This is a very random post on my part! I thought I'd share with you some things that made me happy this summer. The first is my new double jogger stroller. I had to wait 3 months to get it because it was on back-order, but it is awesome. All of you mothers out there can understand how a fabulous piece of kid equipment can make your life a whole lot easier. Here are a few pictures of Charley and Madie "helping" me put it together.
Charley looking skeptical!
It has potential . . .
Charley with the finished product
Madeleine gets strapped in!
My second fun purchase of the summer I found on Ebay. My Mom had this great cookie press (still does actually) that we all love because it's not the stupid plastic model that they sell these days. We all have laid claim to it over the years but while I was in Tennessee with my Mom and sisters I decided to get on Ebay and see if I could find and old school model. I found several!! They were really inexpensive and so I bought myself and Jennie one. They had never been used before and I even got the original cookbook with mine. Crazy eh? It works like a dream for this baker and I can't wait until Christmas. Oh, the small and simple things!!
This last picture makes this post "random". I was putting away some things into the cupboard outside on our patio and I looked down and saw this really thick web between our emergency water barrels. I leaned in for a closer look and I saw a huge, shiny, black spider just sitting in the middle of it! It was dark so I had Ameri bring a flashlight out to me because I was sure it was a black widow! Yuck!
It turns out that that is exactly what she was! She was hanging upside-down so you can see the big, red hourglass on her belly. It freaked me out so I had Ameri go and get our insect spray to kill it. I knew she would be too fast for us to get her otherwise. Besides, the web was so thick that a shoe would have just hung there!
We got her square-on and I hope she is perishing between the barrels. Gross isn't it? Right out in the open. I thought they were supposed to like dark places. I'm just glad my girls were inside and nothing bad happened. I hate insects. Sorry Kim!
P.S. Thanks to everyone for letting me vent. I called my OB back and with some persuasion from the actress long dormant in me I was able to get an appointment for about 10 days from now. All you have to do is say the word "DEPRESSION". I'm so naughty.
2 comments:
Wow, you are having all sorts of excitement in your life. I hope the lump in your neck proves to be easily treatable. Sorry 'bout that.
As for black widow spiders...when they are in your living space it is quite alright to kill them, that's what I would do. Good job.
And I hope you post pictures of your cookies when you make them. I'd like to see how cute they are. I've always thought owing one of those contraptions would be fun, but I have never used one before so I figured it would be disastrous too.
First of all, I hate spiders!
I have never seen such a cookie cutter, how fun. Great stroller!
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