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You know the drill, I am stealing Jen’s Sunday Sentiments button and idea and making it mine tonight.
~Sunday Funday! We’ve had a great day so far which has included a Spartan win (#gogreen), a trip to Target and one of my favorite gourmet markets and then Menchies for fro-yo. Can you say perfect day? Oh wait and B took the boys out this morning to get breakfast and brought me home a Starbucks. I hope this becomes a Sunday tradition because I loved every second of that extra 15 minutes in bed and that super long hot shower. So nice.
~My winter fun is coming to an end and I am finally going to do the 24-Day Challenge I have been meaning to start, umm, since January. I won’t be giving regular updates, but if I seem crabbier the next few days, you will know why! It usually takes me about a week before I really start to feel better and enjoy eating better. The first few days I just don’t like it. LOL. I am hoping that by the end of this it will actually be nice enough to go outside and go on walks and enjoy the weather unlike right now.
~So, where is that Malaysian airplane? I just do not get this at all. No one knows and every day we have more new questions than answers. And I am obsessed. Fascinated really. Is it in the Indian Ocean? Is it landed safely somewhere and hidden away? What is happening? Obviously it wasn’t an “accident”, so what was the plan here? The fact that no group has taken responsibility makes me think that the plan (whatever it is) is still in the works and that the plane landed where it was supposed to. I just don’t know and it makes no sense!
~I skipped updating the monthly subscription box list again this week because I just don’t think there are a ton of new boxes to report on. I haven’t heard of any boxes closing up shop either. If you’ve heard of anything, please let me know! Oh, and I will do a recap on what boxes I am expecting this week tomorrow morning, but I wanted to mention that TONIGHT is the last day to order the Spring FabFitFun box if you want to make sure it’s going to be shipped out on Wednesday the 19th! You can use the code “SPRING5” to save $5, but you have to sign up by midnight PST!
~Last week we had a flat tire on my car that we had to get replaced. This week, its on B’s car. His car needs new tires anyways, but WTF? These roads suck so bad with all the potholes that I don’t even want to get new tires because I don’t want them to get ruined too! I need to take a picture of this giant pot hole near our house. It’s insane. Oh, so then B asks if I know how to change a flat tire. Umm, really B? What do you think? Having been married all these years, you’d think he’d know that I had no clue. Nope, he thought I knew. Come on baby. Really? He was shocked. Is this uncommon? Do most people know how to change a flat tire? Please report in on this.
~I snuck a little giveaway up on Friday night, so if you missed it, make sure and go enter! It’s for a 3-month subscription to PopSugar Must Have box. No real reason, I was just bored. I am working on restarting restarting my weekly newsletters too and will be doing some subscriber giveaways and special coupon codes in there, so make sure you are subscribed!
~And finally, as promised, I set up an NCAA Tournament Challenge Group! Totally free to join and the only thing you need to do to participate is to make sure your bracket is filled out before the Tournament starts on Thursday! I’ll be doing some random giveaways / prizes (to be determined) so JOIN! Plus, it’s going to be fun. I promise. You don’t need to know anything about college basketball to get in on the action!
That’s about it from here tonight! What are your plans for tonight? Are you headed out for St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow??
You are not alone! I wouldn’t even know where to start changing a tire. That’s what roadside assistance is for!
He was like what do you mean you don’t know? I was like well, I have a cell phone and don’t travel anywhere it doesn’t work???
Hey. Good luck on your 24day challenge. This Thursday am wrapping up my 45 day Paleo challenge. Am hoping to of lost a few inches. I know it takes me a good week or two to feel good when restarting Paleo. So… hang in there.
Also, would like to think I could change a tire if needed (I have watched that one commercial a couple dozen times)… 😉 I need to try it out, really. And teach my two oldest kiddos.
Are you feeling better than before you started?? Nice job!
He explained it to me and made it sound easy, but I don’t think it’s that simple.
NO not everyone can change a tire B, HELLO DUH. Did you see the contest in oakland co.reg potholes where if you win they pay for your tire repair. You so must enter with your dbl whammy story. I read about it in the oak press. Cleaning green teeth tomorrow yippee.
I don’t even know if our flat tires were related to pot holes. I would assume so, but it wasn’t some dramatic event!
oh i thought when you mentioned giant pot hole by your house, id enter with the pix,dont think it needs to be a dramatic event. 2 new tires in 7 days dramatic. I think they are just collecting stories and i think yours is pretty good pot hole or not. Id vote for you. And yes auto club, on star, thats what they are there for.
I think they’ve officially come out and said the plane was hijacked. By who and for what reason, I don’t think anyone knows! I’m also so fascinated by the whole thing. Hard to believe in this day and age they can lose a plane with over 200 people on it. I’ve read all sorts of things about the plane being hidden while it’s made into a weapon of mass destruction, or that it was pilot suicide. I’m sure they’re considering both but no one will say and it’s maddening! lol
I know. It’s all just so crazy.
My friend and I were on a girls trip last fall and we got a flat tire. I asked my husband to come change it. His response was ” I know your smart enough to figure it out and if not then youtube it.” We opted to be lazy and used my friends AAA.
Ha! I would have continued to call my husband until he arrived.
Changing a tire?!? No way. I’m clueless.
I knew I wouldn’t be alone on that one!
My day was spent at home with 2 youngest girls, who have pink eye. Your day sounded more fun.
I heard an interesting theory on MH370 this morning. A former Secret service agent said he thinks the pilot was trying to collide with another jet midair. The way he turned the plane back, was right into a heavily traveled flight path. He then kept flying so long looking for another jet to collide with. It was just one guys theory, but thinking about it, could make sense.
The potholes have messed with my tires too. I have an appt tomorrow to get 4 new ones. They would probably have needed it anyway in about 6-9 months , but now doing it a little sooner. And I have no idea how to change a flat.
That is an interesting theory! My 11 year-old cousin thinks it was aliens. At this point it seriously could be anything.
I hope the girls recover quickly! Pink eye is no fun for anyone!!!
Haha! My 30-year-old husband thinks it’s aliens, too. 🙂
I knew you didn’t know how to change a tire.
Here is a story about how I know. As I remember it.
The summer you graduated from college and moved home I was living at home too. Which was ok until you moved back but I digress. The only difference was I had a job where I had to wake up super early and you didn’t. So, you went out and drank every night. Anyway, one night the house phone rings at like 3 or 4 in the morning. Yup, no cell phones yet. It was that long ago. Turns out you had a flat tire and you called dad to come out to wherever you were to fix it. I don’t know how drunk you or any of the boys you were partying with were that night but apparently nobody had the motor skills to attempt it. I bet he wished he taught you to change a tire instead of drive a stick that night.
Me, I can change a tire as fast as The Dukes of Hazzard!!!!
BAHAHAHA. I was telling B that story when I was explaining to him how I didn’t know how to change a tire. He was disgusted. Both with the fact that I couldn’t change the tire and that the guys I hung out with couldn’t either.
Oh, and B. was probably sooooo mad he got a flat in the winter and couldn’t take his shirt off on the side of the road when he fixed it. Or did he…….
LOL. He did it in the garage at home. I cannot confirm or deny that he was wearing a shirt.
My husband can’t believe I don’t know how to fix a flat but he’s also a mechanic so I never plan on doing it! 😉
Same!
Okay, several thoughts. First, yay for you doing that challenge! I need to do something like that. I just need a plan other than ice cream… Also, I am soooo excited for my first FFF box! Yay! Next, I actually learned in driver’s ed how to change a tire but completely forgot. My husband was hassling me about it the other night. As for the plane, I definitely hold with the Lost theory. Makes sense to me! And finally, I’m about to fill out my bracket for your tournament! Will you award prizes for the worst bracket? Because I will totally win. 🙂
I will probably win worst bracket! I pick with my heart and really like upsets, so I never do well.
I never learned in driver’s ed. B also would like to discuss my parallel parking skills (which are nonexistent).
I have no idea how to change a tyre either! I had a flat one earlier this year and some nice man had to change it for me so I could get to the garage!
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I know the *how* to change a tire, but the last time I tried to change mine I couldn’t get the bolts off. I just have nothing on the auto-tightening tools my mechanic uses. So even if you did know how to change a tire, there’s a good change you might not have been able to for other reasons. AAA has been a lifesend for that.
My husband was making it all sound so easy. I know it’s not quite that easy. After the “you just jack the car up” I stopped paying attention.
Changing a tire is the first thing my Father taught me to do. Even before I got behind the wheel I knew how to change the oil, check all the fluid levels, how to hook up and disconnect a battery as well as jump start a car amoung other things. I travel extensively and have relied on these skills quite often. Believe it or not there are large areas of the Country without cell phone reception and they aren’t just in Montana, they are all over from Pennsylvania to California.
There is a small patch on the way we travel up-north with no cell reception, but other than that, I am good. I can believe there are plenty of spots with none though!
As you update your list, Munch-it closed down.
Thank you!
I really don’t think we need to know how to change a tire. With that said I do know the hows to change my tire but I’ve never done it so not sure I could get the nuts off or anything. Plus like you said we have phones and if I can’t reach M or the other handful of guys who could help me I can resort to calling AAA. LOL We had the same thing the other week I got a flat and then M got a flat but they wouldn’t fix his since he needed new tires so we had to get him all new tires. 🙁 I hate those random bills that pop up like that.
The plane is so sad. I saw a little about it on the ship but its been so long now for nothing really to be said about the actual plane. We know that they are looking at the pilots but that is about it. Very weird.
So sad. Where is that plane? I think it’s even worse that no one has any answers for those poor families!
I changed a tire when I was 16 and in divers ed. I haven’t since. I have a husband, and a male friend in the basement for that. Also, I have roadside assistance. So I have no plans to change a tire anytime soon. If I had to I think I could though. Although, it would be hard because of how tight they put the nuts on with those air guns.
I don’t even know that I would try. Is that bad?
Change a tire? Isn’t that one of the reasons I married my husband? You know, cuz he can change a tire, do the taxes, take care of spiders….
Ha!!! I do the taxes, but he does the car stuff?.
Don’t feel bad, as I don’t know how to change a tire either. Isn’t that what AAA is for? And I’m leaning towards the LOST theory for the missing plane. Seriously! How do you lose a giant plane like that???
I agree. At this point it could be anything. I just don’t get it.
If I had to change a flat I’d be screwed! First off I’m a wimp. I choose to be a wimpy girl when it comes to these kinds of things. I had a flat over the winter. Walked out of work, it was like -50 that day and my tire was flat as a pancake. I was pissed, and brad looked at me like… Aren’t u gonna change it…. Ummm hell no!
LOL. I know right. Did he really think you were going to change it? I mean really????
Bedtime at the Swamp by Kristyn Crow Has a repeating phrase so the kids can get involved. My 7 year old’s favorite book for years. Super fun to read.
Sorry, this should have gone on your new post, oops!
No worries!