The Miss Elaine-ous Life

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So Far This Week is Better

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Last week at this time I had the accident. I know, sorry to remind you all (and myself) but I failed to mention how my week didn’t get THAT much better. Oh and TODAY, I found out my car won’t be fixed until the end of this month. It’s gonna take three weeks people!! Lesson learned.

So after I dropped the car off and got my rental mini-van (that apprently I will now be quite attached to at the end of the month) I went to work out (yay! good for me!) When I got home I realized that I had left my garage door opener in the smashed up car and since I didn’t have a house key, I was locked out of my house.

Yes folks, it only got better…

That is when I started cursing my own name for actually locking every door to the house, even the back one. I decided that maybe there was a window open somewhere. See, I would have simply driven back to the collision place but I had just made a lunch date with a friend and needed a shower in a MAJOR way. So unlocked-window-hunting I went. Turns out one of our bedroom windows that is low to the ground remained unlocked. (And yes all you potential theives out there – it is now locked so don’t even think about it!) I bet I was quite the sight crawling through my own doggone window, all sweaty and smelly.

I did manage to retreive the GDO right before I met my friend for lunch. Phew!

And just so you know, all this was going on while all the kids were at school. If it had been with kids I might of just had to check out of life for the rest of the day.

Oh and then on Friday I went to get something out of the back of my the mini van and as I went to close the HUGE METAL “GATE” I clocked myself on the top of my head with it SO hard that I could see those little stars from the old Saturday morning cartoons and tears began to well up in my eyes. Pretty sure I had a mini concussion (Goggle THAT people!)

Luckily, yesterday (praise God!) we made it through unscathed.

Oh except I got “swindled” at the mall into buying these:

I got one 8 X 10 of The B Man’s pic for free and paid for two 5 x 7’s of the one of Little G. That’s how slow they were at The Picture People. They were literally out in the mall, begging people to come get pictures of their kids taken and my friend Claudia and I obliged.

Oh and can you totally tell how The B Man was dressed for the occasion?? Yeah, that’s one of the “junk” shirts he likes to wear that I mentioned in a post week before last. At least now it’s on the blog for posterity. Don’t you know that just warms the cockles of this mother’s heart.

I will leave you with one other image from today that no, I did not purchase. What a shame, huh?

P.S. If you came over from McMommy’s POW (or anywhere else for that matter) check out my GIVEAWAY that is going on now! : )
elaine

Comments

  1. Oh Elaine, I’m sorry but I laughed at the locked-out story! I’m sure you weren’t laughing, but it’s just one of those things that I think ANYONE could do. I’ve done it (locked myself out).

    CUTE photos of the boys 🙂

  2. What an awful day Elaine! Your writing was so descriptive though, that I might have had to snicker. Hope that is ok??

    Your kids are so cute. And hey be glad you have one of him in his favorite play shirts. It won’t be long before that shirt is long and forgotten and how fun it will be to see it.

    The last pic is a great pic too! His little belly…too cute

  4. Sorry that the rest of the week did not go too well. Glad to hear that you have a rental van and do not have to worry about that while your car gets fixed.

    You reminded me, we have to get our big guy’s 5 year portraits done. I have to figure out where to get them done this year.

  5. Holy crap. I just realized I still need to pick up my garage door opener from a rental car place from 10 months ago…do you still think they have it?

    I have been SWINDLED by the mall photos too…but can you call it robbery when when they are so cute???

  9. WOW, bloggy hugs for you. What a week. I have hit myself in the head before also, man does that hurt! Hope OCTOBER is WONDERFUL and you can just put september behind you.

  10. i didn’t know yall were going to go get pictures made. i might have considered it! anyway, i went to finish line and got some great deals on some new workout clothes (cause mine are huge and falling off of me!).

    anyway, very cute pics and i am glad this week is going better!!!

  15. That last picture is hilarious. Is your little boy digging for gold in his belly button?!

    Watch out for those mivan doors,they’ll get you every time.

  16. My, my, you DID have a bad week. I’m so sorry!

    Cute pictures as a bonus…our PP closed down.

    That STINKS about your car! Why in the WORLD should it take that long?

    And just so you know, you’re not the only one to clock your head on something last week. I busted my head TWICE in the same day while cleaning the other day. See, cleaning is hazardous to your health! I KNEW IT!

    I hope you’re week continues to be better…

  17. Aw, stink!

    I forgot to say…the Bug Man has locked me out of my house twice. Yes, I left him a key under the mat…MY key. When I tried to enter through my garage door, he had LOCKED THAT BLOOMING DOOR!! We NEVER lock that door! I had to go through the neighbors gate to climb our fence and…as you did…search for an unlocked window. Yep there was one.

    Now I need to hide a key in a tree or something! Ugh!

  18. Elaine, you poor girl! Can I give you some advice? Turn your horseshoe upside down, all the luck is draining out of it.

    I hope that is the end of your luck and those pictures are precious! I never would have thought anything of the shirt…it’s blue, it’s cute, no worries 😉

  19. Oh, Elaine! I’m glad you are able to laugh at yourself…you are laughing, right?

    I think you should have bought that last one! Too cute.

  20. Good gosh Elaine, when it rains it really pours! Here’s hoping for a dry spell for you. At least there was an unlocked window – there was NO unlocked window the time I did it. And the inlaws with the spare key were out of town. Now my neighbor has a key!

    The boys are tooooo cute! I don’t think I would have been able to resist that last one – I LOVE it!

  21. Aww – I love those little guys. They’re so cute I just want to raspberry that belly.

    Sorry about your day – but I admit, I chuckled. It sounds like something that I would have done!

  22. yeah, it’s hard to believe all THAT can happen to one person. I’m so sorry-hope next week is way better.

    Cute pics! Drew likes to show his belly too, especially when meeting new people, or in church or any other embarrassing time.

    😉

  25. Oh, I didn’t know your week got worse…glad this one has been better. The pictures are adorable. I forgot about this when we were there but really didn’t have time…you know homework and all!

  26. Well the good news from this all? You have two totally adorable little boys! And I think you should have bought that last picture! 🙂 Nothing so great as a candid shot here and there…

    Happy POW, hope next week is a better one!

  27. Has it been a week? A lot has happened in my neck of the woods in a week.

    Those are adorable photos! The little one reminds me so much of my nephew at that age. Just wanna squeeze him! Very fun!

  28. One thing after another, huh? I hate days like that. Hope your weekend is better. 🙂

    Cute pics…that’s funny about the Picture People. Two locations near us actually went out of business just recently. No wonder they are scouting out moms with their kiddos in the mall.

  29. So sorry about the lockout and head clunk, but glad that you’re week is looking up now. As for those pictures- the first two are adorable! The third, well, it’s a classic, lol. At least you have image digitally to remember for years to come.

  32. I feel a little bit better knowing I’m not the only one who had such a disaster of a week! Sorry that you had the unfortunate experience of being a part of the club though.
    Here’s to hoping for better luck!