Alternately, I could have titled this, "Be Afraid and Steer Clear!" Because seriously, that's exactly what I'd like to be doing right now. I can't see most of my kitchen for all the boxes in the way!
The movers unloaded yesterday - after a long weekend spent camping out with air mattresses and paper plates and plastic utensils. Gareth originally brought a small TV and DVD player over with him and a few movies but it didn't occur to me to pack anything additional to those few precious non-toddler oriented movies...so when we left Maine on Thursday afternoon I had stashed aside some DVD's for Gaby. I'm sure you can imagine what those titles included! Bambi, Sound of Music, Barbie and the Diamond Castle, Barbie and the Magical Pegasus, Barbie Thumbalina, Snow White, (If I have to listen to those damn dwarves whistle again I am going to go completely batshit insane!), and a couple of other titles suited to the Sesame Street crowd. At night I've watched The Other Boleyn Girl and It's a Wonderful Life! no less than 7 or 8 times and can probably repeat parts of the script verbatim. Truth be told, I never tire of It's a Wonderful Life!
However, along with the rising sun this morning came the beloved Cable Guy and his box of magic including a digital cable receiver with DVR and our internet connection! Had I been able to find the kitchen I would have made him a batch of my famous Double Dutch Chocolate Chunk Cookies and then kissed him right on the mouth! And now that I've found my toothbrush it would have been a minty fresh kiss at that!
Don't get me wrong...I've enjoyed being able to check my email and Facebook via my cell phone, but I have thumbs that are better suited to...well, Neanderthal life than modern life with cells phones. I can now check the local weather forecast without trying to make out a weather pattern the size of a pimple, on my cell phone screen, and I can read my email without the use of a magnifying lens!
Alas, duty calls and it's time to help Gaby arrange her "Princess Palace" (that's what she's calling her bedroom...God help us all) and then head out to explore the area which includes getting lost and threatening to throw my GPS and the nasty little lady who lives inside it, into the lake. Before I do that, I thought I'd share a couple of videos of exactly why you should be envious of us...or grateful that you aren't us!
