So when I left my job I still had my Sam's Club membership through them. C. sent me a note with some tax info in it a couple months after K. was born and it also said that my membership would expire on march 31st.
Our plan was to go to Sam's Club and buy everything we would need, that wouldn't expire, using the business membership. Then we'd wait a couple months and see if we missed having it. If we did we'd buy our own membership.
We made our big shopping trip yesterday. About $500 worth of toiletries, cleaning supplies, and pantry items.
And our cards didn't work. Looks like they took me off the account.
We ended up getting our own membership.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Shutterfly
So I'm a pretty big fan of shutterfly. I can't remember if I signed up with them because my yahoo picture account was closing down or if I saw one of my friends using it and liked it.
Anyway, their photobooks are what I really like. I've made a couple that you can see on my share site.
But most recently I did two for Kaida's grandparents of all their current grandkids.
I did this one for Grammy and Poppy.
And this one for Grandmom and Pop Pop.
There was a groupon that I couldn't pass up. I think it was worth it.
They came out pretty nice except they seem to over saturate the pictures. I noticed it when I ordered prints from them as well. It's like they have one skin tone that they aim for and then saturate the picture until they get that tone. Unfortunately most of our pictures are of babies and they just don't have that same skin color as us old people. They're pink. Oh well.
I'll still use them until someone shows me something better.
Anyway, their photobooks are what I really like. I've made a couple that you can see on my share site.
But most recently I did two for Kaida's grandparents of all their current grandkids.
I did this one for Grammy and Poppy.
And this one for Grandmom and Pop Pop.
There was a groupon that I couldn't pass up. I think it was worth it.
They came out pretty nice except they seem to over saturate the pictures. I noticed it when I ordered prints from them as well. It's like they have one skin tone that they aim for and then saturate the picture until they get that tone. Unfortunately most of our pictures are of babies and they just don't have that same skin color as us old people. They're pink. Oh well.
I'll still use them until someone shows me something better.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
That was eventful
We went to Evansville this weekend. It was fun. Monday we left early and started making our way back home. That part was not so fun.
The first leg was just fine. We made it almost all the way through Kentucky when we needed gas, it was lunch time, Kaida needed to eat, and it started raining. So we pulled off a little bit before Cincinnati.
After lunch it was still raining but not too bad.
By the time we got to Columbus it was raining pretty hard. Everyone was slamming on their brakes every quarter mile and it was getting hard to see because there was so much spray being thrown up by everyone's tires. That part was frustrating because people weren't just driving, they were driving like they got their licenses in Ohio. Oh wait...
After columbus but before West Virginia JR and I switched at a rest stop. I had noticed that it was starting to freeze but so far our only problem had been a ton of water on the road. At the rest area, though, the ground was slippery.
Once we got back on the road all hell broke loose. Cars were off the road in the median, everyone was driving about 40 in a 70, and snow started to accumulate. We were only 90 minutes from home according to Lee but the arrival time just kept getting later and later and later. And then Jen and Jamie who were a ways ahead of us said that it wasn't better closer to home and they had heard that Pittsburgh was a huge mess. so we pulled off and found a Holiday Inn Express.
So the baby got to bed at a reasonable hour, we got dinner eventually, and we didn't wreck the car. Those are all good things.
This was Kaida's third hotel stay and she did very well. Better than some other baby I heard crying in the morning and a toddler yelling about a banana at 6:45 am. She just started this new screaming-as-loud-as-she-possibly-can thing this past weekend so we were trying to keep her quiet in the evening but she was asleep by 9 so I don't think she disturbed anyone.
In the morning the trip took way longer than we thought but at least it had stopped snowing. The roads were sort of almost clear. We made it to her doctor's appointment with just enough time to feed her before hand.
This is why I make JR pack an extra set of clothes whenever we go anywhere. I am smart.
The first leg was just fine. We made it almost all the way through Kentucky when we needed gas, it was lunch time, Kaida needed to eat, and it started raining. So we pulled off a little bit before Cincinnati.
After lunch it was still raining but not too bad.
By the time we got to Columbus it was raining pretty hard. Everyone was slamming on their brakes every quarter mile and it was getting hard to see because there was so much spray being thrown up by everyone's tires. That part was frustrating because people weren't just driving, they were driving like they got their licenses in Ohio. Oh wait...
After columbus but before West Virginia JR and I switched at a rest stop. I had noticed that it was starting to freeze but so far our only problem had been a ton of water on the road. At the rest area, though, the ground was slippery.
Once we got back on the road all hell broke loose. Cars were off the road in the median, everyone was driving about 40 in a 70, and snow started to accumulate. We were only 90 minutes from home according to Lee but the arrival time just kept getting later and later and later. And then Jen and Jamie who were a ways ahead of us said that it wasn't better closer to home and they had heard that Pittsburgh was a huge mess. so we pulled off and found a Holiday Inn Express.
So the baby got to bed at a reasonable hour, we got dinner eventually, and we didn't wreck the car. Those are all good things.
This was Kaida's third hotel stay and she did very well. Better than some other baby I heard crying in the morning and a toddler yelling about a banana at 6:45 am. She just started this new screaming-as-loud-as-she-possibly-can thing this past weekend so we were trying to keep her quiet in the evening but she was asleep by 9 so I don't think she disturbed anyone.
In the morning the trip took way longer than we thought but at least it had stopped snowing. The roads were sort of almost clear. We made it to her doctor's appointment with just enough time to feed her before hand.
This is why I make JR pack an extra set of clothes whenever we go anywhere. I am smart.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Hair Dresser
I'm not sure if I trust my hair dresser or not.
She seems to have been doing a pretty good job since I started going to her last year. But I've been growing it out so she hasn't had to try too hard. If I could see and reach the back of my own head I think I could have done it by myself.
She doesn't listen when I talk but so far we haven't had any miscommunications about my hair.
Also every time I go she's the only one there. It just seems odd.
She's not really nice when she answers the phone.
The salon is pretty run down.
She keeps suggesting that I get a bob. It worries me, maybe that's all she knows how to do.
She doesn't take credit cards.
She uses the same hair dryer I do.
And she's constantly curling my hair.
But on the positive side she's nice in person.
The salon is very close. walking distance close.
I never have to wait and it's pretty easy to get an appointment.
So far there haven't been any problems with my hair.
I'm just not sure if I trust her to do a drastic cut. I guess I'll try her and see how it goes. It's just hair.
She seems to have been doing a pretty good job since I started going to her last year. But I've been growing it out so she hasn't had to try too hard. If I could see and reach the back of my own head I think I could have done it by myself.
She doesn't listen when I talk but so far we haven't had any miscommunications about my hair.
Also every time I go she's the only one there. It just seems odd.
She's not really nice when she answers the phone.
The salon is pretty run down.
She keeps suggesting that I get a bob. It worries me, maybe that's all she knows how to do.
She doesn't take credit cards.
She uses the same hair dryer I do.
And she's constantly curling my hair.
But on the positive side she's nice in person.
The salon is very close. walking distance close.
I never have to wait and it's pretty easy to get an appointment.
So far there haven't been any problems with my hair.
I'm just not sure if I trust her to do a drastic cut. I guess I'll try her and see how it goes. It's just hair.
New Blog
So I've started a new blog. Livejournal kind of went completely crazy so it hasn't been working for me lately.
And since Kaida's blog is on blogger I've decided to start another one here.
If you want baby news this isn't really the place to find it. It's more for my random ramblings.
Fun!
And since Kaida's blog is on blogger I've decided to start another one here.
If you want baby news this isn't really the place to find it. It's more for my random ramblings.
Fun!
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