phone.

Watch one of my NETFLIX movies and post a review. I watched both movies that we had. I try to get one adult/one family movie each time. This weekend we had 10 Things I hate about you, which is about 10 years old, but Heath Ledger is so yummy in this movie who cares how old it is. We also had Three Pigs and a Baby, which was sort of a warped cartoon version of Three men and a baby. Funny. The kids seemed to like it.

Pay the handful of bills I have on the counter. Paypal Hacker can bite me. My money has been restored, he was unsuccessful. I cancelled one of my credit cards and closed my entire paypal account. Not sure if, or when, I may decide to reopen it. My bills have been taken care of...at least for now.