So Close Yet So Far

Today I went around to almost all of the pawn shops to drop off a picture and description of my ring. At the very last one I stopped at the lady looked at me and said, "We had one just like this come in yesterday. We told the guy the ring size (5) was too small and that it looked like 10 kt gold. Those two things mixed together probably won't get the price that you want." A price was never discussed and the guy left. They didn't get his name either. I was soooooo bummed. Hopefully he will try another place and I will get a phone call. Now that I am pretty sure that it is out there and that someone is trying to cash in on it, I am fairly confident that it will soon be in it's rightful place on my finger.

The Forgotten Post

I realized today that I forgot to post about Brennden's "uplifting" experience Sunday. On the way out the door to go to church Brennden pulled what I like to call a Sydney. (Sorry if I spelled it wrong.) I'm sure Keri knows what I'm talking about and is probably laughing right about now. for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, let me expound on it a little. Every time I open the garage, Brennden likes to run up to it and help lift it up. Sunday was different. Instead of lifting it up, it lifted him up. I can laugh about it now, but at the time I about had a heart attack. Needless to say, Brennden has not run to help the door since. I'm sure he will soon go back to doing so though.

Cheap Date

Well actually it wasn't. We decided to stay home and watch a movie. Well little did we know that it would be a four digit number at the end of the night. First I decided to scare Charity and when I did a sequence of events occurred and my laptop fell and shattered the screen. Before we could recover from that Angie discovered her ring was missing. We thought we saw it after she came home from work but aren't to sure. We called everywhere she went Yesterday and the day before to no avail, we tore the house apart, turned it upside down and shook it around yet nothing fell out. We called the ring company and they no longer make that ring so I would have to have them custom make it for an additional $675. Angie told me she doesnt want a new ring because it doesnt have any memories, so I guess ill just have to turn on my metal detector and search the whole county until I find it. Aarg isnt this just wonderful?


UPDATE: 9:04 pm,
Angie talked to a neighbor today and found out that they had a laptop that had the insides fried and they offered it to us, after much tinkering and modifying the pre-owned monitor works like a charm, the funny part is they both came out of a Dell, but they werent even the same model or manufactured by the same company. The broken monitor was a Samsung and the pre-owned monitor is a Hitachi.

The Dentist

Today was Brennden's first trip to the dentist. He did a great job! No xray because he is too short. We normally don't hear that about him. They brushed and flossed his teeth without incident. He actually said that the flossing tickled. But when it came time to scrape the stains off of his teeth, the world ended. Well, it did for Brennden anyway. He held still the whole time, but tears started to fall. :( I had promised him that if he held still and was good that I would buy him ice cream, and he remembered. First thing he asked for when we got to the car was "Ice cream?"

The actually dentist's office did not run so smoothly though. For some reason they couldn't find our dental plan with our insurance company so it took 1 hour before we were seen! And that was with an appointment. I couldn't believe it. It was the insurance companies fault though so.... Just another 6 months and he gets to go again. Guess it's time for me to go soon since I'm the only one left that hasn't gone recently.

Pampered Chef

I am hosting a Pampered Chef party at my house next Thursday (the 12th). If any of you would like to look at their website and perhaps purchase anything please feel free to do so. All that I ask is that you enter my name as the host so that I will be able to get credit for it. Because, lets face it, everybody likes to get credit. You can order from the 12th through the 15th. If you don't order anything, at least you can find cool little kitchen things that you hope someday to acquire and save up for them. The website is http://www.pamperedchef.biz/toadskitchen

Car Seats

As I was getting my kids into their car seats the other day I just had to smile and laugh. When Brennden was 7 months old I had to put him in a front facing car seat because he was too tall. I know you're supposed to wait until they are one, but his feet already touched the back seat and I thought, "If I were to get in an accident both of his legs would get broken." His legs were so squished I don't know how he could have been comfortable. He is still in that same seat today. Charity, on the other hand, is tiny. Her feet don't even reach the end of her car seat yet. (Which is Brennden's old car seat.) Good thing though, cuz I'm hoping to keep her rear facing until Brennden gets a booster seat. That way we don't have to either: buy a new car seat, or change the car seats from car to truck whenever we go somewhere that we need the truck.

Good Friends

I was thinking it was awfully quiet, so I grabbed the camera expecting to find trouble with a mess, and I got this delightful surprise. Needless to say the banana ended up in the trash. Who knows how many times it was on the floor. And it was completely smashed.

Since Charity spends so much time under the table Brennden decided to join her. It's nice to see them getting along so well and playing together. I can only hope it will last through their teenage years. My mom always tells me, "This is the calm before the storm."