Need A Name ...

The Suburban is mine!  Drove it home from Ft Myers without incident.  The A/C doesn't work though.  Had it looked over today and they estimated $1600 to replace the parts and what not.  We're going to try and get the parts from a junk yard and get someone else to install.  My idea was Might Putty - you know the stuff Billy Mays is hawking on tv now?  As Seen on TV!  So anyway, I'm kinda bummed that it's so much to fix.

I don't like to refer to the new thing as The Suburban - too many syllables.  It's not a car or van - as in "Hey kids - go get in the _____!".  I don't want to refer to it as a truck, cause DH has an actual pick-up truck and that would be confusing. So .... my solution is - the Suburban needs a name.  I figure sooner or later something will come up that fits.  It won't be Bessie, George, John, Donna or Greg. If you have an idea throw it out there - I'd love to hear your ideas!

 

Wheels!?

I found a Suburban on eBay that seems to meet our needs, but it's in Ft Myers FL.  Trying to do this all long distance is VERY challenging!  My Mom is heading down that way tomorrow morning so I can ride down with her and drive it back.  I'm just waiting to hear from a friend who lives down there to give me a personal opinion before we go for it.  Decent miles, good price, seems like a reputable dealership.  Here's hoping!

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Woo-hoo!!

I'm in the paper!!!

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More PayPal crap

I made a purchase with my PayPal debit card locally on Monday.  They somehow managed to overchage me by $72.  They noticed the oops before I did and did a refund immediately.  It still isn't back in my account.  Called PayPal and they said it could take 7-10 business days for the refund to be processed and they curently have no record of it.  I'm temporarily out over $70 and they're 'sorry'.  Oy .....

Jasper & Marshmallow

Jasper

With Chandler ...

And marshmallow ...

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Eye Candy

Last night I went to the Y, spent 25 minutes on a treadmill then switched to anothr machine that was by th fan cause it was HOT and I was sweating to death.  I had planned on just finishing my remaining 15 minutes (I aim for 40 minutes total cardio).  Then - in walks Mr McHottie!  Tall, dark hair, muscle-y ... was enough to keep me on the treadmill for 25 more minutes ... that was when he left lol  Made my night! 

SPCA

Today I took Chandler, her friend Candace and Haiden to the local SPCA to do some volunteer work.  We walked the dogs and spent some time in the cat room.  Some of the dogs don't get walked unless vounteers come to help out.  We made sure that every dog got out of his or her cage today.  My favorite dog is a black lab they call Jasper, about 6mo to 1 yr old.  He was a stray they picked up in May. My favorite cat is a tiny waif of a critter, white with carmel spots - I called her toasted marshmallow. She enjoys climbing on peoples heads and biting ears.

Hi, my name is Dork

Forgot to take out something for dinner so we decided to pick up pizza on the way back from Tori and Hai's Dr appointment.  Dominoes hooked us up and as we were walking out the door I thought the box looked more like a medium than a large.  Once in the truck I started scouring the box for some sign of what size they were, reading the small print on the label, guessing at what the numbers mean.  After a while Chandler asks what I am looking for.  I told her and she says "Moooom .... read the lid of the box."  In big letters under the logo it says "Large Box".  My duh lol

The Weiner Mobile!

The other day Chandler and I were driving home from the Y and saw the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile on the side of the road. Pretty cool we thought at the time.  Come to find out later they were going to be at Walmart Sunday afternoon.  Course we forgot about it, but ended up leaving Walmart just as they were setting up.  The kids had this picture taken - Adam wasn't tall enough.

 

Aren't they just the cutest weiners?! lol

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Business

So today I got an email from a writer of the local paper who wants to do an article about local people who sell on etsy.  Very cool!!  I recently joined TeamSc on etsy - it's a group of artisians who work with all different mediums who work together to support and encourage each other,  increase our exposure, and in turn, sales!  I've been busier than I anticipated over the summer since I can't ship anything chocolate right now.  It has fallen off some, but I've been doing some eBaying to make up for it.  And of course I'm FULL with extra kids too since school is out.  Exciting things going on!

                                                       

 

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Things my kids have said ....

Tori, 3 - was asking for her cuppie (sipy cup) but not using good manners so I said "I don't hear any magic words!".  So they she fussed a bit and finally hollered out "Abracadabra I want my cuppie!!"

Haiden - after listening to a HUGE screaming/yelling/door slamming arguement between DH and I, comes up to me and whispers "Mommy - that was SO cool!!" 

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