30 feet

Our mail carrier left a note in the mailbox (after not delivering our mail Monday or Tuesday) saying she needed at least 15 feet on either side of the mailbox so she wouldn’t have to put her jeep in reverse. I had Courtney measure it off and mark a line with sidewalk chalk basically Courtney cannot park her truck in front of the house. If she parks at the neighbors property line she is in the 30 foot marked off area, if she parks on the other side she is within 10 feet of the intersection (I think that is another violation). I hate to sound like a bitter old woman but what happened to the days when your mailbox was on your front porch and someone actually walked to deliver your mail? Maybe she could just stick a rubber band around it and I could pick up our mail off her porch if that would be more convenient.

Switching topics Mary has not slept in the car the last two days which means she needs entertaining. On my trip home yesterday there was an accident so we were in the car for 2 long hours! She was quite crabby and I tried everything under the sun to entertain her, we sang, listened to one song from Sleeping Beauty about 25 times, took off her shoes, wore her socks on her hand (that’s a new one I think she thinks it’s a puppet) and figured out how to loosen up the straps on her carseat while she is in it. You pull on tab well within her reach, she figured out she needed to lean forward while she did it and she had enough slack she could have gotten out if she wanted too. I cannot believe it – I have a Britax Boulevard suppose to be the best one they make and my not even 2 year has nearly figured out how to get out of it?

This morning I asked her if she wanted a movie or music, she wanted music so thinking she was a kid I tried XM Kids and Radio Disney. XM Kids played a song called “Welcome to the jungle gym” which was a remake of the Guns and Roses “Welcome to the Jungle”. It was bad Mary literally pulled her hair out -removed her bow and took down half her ponytail. I put of the 50’s station next and heard someone other than Elvis singing “Money Honey”. I cannot think of a single song Elvis recorded that I like someone else’s version better. I don’t care that Chuck Berry originally sang Johnny B Goode I would rather hear Elvis sing it. So I plugged in the I-phone and we started off with a little “That’s all right Mama” and she was a happy camper the rest of the way to school.