holy fuel prices Batman!

November 16, 2007 at 5:33 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments

leave it to me to get a new car just as gas prices are increasing – when i got home on Wednesday, i had every intention of getting back out and thought i would put gas in the car then – but napping took over so i ended up staying in the rest of the day – and lucky me, when i got in the car yesterday at 4:45am the gas light came on – now taker into consideration that i have never put gas into Tahiti – i was already running a few minutes late, i got out to see where the gas cap was but i didn’t know how to open it – i felt around on the floor of the car, but no luck and i didn’t have time to read the manual – so i decided to risk it – i said a quick prayer that i would get to work without running out of gas and went on about my merry way – i get to the studio with no problems!!

so after the show i head for the gas station which is still about 4 miles from the studio – i had brought in the manual during the show and discovered that my gas tank holds 26.4 gallons of gas – holy crap – my quick math skills helped me realize that i’m looking at $75-80 to fill up my tank – WOW!!!  when i got to the gas station, i decided that i would start slow and put in $50 – even that was a strain – it’s never cost me more than $45 in the Mustang – good thing i’ve still got the Mustang for quick trips around town – Kelley thought i was a fanatic about finding the lowest gas before – he hasn’t seen anything yet!  and i won’t even tell you how my heart sank seeing gas for $2.83 this morning when i paid $2.90 yesterday – ugh.

Tahiti has new shoes – in the world of men, this means she has new tires and rims – in the world of dianthe, it means nothing – i’m not really a car chic – unless it’s a Mustang – so the whole “rims and tires” thing is lost on me – don’t get me wrong – they look really good – but other than the fact that they are shiny, i can’t tell you anything about them

my last wedding of the year is tomorrow and them i am all done until April!!!  it’s so weird having so much time off – clearly i’ll be a little busy and of course i’ll be booking new weddings for next year – i’ll finally have time to sit down and rework my website and get some other stuff done – hopefully all before Spike comes – i’m such a procrastinator sometimes – i’ve got to get that baby bedding done too – ooh, i need to run to the fabric store – i hate it when miscellaneous things pop in your head and you can’t remember what they are – i thought that the record feature on my new phone would be a big help – but who has time to pull out their phone every time you need to remember something – plus, i would probably forget to go back and listen – no, i’ll just stick to my sticky system – i constantly write things down on stickys and then transfer the stickys to lists – ongoing lists – lists that have no end – it’s a constant battle – one i fear i will never win

the last 4 weeks have gone by so slowly, but it’s been a month and it’s time for new pictures – i take the 29 month ones today and then in 4 more weeks we the 8 month pictures – how crazy is that – i’ll be 8 months pregnant – my belly is getting bigger and bigger every day and Kelley has taken to palming it like a basketball – he even said, “every time i see your belly, i just want to palm it” yes, he’s 7!  it’s a good thing i have a good sense of humor!

another crisis in getting ready for baby world – of course it’s a minor crisis and didn’t cause any tears – but how sad was i to find out that the pattern for my car seat has been discontinued – no Patchwork Cows for me – and the pattern i like 2nd best?  $60 more – is it a new and improved car seat?  no – it’s just a “better” pattern – i was so bummed! but it is super cute and the Pack’nPlay has all the bells and whistles – so i guess that’s a consolation – but i sure am bummed about my cows …