Price to fix the heating: 450$
Price to fix the fan: 750$
Price of a silly grafting calculator your child apparently needs for school(????): 150$

Nuff said on that... it's all good.

When I was a little girl I always thought it would just be the coolest thing to go on one of those boat cruises where you get to sit by the poolside, a drink in hand with one of them cute colorful little umbrellas, sporting some over sized hat and of course some glam shades. Sad thing is I get sea sick from having a bath. How pathetic is that? Really, sea sick from a bath? Who's ever heard of that before?

I spent five hours in a mall today with my three musketeers. FIVE HOURS! I'm convinced this was somehow a part of Conrad's cunning plan all along.


I mention the possibility of us doing some Christmas/birthday shopping at the mall while we wait on Arny(the Van)and he says:

"Sure honey, I think that would be a great idea."

And although he absolutely hates shopping and refers to the mall as "the evil place" he NEVER let's me do the Christmas shopping without him. That right there should have been my first clue.

I swear I don't want to set foot in another mall for quite a long time...