On Saturday we went to a Doll Sale, benefiting Goodwill Industries. Basically, it was a warehouse size room full of donated dolls, toys and Christmas decor.
Larissa got a $20 present from her "Grandma in NY" (as she refers to her), and that sure took her far! They happened to have some Bratz dolls at $3 each set, so she loaded up on those. I don't particularly like them, but it's her money...
Boys got a couple of soft toys too.
Gabe had his eye on an old GI Joe's set (with a storage box and all), but the price was quite a shocker - $100.00!!! Never mind...
What was bugging me all through out the shopping is the fact that this was the second (of two) days for the sale and a sales person told us that they are open till 4pm, but at 3pm, EVERYTHING is going 1/2 off!!! Unfortunately, we had plans of having lunch with our friend's family way out in the boonies, and there was no physical way of getting back to the store by 3pm. So, I kept thinking: "Darn, we could have paid half as much or gotten twice as much for the money..." Oh, well...
Spent the rest of our day hanging out at the friends' house, eating pizza, playing till it was dark.
Then when we got home, I tested Larissa and her blood glucose was "high" for no apparent reason. (Normal person's numbers would be between 80 and 120 this long after eating).
Wouldn't you know it?.. her insulin pump's tubing broke off! It was hanging slightly bent at first, then totally fell off:
On Sunday we went to see a Bee Movie at the mall. It's been a loooong while since we went to a "regular" movie theater. We have been going to a "dollar" theater lately. The quality is less than desirable, movies are a few weeks (or sometimes a few months) old, but the price is right. For the four of us, with three-four hot dogs and a couple of popcorn meals, we can still make it under $20.00! Can beat that. Not to mention "Tuesday - half price day"!
The movie was pretty good, but way too many previews before it. We got to the theater at 12:01pm and the movie was scheduled for 12:00, got in, sat down and still had to wait till 12:20pm for it to start! Jon just about lost all his patience by then.
Other than that, not much went on this weekend.
Larissa has a Music Program at school on Tuesday, so she is all worried about that already. Funny girl!
Wednesday, November 14th is a first UN observed World Diabetes Day (http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/), and we will try to attend the event downtown, but for whatever reason, it starts in the early afternoon, on a work day! What were they thinking?!!
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