thanks jordan
look forward to having you there.I was just about to post awhen I saw the expected title appear in the list of Pre-Trip Reports. Looking forward to it.
Ummm I can't give up my 3 hours on a Monday night for a whole year.
Our firewall said no, so I'll have to check it out tonight when I get home. It already sounds funny though.
Morning Peeps!
OK, so here it is....Pardon me Jordie for the hi-jack.
The other day Jordan posted that Home Depot was phasing out the Mickey head paint chips.
Of course my reaction was of sudden horrorat the thought that next May I won't have a single lime green mickey head to place on my luggage, baggallini or room window for decoration. So I told my dd10 that she needed to get dressed..."We are heading out on a heist!"
She of course had no idea what I was talking about so I knew it would take some coercion to get her out the door, she's an extreme home body....<side note> I'm not going to pretend and tell you I'm one of those perfect parents, in fact I'm one of those parents that will make life as easy as possible when it comes to getting the kids to do what I want.....in other words, I am not above bribing my children.
So I agreed I would get her some Wendy's to eat for dinner, I realize not the best choice in foods, but hey we were on a mission and I wasn't going to be derailed by a grousing child with a growling stomach.
So the bribing was fulfilled and we were on our way.......
We enter into the parking lot <enter Mission Impossible music here>, I survey the area, and check for any possible MHPC <mickey head paint chips> cops.Nada. The area is clear for our mission. Mission....Freedom Mickey.
So now I give my daughter the low down on why we we're here...I explain the mission and how we are to conduct ourselves so as not to be to obvious, no need to get busted setting out to heist all the MHPC's we could.
I suddenly felt my innercoming out, told my daughter...."Act cool, don't be overly obvious, and take no prisoners!" She agreed, doned her best cool
and we were on like Donkey Kong people!
We come upon the paint area of the store and looked around and saw not a single soul to be found <enter heavenly music here>....this was going to be a piece of, we started filling pockets and purse and went to town, all of a sudden a man appeared and asked if we needed any paint this evening?
I stood my cooland act like your there to get ideas."
Every time the man's back was turned or went down an isle, we were stuffing, filling, and pilfering as many MHPC as possible! Of course I told her to leave some in each color so as it won't be so obvious once we're gone that we were in deed the one's who heisted them.Except the LGMHPC (lime green), take every LGMHPC there is!
Once we took every color we could without it looking like little Cindy-Lou Who's house after the Grinch came and took everything....we were so out of there!
We did it! The mission was successful! We headed out to the get away car and proceeded to leave the parking lot as quickly as possible, I stopped the get away car in another parking lot, not to far from the scene of the crime to survey all that was now ours.We turn on the lights and get out our zip loc bag (gallon size) and start unloading every possible pocket on Mackie and hiding spot in my purse. The more we unload the more my daughter starts laughing, she appearantly had emptied everything she had as I was still pulling MHPC out of my purse like a clown pulling a handkerchief that never ends out of his pocket.
She says...."Mom! How many did you take?!?" Me....<starting to giggle> "I don't know honey, I guess I didn't realize how many I was taking because I was just taking a stack and putting it in my purse without thought to how many I already had!"
Finally I had come to the end of my paint chips and surveyed the bag, as I hold up the bag and seen what we had, the sickness kicked in for the both of us.... kinda like a vampire, once you have a taste for blood...YOU WANT MORE!! So Mackenzie's says.."OK! So where's the next Home Depot!"
We ended up hitting another Home Depot and by the end of the night, our results were very fruitful....wanna see?!?!
This is my beautiful daughter Mackenzie holding the loot (although she's not looking her best here-she looks like she has bead head), and to make the picture more perfect, she was doing the Jordie tongue without me ever telling her about it or even asking her to!
And this is our cat Romeo watching us thinking we are totally nuts. Notice my Nativity scene, in the next picture you can see he took out not only a wise man, but an angel and I think Joseph.
Gotta love a cat who's into the Christmas spirit.
All of this because Jordie mentions that they are doing away with MHPC's.so this was a great mission....the mission of mother and daughter having a good time together. Titled: Freedom Mickey. (Thank you Winkers)
Do you think you can guess how many there are? Maybe Jordie will allow me to do a little contest.
we thought it was especially funny since the office next to us the lady could hear it through the walls, and was really wondering about us laughing so hard.
Jordan- Zitfest
Can you see a presenter showing everyone the 'correct' way to pop zits? Or all those puss... ummm pussie (how do you spell puss-E?) kids taking over the POP (LOL) pool? EWWWW
we thought it was especially funny since the office next to us the lady could hear it through the walls, and was really wondering about us laughing so hard.
good call, you dont want people to think it is you when they here those sounds coming from your office.I'll take a look at this once I am home. Don't want to be looking at poofin stuff at church..
Can't wait to get home.
I have some news about this
I wonder what she was thinking?
Jordan- Zitfest
Can you see a presenter showing everyone the 'correct' way to pop zits? Or all those puss... ummm pussie (how do you spell puss-E?) kids taking over the POP (LOL) pool? EWWWW
full of 'em.
(Being a Cowboys fan in December is becoming an awful lot like being a Texas Rangers fan after the all-star break. Which probably only made sense to Biscuit, if anyone, but oh well.)
I just read it, Melissa! I would react the same way. I always grab the brochure, act like I'm comparing all the colors, look through the brochure, stash a few, look and stash, put some in the brochure.... I don't think we'll get arrested for stealing free samples!
Vanessa! (please tell me that is your name and I didn't just make it up.) I do remember that you will be at AK in the morning, what time is your Y&Y lunch? It won't be a problem for me and Donna Sue, we'll be there through Fantasmic. If need be I'll just tie Jordan up and keep him there. Don't tell him, okay?
That's me! I think our ADR is for around 12, but I'll have to check the binder. It's still hidden in Michelle's room. We're planning on hitting Fantasmic that night too. We may have to tie him down. I think he has plans to be somewhere else that afternoon. But how could he pass up the opportunity to spend time with such lovely ladies?
And you know I am a Cowboys fan but I do have to say...Geaux Saints! Just not this week.
