On Friday, we went to B'ham for the day to do a little shopping.
On Thursday night, I was up from 10-3:30 with a stomach bug.
I should have stayed home.
We picked up a few goodies for stockings, and got Ben by the Lego store for his birthday that got glossed over. That Lego store is about 1/10 the size of the one at Disney. Plus, I had a Lego card that gets stamped with each purchase. The guy said that was the old system, here is the new system-a plastic card. Let me transfer your info and....there. Here is your balance and you will get an e-mail to finish the set-up.
Got the e-mail. My balance is $0. I have spent...way more than $0 on Legos AT the Lego store and had stamps for each amount on my other card, which is in the trash at the Galleria. URGH. I have an e-mail in to CS, but...who knows.
I should have stayed home.
We picked up a few goodies for stockings, and got Ben by the Lego store for his birthday that got glossed over. That Lego store is about 1/10 the size of the one at Disney. Plus, I had a Lego card that gets stamped with each purchase. The guy said that was the old system, here is the new system-a plastic card. Let me transfer your info and....there. Here is your balance and you will get an e-mail to finish the set-up.
Got the e-mail. My balance is $0. I have spent...way more than $0 on Legos AT the Lego store and had stamps for each amount on my other card, which is in the trash at the Galleria. URGH. I have an e-mail in to CS, but...who knows.
Christmas Day, we got up and marveled at the snow. The kids went out and ran around, we made snow cream and ate orange rolls. We only did stockings this year, so everyone got a few small goodies, mainly card games and candy, and to counteract that, a new spinning toothbrush each. : ) The kids got each other Webkinz and ran off to play with them.
Zephyr LOVED the snow. But, it stuck all to her fur and we had to soak it loose in warm water, which she did not like. I was afraid it would lower her core temp if we left her encased in it. And, puddles in the carpet and on the bed. No good. Still, she had a good time running around, she really likes to think she is a big dog. Her sweatshirt helped some, kept the snow off her belly anyway.
I had the tree down by 11, back in the attic with a few other boxes of stuff that had been brought down recently. I cleaned out our closet and bagged up 7 big bags of outgrown/unused/unwanted clothing from myself and Matt and Matt took it to the drop here in town and he ran the recycling by. Most of that stuff was from Matt's Dad's big drop-off Friday evening. They are cleaning out their closets and are sending the...refuse? through me. I did sort and re-direct a few things.
The kids are going through their clothes next, after it warms up because their dressers are on the back porch and that gets cold this time of year.
I had wanted to go out of town for the break, but I am glad we did not. I would have worried about the critters here and I would have been just as cold anywhere within a 15 hour drive.
