So today is my actual b-day.
Last night I went out with some girls from church and playgroup. There were probably about 18 of us, a lot of fun. It was cool that a couple of girls from playgroup came. We don't do a whole lot together outside of playgroup, nice to be able to sit and talk without having to keep an eye on the kids.
Brandon got up at 4am this morning to go into work. He left the Honda there so he could have all the tools available to work on it. He has 5 days left to get it road worthy. He said he feels somewhat overwhelmed with all that he has to do, where to start? The next 5 days will be very long, except for Sunday a much needed day of rest.
Jolene gave me her birthday present early, she woke up at 6:30am. Thanks Jolene so much , just what I wanted :-) Oh well. I made pancakes for her, which she proceeded to inhale. Nothing like a good diet of sugar to start the day with. It is a birthday day though, can make a few exceptions.
There is a huge box on the table with a note on it that says I can't open it until B gets home or until it is my birthday in Fairland. Hmmmmmm, maybe just a peek :-)
Some sad news...our digital camera is dead. You turn it on and nothing happens, it is one very confused camera. It just keeps beeping and saying the memory card is full. There is another message that pops up but we can't read it due to the screen not working correctly. Brandon dropped it a while back and ever since then the top half is blank. When we go to Melbourne today we might buy one. Having a digital camera is the fastest way to show people what is going on over here. The grandparents need pic of Jolene and I like to have digital records of the pics. Blah, didn't really want to spend money on a camera right now.
Speaking of money, we just spent $600 on our other car's brakes. There was a lot that needed fixed. Brandon thought about doing it himself but with all the work needed to be done on the Honda there was no way it would happen. Apparently we have been driving around with the handbrake (emergency brake) stuck on. Whoops, perhaps that is why we have been getting such bad gas mileage? :-) The joys of owning cars.
This brake thing reminds me of bike riding with our church youth group when we were younger, reminds particularly of Daniel and Bruce Ray. Lol, I laugh now thinking of it.
We used to go on these bike trips and one time we had a trip over several hills. Of course going down the hills you would coast and not have to pedal. Daniel and Bruce were really working hard at staying up with everyone else. The reason became apparent when we went down the hills. You could turn around and see Daniel and Bruce pedaling down hill, what??? At the bottom we stopped and had a look at their bikes, their brakes were stuck on. I guess you have to know them to understand why it is somewhat funny, they were pretty exasperated.
Good times,
Meg
