another monday

a new week
second full week of 2009
and of course it started on an eventful note

yesterday morning dan and i were so lazy
watching The Universe and learning about the different planets
until finally we pulled ourselves off the couch
i did some dishes
then got my clothes on to head out of the house and pretend to be a big girl
i got an oil change ($61 later!!)
and some groceries to make some healthy meals for the week
(going green and saving green by bringing my lunch to work for the second week in a row)

i came back about an hour later
to find dan and the backhoe more than halfway up the driveway
he's outside the backhoe so i got out to ask what was up

it broke down

yep. in the driveway
immovable
he'd been working on it for at hour anyways...
i put the groceries away
and then we spent another hour out there
no dice.
gas not getting to the engine (or at least that's as much as i understand)

so thankfully i had gone out for groceries,
or else both of our cars would be stranded in the driveway
unable to get out to the street
{guess that was some sort of cosmic reward for getting my lazy buns off the couch}

dan and i got up together this morning
i got ready in record time
we trudged up the snowy driveway
(with yet more snow falling-- 32" already this season {{average is 12}})
passed the backhoe, and climbed in my car
dan drove me into work then headed to Gillette
cross your fingers that the "guy" can come repair the backhoe today

10:59am UPDATE:
the backhoe is fixed! the guy came out at 9a this morning and got it running
and he even plowed the rest of the driveway for us
talk about service

more to come later:

• pictures and details of Jeff & Melissa's Jack & Jill shower Friday night (w/ the snow adventures yesterday i didn't get to edit the photos)
• new vegetarian recipes i've experimented with