VIOLATED

that's how I feel right now!

I am SO MAD that some pathetic soul felt that they had the right to smash the window of my car and STEAL my purse while I was at McDonald's getting my child a HAPPY MEAL!!
I normally don't leave my purse in the car, but for some reason tonight, I did. Mike had shoved it down in the floorboard of the passenger side when he got in the car with me and it was starting to rain when we got to McD's I just wanted to get Ashley inside so I forgot about it sitting there.

If they saw my purse in the car, surely they saw the car seat in the back, but that didn't stop them from smashing the window causing glass to fly everywhere, including in Ashley's seat! WHO DOES THAT? MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN CUT BY GLASS!! GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Now I'm freaked out that someone who obviously is selfish and has no regard for other people or their property now has my driver's license, address, pictures of my daughter, and even one of my paystubs!

Shame on them and HA HA in their face! I don't carry cash and I was able to reach all of my credit card companies and banks to close my accounts. So outside of useless credit cards and a check book, all they got was my makeup, about 80 ibuprophen 800's, a Coach wallet and, sad to say, my FAVORITE purse!

Thank GOD all they got was my purse and did not try to take it while my family was in the car or harm anyone. All I can do is pray that this person realizes that they have no right to take things that do not belong to them and begs for forgiveness.

No matter what, please do not leave anything of value in your vehicle! Even if it is just to run into the store quickly. The cop said this is happening all over the place. Last week thieves hit a whole row of cars at a CHURCH! RUKM???? What is wrong with people!

So, if anyone in Spring Hill notices an ORANGE (I'm talking bright, Tony Stewart, Home Depot orange) leather Cole Haan purse (seriously, it's a pretty rare bag!), please let me know. I'd at least like to have my bag back since it cannot be replaced.

08.08.08

August 8th, 2008 marked 13 years that Mike and I have been together. Tomorrow, August 11th, will be our 6 year wedding anniversary. We didn’t really plan much to celebrate, but we did take a couple days off work to spend together and drove down to the Keys with Ashley to go to my best friend’s wedding.

We headed out Thursday morning and stopped in Orlando to hit the outlets on I Drive so we could get out and stretch our legs for a bit. I found a great deal on the Lacoste belt I’d been eying at the Saks Off 5th outlet, but that was about it.

Then we were off to West Palm Beach to visit with Mike’s sister and her kids. It was great to get to see our nieces and nephews, we don’t get to see nearly often enough. We had a late lunch at Fuddruckers, one of Mike’s favorites from childhood but we don’t have any in the Tampa Bay area so we like to hit them up when we travel.

After an all too short visit, it was off to Ft. Lauderdale where we spent the night at the Historic Riverside Inn on Las Olas Blvd. The hotel has retained most of its original 1930’s charm. We spent the evening walking around on Las Olas Blvd watching exotic cars cruise up and down the strip.

We attempted to have dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, but Ashley wasn’t having it and almost had a total meltdown in the middle of the place. I ended up taking her outside to watch the action on the street while Mike tried to finish eating and square away the bill. Ashley was amazed by the buses disguised as trolley cars and got excited every time one drove by. All we heard all night was “the bus” even as she was drifting off to sleep she was still mumbling, “the bus”.

The next morning we drove the rest of the way to Key West with a few stops along the way to break up the long drive. The wedding was beautiful, on Smather’s beach in Key West followed by an intimate reception at the Hot Tin Roof at 0 Duval Street. We had a fabulous dinner overlooking the water with a great view of THE SUNSET!

The next morning we wandered around downtown Key West. I couldn’t wait to see Ashley’s reaction to the chickens that wander around the island. We found a rooster and a few hens hanging out in Mallory Square. It was so cute to see how excited Ashley was! She was walking towards the chickens and following them going “come here, chicken”. Then, I had to hit up Sloppy Joe’s (at 10:30am, lol) to get a strawberry daiquiri to go in one of their large insulated mugs. I had to find some way to cool down! It was still too hot to do much, so after scoring a new pair of Kino sandals we headed to take Ashley’s first pics at the Southernmost Point. It was so hot, she wasn’t really interested, so I decided to skip on my traditional “Cheeseburger in Paradise” at Margaritaville and we headed out.

I think we’ll wait until winter or spring to take Ashley back to Key West. It’s just too hot in August and it’s really busy because of lobster season.

Tinkerbell

Thank God for the internet!

Ashley almost had a meltdown this morning throwing a fit she wanted to watch Tinkerbell on TV. She's seen all the Disney promos on TV lately for the new Tinkerbell movie and thinks I can make Tinkerbell, or Tinkeybell as she says it, appear on TV at a moments notice. Not so. That moview doesn't even come out until October 28th!

So, again, thank God for the internet. I was able to settle her down by going online and finding movie trailers and promos for the movie on youtube. It was enough to satisfy her Tinkerbell craving. I even printed a picture of Tinkerbell. It was so cute watching her stand in front of the printer waiting for the page to come out. She's on the floor doodling on her Tinkerbell pic with her new colored pencils which are stored in, what else, but a Tinkerbell pencil bag! Yay! LOL.

Welcome!

Between Ashley, and work, and all the everyday things I have to do, I don't get a lot of "free" time to sit and chat on the phone or even send emails that much. I have a lot of friends and family that I don't keep in contact with as often as I would like, but that doesn't mean I'm not thinking about them.
I usually "play" on myspace. It's been a great way to quickly catch up on what's going on in people's lives and to update friends on what's going on with mine. Since everyone isn't on myspace, I figured I'd give this a shot.
Hopefully this blogspot will be a way to keep our friends and family (that don't use myspace) up to date with what's going on with the Ivanics family. I don't see that I'll have a ton of time to post much or very often, but I'll try.