I have not yet given up my dumb phone for a smart phone, because I would miss my keyboard with actual keys! I'm a pretty fast texter, thanks to my kids. They never call or want to be called, but keep in touch constantly by text. Sometimes I will be texting back and forth with my husband, when he will call me. Then I remember that sometimes calling IS faster. For my best friends, one is almost completely deaf : texting is a godsend. My other best friend can't talk; can only whisper due to paralyzed vocal chords. Ditto about the godsend. Texting means a lot of people can communicate who were locked away before.

From Once Upon A Wardrobe, spoken by C.S. Lewis ( as written by Patti Callahan): "Every life should be guided by and enriched by one book or another, don't you agree? Certainly, every formative moment in my life has been enriched or informed by a book. You must be very careful about what you choose to read----unless you want to stay stuck in your opinions and hard-boiled thoughts, you must be very careful."

I have my phone set to save "forever"...I have to think it's from the other persons side since it's only their side of the conversation that is gone. I don't feel the need to delete texts or pics but I could see this contact as the type to "delete" texts or photos...and this being from witnessing it. They had a pictures for a craigslist ad they had posted and she was insistant (sp?) that her hubby delete the pics off his phone immediately. ETA: I just googled and at quick glance it says that text conversation is only removed from the persons device who deleted it. Wont be deleted from the other persons device. The only thing I can think of is that between those old conversations and now current conversations, I had deleted this person in my contact list. Not sure if that would have effected that...so weird. Next time I'm near a Sprint store, I may go in and ask...I just can't figure out how that would happen.

IMO no texture on walls or ceilings is the ideal Maybe try to see if what you have can be smooth skim coated to match everywhere .