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Just one of those days…

i had one of those days today…

you know, the ones where nothing seems to go right.  i just wanted 15 minutes more sleep this morning - which turned into 30…

…and i think i’ve been trying, all day, to get that time back.

then, even racing down the 408 didn’t get me to my appointment on time - good thing i’m kind of like a race car driver! :-) - once i hit I-4, it was all downhill….actually, more like a parking lot…

since our refrigerator broke just before we left town - and, of course, we didn’t realize it wasn’t working until everything in it was room temp….

anyway, so i had to make another marathon trip to wal-mart.

i think half the known continent did too…..

then, i chose very unwisely when picking out a basket….of course, i didn’t realize how unwisely until the basket was piled so high that things were toppling out.  it didn’t want to go in a straight line…or to the right…or forward.

so, i was relegated to pulling the basket down the aisle and saying, “excuse me” and “i’m so sorry”…A LOT!

and, of course, the one thing that i desperately needed was on the opposite side of the store from where i was wrestling my basket….and then the other thing that i desperately needed was on the other side…again - i played this game for a while until i lost the desire to live much less my desperate need for whatever it was i desperately needed when i pulled into the parking lot….

then, at the check-out, i decided to resort to the 2 for $1.00 “hot” peanuts next to the register since i hadn’t eaten in….well, yet….and it was 2:00 pm.  of course, when i wondered to myself what that thunderous noise was and realized it was a repeat of the DELUGE, i decided to buy 2 cheeseburgers at the wal-mart mcdonalds and wait out the rain….

but, my basket didn’t want to go into the mcdonalds….so, i just gave up and dragged the cart through the parking lot and the torrential downpour…at which point i still had to unload said basket…in the torrential downpour - whilst an SUV with it’s blinker on metaphorically tapped it’s foot at me while i unloaded said broken basket in said torrential downpour…

and while they did have “hot” peanuts at the check-out, they did not have an umbrella…not that i could’ve held it anyway….

so….

but, my day did make me thankful:

  • thankful for LARGE sunglasses
  • thankful for starbucks
  • thankful for friends that call
  • thankful that i didn’t wear any hairspray
  • thankful for ponytails
  • thankful for husbands who recognize “certain expressions” and unload said trunk - quickly….without saying, “wow! what happened to you?!”
  • thankful that my boys act like it’s christmas morning over getting a book called “dairy of a wimpy kid”
  • thankful that, for all my dramatics, the rain did stop - and nothing really suffered except for my pride…and maybe my yellow box flip-flops with the cool fake diamonds on top
  • thankful for flip-flops with cool fake diamonds on top…..even if they Rest in Peace….
  • thankful for pork chops…bought in bulk: 25min. - BBQ sauce - yummy.
  • thankful for that 25 minutes….

So, it was just one of those days, but I can still choose to be thankful…

…oh yeah, and if you happened to be a said Wal-mart today:

Your welcome…for the comic relief!  :-)

Peace to the out!

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angiebledsoe
on September 18, 2008
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Lovely Day…

I guess some people wouldn’t describe a day filled with grocery shopping, party store hopping and even stops at both Big Lots and Wal-Mart as lovely…

but, still, there was something lovely about it.

Maybe it was that I had some quiet time to myself just to browse…maybe it was that I wasn’t really rushed and could even look for stupid things like the perfect July 4th outfit for Sugar-Boy (How hard could it be to find something cute and patriotic for a three pound purse dog to wear?).

I even found red-white-and-blue Goldfish!! (They make me happy…even if I can’t eat them).

I probably went a little overboard the whole theme thing…but, where’s the fun if you can’t go overboard every now and then?

And when I got home, there were tons of boxes in my front hall….”Barbaric Grace” is finally here.

So, all in all, it was a lovely day. Now I’ve just got to figure out where to put all this stuff….

…and I haven’t even made it to B.J.’s yet!!

(Oh yeah…Happy, happy Wednesday :-) - if you’re not having such a happy day, I recommend eating some patriotic Goldfish!).

Peace.

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on July 2, 2008
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Addendum

So, evidently my earlier experience with Wal-Mart didn’t suffice for the day.

Byron decided he wanted to go to BJ’s Wholesale - it’s important to include the full title of the store as a reminder of how stinkin’ HUGE it really is. But, they have big amounts of…stuff cheap. So, off we went.

It’s important to mention that I had gone all day without eating much of anything - and being hypoglycemic this is not optimal (As Madea says, “I’m diabetical - I gots to eat!!). So, I had just fixed a mug full of chicken noodle soup.

This is where the story begins to go awry…we just didn’t know it.

Unfortunately, since we don’t live very far from BJ’s and it was extremely hot, the soup did not get completely or even half-way eaten by the time we pulled into the parking lot. As we were getting out, I set the huge mug on the console between the seats - I remember thinking, “Wow, I better not forget that this honkin’ mug of hot soup is sitting here…”

Did I mention I have blood sugar issues? And one of the first things to go is my memory.

So, after a fun-filled frolic through the Mac Daddy of all the buy-in-bulk stores, we got back to the car. Now I’m even more “diabetical” and light-headed. So…

…well, let’s just say that in the few moments that it took for Byron to put the cart in the cart-return, I was trying to wipe up 20 ounces of hot chicken noodle soup out of his leather seat…with a single napkin. It didn’t work out very well…

So, if we hadn’t had a very sandy beach towel and an extra blanket in the trunk…well, it would have been an even more interesting ride home than it already was…

…I just kept thinking, “Well, at least we now have a boat-load of paper towels and wash cloths at home after my earlier trip to Wal-Mart!” But, I kept my thoughts to myself as I didn’t think it was the appropriate time to start a sentence with, “At least…”

I do think we’re done with discount shopping for the day.

At least we didn’t go all the way to Ikea! :-)

Peace out.

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angiebledsoe
on January 24, 2008
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Cheaper Than a Trip to Italia…

Today feels strange - not bad - just strange. It doesn’t feel like a Thursday, but since I was sick-in-bed Monday through Wednesday afternoon, I’ve been a little “off” all week. Going out with the “Women of C3” last night helped a lot. We’re definitely a crazy bunch (and all of the Excedrin Migraine I had taken only added to the…fun! :-) ) - Thanks, ladies!

I got out to do some shopping this morning. I desperately needed to buy some “bulk items”, so I went to Wal-Mart…

Nothing tires me out quite like a trip to Wal-Mart. Everything seems to weigh 60 pounds, and everything seems to take 4 times as long as it should. But, I still go because…well, I’m cheap when it comes to perishables like paper towels - you kind of have to be when you have 14, I mean, 4 children, 3 pets, and…well, one husband who has moved his office into our home. (Another blog, for another day. :-) )

When I was checking-out (the self-checkout method - this is like torturing yourself…and paying for it!!) - I heard something that made the day seem even more surreal. I heard opera music! Not just any opera music, but one of my all-time favorites: “Nessun Dorma” (I blogged about this when Pavarotti passed away) - I’m pretty sure it was Placido Domingo - but, I’m certain it was “Nessun Dorma”. So, I stopped (I had to anyway because the check-out computer was saying - for the 5th time, “Item has been removed from the bagging area. Please return item to bagging area.” - only the “item” was still sitting there just like it had been the other four times it said that!) - Anyway, I digress.

…so, I stopped to listen to the aria that always moves me - all the while holding a bulk bag of wash cloths (18!!) conveniently priced at $3.92 - and just as I was really getting into it, the loud speaker interrupted to tell me about a “special” in the deli department…

It was surreal.

So, now I’m all stocked-up on paper towels and wash cloths, and I also got a little exposure to a beautiful Italian classic…all from one little, exhausting trip to Wal-Mart.

Thanks, Wal-Mart. Thanks, Placido. Thanks, Italian people everywhere. And thanks to the makers of bulk wash cloths conveniently priced at $3.92!

Who knew large discount chain stores could provide such enrichment?!

Don’t get me wrong - I still want to go to Italy!

Peace.

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