I just bought my husband a parks pass for his birthday. I had no idea what to get him - the guy that basically buys anything he wants as soon as he wants it. Well, that isn't entirely fair, but he does tend to buy things quite easily and then he wants me to "surprise" him on his birthday by getting him something he wants, but that he hasn't directly told me he wants anytime recently. How impossible is that? I can barely remember what it is I was supposed to pick up at the store for dinner that evening even with it written on the list in my hand, let alone remember some thing he mentioned months ago that he would be interested in having, but didn't actually already buy by the time his birthday comes around. I think I did OK this time. We'll see. It is going to arrive a couple weeks late.
So on to the main topic of this post: renting a house. Our heat didn't work since Sunday, but we got it fixed yesterday. A spider web had busted the ignitor. I guess that is a common problem. Seems like they could make spider-proof furnaces, but maybe not. When I'm bored, I'll look into that problem and see if I can't get myself a patent. Anyways, with the heat in full working order, I tried to make some pumpkin muffins for my husband's birthday and to have around when his brother and girlfriend come by tonight. The oven wouldn't heat up past 165 F. Now I have some gross gooey muffins sitting on my counter. Ugh. At least I have the toaster oven in case I really need to bake or broil anything. I'm going to make our landlord eat one as punishment. Just kidding. :) I like our landlord.
So after the fun with the oven, I had an appointment this morning to take my car into the Ford dealership to get a free battery check and my front license plate installed. I've been driving around illegally with only the back plate on my car - shhhh! Don't tell! I went out to the car, had my little guy all nice and cozy in his car seat, and then it wouldn't start. I think it is the battery. Ha! We'll see. My husband is going to pick one up at Costco tonight and see if replacing it fixes the problem. It hasn't been starting very well ever since we had it shipped out here. I guess I was a little slow in getting it to the shop, huh?
After I noticed that my car wouldn't start, I tried to open the garage door and the chain would move, the light would turn on, but the door didn't budge. The bolt holding the chain to the door had come loose. Handy-woman that I am, I was able to fix that myself. This renting a house thing is a good way to let us know all that can go wrong when you own one yourself, right? :)
I tried feeding my little guy some butternut squash today. He ate the first few bites just fine and then he started making this face, shaking his head "no", and refusing to open his mouth. I think it tasted just fine, but it was cold. Perhaps next time I should heat it up. I CAN'T have him not like squash like his dad. I'll be ruined. The doc says to just try it again because he is probably just not used to it. It is rather ORANGE. Maybe he just isn't into orange things.
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