An app for everything... almost.

Almost everyone I know has a device that supports apps.  Every business and institution is jumping on board by creating applications ("apps") that make our lives easier.  I can check into a flight, pay a bill, turn on the lights in my house, and shop from anywhere at anytime.

I don't have a ton of apps, mainly because I only download the free ones, but there are some that I could not live without.  Go ahead, make fun of me, but I need my facebook app.  We don't have a tv in our bedroom, so the late night/early morning feedings would be extremely hard to get through without the company of my facebook friends.  I can catch up on what my friends are doing and look at pictures without disturbing my sleeping hubby.

The other apps I could not manage without? My banking app, Restaurant Nutrition Guide, and Talking Tom Cat (Hannah's favorite).

This morning I was getting Mae Michael dressed for school and she felt a little warm.  I keep her thermometer in a makeup bag with the Tylenol, Mylicon, nasal bulb, Tide pen, you get the drift.  And, that makeup bag lives in the diaper bag, which, most of the time, stays in the car (I have way too much to get into the house when I get home, and if I take it out I'm likely to forget to put it back in the car when we leave again).  So I was thinking how nice it would be to have an app that would take your temperature.  You could just touch the screen and it would tell you if you were sick or fever free.  Someone please develop that for me.

Some other apps that I wish existed?  An "I'll wait on hold for twenty minutes with the gas/power/cable/you name it company and let you know when they pick up" app.  This would add years to my life, seriously.

A "take a quick picture of someone and it will tell you their name, and how you know them" app.  I used to be so good at this.  But now I'm terrible.  I cannot remember anyone's name.  And, it is seriously embarrassing.  I apologize ahead of time if you approach me and I have a deer in the headlights look on my face, but until someone develops this one sorry, I haven't the slightest clue who you are.  Blame it on the lack of sleep.

A "find the nearest clean (to my standards) public restroom" app.  This one would be especially helpful on road trips or when traveling!  Now that I have a potty trained toddler it is not as easy to go run errands anymore.  When she has to go, she has to go.  She can't just hold it until we get home.  Unfortunately, I've had to subject her to some pretty unsightly restrooms.

A "here's what you should wear today" app.  I know I'm not the only one who spends almost as much time picking out my outfit as doing all the other things in my morning routine.  Remember the thing that Cher from "Clueless" had that matched up her outfits for her?  This is what I'm talking about.  It could be kind of like Urban Spoon... just shake and it will match a top, bottom and shoes for you.  Then you could touch the screen for accessory suggestions.  I think I'm on to something with this one.

An "alert you when they are about to call you back at the doctor's office" app.  Similar to the telephone hold app, this one would let you know that they are going to stop wasting your time call you back soon.  You could set it to 10, 5 or 2 minute warning.  That way you could just show up right before instead of at your actual appointment time (which for my doc is usually an hour or so before I get called back to waiting room #2 where I have to wait for another 20 minutes).  Again, YEARS added to my life.

And last, but not least, an "anonymously tell your friends/family what you are really thinking" app.  Ok, this one is going to make me sound mean, but I know everyone else feels the same way, so it's ok.  This app would let you tell anyone anything and it would be 100% anonymous with absolutely no way of it ever getting tracked back to you.  Think your best friend's haircut is not flattering?  Hate your wife's cooking?  Just shoot them an email with this app and it will politely (or rudely if you so choose) tell them for you.  And, you don't have to be the bad guy!

I'm sure I could think of more ways that my iphone could solve my problems, but until it can do laundry, change a diaper, or feed the baby I'd be happy with any of the above suggestions.