Gobble Gobble

Happy Turkey Day!

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Did I mention Grandma has a big house?

I don't think I need to exercise anymore with all the house and yard work I've been doing lately.

On a related note:

I need a leaf blower.
Rug tassels are not my friends.
I wish dust did not exist.
Carpet should stay clean longer than 5 minutes after being vacuumed.
Same goes for floors after being swept and mopped.
Laundry really needs to learn how to fold itself.
And dinner, please just appear before my eyes every now and then would you?

I'm tired.

Flying Monkey

Ok ok, I know it's already the second week of November, but I couldn't find our camera for a few days, so here (finally!) are some Halloween photos of the wee babe.

We had some trouble deciding on a costume for Sara.

She tried on an adorable elephant costume at her cousin's house, but it was too small (notice the elephant feet about two inches off the floor)

 

    

 {Kaya the bee, Sara the elephant, Eli the lion}

Then I saw a bee costume that was on sale at Kmart, but it was a little too big on her.

look at that cute little face

Then my mom and I were at a local 99¢ store and saw a cute witch hat and skirt for only a dollar each! And at another dollar store we found a cute little broom. Then we picked up some Halloween leggings and we were set! Here is the final result.

 

{The Wicked Witch of the West, complete with a flying monkey}

I must admit, it was a much cuter costume in person that it appears in these photos. And the bee costume sure looks cute in that picture up there! Hopefully it will still fit her next year. That is the intent since I didn't return it!

We didn't do much in the way of celebrating Halloween this year since we were finishing up our move at the time. But Sara wore her witch costume to visit Rob's parents on Sunday. That was it! No trick-or-treating, no carving pumpkins (although we did buy a big one and a little one, and Sara drew on her small pumpkin with crayons. She thought that was the funnest thing ever!). We didn't even attend our new town's awesome trunk-or-treat at the local drive-in movie theater down the road! It looked very well attended though. We drove past it on our way to go finish cleaning out our apartment that we had to turn in the keys for on Oct. 31. What a way to celebrate Halloween, eh?

Oh, and I just noticed that (for some odd reason) Sara is not smiling in any of the Halloween photos! So here's a silly photo of Sara wearing her mommy's sunglasses (upside-down) and carrying mommy's purse, and looking like her hair hasn't seen a comb in a few days....Enjoy!

What to do when you're running late for a flight

1. Make sure you have the maximum number of luggage items to check (two bags and a child car seat) to make sure your check-in is as long as possible.
2. Have your husband drop off your bags at the scan place so you can RUN to your gate while carrying a backpack and pushing a baby stroller (both fully loaded).
3. Coast down the switchbacks of ramps instead of taking the elevator to get downstairs, being sure to avoid all wheelchair passengers who are traveling in the opposite direction.
4. Quickly weave through other travelers who create a Frogger-like atmosphere as they leisurely walk through the terminal (probably because they know how to be on time for a flight!).
5. Accidentally go to the gate number that matches your boarding assignment instead of the actual gate number.
6. See that there is no attendant at the gate (because it's the wrong one) and ask a nearby attendant if she will scan your ticket so you can board the plane (you don't want to miss your flight!).
7. Refrain from strangling said attendant when she looks at you with a "don't bother me" kind of stare and replies, "She'll be back" when you tell her there is no attendant at your gate.
8. Walk onto the boarding walkway anyway because you can see the plane is right there, and you don't want to get left behind!
9. Tell the airline worker (possibly the pilot) who you see at the front of the airplane, "I'm late and there is no attendant to scan my boarding pass."
10. Show your boarding pass to said airline worker/pilot so he may consider you an ignorant dummy as he replies, "that's because we're not boarding yet, and this isn't your gate" (pointing to the B15 gate, NOT the B22 boarding pass number).
11. Run back down the terminal to your correct gate (the one you passed on the way to the wrong gate) and give a sigh of relief when you see the plane still attached to the walkway AND an attendant at the gate.
12. Hand your boarding pass to the attendant while telling him about and laughing over your funny story of going to the wrong gate.
13. Notice that he is unimpressed with such anecdotes.
14. Board the plane which (thankfully!) has plenty of empty seats, even though you missed the "family boarding" time and every other passenger is already on board. 
15. Choose an empty row in the rear of the plane where your toddler can have the window seat during take off, and can stretch out across two seats during nap time.
16. Arrive at your destination and wait at the luggage carousel for your bags and car seat.
17. Go to the customer service desk after you wait until the carousel stops moving but have not seen any of your luggage. 
18. Listen as the airline worker informs you that your luggage did not make it onto the plane but will be arriving on the next flight in two hours. 
19. Rent a child car seat from the airline and go get lunch at an overpriced sandwich shop nearby.
20. Return two hours later to collect your luggage, then cry when the airline worker tells you it didn't arrive on that fight either and the next flight comes in an hour later.
21. Wait in the seats by the baggage claim for the airline workers to call your cell phone to let you know your luggage arrived on the previous flight after all.
22. Finally leave the airport with your luggage in tow but get lost trying to find the freeway entrance, and then get stuck in traffic once you do find it. 
23. Arrive at your destination 7 hours later than expected. 
24. Enjoy your stay!

Nerd Alert

I just scored 53 points in one round of Boggle.

It was amazing.

My longest word was blistered. 11 points just for that one word, plus several other 5 or 6 letter words and their plurals. Insanity. Rob did pretty well that round too scoring 20 points, an impressive number for most rounds, but it just couldn't compete with my more than double score from the same round. We saw a completely different set of words. Mine just happened to be longer. It was ridiculous.

Now I think I have to retire and end my Boggle playing career on a high note, because there is no way I can ever top that.

I'm having trouble keeping this thing up to date.

Perhaps you've noticed.

Stuff to look forward to:

Our trip to CA
Halloween
Sara's incoherent ramblings

and I guess that's pretty much it. Man, for as busy as we've been lately, you'd think I'd have more to blog about!

Ok then, TTFN.