When I was first moving in, the next door neighbor came over as I was unpacking and Sadie was at her Mimi's with a totally humiliated look on his face and asked if there was any way I could give his car a boost. I didn't mind. Everyone has dealt with a dead battery before. He seemed nice. He was younger than I am, but has a little boy the same age as Sadie. The most notable thing about this kid was his car. It is obscenely loud. And for all intents and purposes, it is a piece of junk. I feel a little bad for the guy that he has obviously spent time and money making his car sound the way it does when the bumpers don't match the rest of the car and it has more primer and bondo spots than actual paint. The car never really bothered me because although it was noticeably noisy, it was never in a disturbing or annoying kind of way. It was more of a "Oh, the neighbor is home." Well, lately it has become a nightmare. First off, the car is even louder than usual, and the car's owner has taken to starting it up, sitting there revving the engine up and down anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes before he finally pulls out of his driveway, screeching tires and flooring the accelerator. Well, today this joker decides to do this right after Sadie had fallen asleep for her nap. SHe had been asleep just long enough to be wound up again and it messed up our day's schedule pretty good. I feel like I should say something, but I don't really know how to approach the situation. It will be especially frustrating when I not only have Sadie but the new baby as well. Is it un-neighborly to tell him that I have a .45 and a shovel and I doubt anyone would miss his dumb ass... Nevermind, that is just me being pregnant.
On to better things. Other than the loud car incident our day was going well. When I realized that Sadie would not be going back down to complete her nap, I decided to take a quick trip to the store because we were running low on milk. When I got to our local truck stop (closest place), they had Chicken and Dumplings as their lunch special. That put a big grin on my face because it was SOOOO yummy! We stopped by the Garden Center and did the deposit for the day and took it by the bank. My mom also told me to stop by her house while I was out because she wanted to give me some baskets that would go well on the changing table in the nursery. I stopped by to pick them up, and while I was at her house, UPS came and delivered the overnight bags mom had ordered for the girls, so I was able to get those as well.
We came home and I immediately put the new baskets on the changing table, and they look fantastic! I will post a pic or two tomorrow when I get new batteries for my camera. It just really ties the room together in a way that I kept picturing in my head but could not accomplish on my own. This left me with 5 fabric bins I had bought for it several weeks ago that I would not need. I tried to think of anyone I knew that could use them, but I accidentally found the target bag with the packaging and tags for them. I have to go to Target tomorrow anyway to return a baby item that is a duplicate, so I am going to take the bins back as well. This was kind of exciting because I have not had very much "walking around money" this week because I am not working due to my mother-in-law having surgery (she usually babysits my daughter). Granted, it won't be a ton of money, and I will most likely have to spend it at Target, but I have some household things I need (cleaning supplies, light bulbs, batteries) and that will be that much less I have to spend at the weekly trip to the grocery store.
All of this has made for a busy day tomorrow. I wanted to plan several things in Cleveland for one day so I wouldn't be wasting gas going back and forth. So, we are going to Wendy's house to hopefully get some spring/Easter pics of Sadie if she is willing to cooperate, going by Annabelle Ink to see if the girls' new bags can be monogrammed, and to target to make our exchanges. Thursday should be a relaxing day at home. Friday is my weekly pregnant lady Dr. appointment, and Saturday we are supposed to go to Coolidge Park with my in-laws for Easter. I hope I can make it through without going into labor.
Finally, speaking of labor, I am scheduled to be induced on the 20th of April. As much as I would prefer to let things just happen on their own, I am working in a limited time frame of when my husband will be home on leave, so I can handle it this way.
Wow!! You have a lot to do today. I'll make sure to have the lighting setup so when you get here we can do the shoot quickly.
ReplyDeleteI am wanting to go to K-Mart and possibly Annabelle Ink afterwards as well, so we'll work as quickly as Sadie will allow us! :)