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The Splitz

Vince and I went to San Angelo today . . to do a little shopping and eat at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Armenta’s. 

You’ll thank me for not having a photo of this incident but we were driving along . . I was knitting the sleeves on my sweater, one of my knitting needles fell, went under the seat and I couldn’t find it just feeling around. I said to Vince “Don’t have a wreck!” and took my seatbelt off and climbed into the back seat . . which wasn’t so hard. I had to stretch out on the back seat and reach and feel around under the front passenger seat and found the needle.  I handed it to Vince so I wouldn’t poke a hole in the ceiling or in the seat as I climbed back into the front seat. Oh, my  . . getting into the back seat was a whole lot easier than getting back into the front seat. To make matters worse, I had on my boots and they don’t work nearly like flip flops when trying to bend the ankles and toes and wiggle through a tight spot.

It was like I was doing the splits . . not a pretty picture!  My front leg was in the front floor, I was halfway laying on my side and my left foot was stuck behind the driver’s seat. Vince was saying “What do you want me to do?” I was saying “Call the jaws of life . . I’m stuck!”  We were both laughing and I was thinking . . if I pee in my pants, you’re not going to think this is very funny at all. I finally thought to slide my seat all the way back. Vince was saying “Don’t hit the shift!”  Yes, putting the car in reverse going 75 miles per hour might not be a good thing. This didn’t go on nearly as long as you might think . . from reading this description, but I did manage to free myself and resume knitting.

Vince said “I’ve never seen anyone climb into the back seat of a moving vehicle for a knitting needle!”  Really?  He obviously has no idea the lengths to which I would go to be able to resume knitting.

The rest of the day went along smoothly.  No speeding tickets, no accidents, no credit card issues. When we do finally go shopping out of town, we have so much to buy that our credit card people usually have a coronary and call us about the 2nd or 3rd stop but today . . no calls from them.  I guess we didn’t shop enough!  🙂

Vince was the big shopper today.  I bought this Carhart camo coat for Addie for next  year. It’s a boy’s jacket but she needed a camo jacket since she’s going to be an outdoorsy type girl. It was regularly $69.99 and it was on sale in the store for $21.

Jacket

Jacket

I also got a skein of bright gold yarn and some puffy paint (to put on the bottom so they’re not slippery) at Hobby Lobby to make Duck Socks for Addie. That’s it . . all I bought!  The good news is . . I don’t have much stuff to put away.  Vince will be busy the rest of the evening putting away all his stuff.  Good Judy.  Bad Vince.

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  2. LOL – what a picture in my head – DH wants to know why I’m laughing. Thanks, Judy (and Vince)

  3. You should have bought more – have to take advantage of the opportunities when hubby says GO!!

  5. I love reading about your and Vince’s adventures. Your lives parallel my and my husband’s in many instances. We, too, have so much fun just traveling through life together!

  6. LOL. Next time, Judy, just ask Vince to pull over. Well, check that. Just do it again, since we all love to be entertained! Great buy on the jacket. I finally found my second sock. I finished the leg part over the weekend and knitted the heel flap today while I was waiting for a client to email me with the pattern choice for her quilt. Now maybe I can make more progress while my Intelliquilter stitches out her rows!

  9. I could absolutely envision the sequence of events. I’ve been there many, many times – just minus the boots! My hubby is usually excitedly saying “Wait a minute! Let me pull over!!” Heck, no! Where’s the adventure in THAT?!?! Love Addie’s jacket. So fun to have grands, isn’t it?!

  10. Judy, sounds like a great day. Thought you got caught packing the car for the Mo. trip. When are you taking off? You will have a great time with the kids and Addie. I am jealous Really want to see mine again too. Xmas Eve was the last time we saw them. Todd was in town on business this week and we did get together for a good lunch. Tough time of year for them to get here. Their house is torn up still for a remodel and we hate for the kids to have to give up their beds.
    Have a wonderful trip and drive safely!

  11. HAHAHA I can picture it now .. Who cares if its a boys jacket. Put a girlie pull on the zipper, maybe a couple of pink items (maybe around the hood, and a pink string for the tie and there ya go ..

  12. Wish I were a fly on the window of your car as you were doing your seat jumping!

  13. I just about died when I saw those duck socks. And me without any grandchildren.

    Must have been the day for weirdness. I was walking down our snow covered hill with groceries and slipped and fell, my elbow landing on a container of hummus. I had hummus on my hand, coat, squishing out of the mesh bag, all over the lemons and pineapple. Ever try to get hummus out of all those pineapple grooves?

  16. I know that trip well after having lived in San Angelo. I heard that there is a new yarn shop across from the Post Office on Abe.

    I’m glad that you had a safe trip and I love the jacket. Did you get it from Tractor Supply? I loved going in to Hobby Lobby and then there.

  17. Those knitting needles sure have a way of escaping at the most inopportune times! Good save!! Thanks for the link to the duck socks; they are hysterically cute. Have you tried the non-slip puffy stuff before? Any special instructions?

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