A day of errands
So I did some tidying up and vacuuming already, I’m now just waiting for baby D to wake up from his nap. There is a lot I want to get done today… I’ll start off by picking up the GrowPure bottle I’ve been seeing advertised everywhere. I am sick to death of hearing about all the health risks attached to bottles these days and figured I’m better off getting something I know is safe. Unfortunately for me the bottle is going to cost me $17.99 +tax here. That’s a lot of money to spend on a bottle as far as I’m concerned, but I guess I justify it by the fact that it’s like 3 bottles in 1.
My next stop will be Wal-Mart where I’ll be looking at the plant situation to see what they have and if the price is right. When my Mum comes down tomorrow, I want to have a game plan of where we’re going to be getting my plants. The other thing that has been driving me nuts is the number of dandelions in my lawn! Before my Dad went to Germany, we were out weeding but you’d never know it to look at the lawn now. So instead of the old yank method, I’m going to see about getting a proper weeder.
Finally, the joy that is grocery shopping is my final stop. I need to get regular stuff for our consumption as well as stuff for dinner tomorrow night. I was hoping we’d just do hamburgers on the barbeque which is simple, but apparently we don’t have enough propane. I’ll have to see in my travels what it’s going to cost me for another tank. Let hubby get ours refilled himself. I always find certain trips difficult with baby D, but it has to get done so I manage. I just won’t be lugging a propane tank around anywhere with him. Or pick up the earth that I need from the landscaping place. Those are sans-baby jobs.
Till Debt Do Us Part
This morning started uber-early as we had to drive across the city to get some papers signed. We have been having some pretty serious debt problems that we were getting worked out through an agency which removed all the interest off the credit cards, but we found an even better deal. The new deal got our debts down to like a third of what they were and the payments are insanely easy compared to what we were paying each month. If all goes well we will officially be out of debt in a year and half at the latest. Yahoo! Finally.
I have to say it’s really irritating though when I have to get myself up, dressed, do my hair, get my son up, nurse him, get him dressed, feed him, get the diaper bag ready, get all the papers together that we needed to take and somehow, hubby having a coffee, showering and getting dressed makes us late. They say women take forever to get ready? Not in this household!
On the way back from the financial planners’ we stopped to check out the garden centre at the local grocery store. I’ve been chomping at the bit to get a move on so I convinced hubby that we needed to go somewhere. We wandered around and found some really nice plants, but I wanted to see other places too to see if we were getting a good deal or not. I figured that there was probably markup on these plants (coming from a grocery store) that there might not be at a nursery. So we then went to nursery up the street from our place. They had different plants around the same price as we’d already seen. I still want to check out Wal-Mart and see what kind of prices they have in comparison. I’ll probably end up getting my plants from a couple of different places. My Mum is coming over on Wednesday, so I’ve asked the seasoned gardener to assist me with my plant choices.
Happy Mother’s Day
Hope all you Moms and Moms-to-be out there have a fantastic day!
My Mother’s Day started at six this morning when I heard baby D wake up. Hubby bolted out of bed to get to the bathroom before the little guy really started wailing. Six o’clock is really early even for baby D and before hubby went to check on him he was quiet again. I managed to sleep in until about 8:15 (only 45min longer than a regular day) and then went looking for my boys. I expected hubby to be on the computer, but he wasn’t. In front of the tv? Nope. My little boy was in the dining room in his highchair and daddy was no where to be seen. As I walked towards the kitchen I saw him “hiding” in the bathroom ready to pounce. I told him that that was no way to start my day - with a heart attack.
He really came through for me this year and managed to remember something I said that I wanted and 2 great cards. The first card was from baby D and the little guy even “signed” it. The the card from hubby:
For My Wife on Mother’s Day
You’re everything special a wife and mother could be.
I’m thinking about how lucky I am to be married to you, because you’re all that I could ever want in a wife. You’re my friend, my confidante, the one who always loves me, and the one who supports all my efforts. You mean more to me than words can say…
Today, I’m also thinking about what a special mother you are, and how happy it makes me to know that the wonderful woman I love is also the best mother a child could have.
Happy Mother’s Day and All My Love
Okay, so he didn’t write the card, but it was so beautiful I had to share it. My gift was a keychain photoviewer. I really wanted one around Christmas time but couldn’t seem to find any. The best part of the gift is that he actually remembered something that I wanted that I didn’t have to hint about.
We were supposed to be going to the zoo today as the last bit of my day, but the weather is so yucky (windy and cold) that I have opted to stay in and watch movies and maybe order a pizza. Once again to the Moms out there, have a happy day!
You have reached the blog of kasper. I live outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
and have been blogging since 1999. I am newly married, though have been with the same guy for nearly 13 years.
We have a son (baby D) born April 13th, 2007 and have all moved into our first home. Though I don't tend
to stick to one thing, I've been known to enjoy the Sims2, knitting, webdesign, reading, music and movies.
