Amazon Prime, Perfect Time!

It's hard to remember the days when Amazon Prime did not exist!  It has single-handedly redesigned the way online shopping works.  And I don't know about you, but if I go to order something and there is not a free shipping code/option, I walk.  🚶‍♀️  Yeeees, I know they just factor the shipping costs into the cost of the item, but we all have our quirks!  

Did you ever get those little Columbia House booklets to order CDs through the mail?  Whoowee!  I would spend MONTHS circling what I wanted, erasing it, and refilling out the order form over and over.  My mum let me order from them ONCE, and it took AGES to receive my colorful selection of boy bands, MC Hammer, and Michael Jackson's Greatest Hits CD.  The agony of waiting on mail when you're a kid was painful...and in some ways, it still is to this day whenever something comes through the US Mail.  😆

Last night, we received a package of CLIF bars that I special order for my husband's lunch because SOMEONE in this smallish town wipes Meijer clean every time I go!  If you are reading this, you have good taste, but SHOW YOURSELF!  🤣 Anyways, I always try to hide our Amazon boxes from Ben so he doesn't start asking questions about all the things I buy for Waylin/the household.  I have always operated on the principle of "my money/I do what I want", but I still like to cover my tracks just in case!  👣

I had a little helper!  Although, she tricked me into a little walk down the street to collect rocks and helicopter seeds.  #alwaysnature

I've heard many times when I was pregnant how kids love the box more than the toy inside the box. 😆

I guess you could say we were repurposing that Amazon box for a short period of time!

And we got some exercise!

I was finally able to *corral* her back towards our house, but only after I promised her BIG, HUGE rocks (*picture Trump hands here*) were waiting for her in our driveway...close to the garage...next to the door to go inside.  😂

She stopped to play in the strip of rock we have in the middle of our driveway due to our septic nightmare we had in early 2018.  *shudder* 

You guys wouldn't believe the things we had to do to survive that shit (literally).  💩 Let's just say, we spent a night at Menards shopping for pee buckets to use in the garage. My husband was VERY concerned for my knees, so he made sure to buy a couple and stack them for the utmost comfort I could receive while peeing into a construction bucket in the middle of the night!  I can't imagine what folks thought we were doing when we were practicing sitting on them in the store, while I held our newborn baby in my arms!  😆 #wesurvivedthepoopocalypse ... unscathed.

While we were playing in the rocks, I waved at a car that drove by...because apparently that's what you do when you live in an HOA (and you're a Scarlet-lettered beast if you don't wave back).  

The car pulled over after I put forth my best Princess Diana wave and parked by our mailbox for a couple minutes before getting out.  I felt like I started going into mama bear mode. 🐻 I was very confused, and made sure I stood in front of Waylin while I watched this man ruffle around in his car.

He finally got out...and guess what!  He was carrying TWO MORE AMAZON PACKAGES! 

😆😆😆 It was perfect timing, since we just threw away the Amazon evidence!  AND, it was an order I placed less than 24 hours ago for some swimsuits that Way will wear to her swim lessons that start next week!  👙

I tell ya, Amazon is so fast that they should be handling tax returns!  💸