Little Voice in Your Head

We all have that little voice in our head, and I don't mean that schizophrenic person voice, but rather voice of our subconscious.  Do this, or don't do this.  But what if that voice is really God trying to talk to us.  Whether you believe or not, you have to admit that you sometimes hear that voice.  It is trying to tell you something, however trying to determine if it is telling you something or someone telling you something makes me stop and say "what?"  For example, if I can't see my oldest child and we are in a parking lot, there is a voice that says "Where is she?  Where are moving cars?" 

But what about that voice that says "Eat that chocolate, buy that candy bar."  I can't imagine THAT voice would be words from God.  I can't imagine that he cares whether my waistline is expanding.  Actually he would probably want me to say no to that candy bar.  So maybe it is the voice of the devil that I hear.  That makes me think of that old Tom and Jerry cartoon where the devil is on one shoulder and an angel is on the other.  Mmmm, just something that I thought about today as I was driving to a crowded parking lot where my oldest child went out of my sight and I heard that little voice............

Renew or New?

That is really the question.  My family is trying to save for a house.  The market is ripe for the picking to purchase a house, but don't consider it without at least a 5-10% down payment.  Insert gasp here, because we are one income household.  Not that I would trade being able to stay at home with my children for anything.  Although stretching a dollar has become more of a competetive sport for me these days.  Here is where the renew or new part comes in. 

I am a loyal AT&T customer and have been very happy with their service.  I currently own an iPhone 3 which my husband owned prior to me and it is really on its last leg.  The port that you plug in a headphone device works only intermitendely.  The phone itself has to be shut down manually every other day because it just can't seem to handle all of the apps that I would like to have on it.  I have had to take off 80% of my apps because of low memory space.  So I would really like to have another and my renewal date is coming up.  Since the delay of the new iPhone 5 has been put off until the falll, I can purchase the iPhone 4, for around $150.  Or might even be able to purchase an iPhone 3gs for $50.  Then you include in the data, which I have the smaller plan for $15 and then text messaging which I now pay $10 a month for that.  Just to recap, I am paying $30 with data and texting, and since I am on my husband's plan my minutes share with his are only an extra $10 a month.  So we are up to $40 a month for just me, in addition to the cost of purchasing a new phone. 

My dillema is, should I get another phone, or iPhone for that matter if I am trying to save for a house?  I cringe everytime our cell bill comes in because my husband also has an iPhone and a data plan.  There has got to be a better way.  I rarely ever even use my cell phone minutes.  I use my texting A LOT and I use my data basically, when I am at home and then can use my wireless.  So maybe I should just save my money and get a regular phone with texting from another company.   If I am missing my Words with Friends, or Hanging with Friends, I could always get an iPod.  Mmmm, decisions, decisions.

Ultimately, aren't we starting to use our phones for more than just making a phone call?  I use my phone to tell me where the cheapest gas prices are, check prices online, check mail, play games, play games, play games.  Hey - I think I am using my phone mostly to play game!  WHAT?!?

Any comments?