Building Confidence or The Two Year Old who Thinks She's Going to Drive Us Home

Leela was a sleepy baby, who because she was born just a little earlier than expected, decided she'd sleep as long as she could.  But then, she made great strides.  And finally, she decided, at age 2 &1/2 to ask, before we took the girls back, "Can I drive?" To which her older, wiser sister (by another 2 &1/2 years), Naia, told her, no, she could not drive "until you're a grown up".  Here is the "art" of my imagination at work, picturing what that drive home would have been like.  I call it, "Leela at the Wheel".

You'd think it might end here, but when Grandpa was driving the girls home a following time, she said, "Grandpa, you're going too fast. (as he was driving at the speed limit) Turn here, Grandpa.  You can go now, Grandpa...."  (as the light turned red).

At a later time, when I was getting Naia ready inside, Grandpa was taking Leela outside.  Leela sneeked into the driver's side as he was opening the front door and said, "Key."  So, he had to literally pick her up and place her in her backseat carseat. This, she did not like, as it interfered with her plans.

Time, Finally, to Learn Financial Tricks

What I'm proud of is, this early afternoon, I looked at my reader, and discovered that you could get 30% off, just today, at our drug store, as well as the discount on your card. I knew Bill was going there and insisted on printing out the coupon. He said he never got into such things, but I put the coupon on the kitchen table, anyway. He must have saved almost 40 bucks, and the clerk was amazed, because only one other person had noticed the coupon offer and used it. What was his secret? He finally admitted it was his wife.

I checked out the chain grocery story coupons on my computer, and they kept multiplying. So, I said, this is nuts; I can't stay on the computer for hours! Then, an idea: take my reader, and see if the store has WiFi. I had a clerk in training, so she was proceeding a little more slowly than most, so took the time to ask her trainer if they had WiFi, and he showed me how to connect for bargains. Now, there are so many things I'm learning at this stage of the game, I start thinking, why am I having to learn this stuff so late?!! Never have been crazy about reincarnation as a possibility (oh, no, not another round!), but in light of all the stuff you have to learn late, it seems only reasonable to come back and continue attending "school".

More grocery store adventures: There was many a time I found the store brand pizza roll crust popped open in the refrigerator and figured maybe I'd left it in there so long, the package was being abused. But this time, I brought the pizza roll crust back, and it was "popped" on arrival. Since I had Yoga in the vicinity the next day anyway, I put it in a ziploc in a small cooler and took it back to customer service. They were compliant and let me get another. But right afterwards, while was perusing "Woman's World", simply holding the sack, I heard, "POP", looked in the bag, and there it was, pizza dough oozing out yet again. This time, I took it back and asked for my money. The next time I get one, it will be Pillsbury or something like that.

Grocery Store Adventure #3 (I think): It all started with continuing to learn label making this morning. I'd bought these little drawers for toys, 2 sets for $2 total, at a yard sale, and I was making labels and trying to learn symbols, (which hasn't yet been mastered) but I did learn numbers. I love gadgets! I talked to the guy on the phone about my forgotten password and got that straightened out. I had to explain to him, however, what a "reader" was. So, I thought, if I forget important information, I'll just use my label maker and put it on something other than my reader, for the time being, until I can rely on my memory (heh heh).I got to the store and tapped coupons as I bought. Both before and after, I had to check my labels for info. Admittedly, it took a little longer to shop, but I saved the Labor Day general merchandise % + coupons = $22.90. I think I should become a $ guru like Dave Ramsey, to whom I never listen.