(by JPC)
We haven't posted anything for a while because we have been too busy enjoying the amazing spring/summer weather we are having! Ellie is thrilled about all the time she can be out swinging.
Last night though we went out for my previously mentioned birthday :-) It was the first time that we left Ellie with a real babysitter (meaning not my parents!) so it was a big event for us. We had planned to go to a movie and then dinner. Ellie was fine when we left and didn't shed a tear as we walked out the door (YAY!). All was going well as we watched the commercials and previews before the movie, but then 5 minutes into the movie the fire alarm went off. They evacuated the entire movie theater. The police, ambulance, and fire trucks came. After about 20 minutes of waiting, we eventually gave up on the idea of a movie and figured that we would just come back the next day to get tickets for another day. So our next plan was to have dinner - we drove up to the restaurant and there was a huge crowd out front. After unsuccessfully waiting to get back into the movie, we decided that we did not want to wait for dinner too!
Then we had an Aha! moment, as Oprah says. "Let's go order our new couch while we're in the area, that won't take long!" Well, you can guess based on the luck we had the rest of the night - we spent 40 minutes ordering our new couch. Lori was thrilled to lie on the bed next to the saleswomen's desk. She saw this as a great opportunity to get some sleep. Unfortunately, I made her get up when people started walking by looking at her wondering if she were alive or dead. We then we went back to the movie theater to get ticket vouchers for our interrupted movie, which we had to fight for.
One more swing past the original restaurant where we confirmed the hour+ waiting time. It had been a long night and we were hungry so we turned to our local standard. We had a delicious dinner, but since we eat or order from there a few times a month, we were hoping for something different for the birthday celebration.
So, in summary, we spent $80 to see 10 minutes of a movie, order our new couch, and have dinner someplace we eat all the time. More importantly though we got to do it together and got several laughs out of it, after the fact. And we learned that Ellie is fine with a babysitter, which is probably worth the money :-)
We haven't posted anything for a while because we have been too busy enjoying the amazing spring/summer weather we are having! Ellie is thrilled about all the time she can be out swinging.
Last night though we went out for my previously mentioned birthday :-) It was the first time that we left Ellie with a real babysitter (meaning not my parents!) so it was a big event for us. We had planned to go to a movie and then dinner. Ellie was fine when we left and didn't shed a tear as we walked out the door (YAY!). All was going well as we watched the commercials and previews before the movie, but then 5 minutes into the movie the fire alarm went off. They evacuated the entire movie theater. The police, ambulance, and fire trucks came. After about 20 minutes of waiting, we eventually gave up on the idea of a movie and figured that we would just come back the next day to get tickets for another day. So our next plan was to have dinner - we drove up to the restaurant and there was a huge crowd out front. After unsuccessfully waiting to get back into the movie, we decided that we did not want to wait for dinner too!
Then we had an Aha! moment, as Oprah says. "Let's go order our new couch while we're in the area, that won't take long!" Well, you can guess based on the luck we had the rest of the night - we spent 40 minutes ordering our new couch. Lori was thrilled to lie on the bed next to the saleswomen's desk. She saw this as a great opportunity to get some sleep. Unfortunately, I made her get up when people started walking by looking at her wondering if she were alive or dead. We then we went back to the movie theater to get ticket vouchers for our interrupted movie, which we had to fight for.
One more swing past the original restaurant where we confirmed the hour+ waiting time. It had been a long night and we were hungry so we turned to our local standard. We had a delicious dinner, but since we eat or order from there a few times a month, we were hoping for something different for the birthday celebration.
So, in summary, we spent $80 to see 10 minutes of a movie, order our new couch, and have dinner someplace we eat all the time. More importantly though we got to do it together and got several laughs out of it, after the fact. And we learned that Ellie is fine with a babysitter, which is probably worth the money :-)
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