Sophia and grandpa wtching ni hao kai lan

Today was interesting. this morning the Comcast guy came...on time. It was 8:15. He was supposed to be here between 8 and 9, but when does that ever happen. This is the fastest I have ever made myself presentable. After he left, it no fewer than 6 phone calls to Comcast to fix what he screwed up. awesome. He was super nice though. Then David left to go give Daisy a bath and do some stuff at the old house. He was taking Daisy down to his mothers house. Soph and I had some leftover chicken noodles that I had made yesterday. Sophie took her nap. Then later on we made our bi weekly trek to Target. My dad called while we were in there and invited me and Soph for dinner. We had turkey, green bean casserole and mashed potatoes. Dad gave sophie a sucker to try. It was pretty entertaining watching her try to figure out what it was all bout. Dad put on some Nick jr cartoonsd Soph and him watched some shows. It was pretty cute. She was all full of energy, giving out "huks" left and right. She brought her babies with her so they could eat too. Grandma Sue fed Sophies twins. We left about 7:30 or so. Sophie went right to bed when we got home. She was busy today. After she was asleep, I tried to figure out how the t.v. works now with all of it's menus and remote control buttons, it hs been awhile since we have had t.v. without rabbit ears! Then of course the Internet had to be "set up". Apparently you have to go through five hundred screens of crap before you can access anything. So frustrating. at least I can work the phone..that stays charged for 5 minutes. I think I have to replace the rechargeable batteries, because they won't hold a charge for long. Just a few more things to add to my list of ulcer causing difficulties. So not after logging on at 10:30 I can finally get on here to write this. Jeeze. I shouldn't complain though, I am delighted to be living here, it is very nice, affordable, and I get my t.v. phone and internet back! Also, I would lie to add, that I will never believe again when a company tells me how much something will be. For example, let's say ohh, you are moving, and the mover says it will be between $4-500 total, you could then assume that it would not be less than $400, and not be greater than $500. right? I took algebra. I did story problems, with less than and equal to and so on signs. So imagine our surprise when the jackass said ok, that will be $795. I about shit myself. So let's see, if we do the math here,that is almost double of the quoted price. Naturally I got right on the phone to CHRIS AT ALL MY SONS MOVING WHO I WILL NEVER EVER USE AGAIN, and asked him very politely what the hell was going on. He was not so nice any more. He was my best friend earlier, Mrs. Wiley this and that..how are things progressing, blah blah checkin in on me. One of the guys weighed maybe 100 pounds, his name was meth mouth, and it was his first day! The other guys name was future inmate of some county jail. David had to do about 70% of the work, I am not kidding. It was stupid. I was furious. Chris, gave us a discount (of not much) but I am not done with him yet. I have drafted a letter or two, and will continue to call him daily until he refunds an amount that I am satisfied with.

So, the moral of the story is, that just because a company and most of employees (that you have talked to over the phone) seem professional and knowledgeable, does not make it so with the rest of the employees and services. I will physically go to places of business next time I am about to invest in something serious.

Mybaby feeding her baby
Hello, would you like some tea Mr. Burro?

Making tea

carosel

Sophie M. Val & Sophie L. Carosel fun

This morning we met Val and little Sophie M. at the Children's Museum. We played mostly in Egypt. We had lunch together in the cafeteria there. After lunch I took Sophie up to the toddler zone area. She wanted to run around, and I thought that would be a good place. She kept wandering out of the other exhibits to the hallways. So she played in the sandbox mostly, and colored. We got home, took naps. Then we had dinner and bathtime. She wanted to stay in the bath extra long tonight. She was having a good time splashing in the tub. She also thought it was very funny to splash me.

She carried her pumpkin pail like a purse. It contains her babies bottles, her play phone and keys today

Walking her AlphaPal

This morning, we stopped by Starbucks to get ourselves some blueberry muffins for breakfast. We took some more stuff down to the condo. By we, I mean me and Sophie. She "helped" me put away stuff. I cleaned the bathrooms to my liking, and put things where they belong. Then we had lunch and messed around till open gym at Gymboree. There is nothing to do at home now, so we went today too. Sophie was sopposed to be taking a nap. See video.

I needed to go to Target to buy the usual staple items that we must have. I also got Soph a little apron that they had in the Easter section along with an Easter bunny Mr. Potato Head. She loves Mr. Potato head. So now he has a friend. Tomorrow is Mops meeting and visiting Amy.

This afternoon, me and Toot ran some errands. We dropped of some books at the library. Then we went to Arby's and had some lunch. I really wanted to go to Kohl's, but on the way I just wasn't feeling it anymore. We stopped by Michael's instead. All las summer, I could not find stupid plastic pails anywhere for Soph to take to he splash parks. I checked everywhere, repeatedly. Today, I found some at Michael's, and a little plastic turtle watering can, a smaller bucket and a little scooper. They were all about a dollar! Yay! I also got Soph some washable Pip Squeeks markers and a little lap table that she can carryaround or put on the floor to color on. It has pockets on the side to put all of her supplies in. I also found a little art smock for the paints I would have gotten, but someone wanted to go home...now. So we left and I grabbed us a couple of Frosty's from Wendy's on the way home. Someone small saw these and kept saying "bite. bite?" all the way home. I know, I wanted a bite immediately too!

We ate our Frosty's, colored for a bit, then took a nap. I watched Julia & Julia again, on the couch while Tootie was napping. I got some more odds and ends packed, but I just do not have the energy to schlep them to my car and down to the new place. So I will do that tomorrow I guess.

Childrens Museum w Grandma

Grandma and Sophie in Egypt

Coloring a picture for grandma. She was saying "cheese" through her paci

Legos at Bob the Builder

Building a wall at Bob the Builder exhibit

On the carosel





This morning we met grandma at the Childrens Museum. We stopped at Bob the Builder exhibit. Soph played with Legos and built a wall. hen we went to Playscape. She spent most of her time in the sandbox. She colored a picture for grandma too. She played in the kitchen and the water part. Then we went to Egypt, which she likes to play in the market and pet the burro, They had a music show going on that she enjoyed. We had lunch there. At the gift shop, Tootie got a little baby doll and set of magic bottles. She loved her baby. The guy at the register took it out for her and she immediatly started giving her a bottle. She was hungry after all that time in the box!

When we got home, someone small was supposed to be taking her nap. I think she slept for 2 minutes.I peeked around the wall to her crib and she was sitting up, feeding her baby a bottle and babbling away. So I got her up and we went over to Home Goods. I left with a table cloth, which was not on my original list. There were so manny annoying weirdos in there, I just had to abort my mission. I ran a load down to the condo. My dad came by again to watch Tootie, while I got stuff out of the car, or rather he got most of it out. But that dosent count when it is stufed animals and an Ikea particleboard play table. But the Kitchen Aid mixer was a good one for hime to get up the stairs, that thing is heavy! i pinched my fingers about five times getting it to my car. It was getting close to dinner, so once again, Steak n Shake. Soph likes the hot dogs n cheese fries there. We came home and she went to bed at 7:30, awesome.

Today we met my mom for lunch at Max and Ermas. I hadent eaten there...well..in a long time. I had a club, Tootie had grilled cheese, fries and some of my turkey from my sammie. I had to hit the grocery before "the big storm" So I knew Toot would fall asleep on the way home, so we ran to Meijers across from her work to get some things. I found Tootie a really cute little jacket and Dr. Seuss shirt there that were super cheap. also a little pair of jeans for only $3! Meijer is an interesting store.
We went home and Soph slept for about 3 hours. She woke up in time for dinner. I made us a bounty of nuggets and tater tots. I did laundry, threw away a bunch of stuff and rounded up some odds and ends to schlep down to the condo at some point this weekend.

Super busy day

Val & Sophie M. at Holliday Park nature center

Obese squirrels

umm, I'm just gonna take my paper over here, AWAY from this snake

Run for your life! That snake is alive!

See, you have to STOMP, like this!

Sophie M & Sophie L. with their insects

Me n Soph

This morning we met Val and her little Sophie M. at Holiday Park. We went to the nature center there. It was pretty cute. There were turtles, a little cave to go through and a bird/squirrel viewing area. There were allot of fat little fuzzy squirrels gorging on bird seed. There were a whole bunch of squirrels in this one tree. It looked like a flock of birds. There was also a big black snake there that we thought was not real. But it started slithering down its tree limb. It was just hanging out there coiled up in a giant mass with its mouth open. creepy. We had some lunch at McAllisters and caught up. We had a really good time!

Ater nap time, we ran yet another load down to the condo. My dad came over to hang out with Soph while I got things unpacked from this trip. They had an excellent time. I convinced him to go to Gymboree with us at the Greenwood location to see if it was ok. We stopped first at Chic Filet to get some dinner. This Gymboree was much smaller than the one in Carmel. But the set up was exactly the same, but without all of the teachers Sophie likes. I am sure she didn't notice, but I did. Every one was super nice there and the class was small, which was good. hmmm, what to do.