In Which I Realize How Boring I Am Without All My Children
August 27, 2009
We walked into the house this morning. Miles let out a big deep sigh.
No one is here. It’s just me and you.
Yup, day three and the novelty of being home all alone with me has worn off.
This is so booooorrrrrrring.
I may have to do that thing… what is it callled? Play?
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My daughter has already come home with a party invitation. For this weekend. Doesn’t that seem like awfully short notice? I wonder if it would be okay to give the child some leftover spiral notebooks and book covers, because the very idea of having to step into a store and purchase ONE MORE THING might kill me.
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This is what morning of Day Three of school looks like. It is decidedly less chipper and more cranky. Yes, my child is resting his head on his cereal bowl. But at least he has on clothes today.
I know everyone reading is probably like, WE GET IT, YOUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL NOW. Enough with the school talk. But honestly, it is either talk about school or my continuing efforts to unpack my house. I am down to boxes that I just don’t know what to do with. They are filled with completely random items… power cords! puzzle pieces! box of tampons!
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Okay, Miles has requested that I bring him to IKEA. He wants one of those 50 cent ice cream cones or maybe a cinnamon bun, he hasn’t decided. And honestly, I can not think of any good reason to say no, other than going into a store might just kill me, an excuse that Miles refuses to believe. So off to IKEA it is. I hope I make it out alive.
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My sons always have a rough reentry into the school schedule. Every year I tell them they should start going to bed earlier to get ready for school, but they never listen. So in the space of one week they go from sleeping from 3am-2pm to 11pm to 6:30am. Sigh.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pmYEA — another photo of the house! I’m going to keep calling you a tease until you finally give more up!
August 27th, 2009 at 12:53 pmHey, why not go for both? That’s what I would do! And of course, that is the reason why my pant are a bit snug…
August 27th, 2009 at 12:56 pmMaybe you can find a birthday present at Ikea. Sure, it might be lame but not any more lame than sending out an invitation three days before a party.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:58 pmThe first week back to school is definitely hard on kids. The schedule of getting up, being at school, and coming home to do homework each night takes a bit of getting used to for all kids. Even harder for us parents who have to deal with cranky kiddos! It’ll definitely be smoother next week.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:00 pmNot on topic but I really like your tile. Your new house has a nice kitchen!
August 27th, 2009 at 1:04 pmMaybe your daughter’s friend would like a nice, Swedish-named item from IKEA for her birthday.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:07 pmI love IKEA. Your local one was the first time I ever experienced the wonder and joy of cheap Swedish furniture.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pmWell there is a play place in most Ikea’s so leave him there for a while……then wonder over and get a Birthday gift for the party this weekend. Get Miles his snack and there you have it! a big outing for Miles and if you hang about long enough you can stretch it out until the kids get home!
You just have to get back in the groove of school in session!
August 27th, 2009 at 1:10 pmAnd you can guy your daughter’s little friend something fun from there.
Two birds with one stone…. 
August 27th, 2009 at 1:15 pmI hope you are at least looking for a birthday present for that party while you are at IKEA. Save yourself another store visit.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:15 pmBring me back something from IKEA?
August 27th, 2009 at 1:19 pmMaybe you can find an appropriate party gift at IKEA.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:25 pmhey, atleast you can pick up a birthday present there. maybe a $3 rug or some swedish food.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:26 pmI am happily reading all about your school since it’s my turn next week. YIKES!
And IKEA would be great place to pick up something for that birthday party.
Karen
August 27th, 2009 at 1:27 pmMaybe you can find a birthday present at Ikea? Sounds like a reason to go to me. I’m sure there’s something every first grader is dying to have at Ikea.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:30 pmNow, the big question is: Did you buy some IKEA junk for the birthday present?
August 27th, 2009 at 1:32 pmYour dining table only has 8 chairs.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:40 pmI am declaring the same sort of moratorium on shopping. Can’t bear to spend one more penny on school supplies. I am at $500 or so in fees and supplies - and that doesn’t include any clothing or shoes I had to buy. Ugh!
August 27th, 2009 at 1:46 pmGet thyself out of the house to IKEA NOW! It will take the place of “play,” provide his snack and continued avoidance of your unpacked boxes…see…you both win!
August 27th, 2009 at 1:52 pmJust gently remind them that, had you decided to do this while still in CT, they’d have getting dressed and then LAYERING UP to do everyday for three months to look forward to. Not sure WHEN you’ll get to use this statement, but I’m sure it’ll come up. (Starting college and realizing I had to trek to class in six inches of snow and ice for two months sucked. I contemplated transferring south the entire winter.)
August 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pmI’m curious, has anyone protested school yet? Said “I don’t wanna go anymore!!”?? I was never homeschooled, and I pretty much refused every single morning…my mom had to drag me there until, I dunno, senior year?
I’m not tired of hearing about it! I’m fascinated!
August 27th, 2009 at 1:56 pmI personally am loving the school talk! How are you handling lunches? I think you had already mentioned about them not buying because of the expense. Do they get to pack their own lunch and/or have a say as to what’s in them?
By the way, love the eating area. The combination of the colors of the floor/walls/flowers on the table/etc. is beautiful.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:02 pmHopefully you can multitask and get the bday present at IKEA! (you’re lucky you have one in town)
August 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pmI LIKE reading these posts. It’s interesting to see the changes because this is the first time you’ve all experienced this “phenomenon” of school. I hope you make it out of Ikea alive. Aren’t there usually toys in the kids section that might be an okay gift for a party? At least that would combine errands…
August 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pmI love hearing about how your kids are settling in to school. We all go through it - so it’s nice to commiserate - and you’re going through it with six kids at once!
As for the birthday party, I’m guessing this is an unusual situation since the birthday falls so close to the beginning of school.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:25 pmToday is day one for us i am anticapating their return so i can do my mom homework.
3 down 177 to go not including vacations and holidays.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pmMaybe you can find the birthday present at IKEA. Then you can both be happy. And for the record, I’m thoroughly enjoying these school posts. Good luck on day 4.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:34 pmI must be way lamer than you because I have already confessed how much I am enjoying seeing you all go through this new transition in your lives!
And the kid with the bowl of cereal on his face… well, get used to it. LOL
Don’t feel like the back to school stuff is boring. I think most of us are digging it!
August 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pmWhy isn’t Miles in preschool? I asked because we are debating preschool at my house right now.
Chris says: I just sent everyone else off to school for the first time! Baby steps! Also, I am pretty sure that they cost a boatload of money that I simply do not have.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:51 pmooh, craft supplies from IKEA are a perfect last minute birthday gift. Their colored pencils are AWESOME and last forever. They are thick so the lead doesn’t break (even for little hands) but sharpen very nicely and blend like expensive Prismacolors.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:57 pmThe last few pics you’ve posted have had me awed by your ability to put together a home so quickly after a move. (While getting ready for school? How is my place so trashed?) I tried to comfort myself with the thought that there were piles of boxes still in the garage. Then you go and blow that theory out of the water :). Wow.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pmI understand exhaustion sets in the first week. I just wrote a post about that and how my daughter has already lost her damn mind. It’s going to be a LONG year!
August 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pmNo wonder Miles is a loose ends - he’s never before experienced your house with just the two of you at home, has he?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:18 pmMy guess is, that he’ll start really enjoying it just as he is starting school…
OH, I am so not tired or bored hearing of the kids going to public school!
That photo made me really lol…so adorable and painful at the same time. Truly describes life sometimes - the head in the cereal bowl.
I totally have all kinds of random sh** in small (to be organised) piles, after moving home this summer. I just keep rearranging and resorting…going nuts, basically.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:31 pmI love these posts too!
August 27th, 2009 at 3:45 pmWait… your IKEA cones cost 50 cents?? Ours are $1.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:53 pmMy kids love to go to IKEA and they’re 8 & 9. In fact ‘Lunch at IKEA’ was on their list of things to do this summer.
I sure wish we had an Ikea closer than 3 hrs away from where I live.
Your dining set looks just like the one I bought last fall….I think I am still missing an arm and a leg from where I had to pay for it.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:53 pmHaving a child whose birthday is the end of August, I can tell you the party during school age is quite complicated. You’re not really in school long enough yet to meet people yet. You basically HAVE to send home invitations the first week of school. It’s challenging, so go easy on the girl with the late-summer birthday.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:10 pmOh how I feel your pain. My husband and I are damned and determined to get our house organized, even if it kills us. We’ve been here a year now and we’re dealing with the last of the boxes and putting things in their places. But, it will be wonderful when we’re (FINALLY!) done.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:13 pmBest wishes to you during your organization!
I love hearing about your new adventures w/ school!
August 27th, 2009 at 4:22 pmI’m not bored of reading about school! I’d love to hear how you are transitioning from home school to public though. I’d be really curious to hear if you miss the teaching/planning of everything, or if this has been a relief in some ways. Anything really that you’d like to share about the decision to switch or how it’s going would be really really interesting!
August 27th, 2009 at 4:31 pmI really enjoy reading about your kids going to school.
And also, I loved the pictures you took of the kids on the porch by school levels, so cute and thoughtful!
August 27th, 2009 at 4:54 pmGood luck at Ikea, you are braver than I am.
August 27th, 2009 at 5:00 pmam so jealous you can pop over to IKEA whenever you get a hankering for meatballs. or ice cream, whatever…
August 27th, 2009 at 5:22 pmIKEA here had free childcare while you’re shopping in the store!
That’s all the incentive I need to go to IKEA, that and the swedish meatballs!
August 27th, 2009 at 5:38 pmhas… it still does
August 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pmFace it, Chris. We’re all endlessly fascinated by your family and life. (Mine’s boring–can’t speak for everyone else.) Please. Just Indulge us.
August 27th, 2009 at 5:55 pmI love that picture!
Why do you think I homeschool? So I have all my kids here and I don’t have to play Barbies. (Just kidding - we don’t have Barbies).
We’re planning a trip to the zoo in a few weeks. After the public schools kids go back to school. It will be so nice to have the zoo, parks and museums to ourselves again
August 27th, 2009 at 5:58 pmIkea when school is back is the ONLY way to go. Ikea on a Bank Holiday Monday - NOT so good. The best day for Ikea is Boxing Day in the UK - NO_ONE in their right minds would go so it is lovely and empty for us!
August 27th, 2009 at 6:45 pm[Bank Holiday Monday = random Monday holidays in the summer that we Brits get just to give us even MORE holidays.]
August 27th, 2009 at 6:46 pmKate M. made a good point. That kitchen is suspiciously tidy looking, missy.
And also, GORGEOUS!
Love the kid with his head in the cereal bowl. I can SO sympathize, not being a morning person.
Anyone who doesn’t want to read about your children’s first experiences with school can click on another blog. Me, I’m enjoying it all.
August 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pmDon’t they have a child care area at your Ikea? I used to drop my preschooler off there for the allotted hour and sit in the cafe with a book.
August 27th, 2009 at 7:11 pmI can think of worse ways to spend the day than with a pleasant 4-year-old at IKEA….
But I’m still curious about the send-them-to-school decision - did I miss a blog post somewhere? Can you point me to it?
August 27th, 2009 at 7:30 pmThese are my favorite posts…absolutely hysterical…and GO MARKET PANTRY cereal! Our favorite!
August 27th, 2009 at 8:09 pmWhen we lived there we wanted to find a non-denominational preschool, but because of money were forced to go to a Methodist preschool. The one we chose wasn’t all intense, but it did require that the boy learn some of it’s religion once a week. It was only thirty minutes and all they did was sing songs. We figured getting a little god in him wouldn’t kill him, and wow, I loved the freedom of those 8 hours a week. I can’t say he remember any of it now.
August 27th, 2009 at 8:11 pmI’ve found myself with extra free time recently and have taken up crafts. Perhaps you can put the youngster to work? I’ve been soldering electroluminescent wire, embedding things in hard resin, and creating medieval armor out of pop-can tabs. I know those all sound a little too grown-up for someone not even in kindergarten yet, but just think, you have the next 9 months to entertain him until his elder siblings will be around to entertain him again
August 27th, 2009 at 8:17 pmgood god… it is REALLY dark where you live… or is it just me?
August 27th, 2009 at 8:56 pmlook at how many moms suggested getting that last minute birthday present at Ikea! GMTA!
I have one left in school–he is a senior, doesn’t have a first period class, and his 7th period is study hall. Can’t get any better than that–oh, except for ME–first year I don’t have to get up and get out to drive hiim to school!!!! I deserve a vacation after all those years of TORTURE!!!
August 27th, 2009 at 9:42 pmLove,
julie
I love reading about the kids going to school for the first time. Managing all the kids’ schedules and homework takes a lot of effort. Enjoy the down-time while you can…
August 27th, 2009 at 10:10 pmUm - pardon me for being a Negative Nelly, but who says she has to go to the birthday party? I’ve always found it strange that people would schedule any party and invite classmates during the first month of school let alone the first week! Everyone is still adjusting to the new school year. At least kids at this age are easy to please (at least mine were) with non-electronics - puzzles; coloring books; dress-up; etc. However, since it’s the first week of school, these may not be an option. If the party person is not a “friend” yet - just a class mate, I say, stay busy that day and let is slide by. I’ve learned the hard way that kids love to go to birthday parties, even when they do not particularly like the birthday person.
August 27th, 2009 at 10:11 pmI, too, am at home with the lucky left-over and he is not impressed. “I hate waptops!” just about summoned up his attitude toward me today. Little does he know how much I am beginning to hate this little thing myself at times. I am implementing a preschool program at home for him because they literally do NOT offer that here where I live and he is not impressed with that either. He is into wreaking “major damage” and those are his very own words. Long, long, long year ahead. Welcome to TX!
August 27th, 2009 at 11:41 pmWe moved cross country this summer into about 60% of the space we had before. (well, until we finish the basement) Talk about having boxes you don’t know what to do with!
My girl is all ready to start Grade One, but we don’t go until September 10.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:07 amI see that the light is on - FULLY and very brightly early in the morning. UGH!
August 28th, 2009 at 6:46 amI have one child who will wake up slowly - in the dark (like me) … and one child who will get up and turn all the lights on - FULLY and very brightly - like my husband.
School stories are just fine - I’m sure you’ll have a funny twist on them too!
Maybe you can get that kid whose birthday is this weekend a couch or something from Ikea…
August 28th, 2009 at 8:49 amJungle Java might be a good solution for boredom now that you only would have to pay for 1 kiddo. It is a big indoor play/coffee hose that even has some gluten free menu options. As far as your cold, are you sure you have not fallen victim to Austin allergies. They have been really bad.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:01 amIs it still DARK outside in that picture??? What time do they have to wake up for school?!?!? We go back-to-school for the first time (oldest starting Kindergarten) next week…I am wondering how this transition will go. So I love these posts, it feels like a sneak preview!
August 28th, 2009 at 9:21 amI can help: The tampons go in the bathroom. There, one more thing unpacked.
August 28th, 2009 at 10:11 amOne of those giant fuzzy pink anacondas?
August 28th, 2009 at 10:15 amI like your posts about school.
And I want to see more house pictures. (no offense to the rental house-but this one looks nicer-less beige.)
August 28th, 2009 at 10:22 amI just moved too - and last night threw away the last two boxes filled with random crap - if I can’t find anywhere to put that stuff, I must not need it! Highly recommend it
August 28th, 2009 at 10:43 amWhat will you do if they beg to go back to homeschooling again? Or is homeschooling completely off the table now?
I always said it is easier to have a house full of kids than just one. Just one you have to P-L-A-Y. And there is no one else for them to argue with but you.
August 28th, 2009 at 11:59 amI love hearing about your transition to public school. Not boring at all!
August 28th, 2009 at 12:09 pmAre you sad, having them at school? As a mom
August 28th, 2009 at 12:37 pmwho has kids both in public school, and a youngest
at home, homeschooling (and everyone involved being
relatively happy where they are at)- your posts
have been very interesting to me too.
Tugs at my heart seeing all your big kids swallowed by
the giant yellow bus though, it must really be tugging at yours!
In defense of the birthday child’s mother. New friend, didn’t want her to be left out; really hard to let a child’s birthday pass with no party just because school just started;
August 28th, 2009 at 12:51 pmand, and, I’m thinking, I’m thinking. I’ll let you know if something else comes to mind. ;D
Just read the post about the school questionaries. CRACKING UP!!!!! I have thought the same thing, and I only had to fill out four of them.
August 28th, 2009 at 12:55 pmDon’t give the boxes a second thought, I still have 3 unopened boxes from my move. Twenty-three years ago. They got shoved up in the rafters of the garage and have never been touched, God knows what’s in them, candlesticks and misc. kitchen utensils, I think. It helps to add the air of mystery about me and my life. I know, cheap thrills.
August 28th, 2009 at 12:58 pmIf it makes you feel better, I am so tired that when I first looked at the pic of your kitchen, I thought - wow, are those raisable walls?! What a cool kitchen!
… and then I realized they were blinds.
D’oh.
August 28th, 2009 at 1:05 pmI’ve really enjoyed your back to school blogs. But I have to ask you, at the risk of sounding noisy… Where’s your husband lately?
August 28th, 2009 at 1:43 pmok - we are so not tired of the school stories…and, we like your stories with or without kids…you have now become known as the “vomit in the mouth” blogger when my husband asks me what I am reading. Because my son and husband can so relate to vomit humor ;o) Please keep them coming and yes, I want more glimpses of the new homestead too…not in a stalkerish weird way…more of an HGTV fanatic…love to see it kind of way…I love what I have seen so far! And, why oh why is Miles up so early with the rest of the flock…hopefully, he will learn to sleep in a little later which will help kill some of those hours!
August 28th, 2009 at 2:06 pmDo you realize you have 7 children and only 8 chairs?
Where does the odd one sit during dinner?
August 28th, 2009 at 2:06 pmI feel ya. I am left alone with my three-year-old all day now that all three of his older siblings are in school. I am forced to play “Diego and Dora” while my oblivious one-year-old is “Baby Jaguar.” Deigo: Dora the Explorer’s animal-rescuing cousin whose sidekick is Baby Jaguar. I HAVE to call them Diego and Baby Jaguar. All day. I too have to get used to “playing” again, because all the other kids on are street are in school. That doesn’t stop my son from asking every ten minutes if Alexis/Nathan/McKenzie/etc. can come over and play Diego campsite with us.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:23 pmI have to admit I sent an invitation for my daughter’s birthday party for this Saturday to her Kindergarten class on Monday. I hate that it’s such short notice. With an August 31st birthday, and football season starting the very next week… what is a mom to do? My hope was that a few kiddos’ parents would be like “woo! hoo! I can take them swimming and won’t have to hear them bicker for a couple hours! Let’s go!”
Hope you have fun.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:39 pmKeep writing! We see the head on/in the cereal bowl all the time. Mornings are rough.
August 29th, 2009 at 3:02 amI think the IKEA trip sounded like a fine idea. My youngest got dragged all over creation with me, but it led to fun unexpected things…also, perhaps there are open play days at a local community center or something like that?
I also use to designate a day to be AT HOME and not go anywhere - that day we did fun art, or built legos, or something. But you’re way more together than I ever was, so I know it will all come together for you.
OOOO Another house picture! I love your tile floor and your open dining room. My dining room is so small that we have to turn our table catty corner for it to fit…
Also, I check EVERY DAY to see how your kids (and you and Miles) are doing in your new routine. I love the school stories. Also, I don’t send my twin 4 year olds to pre-school either. Time is so short! One more year and they’ll be gone all day in kindergarten.
August 29th, 2009 at 7:31 amLove the going back to school posts- we’ve done the same thing over the last year or so- transitioning to school from homeschooling and there have been lots of adventures. Some great humor in there, too. When my husband told my then 13yo daughter she would be going to school the NEXT DAY (one too many power struggles) she paused, said he’d never do it, realized how serious we were and then said, “Well fine, I need to go shopping right now.” Her priorities were surprisingly spot on. Enjoy.
August 29th, 2009 at 3:42 pmMy youngest heads to 1st grade this year and, like you, I know I will fill the time quickly. But those first few days…boy, it’s going to feel lonely around here.
I just might have to take a trip to IKEA.
August 29th, 2009 at 9:32 pmLoving reading about all the transitions. Did I miss a post explaining the change from home to public school? I am genuinely curious to know the forces behind the change…as well as the give and take of the reality as it unfolds!
August 30th, 2009 at 2:08 amI just found you and I already subscribed (not something I usually do). I LOVE the head in the cereal bowl (I can so relate) and the pajamas-to-school and even the helmetless kids! I wrote a blog post once on how bad we are at wearing seatbelts and didn’t get even one angry comment, which I believe shows that I have yet to “make” it in the blogosphere
August 30th, 2009 at 10:50 amAs someone who has moved 3 times in 2 yrs (talk about life throwing you curve balls) my advice is this: if it’s not sentimental, or legally important, or seasonal - like Christmas things- and you haven’t needed it after a year…you probably don’t need it and can toss it to the curb.
August 31st, 2009 at 12:23 amActually, I am loving this little “series.” This being my first year of homeschooling all of my kids, I am missing the bus stop scenes and the funny things I remember as I look at my child as the bus pulls up (like to remind her to brush her hair) and all that other back-to-school stuff.
Your pictures simultaneously make me want to cry for missing it all and want to celebrate for giving it all up like a bad habit. So thanks!
August 31st, 2009 at 8:21 amIKEA sounds like a great idea. He can go to the Smalland, you can buy a birthday present, and you both get ice cream cones. Maybe I should do that with my little guy tomorrow.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:24 pmYou.. boring?! Ha! You can write of watering houseplants and still manage a guffaw out of an audience.
Dropping in again from LA… maybe for the last time before I spazz out from heat stroke (ok, you’re in Texas, I shouldn’t complain).
Going to school… hmmmm… once upon a time.. lol. My deepeset sympathies. All of them seem to have grown a mile and even more lethally beautiful than before. Say hello to fangirls and fanboys at school. I’m glad you can finally sneak in some “me” hours.. or is that even feasible with Miles still there? :p
September 1st, 2009 at 4:03 amSo-is homeschooling COMPLETELY off the table now? Even if the kids beg, whine and plead?
It is so much harder with just one kid in the house. They only have one person to play and argue with-YOU.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:39 amI’m enjoying these posts; especially since I’m still homeschooling and on a bad day, I daydream about the school bus stopping in front of my house to pick them all up. This gives me a bit of a balanced perspective–the grass is never greener on the other side of the school bus.
September 1st, 2009 at 9:24 pmI am guessing Ikea is big in the US like it is here. I too noticed that there are only eight chairs, so who has to stand or do you make the kids take turns, “no I’m sorry son you sat yesterday”. Oh the joys of nosey bloggers, sorry.
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:45 amI keep looking for more stories from your kids first experiences at public school. I work at a public school in California and am really interested in how the kids are liking it compared to their home schooling experiences. Please don’t stop writing about their adventures just because you think that we are getting tired of hearing about their adjustment and opinions. If you have other/personal reasons not to share then that is another story, if not please keep the pictures and stories coming.
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 pmOh, be advised, you will not make it out of Ikea alive. Or, you may look alive, but your soul will have been sucked out somewhere in the middle of eating those swedish meatballs and drinking that damn delicious sparkling ligonberry juice. I actually need an Ikea intervention. Just reading about it makes me go weak in the knees.
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 pmHas the school year killed you yet? Hope all is well.
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:46 amAre you still at IKEA??? It’s been a week, that’s one heck of a shopping trip! = )
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:40 amTried to make me go to IKEA but I said “NO, NO, NO!” (Sung to Rehab)
There is a major product-placement scene (http://www.brandfreak.com/ikea/) in 500 Days of Summer that might give you an idea for a cheap date night, which might allow more money for preschool.
Your sense of humor saves the day for you and your readers!
September 4th, 2009 at 11:32 am