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snow day number five
I don’t know why they are playing Leapsters in the bathroom but we’re on day number FIVE of not leaving the house and they are quiet so I don’t care where they play!
can I get a side of meatballs with that Noresund?
Prior to today, I was an Ikea virgin. I’d heard how great Ikea is, I’d seen other’s purchases, I’d browsed the website, but I’d never been there myself. I have now experienced Ikea in all it’s glory.
We chose a day with the worst possible weather to schlep the four of us 90 minutes up the highway for this adventure. It rained all. day. long. We left the house about 8:30 AM and arrived just after the 10 AM opening.
We had a loose plan in place. We needed to retrieve an Expedit entertainment center for my mother and a large quantity of blue shopping bags to use at the sale. Outside of that, we just wanted to see what there was to see.
Once we passed through the sacred blue and yellow entrance, we were greeted with a huge Christmas tree decorated with stuffed animals. As we rode up the escalator, always a harrowing experience ever since that unfortunate incident at Sears last summer that ended with a sobbing Thing One at the top of the escalator and Thing One’s right shoe at the bottom of the escalator, we realized we were woefully unprepared for this adventure.
Thing Two could have spent hours hugging all the stuffed animals in the children’s department, but we finally convinced them to spend a little time in the play area so DH and I could wander the showroom, dutifully following the arrows on the floor, not wanting to miss a single Mysa or Detolf.
Nearly four hours later, full of meatballs and lingonberries, we loaded up our Expedit, Hajdeby, Mixa, Iris, Bygga, Kalas, Pyssla, Mula, and 150 of the 59 cent tote bags in the back of the truck and pulled out of the crowded parking lot. I’ve already gone through the catalog trying to decide how many pieces of Billy we need for the basement.
is there really such a thing as a hypoallergenic dog?
Parentdish posted a list of 15 “hypoallergenic” dogs for the new first family to consider.
#14: Maltese
#13: Portuguese Water Dog
#12: West Highland White Terrier
#11: Schnauzer
#10: Airedale Terrier
#9: Bichon Frise
#8: Italian Greyhound
#7: Poodle
#6: Shih Tzu
#5: Smooth and Wire Fox Terrier
#4: Scottish Terrier
#2: Chinese Crested
#1: GoldenDoodle
No, I don’t know what happened to numbers 15 and 3. And, no, I’m not buying it. I don’t think I’ve ever spent quality time with a Chinese crested, a greyhound, or Portuguese water dog, but I’ve never met a dog of any of the other listed breeds that didn’t make me, well, sick as a dog.
When they do allergy tests and put that giant tray of needles on my back, I get a rather impressive reaction to “dog”. The spot for poodle, however, results in everyone in the doctor’s office from the receptionist to the janitor being called in to see the wheal spreading across my entire body. You see why I’m not convinced that adding “doodle” to the name of the breed makes it a better choice for allergy sufferers.
Let the sugar rush begin
We had the preschool party this AM, TOT later tonight, and then a party at a friend’s house. Thing One is Buzz Lightyear, Thing Two is Woody the Cowboy. Yes, both costumes from a consignment sale. Yes, both boys on serious sugar high.
sticks and stones
Thing One and Thing Two have spent most of the day NOT keeping their hands to themselves. This game is generally accompanied by lots of screaming, both on their part and mine. Finally, I sent them outside to play so I could watch 90210 while I folded the massive mountain of laundry have a few minutes of peace.
I just looked outside. They are swordfighting with sticks and screaming at the top of their lungs.
well, whadda ya know?
I finally got in to see the doctor today and it was completely drama-free. Apparently, the trick is to come on a day when he’s the only doc in the office instead of on a day that all four of them are there.
I was in and out in a little under an hour. My pupils may be back to regular size by bedtime tonight. No problems, no new tears or weak places, f/u in 2 years. Someone remind me in 2 years to get an appointment on a day that he’s the only doc in the office!
more medical runaround
Last time I saw the retinal specialist, yes, the one that required an act of Congress to get an appointment with because God forbid anyone waste his time that didn’t really, really, really need to be seen by a retinal specialist, history of retinal tears in both eyes be damned, yes, that one, he scheduled me for a follow up 18 months out. So, for 18 months I’ve been sitting on an appointment at 9:20 AM last Tuesday.
Last Monday, the office called to cancel my appointment. They offered me 9:10 and 10:30 today. Admittedly, I don’t have a lot of availablity. Thing One and Thing Two are in preschool Monday-Thursday from 9 AM to Noon and the office is about 20 minutes from preschool. I said I would be late for the appt if I took the 9:10 and was told to take the 10:30 but come as soon as I could and they’d get me in.
I got there at 9:25, repeated the above to the receptionist who denied that anyone could possibly have told me that. At 10:10 they finally admitted there was no way I’d be done by 11:40 and rescheduled me for NEXT Tuesday at 9:20.
I’m tempted to change it to a PM appointment and just take the kids with me. I’m at least 50 years younger than anyone else in the waiting room, two wild 4 y/o’s running around might get me in pretty quick! In the meantime, I’m just pissed that I pretty much wasted my entire morning and the gas to schlep over there and back.
Oh, and the receptionist had the gall to say that they are the only retinal specialists in this half of the state and they totally take self-referrals. I call bullshit on that, they made me jump through all sort of hoops to get in there.
election calls
DH got two calls asking for his vote yesterday… both from the Giuliani campaign. Asking for his vote in Florida. How on earth did our Kentucky phone number get associated with the Florida primaries?
Ron Paul has also called for one of us, we’re not sure who since we think our party affiliations are actually switched in the Kentucky records.
I’m liable to tell any live body who calls me re: elections that another call from his or her candidate will result in me voting for the other candidate. Seriously, does a phone call from a campaign sway your vote in any way?
