Thank You FedEx

I admit we get a lot of boxes from Goodyear because Nick works from home. We become very familiar with the FedEx man He probably hates us. He is usually pretty good. Not today. Nick got about 36 boxes today which is a lot for one day. Sometimes he can put them in the garage if it is unlocked, but our garage is currently full with crap. We are moving and I have it full near the door. So the guy leaves the boxes outside the garage in the rain. I wish he could have left one of those "sorry we missed you" tags on the door just this once and came back later.

Here is the melting pile of boxes:

Don't you want to hear about my dog again??

Sarina is feeling so much better. She is super dog now. Two walks a day is not enough. She is a ravenous beast that is eating everything in sight. This morning she spent a lot of time barking at Kate the Unfriendly Parakeet. Kate was squawking back and it made my morning. I am thinking that Sarina can actually hear the birds (especially big mouth Kate).

We are still drugging the dog with small amounts of steroids and I think we are going to have to risk the side effects and just keep her happy because one day without the drugs and her eyes start bleeding and her skin starts to peel off in large, flaky chunks.

Bailey gets her baseball jersey tonight. Definitely something we have been looking forward to since the day she got her football jersey.

Cinco De Mayo

Cinco de Mayo (which is Spanish for May 5th) is not the 4th of July for Mexico. It celebrates the Mexican victory over the French at the battle of Puebla. It gives people a reason to drink Corona on a Wednesday this year. I miss living in the Old South End of Toledo.



Someone re-posted this photo on Facebook today. It is a mural of the I-75 overpass on Broadway. I think it is really cool. Especially the skeleton mariachi and the dancers.

I am quite fond of Mexican Folkloric dancers. Here is a picture of El Corazon De Mexico dancing at the Toledo Zoo on Saturday. My best friend the director said they looked really good. I also miss dancing.

Two Choices

My sister has come to Buffalo for a brief visit. I already have today off of work for a doctor's appointment which turns out to be very convenient. I ask Bailey if she wants to miss 1/2 of school today to hang out with her Auntie NaNa. Okay, we don't really call her that, it is really just Nina.

This morning, Bailey says that leaving school in the middle of the day is too embarrassing, and she has decided to take the entire day off. She then says:

"Mom, you have two choices. You can go to work or you can stay home with me."

Why thank you child! She was so generous giving me the option to go to work while she stays home for several hours watching TV and terrorizing the birds screaming "STEP UP! STEP UP!" To Kate the unfriendly parakeet.

:(

Baileyspilled yogurton thekeyoard and thespacebaris sticky.

Nice Try Kid

Bailey and I are at Target today browsing the aisles of stuff we aren't there to buy. Bailey wants to buy some trading cards and a stuffed toy from the Toy Department. I say "No, don't even think about asking me again. Absolutely not. No No No. Put it back on the shelf. " She stomped her foot and put the items back on the shelf in a huff. That was the end of that.

Next, she wanted to go to the Trading Card Aisle. And I repeat: "No, don't even think about asking me again. Absolutely not. No No No. " She stomps her foot and proceeds to the checkout in a huff.

Now we hear a kid throwing the mother of all tantrums. Bailey was dying to watch, but we could not figure out where the screaming was coming from. It seemed to come at us from all directions. Surreal.

Bailey wants more crap from the check out candy shelf. I say: "No, don't even think about asking me again. Absolutely not. No No No. Put it back on the shelf. "

The tantrum continues and somehow follows us out to the parking lot where we see the stressed out Dad with his devil spawn. I wanted to give that poor Dad a hug, but that would be inappropriate.

I commend Bailey for her relatively good behavior and for not throwing an all-out tantrum and embarrassing me when she repeatedly asks me for everything in the store with the exception of tampons and Preparation H.

Then she asks me for a reward for her exceptional behavior. "No, don't even think about asking me again. Absolutely not. No No No. "

Thank You Nick

Nick is the best husband on the face of the planet because he didn't throw a fit when I said I wanted this table. It isn't the espresso color we have been buying, but I will survive. We picked it up today and it is much nicer than I expected. The ad said it had a leaf, but it has what is called a "butterfly leaf" that folds up and stores underneath the table. I have never seen this before and was very impressed when I saw it.

We also got 6 chairs which is more than we need, but at least our rare dinner guests won't have to dine on metal folding chairs or bar stools. I am very pleased with this table and even though we bought it used off of Craigslist, it is much better quality than what we could afford new. I am such a happy happy girl!

These are the pictures off of Craigslist because it is much easier to re-use their pictures. I think the guy did a fabulous job on the pictures anyway.