Oh, Cowinkie... I am sooo glad your story had a happy ending. I think I may just need to tell dmil that ds/ddil don't really think they need a baby monitor and that there are some other things they are really hoping to get.
OTOH... very dfriend told me today, "I would go ahead and let dmil give them the baby monitor. EVERYBODY has one now. I just don't even know anyone who doesn't use one."
and OTOtherOH... if I tell dmil not to get the monitor, and to get the swing... then what do I tell MY mother to get, since she asked for suggestions today, also...
AND... * where is the frustrated/infuriated icon *
Dmom said to me today, "Yes, the invitations look great... but... is that how they are planning to spell his name? You know that is often the way they spelled the girl's name..."
I said, "YES... WE HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ALREADY. YOU TOLD ME IT WAS OKAY... REMEMBER... THAT IS DDIL'S GRANDFATHER'S NAME AND THAT IS THE WAY HE SPELLED IT."
Grrrrrr...
Usually dmom doesn't say things like this to me. And this probably wasn't prompted by her, anyway. She then said, "That's what I told your daddy."
Grrrrr...
As I told dfriend, I guess ddad has to have SOMETHING to fret about besides himself, right?
* sigh *
Oh -- and the car is no different now than it was when I left home this morning... but I am $47.50 poorer.
AND... spent 4 hours of my life waiting... which wasn't bad, until the last 30 minutes or so, when this man, who was probably old enough to be my grandfather, came in and sat down RIGHT NEXT TO ME -- ignoring the other 12 empty chairs all around the room!!!!!!!!! -- and proceeded to read
Marie Claire magazine over my shoulder.

He tried to make conversation and be friendly... but it just sorta creeped me out a little. The waiting room is very open, and people pass by constantly, so I wasn't really NERVOUS about the situation... just irritated. Shall we say
ill as a hornet?
They say car problem has to get worse before they can fix it. Right now, it is just acting to randomly for them to isolate the problem. However, they do not think there is any danger in driving it at all; it is just an annoyance.
I'm exhausted. Came home & took a nap. Then dh & I went out to eat & went to see the new
Men in Black. It was (surprisingly to me) very good.