Happy September!!

Wow, hard to believe it's September already!!!

Sorry about the unexpected break in my blog. I had to take a break though. I was getting so busy and I just did not have the time to devote to it.

We are fully moved into the "new" house, well, let me rephrase that, all of our belongings are here. LOL We still have SO MUCH unpacking to do. But it's a start. We try to get to a couple boxes everyday. We finally got my curtains up last night :) I didn't need them, but they were nice to put up and add some color to my room.

I've been working hard, but it's same old same old. Interesting customers, stupid returns, and lottery tickets.

BFF's brother is visiting, and we've been having a lot of fun. Yesterday we headed towards the cape. We had a picnic lunch at the Forefather's monument in Plymouth, and I got a couple T-shirts for myself and a mutual friend of mine and BFF's. I text teased her that I bought her pink, she does NOT wear pink! LOL

We visited Plymouth Rock and then headed out. We headed down the coastline toward the cape. BFF's Bro wanted to see the beach really badly so we found our way to the beach. The girls hadn't really been the a true beach before and were a little afraid of the waves at first. But they got used to them pretty quickly. Peanut especially was running in and outta the waves so much!!!! The kids were all smiles and giggles. It was so much fun to watch. We DID take pix but they are not all uploaded. My facebook friends, there's 2 or 3 pix from my phone on there under mobile uploads.

Today we have some "business" to attend to. We are running to Burlington Coat Factory to put some winter coats on layaway for the girls. $100 for 4 winter coats AND snow bibs, can't fight that! And then to another store to put some Christmas gifts on layaway. hehe. We gotta get me some more work socks, and do some short grocery shopping.

I started a water delivery here to the house last week as the tap water didn't taste as good to me here and I felt this would be a good way to start rebuilding my credit. Well, we started noticing that our "cooler" wasn't giving cold water, at all. In fact, it was warm, no, very warm. Like, you'd better add ice to get it remotely cool warm. BFF and I finally used our espresso thermometer to measure the temp yesterday. The "cold" side was coming out at NINETY degrees!!!!! I called the company this morning and was EXTREMELY impressed with their customer service. I work in customer service, and I know that most customers walk in expecting a fight. I try NOT to be that person. I explained what was happening to the gal, and also about the constant drip coming from the spout. She said the water SHOULD be coming out as cold as if it were in the refrigerator! So tomorrow they are sending out a new cooler. And because of the constant drip they are sending an extra bottle of water at no charge (so wasn't expecting THAT!! :) ). And she could hear the girls in the background and asked if I'd like the cold water spout childproofed so they couldn't play with it so easily, for free!!!! WOW... Now THAT is GREAT customer service!!!

In other things. I started my second cake class last week. The nice thing about THIS class is we only make ONE cake, for the very last class. YAY! The rest of the class is making these flowers that we save for the last cake, joy.

Well, I think that about brings you up to date for now. I will try to get back to a daily posting of my life!! :)

Nique

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Ikea and Plymouth

Yesterday was some more sightseeing. We knew that rain was coming so we did our last outdoor trip yesterday. We headed out close to lunch time. So our first stop was Ikea. Not for shopping, well, not really anyway! We went for the FOOD!! LOL We LOVE the cafe there. Delicious Swedish Meatballs mmmmmmmmmm. After we all ate our lunch, we headed off around the store for a little bit.

We were disappointed because Smaland was closed. Smaland is where you can drop off your kids to play for an hour or so while you shop. The boys have usually gone and they love it. BFF and I have been WAITING for the day that the girls were fully potty trained and tall enough to go. And we arrived thinking, today is the day! Unfortunately for us, Smaland is closed on Tuesday's. :(

We enjoyed watching the girls try to climb in EVERY SINGLE bed on display. And we picked up a couple of toy nets for the girls stuffed animals. Then back to the van. And off to Plymouth.

It is a shame if you travel all the way to this area and do NOT take a trip to Plymouth to see the famous Plymouth Rock. This is my fourth trip there. It's not as impressive as you might think, LOL. If you read the history, you realize the rock was not identified for 120 years after the landing. So, at least in my eyes, it's highly suspect that THAT rock is THE rock. HOWEVER, I DO believe in what it stands for, that our nation was founded on a rock, a solid, firm, rock. Furthermore, I believe FULLY that this location in fact IS the pilgrim's landing site. Especially if you've been there and seen the geography of the area (which I'm certain has changed over time, but still...). So to me, the location matters, not the rock. The previous three times I've been there, the portico above the rock was under construction. The first 2 times the rock was in a wooden box and we couldn't even see it. Last time they had a small viewing window to look through, but, punk that I am, I climbed down the rocks onto the beach and looked at it from below LOL. THIS time, all the construction is finished, and it is a beautiful housing for the rock.

We also walked down the pier where the Mayflower II is. We did NOT go on the ship, as it is a PRICEY tour. But we can see a good portion of the ship from the pier.

As we began getting cold and the children restless, we headed back to the van. We began our drive and we noticed signs for the Forefather's Monument. Since BFF even hasn't seen it, we decided to go ahead. I am SO glad we did. The National Monument to the Forefather's is an EXTREMELY impressive monument. Is is TOWERING and extremely detailed. I have been so blessed to see so many of the major monuments of the US, and this did NOT disappoint me. It was not the height, or general size, it was the attention to minute details. The attempt to show a story, and share the values that brought our forefather's to this country in the first place. If you ever come out to the Boston area, and have time to go to Plymouth, MAKE SURE you drive up the hill to see this monument!!!

After that we headed home, we hit quite a bit of traffic as it was rush hour. But we made it safe and sound.

Today it IS raining and we are not planning to do much. I am hoping to take my parents out to lunch.

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