This is what we had planned for today:
- hit the archery store so my hubby could browse for a bow
- go to the community pool for a swim
- go to the county fair once it had cooled down a bit
- put kids on rides, eat fair food, play games
- have FUN
This is what happened today:
- got to the archery store at 2:45 to find that they close at 3:00
- what store closes at 3:00 on a Saturday???
- hit the comic and collectibles store which we all enjoy
- went home to change into our bathing suits
- got home to realize that we were locked out (long story)
- figured Dad was at the store so took the kids for burgers and to Barnes and Noble
- picked up a few Witchy items off the reduced rack
- arrived home for a second time to find that Dad was still not home
- checked cell phone and found messages referring to Dad meeting a friend and his wife for dinner
- called Dad’s friend, talked to my Dad, and discovered only way to get in was to call a locksmith as he was about 1.5 hours away
- called locksmith
- another hour and $150 later, we were inside
- no pool
- no county fair
- money set aside for fair spent on locksmith
- no fun
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) – I love this show on so many levels. First, its a medical drama and I love to “play along” and see if I can guess what tests they’ll do, etc. Second, the sick person always has some off the wall illness that I’ve never heard of so I generally get to learn something. Third, I love the character of Dr. House (played by Hugh Laruie). He is deeply wounded by love and by circumstance.
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) – using Alien technology a “crack team” is able to visit far away worlds and peoples. Its sci-fi and its fun, though I don’t enjoy it as much as I did before Richard Dean Anderson left the show.
) – this started out just as a spin-off but now I enjoy it more than the original. A floating alien city located in the Pegasus Galaxy, pseudo-vampires (or are they some kind of dark elf?) as our mortal enemy, interested yet?
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which she had never seen. It was good to hear her laugh!
“dolls”. Amazon is still selling it for $16.99, but I paid only $3.98.
) as she had mentioned that she’s always meant to get herself a deck. I also sent her home with a blank journal (I buy them off the clearance rack whenever they are $5 each (down from $13)) which she’s using to keep track of daily card pulls, etc.
