Cell phone reception in the Central Texas house is iffy at best.  We’re about a block outside the range of really good ATT Edge service (to get 3G, we have to be closer to Temple).  Inside the house, the house structure tends to make reception spotty.  Since we get free cell to cell coverage, hubby and I usually converse with the cell phones when he’s in SA and I’m here (or vice versa).  But, too often, the call drops or we can’t hear one another.

I have a Bluetooth wireless earpiece.  I rarely use it unless I’m driving.  This week, something clicked.  There are a few places in the house with good bars.  Why don’t I leave the phone in one of those places and activate the earpiece and wear it?

Works like a charm.  Hubby called several times this week while I was employing this technique, and not once did we go through the, “Hello?  Hello?  Can you hear me?  Are you there?” routine.  We actually had pleasant conversations not overshadowed by, “Would you repeat that?  What?  What?  I’m sorry, I can’t hear you again.”  I won’t go so far as to say this saved our marriage (we’ve decided we’re stuck with each other no matter what — oh, that’s what the marriage vows said?  Well, there you have it.), but it made for a much more pleasant conversation.