Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sunday...
Can we just start the day over? and more car issues- seriously. I'll get to that later. From the time Abby woke up she has been a crying, whining, sassy, MESS. Before church, I said to Rick "is it to early to drink?" We don't drink either... he had the famous reply, "it's noon somewhere." This particular morning a bloody mary or a mimosa sounded pretty good. I think we have a drink once every 4 years so I'm due. I don't know what is wrong with her but it's been a very trying day. I've never had high blood pressure but I'm convinced that today it's off the charts.
The car... and not the Nissan. On the way to church this morning, our minivan got hit on 217 by a flying Luis Palau sign. (hmmm maybe that is a sign in itself) You know those yard signs that are everywhere with the metal frame- that's the one. We were behind this old beater blazer and apparently he had the sign fixated to his front bumper where it dislodged itself and came flying at us. Scratched our hood- we had to pull over and get his info. I'm not sure what to think- or what Rick is thinking. The whole exchange between them seems shady- I am letting my husband figure this one out. Needless to say it was hard concentrate on the sermon at church due to this very BIZARRE incident... but it was a GREAT sermon and I took lots of notes because it certainly pertains to me. Do you ever feel like you are sitting in church and the sermon is about you, for you, directed at you, and you want to slink down or look around because you just KNOW that everyone knows this sermon is for you and you only? That was me today. Gosh I just thought, what if I blabbed all of that and no one else ever has those moments. Open mouth insert foot.
You want to know more about the sign situation don't you? It's strange I tell you. In the back of the blazer there was a ton of stuff- like one of those people who collect trash? or he's living out of it? I wasn't sure if he was intoxicated but Rick says he didn't smell anything. Apparently on his insurance card the only car listed as covered is a Mercedes- so is this old blazer even covered under the policy? The guy doesn't want us to call his insurance because he is trying to get his bus license and doesn't want this incident to affect that. ?????????????????? Things that make you go hmmmm.
I'm scratching my head at this very truly strange day.
Abby has this church friend, Julia. She talks about her constantly and even names her babies Julia. Today we found out that it's Julia's last week in Abby's Sunday school class because she is moving up to the kindergarten class- she turned 5 today. When we picked Abby up after church I asked her if she was sad about Julia and she says "Mom, I gotta turn 4." Also on the way home Abby likes to point out the train tracks that run alongside the freeway. She is still having issues with some of her words- today she says, "There's the shoo-shoo sane tacks" and Rick says, "You mean choo choo train tracks?" She says, "THAT IS WHAT I SAID." Sassy little thing I tell you.
Nick and Ash came over today for a much needed, long awaited visit and by much needed- it was was a great deterrent for Abby- she switched off the crying meltdowns and was somewhat back to normal. Costco and the libray now wait for us to visit. Maybe I can convince my husband we should eat out tonight so I can have a margarita. A very big one.
ps. speaking of dinner I figure I would start posting our menus so all of us blogger readers can start swapping dinner ideas. (and if you don't blog but read ours- we can swap by email).
M- crab cakes, cous cous and asparagus
T- ham and potatoes and some veggie
W- tacos
TH- teryaki meatballs over rice and fruit
F- chili and cornbread
S- ravioli bake
S- chinese chicken salad
The car... and not the Nissan. On the way to church this morning, our minivan got hit on 217 by a flying Luis Palau sign. (hmmm maybe that is a sign in itself) You know those yard signs that are everywhere with the metal frame- that's the one. We were behind this old beater blazer and apparently he had the sign fixated to his front bumper where it dislodged itself and came flying at us. Scratched our hood- we had to pull over and get his info. I'm not sure what to think- or what Rick is thinking. The whole exchange between them seems shady- I am letting my husband figure this one out. Needless to say it was hard concentrate on the sermon at church due to this very BIZARRE incident... but it was a GREAT sermon and I took lots of notes because it certainly pertains to me. Do you ever feel like you are sitting in church and the sermon is about you, for you, directed at you, and you want to slink down or look around because you just KNOW that everyone knows this sermon is for you and you only? That was me today. Gosh I just thought, what if I blabbed all of that and no one else ever has those moments. Open mouth insert foot.
You want to know more about the sign situation don't you? It's strange I tell you. In the back of the blazer there was a ton of stuff- like one of those people who collect trash? or he's living out of it? I wasn't sure if he was intoxicated but Rick says he didn't smell anything. Apparently on his insurance card the only car listed as covered is a Mercedes- so is this old blazer even covered under the policy? The guy doesn't want us to call his insurance because he is trying to get his bus license and doesn't want this incident to affect that. ?????????????????? Things that make you go hmmmm.
I'm scratching my head at this very truly strange day.
Abby has this church friend, Julia. She talks about her constantly and even names her babies Julia. Today we found out that it's Julia's last week in Abby's Sunday school class because she is moving up to the kindergarten class- she turned 5 today. When we picked Abby up after church I asked her if she was sad about Julia and she says "Mom, I gotta turn 4." Also on the way home Abby likes to point out the train tracks that run alongside the freeway. She is still having issues with some of her words- today she says, "There's the shoo-shoo sane tacks" and Rick says, "You mean choo choo train tracks?" She says, "THAT IS WHAT I SAID." Sassy little thing I tell you.
Nick and Ash came over today for a much needed, long awaited visit and by much needed- it was was a great deterrent for Abby- she switched off the crying meltdowns and was somewhat back to normal. Costco and the libray now wait for us to visit. Maybe I can convince my husband we should eat out tonight so I can have a margarita. A very big one.
ps. speaking of dinner I figure I would start posting our menus so all of us blogger readers can start swapping dinner ideas. (and if you don't blog but read ours- we can swap by email).
M- crab cakes, cous cous and asparagus
T- ham and potatoes and some veggie
W- tacos
TH- teryaki meatballs over rice and fruit
F- chili and cornbread
S- ravioli bake
S- chinese chicken salad
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Bless My Mom
My mom called late this afternoon asking if I wanted to meet her at Target- well what woman wouldn't want to go there? Bless her heart- she spent a fortune on us. Thanks mom for all that you do for us... we love you.
Here is a picture of Abby in her new princess jammies with her new dog purse.
Here is a picture of Abby in her new princess jammies with her new dog purse.
Ouch!!!
The check engine light came on in our car. It's a 99 Maxima... it's paid off. Rick drives it to work and I drive it to work on the days he is home with the kids. The estimate we got today. $2,200.
NO JOKE. Ouch. We have a friend who works on cars so he might be helping us out and getting our business but the car probably isn't even worth $5K. Do we keep it? Do we figure out how to purchase something else? I jokingly said, "is this your plan on getting your motorcycle?"
Then the estimates on our backyard- we had the trees cut down- we want to redo the entire thing. Rick wants to do most of it by himself to save money. Well, we've had some bids this week for doing some work to help him out- rock wall, leveling, and sod. The first one- four grand, the second one six grand. DOUBLE OUCH considering when we moved in four years ago we had the ENTIRE yard landscaped for six grand. What is going on people??? So if you know of a good landscaper who doesn't charge an arm and a leg and half your torso pass on the info. Well maybe not. Now that I think about it we'll probably be getting the car fixed instead of the yard.
In the meantime, here's a photo. The top part closest to the house we want do a flagstone patio. The bottom part we want to make level and all grass for the kids play-swingset. It looks level in the photo but it's not.
NO JOKE. Ouch. We have a friend who works on cars so he might be helping us out and getting our business but the car probably isn't even worth $5K. Do we keep it? Do we figure out how to purchase something else? I jokingly said, "is this your plan on getting your motorcycle?"
Then the estimates on our backyard- we had the trees cut down- we want to redo the entire thing. Rick wants to do most of it by himself to save money. Well, we've had some bids this week for doing some work to help him out- rock wall, leveling, and sod. The first one- four grand, the second one six grand. DOUBLE OUCH considering when we moved in four years ago we had the ENTIRE yard landscaped for six grand. What is going on people??? So if you know of a good landscaper who doesn't charge an arm and a leg and half your torso pass on the info. Well maybe not. Now that I think about it we'll probably be getting the car fixed instead of the yard.
In the meantime, here's a photo. The top part closest to the house we want do a flagstone patio. The bottom part we want to make level and all grass for the kids play-swingset. It looks level in the photo but it's not.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Down in the Dumps Sunday
Today my husband robbed me of seeing Abby ride her scooter for the FIRST time.
AND... both kids' VERY FIRST visit to the ice cream man's truck.
AND... both kids' VERY FIRST visit to the ice cream man's truck.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Beach Trip
The low down on our trip... not the greatest but a good adventure. It was cold, rainy- even had hail on the day we drove down. Aidan cried pretty much the whole way there and most of the day until he let loose two poops then he was a happy boy. He was up most of the night- not sure if it's the 3 eye teeth he is teething, his mini cold, or different surroundings. I learned that my daughter talks in her sleep more than I thought she did and she grinds her teeth. We were excited to get Aidan in the pool until we saw a sign that bascially said kids still in diapers cannot be in the pool. BUMMER. Abby went in for a bit- she can't get her ears wet until she sees ENT next week.
When we were at the outlet mall she was holding my hand and walking a bit in front of me and said something like "Dad, I'm walking the dog." Now, how would you take that????
It was nice today and the kids got to do what we came there for- play in the sand!
When we were at the outlet mall she was holding my hand and walking a bit in front of me and said something like "Dad, I'm walking the dog." Now, how would you take that????
It was nice today and the kids got to do what we came there for- play in the sand!
First time flying a kite. Lasted not even a minute. She said, "Dad I'm all done"
He was dumping his crackers in and then tried to eat them. GROSS
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