Shopping Lists and the Local News
I glanced down to see a shopping list on my desk that reads:
-catfood/litter
-shopping cart
-recycling
-steering wheel
The good news is that we managed to accomplish all of those things this weekend. ehs took in the recycling when he helped Dan take in his electronic recycling. ehs came home and said, "I just want you to know, I failed you." Although he had successfully dropped off our glass and aluminum recycling, he had managed to come home with one of Dan's electronic items destined for recycling. Oh well, apparently we can use it, and it doesn't take up very much room? These things do happen.
The steering wheel mentioned is for MarioKart for the Wii, which we are having a lot of fun with. ehs got it for his birthday, and we decided to get more wheels so it's even more fun for multiple people to play. I'm usually pretty terrible at racing games, but I can be Baby Peach and drive either a stroller or a motorcycle with training wheels. They both don't have a lot of speed, but have GREAT handling. So I spend a lot less time falling off of the race course.
The shopping cart is a folding cart so I can go get groceries on the bus when we sell the car. We still have to assemble it, but we went with a less heavy model. Hopefully this is going to work really well.
On Sunday we had planned to do some of this required shopping and then there was a major rainstorm. The sky turned dark in the distance, then all the buildings on the horizon disappeared, and suddenly there was rain. The rain started by slamming sideways onto the windows and then we realized it was actually coming IN the windows. So after some excitement involving towels, we made lunch and decided to postpone our shopping. After a while the rain was gone and the sky was basically blue again so we headed out. We crossed the street behind our building to wait for the bus and saw huge tree limbs down all over the park. Then we saw an entire tree that had blown over and we realized that ABC7 news was there filming it. They asked if we'd talk to them about the weather and the damage, so we talked to them until we had to run for the bus. It was a little strange, it made me feel very shy but ehs did a good job. And they put us on the news! People at work told ehs they'd seen him on the news that night and the next morning. He says how sad it is that the tree is down and that he'll miss it, and I just look at him smiling. It's very sweet.
-catfood/litter
-shopping cart
-recycling
-steering wheel
The good news is that we managed to accomplish all of those things this weekend. ehs took in the recycling when he helped Dan take in his electronic recycling. ehs came home and said, "I just want you to know, I failed you." Although he had successfully dropped off our glass and aluminum recycling, he had managed to come home with one of Dan's electronic items destined for recycling. Oh well, apparently we can use it, and it doesn't take up very much room? These things do happen.
The steering wheel mentioned is for MarioKart for the Wii, which we are having a lot of fun with. ehs got it for his birthday, and we decided to get more wheels so it's even more fun for multiple people to play. I'm usually pretty terrible at racing games, but I can be Baby Peach and drive either a stroller or a motorcycle with training wheels. They both don't have a lot of speed, but have GREAT handling. So I spend a lot less time falling off of the race course.
The shopping cart is a folding cart so I can go get groceries on the bus when we sell the car. We still have to assemble it, but we went with a less heavy model. Hopefully this is going to work really well.
On Sunday we had planned to do some of this required shopping and then there was a major rainstorm. The sky turned dark in the distance, then all the buildings on the horizon disappeared, and suddenly there was rain. The rain started by slamming sideways onto the windows and then we realized it was actually coming IN the windows. So after some excitement involving towels, we made lunch and decided to postpone our shopping. After a while the rain was gone and the sky was basically blue again so we headed out. We crossed the street behind our building to wait for the bus and saw huge tree limbs down all over the park. Then we saw an entire tree that had blown over and we realized that ABC7 news was there filming it. They asked if we'd talk to them about the weather and the damage, so we talked to them until we had to run for the bus. It was a little strange, it made me feel very shy but ehs did a good job. And they put us on the news! People at work told ehs they'd seen him on the news that night and the next morning. He says how sad it is that the tree is down and that he'll miss it, and I just look at him smiling. It's very sweet.
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