Ryan's Birthday gift to me?!?!

For the past few months this is how I saw today going:
-taking off work
-lazing around in my pj's
-SCRAPBOOKING!!!

Somehow it isn't turning out that way!! Here's how it is going....
-started out scrapbooking
-got a call that my cousin whom I am VERY close to had to be rushed into surgery for a tubal pregnancy
-then Ryan flushed a bath toy down the toilet

#2 slowed the scrapbooking big time, because I couldn't stay focused
#3 put a full end to it

J.D. discovered Ryan playing in the potty & had to give him a bath. While he was bathing J.D. went ahead & flushed the potty not knowing Ryan had filled a small rubber ball with water then dropped it in the toilet - so it had sank to the bottom & was under the toilet paper Ryan had also added.

After plunging many times & flooding the bathroom I decided to ask Ryan if anything else besides paper was in there. (Keep in mind he is watching this whole stressful process) At which time he lets us know that the ball was in there. - If only we had asked sooner. Of course by this time we've pushed the ball as far as it will go.

Soon I come up with an idea to try using the wet/dry vac to see if we can suck it back out, no such luck & after about 5 minutes J.D. decides to completely remove the toilet.

I never realized how yuck this could be!!

As you can see we did find the ball and WITHOUT a plumber!! Yay us!!

The little ball was very happy to be removed from the potty & after a good bath has recovered from the whole ordeal un-harmed!!

(Can't you tell how happy he is?? See that smile!! Of course I think the plunging caused one of his eyes to sink further into his head & the vac caused one to pop out, I think he'll be okay though)
After we got the ball out J.D. took Ryan in to try to explain why we don't put things in the potty & talk about what the potty is really used for. (I am concerned that this went in one ear jiggled around in his head for 2 seconds & fell out the other side...)

New Car!!! (Trouble!)

Well, so we finally did it. After being teased that it looked like we were getting out of a clown car every time the 5 of us went somewhere - we bought a new vehicle. A 2007 GMC Yukon. JD had bought our Altima NEW in 2001 & ever since said he'd never buy a Brand New car again because they loose their value as soo as you drive them off the lot, so we went used.

On July 25th we drove to OKC & traded our "Clown Car" the seated 5 in on a "Monster" that seats 9. Our new Dark Blue beauty had some hail damage from the storm that went through OKC the week earlier & the dealership was fixing it(for free of course) we just had to bring it back the next week.

We took it back to get the hail fixed & they gave us a loaner Chevy Truck. Tight fit - not comfy at all! Really was a pain in the tush - really it was - my hip hurt all week!!
They were supposed to have the hail fixed in two days, but it took a week which meant we had to drive this thing close to the OK/TX boarder because Dylan & Ryan were going to go spend a few days with Gamma & Gampa before Dylan started back to school - luckily my mom was able to meet us there because we didn't want to take it out of the state.

Finally the day came for us to go back to pick it up & guess what happened?? It started storming!! We worried all the way there that it was going to end up getting hailed on again before we ever got it back home. We were lucky though, we seem to be in the eye of the storm or something because it stayed clear right over us all the way home & started raining literally right after we pulled into the garage.

:)

Well today it broke down! JD was headed off to work after lunch & the check engine light came on, the thing went into safe mode & would only drive 10 MPH. He got it back home & we had to have it towed!

Wow what a interesting 2 months it's been! Needless to say J.D. says we'll never buy used again, the extra money is worth the peace of mind....