Lately I’ve been into watching vlogs on Youtube. I found one done by a British girl and she’s inspired me to spice up my vocabulary with a few British terms. The other day I told Annabelle we needed to “pop over to the shop round the corner”. She hasn’t picked up on any of my new phrases yet but I’m sure she’ll give it a go soon. She likes to shake my hand and say “Pleased to meet you!” so I’m patting myself on the back for already raising such a proper child.
The shop round the corner in question was Home Depot. I favor Lowes over Home Depot because I like blue better than orange, but I don’t know where Lowes is so I am forced to suffer through the sea of orange aprons. Last time I was there I noticed a sign attached to a pole that read total snowfall last year with an arrow pointing down. The pole was stuck in a bucket with cotton piled around the top to look like snow. As I walked I rolled my eyes because the “snow” barely came up to my knee. So much for this being Snowfall Central. I walked by it again on this most recent visit and literally stopped in my tracks when I realized I had misread the sign. The arrow was not pointing to the fake snow. It was pointing to a line at that top of the pole that said 129.3”. That’s ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE POINT THREE INCHES, people. It was a difference of more than nine feet.
Good thing I like snow.
I’m sure you all remember the tiny horse I saw in our neighbor’s yard when I was pregnant. Much to my sorrow, I later discovered that it was only a dog. Well. You WILL NOT BELIEVE what I saw in our neighbor’s yard on the way home from Home Depot. A BOAR. A black boar just hanging out eating grass while a little Chihuahua followed along behind. Lest you think we moved to the African desert- WE DIDN’T. We barely even live in the country. I don’t even know what to think. Every time I’ve driven by since I’ve had my camera ready but the boar hasn’t been out. I will risk taking my child for a walk on a busy road for photographic evidence. If they didn’t live down the road a few houses you’d better believe I’d set up a boar watching station in my kitchen. AB can get her own cheerios and milk. Mama’s busy watching the neighbors.
I love your reasoning for preferring Lowe's over Home Depot. I prefer our Lowe's too but that because I can there and back only making right turns if I take the right route and drive around the block on the way back, whereas to get to Home Depot it's about three lefts. No thank you.
And I'll just be here anxiously awaiting the boar picture.
haha Lowes all the way for the same reason!
Bahaha love this. And my husband is a Lowe's over Home Depot person too.. I don't have a preference.. but if I did Lowe's would win for that reason too.