I woke this morning with little on my To Do List. Pete had an appointment for a haircut, I had hoped to balance the checkbook and maybe copy some insurance receipts. Nothing too exciting or taxing just a couple of possibilities. Well at 9:32 that all changed.
I was checking some e-mail and realized that there was a neighborhood/school clean-up day today that started at 9:30. I had asked the boys all week to find out details and they had nothing well they dropped the ball. I got them moving, neither were out of their pajamas nor had they eaten breakfast. I threw a Poptart and juice pouch at each and we headed out the door to the park. We got our BEAUTIFUL t-shirts and I so luckily saw a dad I knew and asked him to watch the boys for a few while I ran Pete to his hair appointment. When I returned I picked up trash for a bit, smiled for a group shot, and got a free light bulb (Thanks IKEA!)
We headed home and threw a few items in the car and ran to Ikea to take advantage of the community recycling event that were being held in conjunction with the clean-up day. We disposed properly of two CPU's and a dozen spray paint cans and got a coupon to use at Ikea TODAY only! We also had a chance to get some FREE lunch in appreciation of our volunteering and some other free things for our clean-up efforts earlier in the day. We passed on the free lunch, it was a hot dog and the line was soooooo long. We did get a couple of free reusable shopping bags, a couple more free light bulbs and a couple of free ice cube trays. Ikea was VERY generous to the community volunteers and I felt very good about my service and very appreciative for their generosity. We were so thankful that we decided to thank Ikea by buying so meatballs for lunch and in order to use our coupon we bought a chair that we have been wanting to get for Fred. I worked myself into a mammoth migraine and came home miserable and took two pills over lunch and laid down as soon as I got home. The afternoon was not too exciting but was stressful as I worried about my dog for way too many hours.
Bubbles and Bones took 5 and a half hours to wash and groom my dog. He is clean and looks good but he was certainly stressed for way too long. It cost $59 and I am just not sure that it was worth it. There was actually a spot on the receipt for a tip. Nope, not from me. I expressed my frustration and the response was an offer of 20% off on my next visit. I told them I wasn't sure if I'd be back but if I did I would remind them of the offer next time I came.
Once I got my dog home I was able to move along with my life. Nic went to a friends for the night. Will went to dinner with friends so Fred and I went on a date. We tried a new restaurant and were not too impressed. They had a very good Caesar salad and yummy au gratin potatoes. Unfortunately the steak was not well cooked. Everyone else in the dining room seemed to really enjoy their dinners so we may try this place again. we;ll see. In the end we did get the entire meal for FREE and that included dessert. The owner came to try to make it better and I appreciate his attempts.
Once we returned home we were overwhelmed with the activity on the block. There were kids all over the place enjoying the beautiful mild weather and a congregation of parents on the corner yelling every time a car approached from any of three directions. Another pleasant evening outside a no one got injured, which is always a good thing.
So we were one kid down tonight but picked up a neighbor kid so we are even again. It is past my bed-time and my migraine is back so I am gonna go kiss and tuck and try to get some sleep. I really hope that tomorrow is a better day and that at a minimum I get the checkbook balanced.
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