Yesterday we (Mom, D and I) went to the pumpkin patch with Avery. It was a bit early for such an activity, but it was a company event with D's office, so off we went. She had a good time going down the slides and running all over. She also got her face painted for the first time.
A side benefit to have a child's face painted: when she starts to cry (later in the day) which in turns makes the paint run, she will stop crying almost immediately upon realizing this. Woohoo.
I've got to say, I'm not a big fan of pumpkin patches. I just don't get them. But, Avery seems to like them quite a bit so there you go.
iPhone debacle
Following the pumpkin patch, we went to the store to have Mom's phone switched for D's old iPhone. Well, that turned out not to work too well. Long story short, when they repaired the water damage, the speakers still worked. However, some connections were lost and the end result is that while you can make and receive calls, the ringer won't actually ring when a call is coming in. So unless you're just sitting there staring at the screen, you won't know a call is coming in.
Today I'll take Mom's phones back to the store, have the sim cards switched back. Then, when D's iPhone 5 arrives, we'll give Mom my old iPhone (which is the one D is using now since he broke his phone). Whew.
G date night = art buying for us
Odd as it sounds, D and I ended up buying three oil paintings from a woman going door-to-door selling art work done by Israeli art students last night. I said no at first, but this girl was a GOOD saleswoman. Anyway, we ended up with paintings for my office, the dining room, and our bedroom. I have to get them stretched to hang still, but I have appointment for that on Friday. Of course, she could have been selling oil painting done by whomever, but it doesn't really matter who actually did the work since the point is we like the art work. I lean strongly towards believing her, but it's always questionable when you buy things that way. So I guess the art of door-to-door sales is not dead.
The whole experience reminded me of what D and I refer to as our "sucker rug" which we bought on our honeymoon. We were in Istanbul touring the Blue Mosque. There was a young guy (early 20's) who approached us about a rug before we went into the mosque. We resisted, but then he met us on the other side when we came out. D and I are both prone to be impressed by good salesmen who have perfected their art. We ended up visiting the rug store he was employed by and yes, we ended up walking out with a Turkish rug.
The thing is, while I always feel like a sucker when we do these things, I rarely regret it. I love that we have that rug to remember our honeymoon. Loreto Bay was another example of a great sales process that sucked us in (though we were pretty much going to buy a casa without such a great sales process) and I don't regret that at all. So I hope these paintings produce fond memories as well.
I'll post pictures when they're hung (if I ever get around to taking pictures).
Mom's BD
Mom's BD is this Saturday. Since none of the activities are a surprise for her, I'll share our plans. I'll pick Mom up on Saturday afternoon. We'll hit a movie of her choice downtown, then kill some time shopping/walking around before dinner. Dinner will be out Southpark since Mom requested fish. Following that, we'll be hitting Barefoot Sage for a foot and leg massage. I hadn't heard of Barefoot Sage before RHG mentioned she and Jay were going there after Jay's BD dinner. I decided it would be perfect for Mom's BD, too. Jay and RHG's reviews of it were excellent, so I'm very much looking forward to that.
There is a Timbers game that night, so D will be going to that. The Gs will, of course, be sitting Avery. Thank you as always Gs.
