Life with Simon
Life with Simon just gets funner and funner.
I was awakened from my power nap on the couch tonight by a knock on the door. Steve looked through the peephole in the front door, "Hmmmm, what's this about?" Reggi was barking so I got up to get her and as I walked past the closed front door, I heard a man outside say to Steve, "Is Stefani Tadio here?" I walked outside to see a deputy sherrif talking to Steve.
Simon had just left for the mall - and en route, someone called the cops because they thought there might be someone inside Simon's trunk, pounding to get out. It's his freaking gigantic bass sub-woofer thingamabob, obviously, which announces his arrival about 10 minutes before he gets there. The deputy asked me to call Simon so he could talk to him, so I did - and he did. The deputy was very nice about it.
I thanked the deputy for his time and said, "I guess it's nice that a citizen took the time to call that in." He indicated it was more likely someone was pissed off about the noise but figured the police wouldn't do anything about the noise so they'd report it as a possible person trapped in the trunk. Or that it was two people arguing about what was causing the sound. The first scenario actually sounds more likely than someone really thinking there was someone trapped in the trunk.
Damn kids and their cool cars. Do not get me started.
I was so in the moment while it was happening, after having just woken up, that I didn't have time to think until afterwards. Then I thought, in this order:
1. Wow - great journal fodder.
2. If I'd been more awake and saw a deputy in the driveway and Simon not home, I might have freaked out and thought something happened to Simon while driving. I'm glad I didn't have the presence of mind to think about that. That kid may be annoying as heck sometimes, but life would not be worth living if he wasn't in my life - you know?
Edited to add: Simon just called from Abercrombie - he's working for a couple more hours tonight. I told him the bit about what I would have thought, had I been fully awake, and saw a sherrif in our driveway and he wasn't home - and told him to never put me through that. To think about that if he ever finds himself about to do something stupid - of what putting me through that would really mean. I added a quivering voice for affect (not much of a stretch, if you know me at all). He understood, agreed and apologized.
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Today was our Mom's Excellent Adventure - where Gretchen and I spend the day with Mom for her birthday. Her birthday is August 19th but we had other family things going on in August (Nick was home on leave and our dad's brother and his wife were visiting) so we scheduled it for today. We spent the day in lovely Canandaigua, a city about 30 minutes from here, on Lake Canandaigua - having lunch and exploring little shops. The weather was gorgeous - low 70's and sunny - just perfect. We ended it with ice cream, as is our tradition. Lots of fun!
Happy birthday, Mom! Hope you've recovered - Gretchen was right, even I felt a little nappish after our fun today.
I made a whole slew of Halloween cards using my new pumpkin die. Mom and Gretchen and I dropped them off at Artisan's Alley on our way to Canandaigua today. The store looks so nice! Pam has such a flair for display - that's the first thing people that I take there mention. She said she sold one of my cards just yesterday. She told me last week she sold one of the suncatchers, which I was happy to hear. She has them displayed in a interior window, which is perfect. They look nice but they aren't in the big front window where they would fade too quickly.
I'm going to work on the October PTD newsletter now, then make more Christmas cards. I was reading on my Professional Greeting Cards email list that the rule of thumb is to work on cards 9 months in advance of a particular holiday and contact stores about buying them 6 months in advance. I'll keep that in mind when I hit the big-time but for now I'm pleased to have a line of autumn/Halloween cards finished in September.
Happy birthday, Mom! Hope you've recovered - Gretchen was right, even I felt a little nappish after our fun today.
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I made a whole slew of Halloween cards using my new pumpkin die. Mom and Gretchen and I dropped them off at Artisan's Alley on our way to Canandaigua today. The store looks so nice! Pam has such a flair for display - that's the first thing people that I take there mention. She said she sold one of my cards just yesterday. She told me last week she sold one of the suncatchers, which I was happy to hear. She has them displayed in a interior window, which is perfect. They look nice but they aren't in the big front window where they would fade too quickly.
I'm going to work on the October PTD newsletter now, then make more Christmas cards. I was reading on my Professional Greeting Cards email list that the rule of thumb is to work on cards 9 months in advance of a particular holiday and contact stores about buying them 6 months in advance. I'll keep that in mind when I hit the big-time but for now I'm pleased to have a line of autumn/Halloween cards finished in September.
posted by Stefani at 7:42 PM
8 Comments:
Crap now Norton is going to alert me when I open comment boxes?
Your son not concerned about his hearing I guess, like so many other kids. Well tell him don't drive up beside me. Gosh why do kids think we want to hear kaboom kaboom kaboom?
If I have to do that verification thing I will send you emails from now on.
This is gonna make a great story to tell Simon's kids one day.
"I remember the time when the police came to the door because they thought your Dad was driving around with someone in his trunk but it just turned out that his music was too loud."
OR
"I remember when your father used to listen to music that sounded exactly like someone trapped in the trunk desperately trying to claw their way out."
He'll NEVER be able to yell at his kids about having their crappy music or that it's turned up too loud. Oh, this is gonna be fun!
Gretchen, you and Mom were the first people I thought of when this happened because we had just been talking about Simon's entertainment value.
Bonnie - You're right-what kid worries about their hearing? I didn't back in the day either. I think I'm going to sit in his car sometime and have him play the music as loud as he does, just to see. I'm thinking the loud bass is more of a vibration than a sound. I'll let you know the findings of my study.
For now, I'm going to keep the word verification for the comment box. I think it's a pain in the ass too but I was getting spamming comments every day until I did this. So yep, feel free to email me! :-)
That's quite a story about Simon! I'll look forward to hearing the results of your study. :)
Boy, it's a good thing your neighbor didn't live on the island where we used to live...the BASS sound THUMPING out of cars was DEAFENING! Your neighbor would have been on the phone to the police about every minute or so. ;) Glad to hear the Sheriff's visit wasn't anything serious.
I agree with Gretchen...very good story to tell the grandchildren!
I finally made it to Artisan Alley and couldn't find your display. I would have expected your things in the front room near the cash register. It's a very nice little store!
Ann Marie - my cards are in a table top rack in that second room with the framed art and suncatchers spread throughout the store. That's one of the things I like about the way Pam displays things, according to eye-appeal, rather than artist. So I don't have a "booth" per se, like the store I was in previously. I don't know if she'll be able to fit all the new cards I brought yesterday in that one rack - probably.
I'd say that music was a little bass heavy..lol
Thank you for your and your family's support of the Red Cross. I like your idea!
Nancy France
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