Turns out my hunch was correct, it was Manny Puig. If the last name doesn't sound familiar, you may know him as Manny the Shark Guy. I immediately texted hubby (who hates getting texts, but I figured this was worth the 25 cents as he's a big fan), and called him to confirm he got it. The man was sitting literally over my left shoulder, so the text was necessary to let him know the scenario without embarrassing myself. Hubby told me to go ahead and say hi, that he used to talk to him all the time and that he's very down to earth. In fact, hubby was the one who set up Manny's ringtone when he worked for Sprint, and he was certain that Manny would remember that.

I turned around, excused myself for interrupting him, and introduced myself, saying I was the wife of the guy from the cell phone store, and told him the story. He smiled and remembered, said that he still uses the ringtone and turned around and chatted with my sister and I for well over 15 minutes. He told us that during his latest adventure, he was bitten by a python for the second time in his life, and got a souvenir out of it: half his ring finger on his left hand is missing!

My sister told him she is a 3rd grade teacher, and that she had just covered ecosystems in Science, and that lead to him getting up, going to his car, and getting some flyers he had. He brought her a stack to hand out to the kids in class (and them some, it looked like half a box of business cards!) and then here's where things get weird: He asked my sister what ring size she is, took out a ring he made out of stainless steel from his shirt pocket, and tried it on her! He says he made it for a friend, but wasn't sure of the size, and she had similar hands...It was so random. But he's really a very nice guy, and we were very appreciative that he talked with us for a while.

Next time I see one of his specials on TV, I'm going to point him out to the boys and say, "that's the first guy that ever put a ring on Titi's finger!"

I've got a long weekend ahead of me: there's Carnaval on the Mile, and my co-worker's baby shower on Sunday. Thomas is in town, though we're not sure yet if we're going this weekend or next. We can't afford it, but Brandon has been anxiously awaiting Thomas's arrival for the last month, and I told him we'd only be going if he behaved in school. Guess who's been a perfect angel the last two weeks?

My coworker, who's cousin is a manager at Brandsmart, was able to get us a new vacuum using his employee discount. Yesterday we used our new Bissell Cleanview Helix, and OMG that thing is amazing! We tested it out in the living room area, and by the time we finished 3/4 of the dirt bucket thing (another technical term) was full with all sorts of icky stuff.

This leads me to believe that our old Bissell was no longer sucking up dirt properly. After six years, I'm not really surprised, but can you believe all the garbage in that thing? You'd think I hadn't vacuumed in months!
I really love my new vacuum, and I hope it serves us for as long, if not longer, than the old one.

(p.s. This is not a paid post, I just love my new vacuum and wanted to share.)

I made $47, which is not bad for my first time. It was also all profit, since I stopped myself every time I got the urge to browse around, which could have led to me spending money, defeating the purpose of the whole thing. It was lots of fun, and I already started a "Clean-Out Sale" pile for the next one in June.

My pupy Music fell down on a box, ran away and hit his leg hard. My Dad took him to the Vet. they waited their turn. the vet looked at him and found no problem.

Tonight's:

1. My favorite place is Disney World.
2. I like to drink chocolate milk.
3. I stand beside my mom when we go shoping.
4. I am looking at my fish.
5. I like shareing my toys with my friends.
6. I never get problems.
7. I like turning around so fast.
8. Me and my brother both like eating fish stiks.
9. Choosing a fish is so hard.
10. My brother is eating fish stiks again.
11. I can jump and down.
12. Get away from me.
13. Gravity* pulls us down.

Today hubby and I met with Brandon's teacher, counselor and school psychologist. He has been recommended for gifted testing, and we had to sign the consent forms. They should have him evaluated before the end of the school year, and dependent on the results, he'll potentially be in the gifted program next school year. So proud of my smart boy!!

I asked my boss if she wanted to temporarily trade two boys for one girl. She just laughed at me. I told her I love my two boys, but I long for a girl, and I’d start taking natural prenatal vitamins this instant if there was a guarantee that my next baby would be a girl.