I have NO doubt I am going to get along with
whats his name 
seems like he is like a kindred spirit
Not sure if the home-made Ice cream sandwich is in Italy...being Italian it would be against the law for me to have anything there except a gelato...I hate it when they don't have Pistachio on hand

my too die for flavor
If you take the mattress protector off will they give you a hard time about taking it back ? I SO need to move the new bed way up on the priority list you remember I told you I have spent many nights on the floor because I am so uncomfortable ?? After the snake encounter that will NOT be an option any longer...sigh...will I ever sleep again ..doubt it
So Target tell the story
So, remember my severe fear of snakes.... well I am sitting in my bed, a/c on, laptop on...well...my lap, finally having your pet snake out of my head and WHAMMY you remind me of your loving slithering snake. WHY OH WHY Ruthie?

There have been stories around here of people whos real pet snakes have escaped and taken up residence in other peoples homes, grown to be enormous and caved in ceilings! you know like, pythons, and boa's. I have told my family on several occasions if I ever suspect there is a snake in my home, I am outta here. As in, see you later. not coming back. I love my dear departed brother, but he did a number on me about snakes. YIKES!!!

Ruthie, you need to get a new mattress. They didn't say anything about keeping a mattress protector on it. Just don't take off the tags off the mattress. It is a pad we bought seperately. Hopefully, we will like it better tonight, but I don't have my hopes up having sat in it now for a few minutes.
About Target...
DH & I got there about 10:30am. Walked right up to the courtesy desk. She looked at the receipt as she asked us if this was a transaction from yesterday. We said no Sunday. She said because it's been more than 24hrs & the total is more than a certain amount she needed a manager. We were fine with that, BUT the manager was on her 15min. break. We offered to go walk around the store. I mean, of course there must be SOMETHING we need.

We walked and ended up in the lawn furniture section, where we had just purchased 2 deck chairs that were on clearance. Welllllll,,,,, they were an additional clearance. So, when we went back to the courtesy desk we mentioned that. First she said, oh, they were on clearance we don't match those prices. So, I said, well do you take returns on clearance items. I figured, we hadn't even taken the packaging off them yet, I'd return them & buy them again at the discounted price. She gave me the refund of the difference. A total of $23! Plus the 5% from the purchase the other day. So, what do you think we did? You betcha! We went back and bought another $50. gift card!! Hey, what the heck, we have to pay for our meals anyway as we're not on a dining plan. Why not use $50. gc's instead of $50 bills...saving 5% while doing it???
Side note... tomorrow is DD's (the little one's ) last day of school. Well, DD#1 came home from work tonight & asked if we were doing anything special. I said no, she had had her end of school pool/icecream party today. Why was she asking? She replied, well, I thought since Dad has the day off....

what? Dad has the day off? turning to DH on my other side..."you have the day off". Well....

DD let the cat out of the bag. DH was planning on surprising me & DD (the little one). Isn't that sweet? I am so happy. He usually has Tuesdays off and that is it. So, to have 2 days in a row!!! I have to admit, he has been taking a couple days recently besides his Tuesday. Even last SUNDAY! Which is tough, because none of the other managers have wanted it. I have no idea what we are going to do, BUT... I did recently hear there is a Disney outlet about 1 hour away from us.....
So, if I'm not on tomorrow, you all know why...
love, to all & prayers to you all alos.
Ruthie, I hope your aches & pains are less and less. Has the rain stopped?
Peace,
Dee