Apparently, when I was fooling around with my phone on New Year's Eve, sending text messages to the kids and playing games, I somehow put my phone on "Airplane Mode" which stops it from transmitting.
So when I finally was able to figure out how to take it off of Airplane Mode, all of the "Happy New Year" messages I sent 3 days ago just went out.
This is the message I got back from YD today after she received my "Happy New Year" 3 days late:
"Holy crap who let u into the alcohol? Kidding!"
I guess she thought I was still celebrating.
I have read the touch phone manual from cover to cover, but I understand they give some kind of lesson at the Sprint store. Sign me up!