This past week there was a pink convertable Power Wheels thing sitting atop a giant snow mound (we've had a ton of snow here). Then a day or 2 later...the old man decided to make a funny haha for the granddaughters and crafted up a special sign. Now, his efforts in building and design could've been better used by helping his granddaughters learn to build something together with him. They could've spent quality time learning to build and be smart and valued...but no. Sadly, he decided the better thing to do was make a sign indicating said plastic car was at the fault of bad women drivers. Obviously this was HILARIOUS in his world. It isn't in mine.
Luckily, I live in a neighborhood with some awesome people and someone amended the sign to contain some great information regarding crash statistics and gender.
But...the guy removed the information from the sign to bring it back to its original state. Clearly he's set in his ways.
Neighbors discussed reporting it to the city or simply removing the signs themselves, but as we've seen he's stuck in his ways and determined.
So...what do you do?
Well I did want the sign down, but I didn't want to sink to this guy's level by taking it. I also realized...that there's some little girls at stake here.
Commence operation Goldie Blox!
I had shot a video of my niece and her Goldie Blox toys (Goldie Blox requested some additional footage for their playground feature). When we shot it...we were in a hurry and my niece had to go home (an hour and a half away) with her Goldie Blox after we were done. I realized I didn't have a bill of material that I needed and while out Christmas shopping I picked up the very last set at my local Toys R' Us. I ended up not needing it and hadn't opened it. Since it was an "original" style set, I thought maybe it would be fun to keep as a collector's item because I believe so much in what Goldie Blox stands for. Somehow, I think fate intervened tonight and I realized why I had it and why I hadn't needed it but chose to hang onto it.
Here are the results.
Of course I have my staple gun ready to go too. :)
*drops mic*
