Allison and I started dieting the South Beach way, and have each been losing weight in a steady fashion. Along those lines, I've been using my new phone to keep track of the miles I have been walking or riding on my bike. Nokia Sports Tracker is my weapon of choice. I can use downloaded maps from Ovi Maps, or grab them from an active internet connection and see where I've been. After the workout, I can check my stats and compare them to other workouts on the phone, or upload them to the website and do the same thing. You have a number of privacy options for the workouts you upload, so you can share with your friends, or everybody, or nobody. The other nice thing it does after uploading your trip is it offers to scan your phone for any pictures or video you may have taken during that time. It then places those pictures on the map of your route, similar to geo-tagging. I love this phone.We sold my car, Ellie, which had served us for many years. While it made me sad to see her go, the money we are saving on insurance has gone to adding Internet service to our phones, which is kinda nice. Since we already have unlimited family messaging, and neither one of us has a "smart phone" it only costs us an extra $10 per phone, per month. I've been taking advantage of the weather and biking to and from the vanpool most days. Good times!
We took a trip to Ohio to see Allison's friends and family for the part of July. We had LOTS of fun, and of course it was with faces full of tears that we left to come back home. We flew out of Portland, so we spent a little bit of time with my family before and after the trip. We did lots of hiking and exploring and generally had a great time.
I have graduated to keeping the books for the Vanpool. I actually have a legitimate use for Remember The Milk besides just for my own personal purposes. I set up monthly reminders for processing the vanpool log, collecting fees from the riders, and sending the reports to Intercity Transit. I can access the reminders and check them off from anywhere.I think you are up to date for now. I'll be writing more about my experience with my phone later.
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