Saturday, October 02, 2004 Oh, did I mention that yesterday we went to a Pumpkin Patch & babygirl says "punkin" and last weekend we went on the Steam Trains at Tilden Park in Berkeley & she has toy trains & she has seen and played with trains at book stores and toys tores and the Sausalito Discovery Museum & she sees them on her Einstein videos and in books & flashcards & she says "choo choo" and knows it's different than a "car", which she says frequently.
We just got back from a carpet & linoleum store where they have a big toy train and she climbed up their carpeted stairs to a room with shelves of carpet sample books. She LOVES that place. Choo choos, stairs, carpet, books... WOW, they have it all. She is napping now. Daddy worked today, so we didn't see him. We got up around 7 after nursing frequently from 2AM. Ms. Baby had a banana & organic cookie (she said "cookie" alot). We strollered up Piedmont Ave by Fenton's in search of a yard sale, got a decaf on the way & said HI to Anya & her Dad, and Matthew and his Dad. At Fenton's we heard the church bells of St.Leo's so we were listening to the song & I got some cheek kisses. Then we noticed Noah's mom in the churchyard & we went over & played with them. He had a snotty nose & he pushed her a few times & yelled at her "don't move" and yelled in her face & took things out of her hand and had to be reprimanded. Then we went home & saw the disabled neighbor (apt.A) & talked with her about her cats , played ball in the backyard & Ms.Baby ran around the dumpster, because the lid was open in the back and rested against the fence creating a tunnel, which she found very exciting. I noticed the laundry room door was wide open & the light was on so I went to close it and smelled human urine. GROSSSS! And I noticed a small cheap gold ring on the ground. I picked it up and realized it must be our disabled neighbor's (apt.Chelper's, the one we figure is responsible for our cat being missing..... What to do with it? Then we got in the car and went to the Ace Hardware as it was opening at 10AM. We got dishwashing gloves for mom (hot pink) and dad (blue/yellow) and what we were there for, varathane to coat Ms.Baby's Karim Rashid Kosmos blocks. When we came home from our errancs we saw the disabled neighbor (apt.C) was in her Lark scooter in the driveway & I gave her "the ring" & told her about the laundry room piss & asked her to ask her helper to keep the door locked. I like one of the linoleum samples I got for the kitchen. It's Wysteria! But, should I bother to refloor this apt. or just move and refloor somewhere new? I want to move! We need the space! And Ms.Baby needs her own room and more playing room and a safe yard and I NEED a laundry room with a new LG washer & dryer!!!!! We need a great big kitchen with real sized appliances (LG). Maybe even a dishwasher, ooh lah lah! Then I can take care of us properly, maybe run a successful home business and have another or 2 bambinos before my machinery locks up. We'd have covered parking, storage space, a safe place for our bikes and strollers.....
