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3 things that have happened in the past week
1. My husband joined twitter. Which I guess means I should stop tweeting about all our marital secrets. I just know he’s going to go all Ashton Kutcher on me and have a gazillion followers while I’ll be left in the Demi dust.
2. We signed a contract to sell our apartment. Which means no more open houses which means very soon I can stop having the following conversation with Dylan:
“Hey mom, where are all the shovels and pails for the playground?”
“In storage.”
“Where’s my bicycle?”
“In storage.”
“Where’s Summer’s bike?”
“In storage.”
“Where’s my scooter?”
“In storage.”
“Where are my roller blades?”
“In storage.”
“Where’s Summer’s potty?”
“In storage.”
“Where’s the Sesame Street potty seat?”
“In storage.”
“Where’s my chalkboard?”
“In storage.”
3. And today, I got a flat on my double stroller. So I pushed it for 25 sweaty, heart pounding minutes to the bike shop. I’m positively, absolutely sure this took the same amount of effort as pushing a car with a flat tire for 25 minutes.
The bike shop fixed it for $17 bucks.
Which seemed like a real steal until I got another flat on the same tire about 6 hours later.
New York City, you’re starting to make it easy to leave you.
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Mom where is Summer? In storage
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That is basically why I don’t ride bikes. I get so many punctures it drives me mad. Just put the bike in storage…
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Great news about the contract!
Even better news that you won’t have to answer the questions anymore…before long, the girls will be scootering and riding bikes up and down a lovely suburban sidewalk. Where tires never go flat. (Swear to god…It’s in all the smalltown brochures)
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ooooooooooo – i would be so pissed with the bike shop! i would go back there and let the kids lose in the shop!!!
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Congrats on the contract! I wonder why those kinds of accidents don’t happen when it’s cooler out? It’s bad enough that you have to heave the thing all the way to the bike shop, but right when the East Coast gets hot? Ouch.
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A flat on the double stroller? That’s rough.
Good luck selling the place. My house certainly isn’t open hosue ready (and might not be even with half my son’s crap in storage.)
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Congrats on the contract! And that exact same thing happened to me on my bike in New Jersey. Ugh.
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Congratulations on the signed contract – where and when are you guys leaving NYC? We should have a playgroup gathering befor you leave?
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my friend just moved and her husband went overboard and packed her moisturizer, Congratulations!
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CONGRATULATIONS on the sale! That is awesome! The stroller tire – not so.
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Very funny. Congrats on the house on a REAL stroller workout!
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Yippee! Congrats on the contract! I am sorry to hear about your stroller.
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Congrats on selling your place. Where are you going?
And two flat tires in one day? That would suck big time.
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Wow have I been there on the stroller. Those things are a lifeline in the city. I panic when the tire blows out!
You’re moving…congrats!
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So when do you guys move!?? Are you excited? nervous?
I have the same conversation with Ben on his stuff but my answer is “I don’t know…”
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does Dylan rollerblade?
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Oh, I heard about your stroller trouble HOURS ago when Rick Twittered it. Keep up, baby.
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Congrats on the signed contract! At least you put the girls’ stuff into storage. When we were selling our apartment we used to push everything into the stairwell and pray that there wasn’t a fire! So, where are you going? Can we start a pool? Larchmont? Scarsdale? Oh, by the way, I have gotten two flat tires on my SUV this past year so don’t think that you’ll be immune to flats in the ‘burbs. Thank god for AAA.
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Something like that would totally happen to me! I hope they fixed it the second time for free! Well, it sounds like you better go out and buy more yoga pants for more then one reason…. pushing flats, and the ‘burbs! Congratulations on that SIGNED contract! Good luck with finding everything in storage!
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reminder to self: get flat-tire-kit out of storage…then “punk” the bike store guy!
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But it’s not easy for us to see you leave New York City!
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YAY for a signed contract!
Also you forgot to mention another highlight of the week–I spied Rick on the Daily Show the other night! (didn’t I?)
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I worked up a sweat just imagining pushing that sucker with a flat.
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Congrats on the home sale – just in time for summer. Do you have new digs yet? Can someone please please fill me in on the allure of Twitter. I recently joined and cannot for the life of me figure out what all the hype is? Must be because I am rapidly approaching 40 and my brain is no longer to easily assimilate new technology and social media applications. Help!
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congrats on the sale! a twittering husband? that is scary….
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Congratulations on the sale!!!
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Ding Dang!
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Girl! What kind of hazardous terrain are you drivin’ that dang stoller over?? You need to invest in some Light Truck tires.
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yea for the contract!!!
I am only curious about twitter for the celebs. Like I should reallllllly care what Demi Moore is doing RIGHT NOW!
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A flat on your stroller, I never heard that before!
Oh and @ Merrily: “Ding Dang” is cute.
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congrats with the contract! bummer on the 2 flats…but maybe they are just a sign its time for suburbia (where we drive the stroller to get out flats fixed and don’t puff for miles to get to a repair shop!!). good luck.
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You’ll miss saying “in storage” when you move to your house and you start saying “its that peice of sh&% I just tripped over” instead.
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Congrats on the contract! Bummer about the flat, both of them. Ruh-roh – hubby’s on Twitter…
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Did you find a house?!? I hope so.
I had serial flats on my stroller once upon a time – I finally complained to the manufacturer and got a new tire out of them.
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A contract? On your apartment? In this economy? Go you guys! That’s really great news! And I’m sure a huge relief!
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Hey! I hear Target is having a sale on exercise pants this week. Better go stock up in preparation for your move.
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I have never had a flat stroller tire. Of course, I don’t have a jogger…
That sounds IMPOSSIBLE to push…
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1. Ugh. I would HATE it if my husband got on Twitter. I would totally block his ass. Otherwise he’d see how much time I *really* spend online
2. Yay!! SO when are you moving?
3. Ok, I pushed my stroller up and down San Francisco hills last week so I feel your pain. DH kept teasing me until he took over. Who’s the wimp now??
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At least the stroller wasn’t loaded up with kids….
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Bummer on the tire, but congrats! on the contract.
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Oh don’t say that…the city is so great. Great enough that I’m trying to get over my fraidy-cat nature and plan some cool things to do while I’m there. But if that doesn’t happen, the nerdy girl in the park with the big dog—that will be me.
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Congrats on your contract, but sorry about your stroller!! Where are you moving to?
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If I weren’t giving you the silent treatment for leaving NYC, I’d say that in the suburbs they get flat tires. In their cars. Or as I call them, quadruple strollers.
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Congrats on the sale! I would be concerned if my husband was on Twitter, though. Too much time on his hands is not a good thing.
Excited to hear about your new life in the ‘burbs!! I am sure you will have some GREAT moving blogs. Best of luck! 
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And . . . you’re guest posting on the Motherlode … Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
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congrats on the apartment sale!!
But ugh to the flat tire… how terribly annoying!
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Congrats on the contract! Now please convince Jen P to move to Austin!! I saw Rick on Daily Show too! Cool!
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Congratulations on the signed contract! Let me know if you need me to join Twitter and follow you so that your numbers can beat Rick’s. Great post!
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Oh my gosh, I’d be SO mad! And congrats on selling the place!!! I am packing now and I know my kids are going to be going crazy when SIX WEEKS before we move to England, all of their stuff is going to disappear into a container. I’m viewing it as an opportunity to see what life would be like in the dark ages.
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Oh yeah, get outta there!! Come and live in my village. No really. Go on. Please?
xx
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Your hubby & my hubby should become twitter pals, you know they have the blogging wives thing in common. And sort of their business, although J is in film.
Congrats on the house. So what about a new place, have you found the one?
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