Suzuki

I said goodbye to my old friend on Monday. In the end, she died a massive, rusty death (but boy does she shine in pictures-made me second guess things! :)

But by now, the gas tank door is gone, the trunk is rusted shut, the back window doesn't roll down, the air conditioner is shot, the back wiper doesn't work, the battery dies all the time (it was a stressful drive all the way to Lonoke county worrying it would die at any moment with me and two sweaty babies in the car!), the key was stuck in the ignition, and it shook driving over 70 mph. gotta love it!

She really was a good car.

I bought her after my freshman year at USU. My Oldsmobile boat couldn't handle the terror that was Sardine Canyon in the winters. She was used but just barely and in great shape. She was the perfect first car for me. And she was mine. All mine!

It's amazing the memories that are tied to a car.

-she drove back and forth from Utah to Arkansas to Minnesota, more times than I can count!

-she made the infamous, packed-in-the-car-with-screaming-baby-Christian-and-Harry-Potter-playing-on-the-tape-deck-Thanksgiving trip! (me, Jake, Joe, MMae, Christian PACKED into this car, baggage was regulated due to space and Christian screamed the whole last four hours of bumper to bumper traffic!)

-she took me and two girlfriends to SoCal for the best Spring Break ever!!

-the back seatbelt was officially ruined after the massive teriyaki spill transporting food for the Asian cookout the year that I was the Asian American Student Council president

-she ended my streak of car wrecks-I had major issues with where the Oldsmobile started and ended and how close she could get to other cars!

Cleaning her out, I found the best tape collection ever!

-Roxanne's Joyride, Ace of Base, Wishing on a Star, Sister Janet's Stay With Me, Mix #3 (a collection of the third song of a bunch of Joe's albums), Tiff's saucy mix that was supposed to inspire a flirtier me, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, as well as my obsession with Tori Amos

So, she is off to auction at W's work so we don't have to pay insurance on her anymore and we don't have to have her sitting in the parking lot anymore. It really was cruel to make someone drive her in the beastly Arkansas summers anyway!

overheard while playing

gobbly, gobbly... i'm just saying gobbly!

and then giggled at her funny self

have I mentioned how much I love my Lu?

Unwelcome

If you're sick of my living situation woes, scroll on. I gotta vent!

I came home this afternoon to a big GREEN sticker-that does not come off very easily, mind you-on our second car. It has been deemed "illegally parked" because it is "not in acceptable condition" because it "hasn't moved in several months." Now, in all honesty, the Suzuki truly hasn't moved in months. However, what do they care? Its registration is current, it's not an eyesore, and there are no assigned parking places here=it's not taking up anyone's space.

Here's the crux of the matter. Our neighbors who hate us? He works for the complex as a maintenance guy. I have avoided officially complaining solely because he has always been so nice to fix our closet doors and dishwasher in the past. His wife has always not liked us though! But honestly, it all feels way too complicated and fishy with all of these problems all of a sudden when he's part of the company. ugh.

So, for anyone keeping track:

1) The neighbor walked into my apartment, all the way into my bedroom to tell me to control my toddler at 10:30 in the morning two weeks ago!

2) Two weeks ago, we got a noise violation in our door THE DAY AFTER THE NEIGHBOR WALKED INTO MY BEDROOM! It said we were noisy after hours. You know us, send the kids to bed at 7 and party it up, baby!

3) We got charged a plumbing bill last week because our neighbor's sink clogged. NOT our sink, theirs!

4) Completely fed up already, I finally officially complained when last Friday night, booming bass music continued past 11:30 at night, waking up Miss M (quiet hours start at 10pm). I am pretty sure that's when they declared full out war on us!

5) Our car has now been deemed not good enough for the parking lot.

I am feeling absolutely harassed at this point!!!!

Luckily, the car will be jumped back to life this afternoon and shipped off to auction at W's work. that's an easy solution. Finding an apartment in Miss M's school zone is the tougher job!!

Wednesday Target Day

There's nothing better than snacks at Target after story time.

Lu sat in the windowsill and I got my phone out.

I told her to look out the window.


She proceeded to strike a pose.
Barbie's Fashion Fairytale movie has taught her well!
She is ready for her close up!

waiting for the sun

I had to study my bank account and visa bills in depth to prepare our paperwork for the possibility of a short sale of our home.

Boy, is that eye opening!

Our house finally went on the market over a week ago. It's a good house in a great neighborhood with amazing schools. EVERYthing is at your fingertips in this area! There has to be a little growing family that wants to love it like we did!

No offers, but two showings in one week is more traffic than last time!

I have faith that we will be taken care of. I have faith that we are doing the right thing. I'm trying so hard not to curl into a paralyzed ball of fear and keep that faith and it is really testing me!!!!!!

speaking Southern

I love that in the south...

you can be fixin' to do something

no one is ashamed of their dedication to spirituality...i mention on facebook that our house needs to sell quick and girlfriends of all religions are "sending up prayers"

when I leave one of my daycares where I do speech therapy, they always wish me to "have a blessed day"-what a lovely sentiment!

it's a compliment when I smile at my little pigpen and tell her she's a "mess" and random old ladies will come up to me and tell me she looks like an angel

i obviously have my "hands full" with two girls

no-sock season starts in March-woo hoo!

Daffodils bloom in February

I love hearing "hey girl"

March Square for 12squared

This month is my sweet friend Amy's square.

She gave us each a swatch of the bold floral print in the center. Then we worked around it and followed her pattern for a modified log cabin.

This is my "current" finished product. I love it but some people think the blue is a bit off. However, after comparing my mostly red square to Teriney's mostly blue square, they will look awesome paired together. Hopefully Amy will like it too!