My Happenings

Wow, finally back to the land of blog! YAY!
Things have been topsy-turvy around here
lately, so thought I'd grab a minute to update
ya on the happenings in the Hansard household!

Last week, my throat had been bothering me, and
by Thursday, I could hardly swallow or talk...plus
felt like I had the mother of all colds!

Now, if being sick weren't bad enough, let me give you
some detail about Thursday morning! As soon as I
pulled out of the driveway to get Leah to school, I
noticed the car was acting up...kinda sluggish. Well,
sure enough, I had no sooner dropped her off at school
and tried driving up the small hill behind the school when
*BAM!* my transmission went out!!! For the 2nd time in
less than a year!

So here I sit, unable to get off the road, 8am traffic
all around me, and due to the nature of my problem, even
the few people kind enough to stop and ask if I need help
couldn't do anything....I called both my dad & Joe to come
"rescue" me & Camryn! They both show up pretty fast, but
the towtruck?!?! TWO HOURSand 3 phone calls later,
they finally arrive! I was pi$$ed! Camryn was restless,hungry,
and needed a diaper change, and I was irritable. They wound
up not charging for the tow(good thing), but the bad news was
not to end here. No....the man who fixed our transmission last
year,we had a hard time contacting, but managed to get someone
at his house(his wife?) and she said, very hesitantly, with lots of
umms, and pauses:"He got out of that line of work not too long ago"!
Naturally, I was

....we didn't have another
$1,800.00 to sink into this piece of ___
(which, BTW, is a FORD Taurus)
Long story short, we finally caught him at his house
that night, and he said if we could produce the invoice
showing it had been less than 12 months, he'd still honor
the warranty on it! *WHEW* The guy's working 60 hrs...
a week at his new job, though, so said it would be a week
or more before he could be finished. Luckily for us, my parents
have a 3rd vehicle, and loaned us one.....I could just see me
and the girls getting out every morning at 5am to get Joe
to work! UGH!

Well, Friday I laid around all day, felt like total poo! Then
Saturday, Leah had a soccer game, which I drug myself to
(and managed to get sunburned at!) Guess I shouldn't have
hollered my encouragment so much, 'cause my voice went
out again! heehee! As we leave the game(around 1:50pm),
the coach's daughter(and Leah's team-mate) says "Oh, you're
invited to my party at 4 today!" Happy, happy, joy, joy! *sigh*
So we dash home to grab lunch, change Leah's clothes, and
print out a card to stick some cash in ;), then we're off to
'Kids Play', and indoor party haven with this HUGE inflated
bouncey/slide thingy.....the kids had a BLAST, and I had to make
small talk with strangers for a few hours, all the while my voice
coming & going, and all I wanted to do was lay down & sleep.

Fast-forward to Sunday......Leah has another soccer game,
this one at 1:30, and at this one she scored a goal!

Afterward Joe's parents, who came up from
Acworth to see the game, stayed to visit. When they left, we
headed out to DQ for icecream, which melted on the way home
(I was wearing more than I ate)

There were some bright spots in my otherwise horrid weekend
though.....I managed to buy some super-cute premades for the
shoppe, and was gifted with many by dear sweet ladies! And while
browsing Wendi's new venture, ~~Clothesline Cuties~~,
I found some darling outfits for Camryn, so had to order those too!
Ahhh, the happiness retail therapy brings! ROFLMBO!

I really have to go now, poor Cam has been begging to play
UNO for the longest now, and will have to get ready for work
before you know it! Speaking of which, will save it for another
day, but come June, I will have a new job, and be free of Arbys!
Yippee!!!!

Oh, before I forget, look at the sweet gift Marina
adopted for me yesterday:

Thanks sweetie! I love it!
And Friday, dear Lisa made me a get well giftie...
ain't it cute?(And isn't she the sweetest?!?)

God has blessed me with some wonderful friends, and supportive
family. I have some to be down about, much MUCH to be grateful
for! Life is good!