i'll start out saying forgive me. this may be a bit long, but way too much fun (i guess) to not blog about!!!
when i last left you i asked you all what you were doing 9 years ago. obviously it was the day i got married. i believe i stated hubby was whisking me off for a long weekend away!! i could hardly wait. but i did have something else fun to do that october 24....a birthday party at chuck e cheese. i mean isn't that the best!!! it was a first for this family and the kiddos could hardly wait.
we loaded up here at our house and made the 40 minute trek to the closet location. i rode up with a friend. when we pulled into the lot i bent down to pick up my purse. i stated, "gee i don't have any cash." i stuffed the purse under the seat and got out. (i know - you probably know where this is headed!) we enjoyed 3 hours of chuck e cheese bliss!! pizza, games, tickets, show, cake, presents....lots of fun. before we knew it we realized we should head back home.
so we get our group together and walk outside. i instantly hear "oh no!" from the 2 older boys who were with us. i look up and feel my heart drop!! yes, folks, my friends car window had been smashed and my purse stolen!!!
so we immedietly call the police. load all the kids in the other vehicle to keep warm and wait for them to arrive. i immedietly call home to hubby and inform him of the wonderful news. he sets to work cancelling our one and only credit card. remember we are leaving the next morning for vacation. notifies the bank that my atm card has been stolen. we decide to do something about the broken glass and tape a garbage bag to the window so glass won't fly in my face the whole way home. then i start to think through everything in my purse. the phone was left charging at home...wheww... umm...lets see...no cash, one credit card, one atm card, drivers license, no checkbook, grocery store cards, tampons, insurance cards, pictures of kiddos, oh yeah...in the bottom of the zipper pocket where my tampons were were my borders pucnh card, scrapbook store card, and how could i even forget the social security card!!! oh no!!!!!
well the police finally arrive and we file a report. apparently, in such parking lots (wal-mart type stores, chuck e cheese type places) people sit and watch. when a mom gets out with kids they look to see if she is carrying a purse. if they don't see one they immdediatlely break in to the car so of course we had been watched. they know they have about 2 hours to charge away and then ditch the wallet. now i do find it really sad that noone came in to say a car had been broken into. the police man said that noone ever does.
he had me describe my purse in hopes it could be found. i said it was orange and he laughed and told me it was most likely already gone!! so we head back home. it was a very loud ride home with the wind blowing my garbage bag window!!
our little trip went amazingly well!!! we had to use cash and when it was gone it was gone!! so we enjoyed simple things. God was good enough as well to keep me from wanting things in the stores. we just enjoyed being together...i, of course, felt a little naked. like i have no identity or anything!! such a weird feeling!!
i'm amazed that 6 days later i'm still thinking of things that were in the purse. i called the license branch. they told me the stuff i would need to bring in as id were in the purse...hmm...this is going to take some time, but thankfully God is good to us.
so beware moms!!! always be sure your purse can be seen on your body when you get out of your car!!!! and i loved my orange purse!!!!!
when i last left you i asked you all what you were doing 9 years ago. obviously it was the day i got married. i believe i stated hubby was whisking me off for a long weekend away!! i could hardly wait. but i did have something else fun to do that october 24....a birthday party at chuck e cheese. i mean isn't that the best!!! it was a first for this family and the kiddos could hardly wait.
we loaded up here at our house and made the 40 minute trek to the closet location. i rode up with a friend. when we pulled into the lot i bent down to pick up my purse. i stated, "gee i don't have any cash." i stuffed the purse under the seat and got out. (i know - you probably know where this is headed!) we enjoyed 3 hours of chuck e cheese bliss!! pizza, games, tickets, show, cake, presents....lots of fun. before we knew it we realized we should head back home.
so we get our group together and walk outside. i instantly hear "oh no!" from the 2 older boys who were with us. i look up and feel my heart drop!! yes, folks, my friends car window had been smashed and my purse stolen!!!
so we immedietly call the police. load all the kids in the other vehicle to keep warm and wait for them to arrive. i immedietly call home to hubby and inform him of the wonderful news. he sets to work cancelling our one and only credit card. remember we are leaving the next morning for vacation. notifies the bank that my atm card has been stolen. we decide to do something about the broken glass and tape a garbage bag to the window so glass won't fly in my face the whole way home. then i start to think through everything in my purse. the phone was left charging at home...wheww... umm...lets see...no cash, one credit card, one atm card, drivers license, no checkbook, grocery store cards, tampons, insurance cards, pictures of kiddos, oh yeah...in the bottom of the zipper pocket where my tampons were were my borders pucnh card, scrapbook store card, and how could i even forget the social security card!!! oh no!!!!!
well the police finally arrive and we file a report. apparently, in such parking lots (wal-mart type stores, chuck e cheese type places) people sit and watch. when a mom gets out with kids they look to see if she is carrying a purse. if they don't see one they immdediatlely break in to the car so of course we had been watched. they know they have about 2 hours to charge away and then ditch the wallet. now i do find it really sad that noone came in to say a car had been broken into. the police man said that noone ever does.
he had me describe my purse in hopes it could be found. i said it was orange and he laughed and told me it was most likely already gone!! so we head back home. it was a very loud ride home with the wind blowing my garbage bag window!!
our little trip went amazingly well!!! we had to use cash and when it was gone it was gone!! so we enjoyed simple things. God was good enough as well to keep me from wanting things in the stores. we just enjoyed being together...i, of course, felt a little naked. like i have no identity or anything!! such a weird feeling!!
i'm amazed that 6 days later i'm still thinking of things that were in the purse. i called the license branch. they told me the stuff i would need to bring in as id were in the purse...hmm...this is going to take some time, but thankfully God is good to us.
so beware moms!!! always be sure your purse can be seen on your body when you get out of your car!!!! and i loved my orange purse!!!!!
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