the last week has been my first week of summer! in this short time, i got quite a bit accomplished = )
the first day of summer was technically my last day of work. on this day i went to breakfast with m7 (all of us) and sammy = )
after breakfast alison, melissa and i went and had our nails done at bora bora. this place was awesome! melissa and her manicure:
at alison's request i'm not posting her manicure & pedicure. my pedicure was the result of billy's whim and my taste. = ) i asked for stars and stripes. the woman painting my toes asked if my husband were in the military, or maybe if i were. i said no, i just felt patriotic. either way, they turned out great!
after the pedicure i had a quick lunch at mcdonald's with billy. it was sprinkling, which made traffic crazy! i took billy back to work and headed to my 1:15 hair appointment at the paul mitchell school. my hairdresser was cassi, and she did a marvelous job!
she dyed my hair a red/violet mixture, trimmed it, and gave me layers. all of this only cost $63 (before tip)! i was so impressed. and i will be going back, if i ever have the better part of 4 hours to have my hair done.
i picked up my sweet baby for summer vacation just before 4:30, then we headed home to have dinner with daddy.
on the first full day of summer, alice and i got up, ate, then took a nap (awesome!). my first chore was to get my car inspected & oil changed. the mechanic was able to change my oil, but i had to wait close to an hour and a half for the mechanic to come back and inspect my car. alice was very good most of the time. toward the end she got bored and fussy, but i can't complain at all!
after my car was finished we went to mam to do some thrift store shopping, then stopped at sonic (it was happy hour) on the way back to the apartment. i had a coupon to take a survey, and they would give me a code for a free route44. now, i am totally addicted to sonic, so this was quite a deal! a free route44 for purchasing one during happy hour? yes, please!
my evenings always include dinner with my wonderful husband, and a trip to the house (to check on things & drop off a load of recycling). i won't put that on each day, but i wanted you (the reader) to be aware that it was going on = )
monday i took on my next chore which was getting my driver's license changed. in waxahachie and lubbock (the only other two places i've gone to the dps) the lines are annoyingly long, but if you are patient they will get to you. here in houston, 1/365th of the population must have been at this very dps office! alice and i were there for 3 hours.
alice was great the first hour, slept the second hour, then by the third was hungry and wet. i had called billy at about 10 til 5 to see if he would come pick her up, but they lock the doors at 5, and you have to exit through the back door! so we were stuck, me, my baby, and 70+ other people waiting for our numbers. my number was 55 (just in case it ever comes up again).
on tuesday, alice and i headed to the tax office to get the titles of the cars we own (= )) changed over to our house address. as we were driving there, i could see a storm rolling in. i decided that i didn't want to do it later, so we pushed foward. as we pulled in the rain started. once inside, i expected to be in line again, and we were, behind 1 other couple! after monday's torment, i was so relieved! we didn't wait long, and the government worker was very friendly and helpful = ) i was also happy that i had done my license first, because she used it to change over the titles ; )
when we went back to the car, it was pouring! in the 30 seconds it took us to get out to the car, we both got drenched. since my car rides so low, and houston floods in random areas, alice and i waited out the rain in the car. she didn't seem too bothered by it all. = )
after the tax office we went to smashburger, so that i could donate some food to the food drive (the mail carrier didn't pick it up on stamp out hunger weekend!). the staff there was so friendly! they helped me carry in my donation (even though the window had ended the day before), brought alice's high chair, and even fixed my dr. pepper for me (this is more like a mcdonald's then a resturant, so this is not a typical service)! during our meal, someone checked on us no less than 5 times! then, because i had donated food, the manager gave me two $5 gift certificates to their establishment! i will be going back, and not just because of the free food ; )
wednesday we took it easy. we had lunch with billy, then headed out to our 'new thrift stores' near the house. i didn't find much, but coyt & cali have a new veggie tales stash = )
thursday was the day i got billy's car inspected. now, since billy's car is older, he doesn't have to do the emissions testing, which means we take his car to a garage with the 'old test'. the one we used last year had closed, so i took it to the one i had gotten the purple cadillac done a few years back. this place is very ghetto, but they are nice and helpful, and get the job done.
their waiting room is the second bay of the garage, so you are less than 5 yards from where they are doing the inspection. there is no air conditioning, but a giant fan (which alice thought was just too cool). i loved the juxtaposition of my sweet clean baby, against the rough, dirty garage wall, so i took some photos.
the inspection really didn't take long, though he tried to sell me a car w/ air conditioning when i left. = )
from there we went to a place with an air conditioned waiting room (fancy) to get billy's oil changed. now, this place just happens to be across from one of my favorite thirft stores, so alice and i did some shopping (even though i only had $6). we walked back to pay for billy's car, then went to mam again, and spend the remainder of the $6 on fabric for the background of my pictures of alice this summer.
friday was a very lazy day. alice and i stayed in all day, and i worked on upgrading this blog, from it's neglected, forgotten self. i'm happy to be back, blogging away!
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