::Serendipity::

The Van Seat Fairy! ________________________________________________________________

I totally scored today! I went to Michael's (the store, not my husband) and found some lovely pink and brown polka dot ribbon to decorate the basket. And I also found some lovely pillowcases I'm going to embroider that say "his" and "hers" on them. I'm really thrilled. By my fingers better fly because I have to have them stitched by Saturday! Yay! I get to give the newlywed's something!

Riley's been popping down to the mailbox every couple hours just in case the mail lady was late delivering her cell phone. Poor girl. But she's driving me batty tracking it online and hoping the USPS is going to make an extra trip just for her phone.

Michael put off cleaning out the garage on Saturday because the kids were enjoying the out of doors so much. What a thoughtful daddy he is! He didn't feel like doing it on Sunday either, but he did. I was so proud of him. Because it would have been so much easier to play around on his computer all day.

And because he was so wonderful and did something instead of being lazy, he was greatly rewarded! When he went to the dump and gave away some of Grama's old clothes that didn't sell at last year's garage sale, a seat for our van was sitting in the reuse area. Just SITTING there. Maggie came in to tell me what they found and I almost fell out of my chair.

About two and a half years ago, we stored one of the captain's style seats from the van in a shed at Michael's office. The owner was storing some of our things there, and it was no problem. Well, when we went to put the seat back in when Xander was born, it had disappeared. His handyman thew it away. THREW it away! Like a dummy I thought we could just order one from the manufacterer. Oh, no. We called every salvage yard from here to Botswana. We found one once in Arkansas. They lost it. We found another one, but it was for a different van. No one could find one. Riley was sitting on the floor, which was highly illegal. Or we'd squish her in the back seat in between the other three kids which was also highly illegal, but what other choice did we have? Fortunately, (or unfortunately as I see it) we rarely went anywhere all together so church once a week or when my Mom visits were the only time I really felt it. I was so upset about it! The owner was going to buy us one, we just couldn't find one.

But yesterday, there is sat. It wasn't a captain's chair, it was a bench style. And it was fabric, not gray leather, but we care not! There was a hole in the front, but so what! That's what duct tape is for. Heh. We all fit! We're all legal! I'm SO happy! Like frappuccino happy! Yes, Virginia. There IS a van seat fairy!

Of course now everyone fights over who gets to sit next to Xander.

posted by Terri at 6/04/2007 04:22:00 PM >2 comments

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