I’m an earnest saver, it’s something my parents taught me at a very young age. I can remember walking up to up to the neighborhood bank with my passport saving book, my allowance and my sister. We’d deposit our money and stop at Bridgeman’s for an ice cream cone on the way home. Oh, the memories.

It’s never too early to teach kids to save, right? Elisabeth received a cute princess piggy bank as a baby gift from Tom and Pat, my parents neighbors.  Grandpa put the first quarter in and I’ve randomly been adding my leftover change.

Lately, Elisabeth has found great fun in putting things into containers. So I gave her a fist full of pennies and let her drop them in the bank. It took a little practice to get them in the slot but she was a pro in less than a minute.

How does it fit in the slot?

In it goes!

Elisabeth says, “I am ALL DONE!” When she say she’s done, she means it. I tried giving her a few more pennies however, she just wanted to eat them. I’m pretty sure we’ve already had enough hospital visits.

If you want to see the sign for done in motion, take a look at ASL University.

Being nine months pregnant feels like being a stuffed sausage. When I feel good though, I need to take full advantage of that. After my doctor appointment this past week I was feeling pretty great so I took a little detour over to the thrift store. Look what I found!

It was $11.21!

It was love at first sight. However, I didn’t grab it immediately, I wandered through the store and decided I could use a new desk chair. I headed back, it was still there. Whoo Hoo!

I thought of a couple more things I should look for and that would give me time to test out the chair. As I wheeled through the store,  I noticed numerous glances and some glares in my direction.  Also, I was being followed. Dunh-dunh-DUNH!

Somewhere between the oven mitts and cast iron skillets an older gentleman stopped me and inquired if I’d be actually buying the chair. He informed me it was a solid piece of furniture and “oh the wheels, the wheels…they are fully functional. You can’t find chair made like that nowadays.” He then informed me that it is likely that the chair will outlive me…wait, was that a threat?

While I continued my shopping six other people stopped me about the chair.

Yes, it is that awesome.

Well, I made it out alive with my unborn child and my new-found chair and arrived safely at home. It will be a great little project after baby arrives. Until then.