Actually, here. I've been here just doing and doing. Since my last post we did get the van - It's the auto version of The Money Pit. The guy we bought it from had told us that a few things needed to be fixed, so we had those planned. But then, we go to the garage so they can give us the MOT and repair the few things and they gave us a little call saying that there is an ABS light that won't go off in the brake system. Big money fix apparently. To make a long story short- we took it to a few places who couldn't diagnose it because the wire wasn't connected. Whether it was on purpose or not is still out but.... the place who finally diagnosed it was the very same place that the previous owner (here on out called Mr. Asswipe) had taken it to be diagnosed for the same thing. And Mr. Asswipe was told that he wouldn't be able to get MOT with it like that and that it was a high dollar fix. Nice huh? They knew the van the minute it rolled on in .... So far our list...
My car - the Carina - is done for.
Seriously, I adore this piece of EU history.
So, Jess was here, she spent our birthdays and Mother's Day here. It was fabulous.
I parked downtown the other day to go to work, I do drive in sometimes and take the bus in on other days. It all depends on what I plan on doing after work. You have to pay to park down there, of course - so I put my money in the paystation, pulled out my ticket and affixed it to the window, like I do all the time.
You have to peel the back off, then turn it around and it sticks on the window. Right? Right.
I was in a hurry, so I put the sticker on my window, shut the door and walked to work. All is fine and dandy in my world until I come back to the car after I'm done. I notice the bright yellow sticker thing on my window and think...WTF? I paid for 3 hours of parking and I was only there for 2... Then I wonder, well, is my tire flat or something else? Nope. The yellow thing turns out to be a little plastic pouch, so I open it..and inside is this little beauty.
I go around to the drivers side where I stuck the sticker and BOOM...it's not there. I open the door, and it had fallen off the window and was on the door handle.... so, I see the parking cop up the street, I take the ticket and the sticker up there and tell him, hey, see, it just fell off on the door handle. Then I get the big speech about how the law is that it has to be properly displayed... and since he walked by, checked all my windows and dash and didn't see it- he ticketed me. I told him it fell off! I was in my work, I didn't even know it fell off.- he was not impressed...and frankly in a nice cop way told me to fight the ticket if I thought I should but the law clearly states..blah blah.
So, I see it's £50.... but wow, they are SO nice, they will drop it to £25 if I pay it within 2 weeks.
Damn it. I paid it.
If I see my face on the post office posters, I'm gonna be pissed!
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We feed Charlie the BARF diet - no bagged stinky chemical dog food for our angel.
So, since we spoil the dog to hell and back - today Chris thought for dinner he deserved a little treat.
Yup, some chuck roast thing-a-ma-bob.
And he LOVED it.
Now he's a full on wild dog..right? Vicious... drooling...guard dog...a true maneater.
Julie made the decision a year ago to convert to Catholicism, since Ash and the kids are Catholic - she's always been involved with the church but now she's a full fledged Catholic bad girl! Last night was the Easter mass and at that time they confirmed Julie and 2 others - and yes, everyone, I was there. So shut up. :)
I took one for the team because Julie wanted me there and it was actually very nice to see her finally come to the end of a years worth of hard work and studying.
It was the Easter vigil so it was long as can be.... and by candlelight - part of it anyway.
At the confirmation - you stand there, the Priest calls out your name, then asks you a bunch of questions which you say yes to...then he puts his hands on you, put oil on your head and then you say a little prayer and that's that.
At the end of mass, the Priest called the 3 new Caths up and said a few words, gave them a letter from the Bishop and then Jack sang - and Julie barely kept it together! It was gorgeous and Jules was blubbering in the background. You could just see how proud she was of him - it was so nice to see.
While I was there, Chris, Mook and Kenna colored eggs. I'm really glad that I missed that!
McKenna still does love the Easter egg hunting but then again,I think if I hid anything at all she'd love to find it.
Every year Julie's work does a hunt for the employees kids and families. She took Kenna last year but this year, I came too. Jules and I walked behind them tying crap on a stick because the clues told us to. :) Ash walked around with Mags - helping her with the stroller because you know all infants need chocolate and candy.
They had maps made up and at each one of the spots was a clue to the next spot and some candies.
Kenna and I both opted for striped wellies that morning.
Our front porch has a motion light on it - so earlier tonight the light came on and I thought perhaps it was the neighbors cat that made it come on (that happens a lot). I get up, run and open the door, and tell Charlie to 'get it'.... he charges out there and there's no cat but he goes directly over to this....
We took him in the house and then gawked at it for a bit, cuz damn those things are cute!
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Linda said:
Tell me about it. I mean, it's cute and everything...but she doesn't seem like she's having half as much fun... read more
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Lori said:
Ugh! Girls do NOT have to be cheerleaders! There are much better things to do like SOCCER & SOFTBALL! (and... read more
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Lori said:
LOL! Linda....she WAS born in Florida! That is perfectly acceptable winter wear...Just ask Amanda & Kayla :) read more
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