Metal Meredith

Phil and I have had the same queen sized bed for about 7 years now. Shortly before Henry was born, we were in bed one Sunday morning when Vivienne climbed in and proceeded to take up 50% of the space. We then realized that we would need to upgrade in order to fit 4 of us on those lazy Sunday mornings.

Before:

Our old bed became like a giant, crooked canoe. Phil, who snoring sometimes can sound like road repair, sleeps on the side and I sleep right next to him so he doesn’t roll over. Our poor bed paid the price for that. We found a super new bed frame and mattress on Craigslist for cheap cheap cheap!!

It only took us 30 minutes to set up the bed. However, it took us about an hour to get the mattress up the stairs. When it landed on the bed frame, we both collapsed and ‘ooohed’ and ‘ahhhhed’ at the comfort. I brought out my super, new, fancy sheets and my fluffier than fluffy new duvet and we slept like logs.

New Bed:

Last night, about 4am, nature called. When I was coming back into the room, I slammed my little toe into the corner of the bed frame at full force. I cussed, hopped a few times and collapsed into bed. I groaned, rolled back and forth and tried my best to ignore the throbbing. Except I noticed that my foot was wet. Super.

I hobbled into the bathroom where I bled all over the rug and floor. I grabbed a wash cloth and hopped back into the bedroom where I had to wake a dead-to-the-world Phil and ask him to dress my wounds. My husband is wonderful in the fact that there was not one moan, heavy sigh or bitchy comment to me waking him up at 4am. It felt like I had hit my toe with a hammer. But in reality, I only split my toenail about 3/4 of the way down.

Seriously, I love the bed to death. Why does it have to try and kill me? Phil suggested those lights found on airplane isles to help us see where the bed is. I think I need to wear steel toed shoes back and forth to the bathroom from now on.

Phil typically doesn’t pick out my clothes. In truth, he doesn’t pay much attention unless the neckline plunges down below a certain point. So when he saw this ad in Target this week, I paid attention.

Not only did he stop and tell me about it, but he held it up for me to see.

He said, “This dress is pretty.” I agreed. Then I came closer to look at it.

I just had to ask “Are you sure it is the dress and not just chick in the photo?”

“Well, it wouldn’t hurt if you stood like that in it,” he grinned. I made a mental note.

To reward both of us for being so darn cute with each other, I went and bought every color they had. Now I have 4 of them and I am quite often finding myself standing like that just to feel sassy. Phil is pretty happy, too.

I have posted about Phil and his new Wonder-Camera before. But now I have proof. Over the weekend, he took some great photos of the kids and I. I will fully admit that I got a little teary when I saw these. I don’t think I have good photos of Vivienne and I yet. So this was quite a treat.

I suggest you pop on over to Phil’s Flickr! account and bookmark it to see his photos on a regular basis. Not only are there gratuitous shots of my cleavage (ugh, boys), but there are beautiful art photos (which I make fun of him for, but they are very pretty) and others of the family and stuffs.

Phil called me at midnight Sunday to tell me that his friend, who he had been hanging out with, had just been shot. Just to clarify, this isn’t an everyday occurance for either Phil or this friend. We are both a little freaked out, very sleepy (as Phil didn’t get home until almost 3am) and concerned for the friend and the friend’s child.

Both friend and child are ok. Friend is still in the hospital recovering but doing well. It saddens both Phil and I that someone who was just trying to help a neighbor ended up taking a bullet for his good deed, but I am more impressed that this person was so quick to disregard his own safety to help someone in need. Lord only knows what might have happened to the woman who was being mugged if he hadn’t startled them. Still, we are all thankful this was as bad as it got.

If anyone knows something in regard to this crime, please contact the authorities. *Updated on the website with photo of suspect*

Richmond police seek suspects in overnight shooting

From NBC12 News

The suspects are still on the run.