Here we are at another Wednesday and it has been weeks since I've posted....story of my life lately :)
In the past couple of weeks we have: bought a new truck (WORST experience ever--see below paragraph), I wrote an article for a local website, Johnny finished our basement shelving (my husband is AMAZING!) and I'm now preparing to spend a weekend away from my two loves to celebrate Baby Osborn!!
As for the truck experience...Since we weren't getting any hits on our truck we decided to take the trip to Sid Dillon (the Disney World of car lots) in blair (3 hours away). We successfully left the house around 6:30 and were off without a hitch. Upon arriving at the dealership, the salesman we had been in contact with met us and showed us the first truck we wanted to see. We liked it and were ready to talk truck. Mellany, however, was not. She wanted nothing to do with sitting so we started walking the dealership (did I mention that the dealership is under construction and there was drywall dust everywhere?!). After about a million walks up and down the showroom floor we decided to walk back to Johnny who was not happy. They had offered us a very low, unexpected, offer for our current truck which wasn't putting our payments where we wanted them to be. After looking at a couple of other truck options we decided it was best to eat lunch. (At this point, Mellany is not wanting ANYTHING to do with the dealership--crying, screaming, rolling on the floor....ugh!) Once we finished a really great Mexican lunch (minus Mellany not really wanting to eat and throwing a fit there too) we headed to the Ford dealership and thought we would see what we could work out there.....nothing. (Thankfully Mellany slept!) GM called us while we were at ford so we thought we'd give it another shot. (Johnny gets a GM discount through Cargill and they also offer a 5 year 100,000 mile warranty so in the long run GM would be better for us.) I sat in the car with Mellany and while they didn't end up giving us what we had hoped for....we did drive away with a new truck. We still accomplished our goal of saving some money which is great! We ended up leaving the dealership around 5:30 (after all the financing talk and after market additions were made)....talk about exhausting day! We stopped to eat dinner on the way home and to say it was horrific is an understatement. We walked in, Johnny took Mellany to a table, I got her some food. I sat down, tried feeding her some food, Johnny got some food then sat down and continued with Mellany while he ate. I got my food and sat down with it. Mellany DID NOT want to eat and made sure the entire restaurant knew, so Johnny took her to the car while I finished up and we were back on the road. 15 minutes total, maybe. Not. Kidding. She screamed a good part of the first half of the way home (insert crying mama) before finally falling asleep. It was 9:30...repeat 9:30... before we got home. And needless to say, we didn't make it to our game night.....LESSON. LEARNED. We can kind of laugh about it now, but you will NEVER see us in a car dealership with a child again. {On a positive note, the salesmen were very nice and Mellany was pretty friendly with them whenever she would walk by one. She would so sweetly say "Hi" and then continue walking and eventually get unhappy because mama picked her up.}
Her View From Home: I stepped way out of my comfort zone and wrote an article for a Nebraska-based website called Her View From Home. 3 local women started the site and I happen to know one of them. She briefly mentioned to me one day that since I blog, I should write for HVFH....I didn't really think much of it until she asked on her FB page if any of her mama friends would be interested and I sent a message her way. I knew it would be a challenge for me, but she had faith and was really glad I was up for the challenge. A couple of weeks later, my first post went live! I definitely have a ways to go but am excited for this new venture.
Here is the post.
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!
Mellany LOVES LOVES LOVES to color, write, etc. And she will do this for EVER.
(Finger) Painting at a friend's house.....this did my OCD self some good....though it was definitely hard....Mellany loved it though and that's all that matters. These masterpieces will now be hung in her room.
Tea party with the Rahmann girls
Of course I missed the shot....but she was petting Bo through the gate....it was so sweet!
I'm not sure what her obsession with teeth/mouths is, but as I was making a funny face (assuming she would do the same and that it would be a cute picture to have) she stuck her hand right in....
Poor girl is doing all she can to pet Bo (notice the leg in the left picture).....and of course I missed another great shot...Mellany giving Johnny kisses through the gate....she is such a daddy's girl! (Just look at her face!)
