Hey, What Do You Know?
After the real craziness of several weeks, today has been a really good day, with the single exception of having a number of items stolen from our car *Sigh*. I got up early enough to take a shower (gasp!) before Paul started work. Though it took longer than it should have to get out of the house, I was able to get to Wal-mart, drop off my Rx refill, pick up my site-to-store items, buy the big boys new shoes (a bit on the large side, I'm afraid) at the Shoe Show across the parking lot, and get back to WM to pick up the rx and a few extras (provisions for our upcoming trip, a St. Patty's Day treat, some other groceries). We had home-made mac'n'cheese for dinner with Colby cheese, only watched two videos today, and the boys went to bed in good spirits (even Daniel!) The one item I forgot was picked up this evening at the drug store on the corner by Paul and Jay (thanks, honey!). Jay and I also tested the portable DVD player my wonderful Aunt Gail gave us for Christmas and put together the new stroller we got through Wal-Mart SiteToStore while the little boys were taking their afternoon naps! Our old plain-Jane umbrella stroller served us well for nearly three years, but was starting to rip and was just stained and beat-up. Same with our fancy travel system stroller. This one should replace both, and was bought with a gift card from my awesome co-workers. Works for me! I just gotta get the other two out- Goodwill or curb, is the question.

So, during our second sojourn in WalMart, somebody stole a classy tote/diaper bag (a Christmas gift from my sister =-[ ) from the van, along with the boys' old shoes. I am thankful that:
1. They didn't take my site-to-store items!
2. The boys wore their new shoes out of the store
3. They didn't take Paul's French horn
4. They didn't take our stereo
5. The shoes were really beat-up, and neither pair was going to be serviceable for Daniel anyway

I'm still mad. They were Jay's cute light-up Lightning McQueen shoes, and the pair of shoes we just moved Isaac up into (gym shoes, whereas the ones we bought are a bit too big and are kinda full of holes [Lightning McQueen/crocs]). I had planned to keep using both those pairs of shoes for a while. The fact that the perp only took those two items (both right in the front passenger seat) makes me think she/he was watching us when we put the shoe store bag into the car. What kind of person would steal from a woman with three SMALL children??? *Sigh*

All the more reason to take the Christmas money to the Nissan dealer tomorrow and buy a pair of keyless remote entry key fobs. Paul still may not lock the car, but I might start leaving it locked in the driveway even.

Labels: boys, bragging, crime

- posted by Gary @ 7:58 PM |