I am pretty excited for the long weekend. I need it.
We have been dealing with the insanity that is my son's sleep patterns. He is not sleeping well at night, period. This has been ramping up and going on for about two, maybe three weeks. At first it was just a mild tantrum right when we put him down for bed but he could be sung to and would usually go to sleep on his own. Then he started waking up 2-3 times a night and wanted to sleep on the floor. Now it is a full blown drama EVERY single night beginning around 7:30p and going till the wee hours of the morning if we do not (a) let him fall asleep in our arms rocking in his chair, (b) fall asleep on the floor, and/or (c) fall asleep in our bed always with one of us. It is driving me batty. I am cranky and unhappy about this. I mean he is almost 2-1/2 years old. I am so over being sleep deprived... I am tired. Plain and simple. And this tired sucks because there is no rhyme nor reason for it.
Yes, we changed his day care which corresponds with his sleep patterns but I am totally at a loss as to how to get him back on track. And this is seriously a train wreck because it just keeps escalating. I am hoping we can get things back on track before heading to Canada. Okay so that may sound TOTALLY lame but I cannot deal with the in laws when I am tired and irritable.
I am hoping for a low key weekend. I just want to nap A LOT and get some things done around the house (ha, clean our nasty bathroom for one...) Do some gardening and do some planning for the home projects we hoping to get done in the next six months or so. We are planning to put in some closet systems in Matthew's room and the future baby's room at least. I really want to paint a couple of rooms and we are planning to get our carpeting redone. Finally, we need to stain/seal our deck and fence and we are going to do some fall landscaping. LOTS to be done! I want to hit up some sales for some of these items. After all, isn't Labor Day all about sales? Isn't that why they invented this holiday?
There is a local arts festival this weekend as well that I am SO geeked about. I mean I LOVE LOVE LOVE these kinds of things. Growing up in CA in the 80s with my artsy fartsy mother meant attending every Art & Wine festival in the greater Bay Area including my fav in Santa Cruz. I loved them. I adored the feeling of all the other artsy people, I liked looking at the bright colored arts and crafts, the music and sounds, freaky drunks in rainbow colored shorts - come in CA in the 80s! It was just my thing as a kid. Sort of a bright spot in a child hood that was marred by frequent family issues. I am hopefully going with my girlfriend whom I have yet to call... I suck, I know. I also plan to buy some stuff. I totally dig pottery and have one piece I got for Christmas a couple of years ago but I am hoping to add some cool stuff to decorate the homestead with.
As a random aside, I am looking forward to fall. It has been very hot and humid here the whole month of August. I am ready for fall - bring it on, baby. Part of the reason I am looking forward to fall is the clothes! I was just checking out the new arrivals at Gap.com and they have such cute stuff. Now that the heat seems to be subsiding - you know down from 110 (with the heat index) to 85. Hey, it is relatively cooler, right?!
Another random aside: has anyone had acupuncture done? I am setting up an appt today. This person comes highly recommended so I am looking forward to it. Any thoughts?
All right ladies and gentlemen (of which I think I have NONE), have a lovely three day weekend (I know tomorrow is Friday but I may not get a chance to post tomorrow so...)! Have a beer or lemonade - enjoy a BBQ with your family - and SHOP the sales!
Showing posts with label garage sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garage sales. Show all posts
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Friday, August 3, 2007
A garage sale. WHERE?!
I never really saw myself as someone who "does" garage sales". Not because I think any less of those who do them or go to them - I was just not that interested in them. Okay, let me rephrase that statement - I was drive by gawker. I would make Kevin drive past garage sales in nice neighborhoods and gawk at what they had - I would usually pronounce the stuff "junk" and happily make my way to Target where that stuff is SO not junk!
Last year, we actually did a ton of drive bys because I was hoping to happen upon a few cool items that I really wanted for Matthew but was not going to pay any money for because I am a cheap bastard. I wanted one of those jog strollers - for all the jogging I do!!! I wanted some of that fun plastic outdoor stuff for kiddos, I wanted a gently used wagon and there were several other odds and ends that I was hoping to find but never did.
I am also fairly selective when it comes to garage sales. I usually only hit the ones in nice neighborhoods, not really sure why but I am. I am also learning that you have to hit 'em early - for me early is relative. I am talking 8:30-9:00a around the time I (we) roll out of the house at long last. Let's not go crazy here either - I am not saying I am doing this every weekend. This has mostly been a hit or miss thing - I am driving to do groceries and spot a sign in a nice neighborhood and do the gawking drive-by thing then if I see something I might stop. Only three have warranted a stop but I have bought stuff from two of the three!
Last weekend, I hit the mother load! I bought $35 worth of stuff. I bought a flip and fold Radio Flyer bike that looked like its tires had never even hit the concrete until the garage sale for $15!!! I bought another FP farm house that is way cooler then Matthew and every little person and add on there is out there it seems. This all went to Kelly's house for day care. We bought a toy fire truck and the whole set of Bob the Builder toy figures (which each go for $5.95 each) for Matthew.
Matthew has been so happy and excited about these finds and threats them all like gold. I talk with him about how I bought them used for less. I am not sure if this means anything to him but he sure holds those particular toys in high regard. Of course, he LOVES Bob and all his friends so who knows. It has been interesting to do this from my point of view - it reminds me that not every toy or item has to be store bought brand new and it is good to re-use other people's toys - you know the song by now, Reduce, Reuse Recycle... please dear lord stop me from reading all those green earth web sites before I lose my mind...
I am also hoping Matthew will take these lessons with him into the world. Oh and I think he will - when he yells for Roley first thing when we walk in the door or we put him down for nap and he curls up with Benny and Scoop one in each hand or when he puts all his little people in that $1.00 bus I bought for him - he will know in some small way that we should learn to reuse the perfectly good items that are available out there in the world!
Last year, we actually did a ton of drive bys because I was hoping to happen upon a few cool items that I really wanted for Matthew but was not going to pay any money for because I am a cheap bastard. I wanted one of those jog strollers - for all the jogging I do!!! I wanted some of that fun plastic outdoor stuff for kiddos, I wanted a gently used wagon and there were several other odds and ends that I was hoping to find but never did.
I am also fairly selective when it comes to garage sales. I usually only hit the ones in nice neighborhoods, not really sure why but I am. I am also learning that you have to hit 'em early - for me early is relative. I am talking 8:30-9:00a around the time I (we) roll out of the house at long last. Let's not go crazy here either - I am not saying I am doing this every weekend. This has mostly been a hit or miss thing - I am driving to do groceries and spot a sign in a nice neighborhood and do the gawking drive-by thing then if I see something I might stop. Only three have warranted a stop but I have bought stuff from two of the three!
Last weekend, I hit the mother load! I bought $35 worth of stuff. I bought a flip and fold Radio Flyer bike that looked like its tires had never even hit the concrete until the garage sale for $15!!! I bought another FP farm house that is way cooler then Matthew and every little person and add on there is out there it seems. This all went to Kelly's house for day care. We bought a toy fire truck and the whole set of Bob the Builder toy figures (which each go for $5.95 each) for Matthew.
Matthew has been so happy and excited about these finds and threats them all like gold. I talk with him about how I bought them used for less. I am not sure if this means anything to him but he sure holds those particular toys in high regard. Of course, he LOVES Bob and all his friends so who knows. It has been interesting to do this from my point of view - it reminds me that not every toy or item has to be store bought brand new and it is good to re-use other people's toys - you know the song by now, Reduce, Reuse Recycle... please dear lord stop me from reading all those green earth web sites before I lose my mind...
I am also hoping Matthew will take these lessons with him into the world. Oh and I think he will - when he yells for Roley first thing when we walk in the door or we put him down for nap and he curls up with Benny and Scoop one in each hand or when he puts all his little people in that $1.00 bus I bought for him - he will know in some small way that we should learn to reuse the perfectly good items that are available out there in the world!
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