Last 72 hours

Thursday night we had this guy from Saladmasters come over and cook us a gourmet meal. (I won it at the Working Womens Survival Show...I think most did). But I was excited, I love stuff like this and since I was given very strict instructions not to sign up for anything, this worked well since I "won" it!

Well Brian came out and made us his gourmet meal from his $10,000 pot set. That's right, $10,000. I must say, it was all very impressive, I would love to have the set, but I would love to have a brand new car...and that would only cost a few thousand more!

The dinner was good, it was a little weird having him do all this but, hey it was free and my parents and brother got to join us. I felt a little bad that he made no money, but I mean come on what to you expect. Oh yeah and by the way, OUR pans are very poisonous, they will give us Alzheimer's and give any future children we may have many birth defects, and could kill small animals from the vapors.

Then on Friday my aunt and uncle from Connecticut came in town, so we went out to lunch at Pappy's off Olive then to Soulard Market. What an experience...45 minute wait at Pappy's in line, then no high chair, then my dad didn't have the stroller so that was a battle the whole time we were at the market...great veggies and fruit though for dirt cheap. That will be a week to every other week trip from now on. I forgot my camera that day, so we had no pics of my aunt and uncle, which kinda stunk since Ryan and them got along so well, he warmed up to them immediately and laughed and played with him all day.

Then we all went to Dandy Inn for dinner with the whole family. By the time Saturday rolled I around I was dead. My back has been killing me lately. It always has a little bit of soreness, but this pain can bring me down to my knees. So after battling him all day Friday (which he was extremely crabby/needy/whiny that day.), my back was horrible Sat. morning, and of course we had horrible yucky weather and I promised Matt I would get his sticker from the DMV for his plates. Oh my, the line was all the way out the door. This is why I work part time, so I can do this stuff during the week, so I don't have to wait in long lines on Saturdays. Well, here it went again, it took everything inside me not to sit on the floor and cry. I had a screaming child in my arms, whaling all over. It was so quit in there so of course everyone was staring. I think it was the worst public experience with him yet. Partly him, partly me. Then when got closer in line, there was a sign that they wanted ID, of course I only had cash and the re-newel form. So I asked the women behind me to save my spot in line so I could run out to the car in the pouring rain to get my wallet, and of course she said yes, but insisted on keeping Ry with her. WHAT... are you crazy, I don't care how miserable I am or look, your not getting my baby. She looked like a nice normal woman, but that is what the last women said when she came back and her baby was gone. After I came back in she turned away from me and wouldn't talk to me any more. So I got the sticker went back to the car and cried, feeling so sorry for myself...how pathetic am I?!?

We were supposed to meet Matt in Maryville and have lunch at this park a co-worker keeps telling me about, then go get free ice-cream at Bobby's...of course it was raining so we stayed home for lunch and went to Bobby's on the way to Matt's parents house.

Matt's parents watched Ryan for us so we could go to Jason and Loni's fire dept. $10,000 dinner dance. This was the first year we bought a ticket, which is $100 per couple. Everyone has a chance to win $10,000 or $1000, and $100 and $250. It is process of elimination through out the whole night...Matt and I's ticket was the 3rd to be pulled out...go figure, just our luck. I did not take many pictures either.