Sunday, December 14, 2008

Super Fun...And Not So Super Fun

It's been a busy few weeks - I'll start with the good. Danny decided we need to something a little Christmasy with Rani. We would've liked to go see Santa but since they charge you way more than it is worth or than what we can afford we decided to make a ginger bread house instead. The only problem is, ginger bread houses really start to add up too! We used cheap graham crackers, made the frosting and got some nasty candy from the dollar store - all of which make one ugly, ghetto ginger bread house! We improvised and used a taco chip for a Christmas tree(my idea!) and used some marshmallows and pretzels for Rudolph. Rani loved it and had so much fun. By the end of the night we were cracking up at ourselves and the things we could make. Danny was particularly proud of his "Christmas dino".

Then I had a pre-birthday party at the Cheese Cake Factory. It was awesome. I have such awesome friends that will drive all the way up to King of Prussia for me to go to my happy place for dinner!

Then the bad...Danny and I wake up Saturday morning feeling pretty good about life in general. We're looking forward to a fun filled day of grocery shopping at walmart, running some errands and then if we are feelin crazy we might head to the mall or Target, until we go to get in the car. Someone has totally bashed in our window and stolen our gps. As you can imagine it was a pretty sad moment for us. We only have one car so there goes our weekend! Nobody can fix it until Monday. The worst part is driving to the closest gas station to vacuum out all the mess of glass that this lovely person has left for us. Danny pulling out his mad engineering skills riged a blanket over and through the window. It actually wasn't too bad, just a little noisy. Some days we're just done with poor grad student, nasty apartment living, one car driving, east coast living life. Saturday was one of those days. I'm going to tell myself that this person (most likely a drunk college kid) really needed to get this gps to buy a wheelchair for his disabled little sister for Christmas. It will make me feel better. What are ya gonna do?!






5 comments:

Tiffany W. said...

OH MY GOSH! I am so sorry! That EXACT same thing happened to us our first year in Delaware...but it was Halloween night and they were trying to steal our stereo. (we did not have a GPS....and not even a cool stereo). However, we walked out to our car and caught them in the act. I screamed out some serious profanity at them from afar and scared them away. So they did not actaully get the stereo...but they had bashed in our window wich ended up being $100 out of our pocket (that we did not have)...and Seth installed it to save a few bucks. And we found lits square bits of glass in our car for years afterwards!!

Ashlee said...

Ah!!! I'm so sorry about your car. Of course it would happen in the winter when it's freezing outside. Hope it gets fixed soon!!!!
I love the gingerbread house!!!! My kids love making theirs too!

James and Whitney said...

Happy late birthday (I am only a couple days late not to bad right) I bet you are sad Amber and I couldn't make you a ghetto cake like we used to lol! That is so sad about your window! I don't know about you but our GPS doesn't work worth a crap in Utah so I would have just handed mine over instead of the window thing. That sucks, but on a good note Rani looks so cute in those pics.

Baird Family said...

That totally stinks about your car and stolen GPS! What a bummer, especially so close to Christmas.
I love your gingerbread house. Rani looks so impressed. I'm pretty sure if we tried this with Trev he'd be driving his monster truck through it before we had time to finish.

Lindsay said...

Stacee, I am so sorry! That stinks! You are just like me to justify it & believe that maybe they really needed it.
Happy birthday (obviously late)! It looks like you have great friends there & I love you gingerbread house!