Ha ha ha

GARETH SAW THIS AND THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY...

New Commute

AMY SAYS...

I finally understand why people become violent murderers!!!

Life has beaten them to a pulp and they SNAP!!

Ok - I'm not snapping just yet, but had we stayed in Brooklyn I just might have.

We have moved to the East Village and for the first time in 12 years I don't have to get on a horribly crowded subway, fight for a seat and get elbowed by the 'suits' for about an hour each morning!

NOW I ACTUALLY HAVE A CHOICE!

I can walk, ride my bike or hop on the M21 bus that's a few feet from our door!!

All for actually less then what we were spending on rent in the armpit of Brooklyn!!

Woo hoo - smiles and giggles in Spring again here we COME, it really is the free simple pleasures in life that keep you going.

Broken Mirror, Broken Back or Broke Back Mirror (Amy says ;)

GARETH SAYS...

As we were moving out of the old place we managed to break a mirror in the bedroom. IT was a pretty crappy thing with a plastic frame and a cardboard back. We reckoned it wouldn't cost more than $50 to replace so were happy for it to be taken from our deposit. When we meet up with the lady she said the mirror was actually going to cost $225 to replace. We were flabbergasted (I love that word). She gave us a check for the deposit minus the $225.

We were gutted but not defeated. We rang round a load of mirror and glass places and found out it would only cost $35 to replace the broken mirror. So we hatched a plan...


Yesterday at 7am i got up and headed from the East Village back to Brooklyn.
The trains were messed up so this took about 70 minutes.
I then proceeded to pull all the broken mirror out of the frame - a surprisingly tricky (and dangerous) job.
Got back on subway with empty frame and headed off to the mirror shop.
Handed over the $35 to have it fixed.
Wandered off and got a coffee.
Collected mirror - which was now very heavy - and carried it back to the flat.*
Ran to work.

The whole operation took a little under 4 hours and a lot of sweat! But now will be getting a check for $225 back which was well worth all the effort.

*(It was pretty funny seeing how many people checked themselves out in the giant mirror as i walked by! Vanity is a common affliction)

TRAMP

AMY SAYS...

I'm not completely sure what the definition is in British but in American it means :

a sexually promiscuous woman; or a prostitute.

I think in British it means:

a person who travels on foot from place to place, esp. a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.

Anyway, Gareth said I looked like a 'tramp' last night - it hurt - especially cause I don't have the $$ to go out and but new nice clothes.

BUMMER :(

Easter Bunny Poo

GARETH SAYS...

For those of you who have been reading the blog for a very long time you might remember that last year i organised a rabbit poo treasure hunt around the Lower East Side with three boxes of raisins.

We have decided to make this a tradition!

Last weekend we laid out a trail for Amy's niece Isabel.

At the end of the trail (which ran round the block at Amy's Mum's) Isabel found me sitting on a fence.

I told her that i had just met the Easter Bunny - or EB as he preferred to be called - and that he wanted her to do something special for him. He wanted her to make a balloon animal bunny. If she did then he might return to meet her in person.

Isabel's eyes lit up and we set about making a balloon bunny which was very very hard. The balloons were impossible to inflate so we just tied them together deflated.

I then told Isabel that EB was very shy so if she wanted to meet him she would have to wear a bunny mask so he thought she was a bunny. Check out the picture - it's not bad improvised mask using a pillow case and two elastic bands. It did look a bit KKK though.

With the masks on it was time for the Bunny to appear to talk to her on the terrace, which gave me an excuse to do an impersonation of the easter bunny, which ultimately sounded very much like Jimmy Stewart ;)

Isabel was completely enchanted by the whole experience. She screamed "I love you Easter Bunny," and then asked the bunny if he would like to come to her's for a sleepover - soooo cute!!!

Sadly i don't think she will be so gullible next year. Don't you hate it when kids grow up?

Wood shop

AMY SAYS…

I have been doing some Spring cleaning in my studio, trying to make more room for some more work! Anyway I had all of this wood, huge pieces that cost loads to throw away! So I coordinated with the local wood shop and told them if they could come and get it they could have it all for free!

That way not only did I save the cash, and my muscles, but I also felt so much better about recycling the wood!!

Frogen like yozurt

AMY SAYS...
Gareth brought be a frozen yogurt after work today with a special spoon that said “You deserve this” I had just had a hard day at work.

It doesn’t cost much to show someone you love them!

GARETH SAYS...

$4.50 to be precise!