Thursday, June 19, 2008

Completely Insane??!!



Oh yeah. Totally there. Yesterday, while surfing, I picked out new baby boy bedding (to the right) and YES - baby girl bedding (to the left). I fantasized that we could paint the nursery a nice, robin-egg blue with the geo print and a bright, happy yellow with the moon and stars. Hello, hormones!!!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

No Gnews Is Good Gnews

Pic of the day: Nana! Not in front of the guys!!

WOW - it's been quite awhile since I've updated my blog! Sorry to neglect you all but it has been a slow news month. Everything is blissfully quiet here at the Mayflower building as we all settle in for the long, hot summer. Miles has fully acquired two brand new teeth and has sampled oatmeal and bananas with them. He's had his first trip to the mall which he was not fond of. To give him credit, most men don't care for the mall to begin with so I really can't fault him too much.

This morning I went to yard sales with Mom (Nana) and man did this kid ever make out with some serious loot!! We hit about 5 different sales and got hundreds of dollars worth of clothes for about 50 bucks not to mention the dozens of books and colorful toys we scored. We always meet the strangest and most interesting people when we go to yard sales. Mom is a kind soul and believes in tipping the homeowners if they are reasonably nice and appear to be having the sale because they are in dire need of money. One rich lady had a huge spread of 30 year old crap that no one wanted and when she actually started collecting our things and counting up the total (something no one had done all morning) she totally lost her commission on the sale. It was obvious to us that this women had plenty of money, she was just cleaning out her attic. Plus, she was borderline rude so no extra spare change for her!
Also, I've noticed a phenomenon at yard sales that really has been bugging the living hell out of me: the Mexicans. Understand I have nothing personal against Mexicans or any other minority group for that matter as long as they act as decent and polite as I do. However, over the past year I have encountered various groups of non-English speaking Mexican folk who travel around to EVERY SINGLE YARD SALE IN MEMPHIS and almost ruin the whole experience for everyone around them.
For starters, they always attack in caravans. Huge vehicles packed full of entire families trail each other to hit every spot. They are notoriously cheap with the homeowners, lowballing them for every quarter. But what kills me most of all is how they will without hesitation walk right up in front of you, grab whatever it is you're looking at and walk away with it. Ever been in a buffet line and someone has the audacity to go around you in the line without even saying "excuse me"? That's the feeling I'm attempting to describe here. Hey, I like a deal just as much as anyone else but few things in life bother me more than abrupt rudeness. It's totally uncalled for and really rubs me the wrong way. What's the point I'm trying to make here? I dunno. Maybe I have PMS. I'm going to go finish my dill pickle and sort through my son's new clothes while I teach him Spanish as a second language so he can at least have the capacity to go off on jerks like this in their own native tongue.