As you know if you read yesterdays comments, Baby ?????, should make his arrival today!?? Be praying for Amanda.?? I voted on a name yesterday – anxious to hear what they choose.?? Amanda’s pregnancy book came in from Heritage Makers yesterday and it looks sooo good I think.?? They did a great job.?? I’ll take a picture of the book before I give it to her.

Speaking of birthdays!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR HEIDI HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Hope you have a fun birthday and get some spoiling time in!

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I have been laying in bed for hours it feels thinking about all I wanted to blog about but I also realize it was a stall technique because today is my cleaning day.?? So I will be disciplined and not take this time to continue my posting save one quick story that some of you will find highly amusing.?? Except Jim.?? He was void of emotion.?? He didn’t even roll his eyes.?? Just a “normal day in the life of” I guess….

Yesterday I packed three kids in the Excursion at 10:30 AM.?? It was 100 degrees out already.?? Uuuuggghh!?? As we headed for Tanner’s pediatrician (post on that later), I couldn’t help but notice the sweltering heat and the A/C wasn’t kicking in.?? I turned the fan up and tried to wait it out.?? Nada.?? Worse than nada.?? The A/C was actually blowing heated air.?? What TERRIBLE timing for my A/C to go out at the start of a Phoenix summer.?? By the time we were approaching our destination I was sweating and feeling so bad for the kids.?? Realizing the hot air coming from the A/C was actually serving to heat us up way worse, I “rolled” down the windows (how do you say that when a button does it? LOL) and turned the out of commission A/C off.

Later I had to go to the chiropractor and Aunt Beck offered to drive me in her car because there was no way I could brave another trip in mine with the kids.

When Jim got home, he immediately went outside to tackle the A/C problem.?? About twenty minutes later I go out to check on him and notice that the A/C is working just fine for Jim.?? Figures.??

Jim says “Doni what setting did you have the A/C on?”??

“That one right there!”?? I point.?? “See the arrow pointing straight at the guys head??? It was on that setting!?? I am telling you it was totally broke – all it did was blow hot air in our faces”.

“Doni – you had it on vent.”

Oops.?? Well good to know my A/C is fine right?

To answer your two outstanding questions:

1.?? How did I not know that I had the A/C on vent?

Simple.?? What about an arrow pointing to a guy’s head says “air coming from outside the truck”??? That symbol says “A/C directed at your face out of the top vent”.?? Why would I question such a clear and obvious symbol LOL?

2.?? How did Jim react after 20 minutes in the heat trying to fix a non existent problem?

Wonderfully.?? There was virtually no reaction at all.?? Not even surprise.?? :)?? After almost 14 years, I cease to surprise him on matters such as these.?? In fact, he fully expects trouble.?? For example, did you know that in our last house he was so concerned that I was going to plow through our laundry room wall when parking in our garage that he fail safed my garage parking spot??? He put a mirror on the wall so I could see my vehicle approach, he dropped a ball from the ceiling so I would stop when the ball hit my windshield, AND he put plastic curb stops down.?? “Why?” you ask.?? Because I had removed our side mirrors while parking our vehicles twice AND because my mother did in fact take out an exterior wall parking her car in the garage and Jim is smart enough to know – it’s simply in the genes.?? 🙂

3.?? Why do I admit these things (especially considering the recent wet/dry vac incident)??? Heck if I know.

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