another good day...

this morning i woke up and decided i was going to edmond to visit my dad and to take my mom's coat back to her.  so that's what i did.  the varmints and i piled in the car and headed west around 9:30 this morning.  i called dad to make sure someone was going to be home because mom's coat was being delivered today.  he asked, "delivered by who?"

so i said, "what do you mean by who?  doesn't your mailman bring packages to the door if they don't fit in the mailbox?"

i hated to lie, but i really wanted to surprise them!  it worked!  we only stayed for a little bit, but that's ok.  the whole reason we wanted to move back to oklahoma was so we could be close enough to family to make a trip to see them in a day.

on the way home the varmints decided they wanted to take the scenic route on 66 (of course i didn't object!)  we stopped at the round barn in arcadia and went inside.  it's nothing spectacular to see, but if you go up to the top and stand in the very center, you can speak softly and it sounds like you are yelling!  it echoes all around you, but you are the only one who can hear it!  it's so cool!  here's what the top of the barn looks like on the inside:

then we stopped a few miles down the road at this place that has a car sticking out of the side of the building and all kinds of things in the yard.  the sign said parking, so we assumed it was ok to be there.  i've passed it many times and always wanted to stop to check it out.  i never did figure out exactly what the place was, but the guy just had lots of signs and things that were from route 66.  he even had a sonic pole with the menu still attached!

then we drove around arcadia a little bit (it's not that big) hoping to find an antique store.  we didn't find one, but we did find an interesting house that had a really cool old truck in the front yard

and the weirdest things hanging in their carport....teletubbies!!! (as if teletubbies weren't creepy enough all on their own!)

pic of the day #17

why are there teletubbies hanging from their carport?

we stayed on route 66 through bristow.  it was 4:30 and i knew that any antique stores we might find would be closing soon.  so i got back on the turnpike and headed home.

colby and i cleaned his room tonight (ugh) and then i washed the mountain of dishes that seemed to appear overnight!  as i was finishing up, i noticed that colby's fish had died.  i brought the fish bowl into the kitchen to rescue the poor fish because colby had stopped feeding it.  maybe i should have left it in colby's room!  when i told colby that his fish was dead, he said, "sweet!  what are we going to do with it?"

i told him we were going to flush it down the toilet and he just laughed.  when he took the fish to be flushed i could hear him shouting, "yeah!  this is going to be awesome!"  then i heard the toilet flush and an explosion of giggles from colby!

then he came in the kitchen and asked, "can i get another fish now?"

speaking of colby....my quote of the day comes from him!  as we were driving today, this random question came at me from the backseat:

quote of the day:  "Mom, do you know anyone who is psychotic besides me and Spencer?" ~Colby Man