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Baby Gifts Galore

I make no secret of the fact that I love getting packages in the mail. So, I was pleased when I came home last Friday to discover a package waiting for me on my front stoop. It looked important and highly perishable. Sadly, it was not addressed to me. After fighting the temptation to open it, I called the number on the box and spoke to the people at Rice to Riches. After confirming that the package was meant for the former owners of our house, we were told to keep the product.

Barry and I instantly opened the box, only to notice that there was a card with a congratulatory message about a baby in it. (Yay, for the little family that we bought our house from, they have a new family member!) We also discovered a few ice packs, an oval green container, and a few special scoopers. We were new owners of rice pudding, sent directly from New York City!

Our friends, Rayna and Jon, came over that night and helped us eat some of the creamy puddin’. Barry wasn’t entirely sold on the taste and texture of the pudding, but I really liked it. There was fresh fruit mixed in….oh, deliciousness. Jon was also attacked by Sydney, she’s such a vicious dog.

Here’s the best part of the whole story: We had steak delivered to our door today.

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Monday, the 13th

5:30 a.m. – Alarm goes off.

5:40 a.m. – Get out of bed and bundle up to go on walk.

5:50 a.m. – Force Sydney out of bed with her harness on.

5:53 a.m. – Grab hat before walking out door. It is cold and rainy out there.

5:55 a.m. – Walk out door as a goup discussing returning faulty Netflix.

5:56 a.m. – Turn around to get Netflix to deposit it in mailbox.

5:57 a.m. – Realize door is locked and nobody, not even Sydney, has a key.

5:58 – 6:15 a.m.  – Attempt to break into own home while staring at two sets of keys through window.

6:15 a.m. – Call locksmith using Barry’s iPhone (Thankfully, he takes it EVERYWHERE.) and are told to wait for the tech (they’re no longer called locksmiths apparently) to call.

6:20 a.m. – Call work to alert them to awesome status. Play Frisbee with Sydney.

6:40 a.m. Tech calls and says he’ll be there in 20 minutes or so. Feed fish with Barry.

6:42 a.m. Call mom and tell her about awesome status.

6:50 a.m. Ask Barry if he can mirror the dance moves that you are doing. He gives it a try, but it looks unimpressed with the game…he’s probably cold.

7:00 a.m. – Tech arrives and looks like a college student.

7:20 a.m. – Listen to the train whistle blow. That was Barry’s train, but he’s decided to ride his bike.

7:30 a.m. – Turns out tech probably is a college student. He can’t seem to open 2 different doors, even though he keeps trying the same tool and technique.

7:45 a.m. – Tech finally gets door open.

7:46 a.m. – Write $175 check to tech. This amount is WAY over what we guessed it would be. Boo on that.

7:47  – 8:00 a.m. – Get ready at a whirl-wind pace and leave for work.

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The Happy Milvrums

May love and laughter light your days and warm your heart and home, May good and faithful friends be yours where ever you may roam, May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures, May all life's passing seasons bring the best to you and yours.
May love and laughter light your days
and warm your heart and home,
May good and faithful friends be yours
where ever you may roam,
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures,
May all life’s passing seasons bring the best
to you and yours.