I love my friends!

Have I mentioned lately that my friends totally rock? I believe I mentioned that I babysat for my friend Ginny a few weeks ago so she and her husband could go see a movie. Well, Ginny read my (sad and pathetic) blog post from Thursday and has offered to return the favor. She is coming over Sunday night so that DH and I can go see The Dark Knight. Is she awesome or what?!! THANK YOU, GINNY!

Currently feeling: grateful for friendship

A friendly text message

I just received my first text message from a non-family member today. I'm ashamed to admit that it was quite a little thrill! LOL I primarily exchange text messages with my husband during the day (less disruptive than a phone call), and family texts happen a few times a week. I don't give out my cell phone number to everyone I meet, but most of our close friends have it. We're just not big phone talkers, any of us. We generally communicate via email, and call if it is urgent. No one really texts, except to family (similar to the way we do it). So thank you, Melissa, for my first text message from a friend! I feel so "in."

And it was good info, too. She tells me there is no coda at the end of The Dark Knight. Just so you know.

Currently feeling: friendly

The Joke(r) is on me

The Dark Knight starts playing in 5 hours. And I won't be there. Don't even think I'll make it to the theater before *next* weekend. If the movie was a little bit shorter, I might could squeeze it in after work but before daycare closes. But at 2.5 hours, NOT including previews, that just isn't do-able. So I have to wait. And ignore the media as much as possible. It's not gonna be fun.

Currently feeling: ready to see it

Blessings on the Garage Door Repair Guy

That would be Mike, who came out on a brutally hot and humid Saturday night to fix our garage door. I will gladly plug the Overhead Door Company without compensation, because they rock. And I also bless their marketing department for putting commercials on Atlanta's WSB 750 AM radio, otherwise I would have had absolutely no clue who to call. I still didn't remember the number, but I knew the name of the company, so I could Google it and get the number.

We had no idea there was a problem. We left the house to go pick up dinner from Zaxby's. We came back, pressed the button, and the door would only go up about 3 inches. Hmmm.... I mean, it is in our favor that we at least have *one* car out of the garage (thankfully the one with the car seat), but that won't help DH much on Monday morning when he needs to get to work. We go inside (through the front door, which never happens!), DH looks at the door from the inside, and sees nothing wrong. I stick my head out the door and say, "is there supposed to be a gap in the spring on the left side?" Um, no. DH starts ranting about how on earth do we know who to call about this, blah blah. I recall the radio commercial and look it up. "Bet they won't come until Monday, or it will cost an arm and a leg" he says. Well, according to the website, they do 24 hour call outs for no additional fee. Awesome! It was just a broken spring, but let me tell you, that door is freakin' heavy without its assistance! Sheesh.

Anyway, I call the number, and they dispatch a guy who is supposed to be there in two hours, after he finishes up the job he is currently working. Sure enough, at the 1 hour and 50 minute mark, he drives up. He takes a look, says yep it's just the spring. He asks how long we've had those springs, and we tell him that we assume they are the original ones, since we've lived here 7 years and the house is 10 years old. He's quite impressed that they lasted that long, since they are near the bottom of the quality scale (usual lifespan on those is apparently 3-5 years). He quotes us the price on replacing one and both springs. We decide to go on and do both, since it is clearly just a matter of (not much) time until the other one goes. We get a couple of fans running out there to try and help keep him cool (it was still in the mid-80s and extremely humid, even at 9:30 PM), and 40 minutes later after much banging (some of the bolts needed some, um, encouragement to come loose), we have two shiny new galvanized springs (guaranteed for life) and a functional garage door. Woo-hoo for 24 hour service and people who know how to fix things for these two woefully non-handy engineers! LOL

Currently feeling: springy

Crash, Boom, Bam

That huge crashing you heard this week was our current workload falling down around our ears, crashing and burning big time. I won't go into details, other than to say that things are currently a big mess with unexpected project delays. Yeah, it's been a fun week (not). If you can spare a thought for my boss, who is having to handle the fallout of all this (she's not being blamed for the problem (I don't think), it's just her job to pick up the pieces and devise a new plan based on the new facts), I'm sure she'd appreciate it.
Currently feeling: the sky is falling

Ten Years of Marriage

That's what DH and I are celebrating today. My parents will be here in a few hours, and then we'll be off for a weekend away while they stay here with the child. How about a little stroll down memory lane?

10 Years Ago:


5 Years Ago:


1 Year Ago (best I can do for a nice current pic):



I hope all of my American readers are out celebrating the July 4th holiday and having a grand time. For everyone else, I hope your weekend is worth celebrating. See ya next week.
Currently feeling: happily wed (still)

A Sniffly Snivel

Which I think is redundant, but I don't much care right now. I have officially acquired Luke's terrible summer cold. I was bad enough yesterday, and I have gone dramatically downhill today. I feel rotten and miserable, and I am acquiring oxygen through my nostrils at the rate of approximately one molecule per minute.

Did I mention that tomorrow is my 10th wedding anniversary? Yeah, what fun that will be. [I'd snort, but I can't get that much air out through my nose, so you'll have to settle for a huffy sigh.]

Currently feeling: sick sick sick