So, I would like to say that every day is not always perfect around here. We started out today at record breaking temperatures which meant we were housebound again! Simon went to work and the girls and my usual routine which is going to the Y was not going to work since all schools were closed.
Not to worry, we did some coloring, played playdoh, and we were going to make homemade pizza for lunch which was intended to be today's post..........
So, as you will see in yesterday's post, I made an egg casserole which proceded to drip in the oven and smoke up the kitchen last night. This my friends is usual, as Simon likes to lovingly point out instead of using a timer we know dinner is ready when the smoke alarm goes off. So, I totally forgot about yesterday's events when I went to pre-heat the oven for the pizza.
When the smoke started to fill up the kitchen we scrapped the pizza idea and moved on to peanut butter and jelly. I cracked the window in the kitchen (ON THE COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR) and went on my merry little way. I don't know what I was thinking next when I thought, I may as well just automatic clean the oven as this situation is never going to get better........HUGE MISTAKE!
All of a sudden I notice that the kitchen is full of smoke and I look in the oven and there are large flames consuming the entire oven. I guess this is why automatic cleaners have the locking mechanism since I would have been the jerk that opened the oven to look at the fire all the while lighting my afro on fire.
So instead of just one window, I now have all the windows open, the front door and fans going all through the house. Did I forget to mention that the temperature this morning was 0 and the windchill was negative below. I call my neighbor and she offers up some box fans because apparently that is just what you need when you try to burn your house down on the coldest day of the year. So, I open the garage, warm up the car for 15 minutes and procede to drive across the street to her house to pick up the fans. I know totally whiskey tango but seriously, it was alot quicker to load the girls into the car and drive across the street than my other options which were 1 - run over there on the coldest day of the year and leave them here. 2 - take the girls with me in all their snowsuits for a 3 minute walk. (anyone remember the christmas story movie. It would have taken me a half an hour to get them in all their gear for the cold for a 3 minute walk) Now for those of you that don't understand why I wouldn't just leave the girls and run across the street let me just paint a picture for you. In the amount of time that it took me to run 15 feet away to the bathroom Lulu had managed to climb up on the kitchen table, grab and crayon and color in the tiles on the floor. Leaving the kids unattended is never an option.
So we get back I hook up all the fans to suck the smoke out of the house while the windows are open in our frigid house. I put the girls with a mound full of blankets in my bed with Barney on the TV and a baby gate in front of my bathroom and begin my makeshift Fire patrol.
Did I forget to mention that I looked at the clock and it was only 11:30. Seriously, all this drama and it isn't even noon!
And Simon wonders what I do all day and why many days we have early happy hour and I order out Pizza. I am ready for a nap!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Wind Chill is currently at -18*
Today was one of the colder days of the winter. It was 4* when we were driving to church this morning, the roads were solid ice and the snow was just blowing huge snow drifts everywhere. We made an executive decision to have pajama day and our neighbor's (Ruthie's best friend Andie Jo and her mom and dad) over for breakfast for dinner. Breakfast didn't happen this morning since someone who shall remain nameless was feeling under the weather due to his pre-birthday dinner last night.
I just went on weather.com and it says that it is 0 and the windchill is -18 and it is only 8pm. YIKES!
Anyhoo, the pajama breakfast for dinner somehow turned into playtime as princesses then dinner. We all ate way too much yummy eggs, potato casserole, homemade waffles, bacon, sausage, the works. I seriously am still stuffed hours later. We take our breakfast very seriously. Is this the parent version of handling a hangover?
After dinner the girls played more and then Simon informed me that our girls had decided to get naked and wanted to get in the bath. Upon notification of the nakedness I went upstairs to find Lulu had pooped on the floor and Ruthie was running around crazy.
Just another exciting day at our house.
I just went on weather.com and it says that it is 0 and the windchill is -18 and it is only 8pm. YIKES!
Anyhoo, the pajama breakfast for dinner somehow turned into playtime as princesses then dinner. We all ate way too much yummy eggs, potato casserole, homemade waffles, bacon, sausage, the works. I seriously am still stuffed hours later. We take our breakfast very seriously. Is this the parent version of handling a hangover?
After dinner the girls played more and then Simon informed me that our girls had decided to get naked and wanted to get in the bath. Upon notification of the nakedness I went upstairs to find Lulu had pooped on the floor and Ruthie was running around crazy.
Just another exciting day at our house.
Pajama Breakfast for Dinner with the Dolven's
(The Dolven's are the ones that started the nickname Team Bisson)
Chad, the dad stays at home while Cheryl works, so he is the one that I spend most of my time with. Kinda funny that all my time as a stay at home mom is spent with a stay at home dad. But rather fitting as I too like to play video games and spend all day in my pajamas. Pizza every night for dinner.....Bring it on!
Bisson Princesses.
Looking at this picture I just want to take that pacifier and throw it. But today with the headaches and being stuck inside was not the day to really fight it. I know that people say that their kids can scream but Lulu knows how to take it to a whole other level. Lulu in this picture says it all. "I want it my way and I have learned that Mommy and Daddy hate the sound of my screaming so I will show you."
Princess Lulu enjoying herself.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Blog Tag for Simon
5 Interesting/random things about Simon - In his words during an interview for the blog.
1. I was on the Ricki Lake show (In the audience but he still thinks this is a big deal)
2. I can fly on the flying trapeze and have caught tons of people while in the catchers bar on the flying trapeze. (While most of the readers of this blog know this fact, it is still a pretty awesome one. And certainly one that Simon's boss likes to bring up all the time in important business meetings to people that may not know this fact.)
3. I grew up on a 22 square mile Island in the English Channel.
4. I can't eat, look at or touch a tomato, but I put ketchup on everything even pizza. (It's a flesh thing.)
5. I have no sense of direction. I mean, I get lost daily, like driving home from work I will miss my exit. (Seriously, he once got lost driving us home from our friends house and our friends house is only a half a mile away from our house in Columbus where we lived for 3 years)
Places I would like to visit or re-visit.
1. I too would like to go to Grand Canyon.
2. I would like to go to Australia
3. I would like to go skiing in Colorado.
4. I would like to re-live the European backpacking vacation I took when I was 16.
5. I would like to go sit outside my beach house that I will have someday.
1. I was on the Ricki Lake show (In the audience but he still thinks this is a big deal)
2. I can fly on the flying trapeze and have caught tons of people while in the catchers bar on the flying trapeze. (While most of the readers of this blog know this fact, it is still a pretty awesome one. And certainly one that Simon's boss likes to bring up all the time in important business meetings to people that may not know this fact.)
3. I grew up on a 22 square mile Island in the English Channel.
4. I can't eat, look at or touch a tomato, but I put ketchup on everything even pizza. (It's a flesh thing.)
5. I have no sense of direction. I mean, I get lost daily, like driving home from work I will miss my exit. (Seriously, he once got lost driving us home from our friends house and our friends house is only a half a mile away from our house in Columbus where we lived for 3 years)
Places I would like to visit or re-visit.
1. I too would like to go to Grand Canyon.
2. I would like to go to Australia
3. I would like to go skiing in Colorado.
4. I would like to re-live the European backpacking vacation I took when I was 16.
5. I would like to go sit outside my beach house that I will have someday.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Blog TAg
OK. You know the drill, I got 'popcorned" by Trish who got it from Leslie, so in a new form of blog tag I must fill in the following things:
Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog or the 5 top places on your “want to see or want to see again” list.
Random Facts:
1. I strongly dislike flying. To the point that if you are "lucky" enough to travel with me...You too will strongly dislike flying.
2. I can ride a unicycle and juggle all at the same time.
3. I have a "secret" addiction to the show 7th Heaven and have tried to have my family's names coordinate with their names. Just a few more to go.....Not entirely true...It just worked out that way but people have questioned more than once.
4. I don't like going to movie theaters because I am afraid that a random person may sit down next to me and halfway through the movie turn and just stare at me.
5. I love to bake and make cookies, brownies, or cakes a couple of times a week.
5 places I would like to visit or re-visit.....
1. Anywhere with Simon for a honeymoon that we never got to take........(preferably with a cabana boy)
2. If it weren't for nubmer 1 above.......I would want to see the pyramids
3. Again, if it weren't for number 1 above, I would love to see Sydney
4. The backs of my eyelids for about 12-14 hours like the good old days when there were no kids and I would spend hours on the couch watching re-runs.
5. the grand canyon.
Simon and I had an interesting comveration this evening about what we would have put down for the other person and remarkably it was rather similar to my list. he said he will give me the list for him tomorrow.
Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog or the 5 top places on your “want to see or want to see again” list.
Random Facts:
1. I strongly dislike flying. To the point that if you are "lucky" enough to travel with me...You too will strongly dislike flying.
2. I can ride a unicycle and juggle all at the same time.
3. I have a "secret" addiction to the show 7th Heaven and have tried to have my family's names coordinate with their names. Just a few more to go.....Not entirely true...It just worked out that way but people have questioned more than once.
4. I don't like going to movie theaters because I am afraid that a random person may sit down next to me and halfway through the movie turn and just stare at me.
5. I love to bake and make cookies, brownies, or cakes a couple of times a week.
5 places I would like to visit or re-visit.....
1. Anywhere with Simon for a honeymoon that we never got to take........(preferably with a cabana boy)
2. If it weren't for nubmer 1 above.......I would want to see the pyramids
3. Again, if it weren't for number 1 above, I would love to see Sydney
4. The backs of my eyelids for about 12-14 hours like the good old days when there were no kids and I would spend hours on the couch watching re-runs.
5. the grand canyon.
Simon and I had an interesting comveration this evening about what we would have put down for the other person and remarkably it was rather similar to my list. he said he will give me the list for him tomorrow.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Weekend in Review
We all headed off to Cleveland for a long weekend. My sister Katie and her husband Tim gave us cirque de soleil tickets for Christmas. What a great gift. With Gammy in Cleveland the girls were excited for a visit and we were once again greatful for the visit and the childcare.
Friday morning we headed to the Cleveland Zoo and Rainforest. We just can't get enough of the elephants. We stayed so long in the pachyderm building that we all grew used to the smell. We even got to see a Hippo taking a bath.
We had drinks with my dad and his wife before the show and a late night dinner with my brother and his wife after the show. No matter how long we stay in Cleveland there is never enough time to see everyone. We always have to stick to such a rigid schedule.
Saturday we went to my dad's to visit with the kids. They love seeing Uncle Kevin and Aunt Regan. Since Kevin is only 12 the girls think he is just their buddy and that he is different than the rest of their aunt's and uncle's. Then Simon and I had an afternoon of marathon shopping while the girls were in the care of their Gammy.
We were able to score some decor for Ruthie's big girl room and just soak in the civilization of a shopping center. Something I go through withdraw from.
The best purchase of the weekend was A BRAND NEW COMPUTER!!!! We are so excited. As soon as we got home yesterday Simon was all over getting it up and running because "You really have been neglecting the blog and our fans" I am sure that all 5 of our regular fans are coping just fine without the daily pictures of the family. And you are all probably happy that I didn't upload the pictures from the crazy pooping habits of Ruthie.
So, I like to think of myself as somewhat computer literate. (I don't know if most people know that my previous job before being a mother was Supervisor of Store Communications for one of the Limited companies) my team was in charge of all the POS support and the daily communication of the home office to more than 600 stores. So one would think I could get things sorted out. Apparently parenthood has turned my brain to mush as I can't even get comfortable with the new keyboard! Let alone figure out the new filing system for pictures and what not. My camera had over 550 pictures on it when I downloaded and they all went into one file. Yikes.
So, this afternoon during naps, while our carpet is being installed and I am making dinner and cleaning the house, I will be sorting out the computer so that we can once again resume our regularly posting schedule.
So to sum it all up, for our weekend in Review.
Went to Gammy's she took wonderful care of her girls, we got some much needed adult time, saw some good friends and family, had some great retail therapy, bought a computer, having the carpet installed today, I am feeling like things are finally getting back to normal.
Friday morning we headed to the Cleveland Zoo and Rainforest. We just can't get enough of the elephants. We stayed so long in the pachyderm building that we all grew used to the smell. We even got to see a Hippo taking a bath.
We had drinks with my dad and his wife before the show and a late night dinner with my brother and his wife after the show. No matter how long we stay in Cleveland there is never enough time to see everyone. We always have to stick to such a rigid schedule.
Saturday we went to my dad's to visit with the kids. They love seeing Uncle Kevin and Aunt Regan. Since Kevin is only 12 the girls think he is just their buddy and that he is different than the rest of their aunt's and uncle's. Then Simon and I had an afternoon of marathon shopping while the girls were in the care of their Gammy.
We were able to score some decor for Ruthie's big girl room and just soak in the civilization of a shopping center. Something I go through withdraw from.
The best purchase of the weekend was A BRAND NEW COMPUTER!!!! We are so excited. As soon as we got home yesterday Simon was all over getting it up and running because "You really have been neglecting the blog and our fans" I am sure that all 5 of our regular fans are coping just fine without the daily pictures of the family. And you are all probably happy that I didn't upload the pictures from the crazy pooping habits of Ruthie.
So, I like to think of myself as somewhat computer literate. (I don't know if most people know that my previous job before being a mother was Supervisor of Store Communications for one of the Limited companies) my team was in charge of all the POS support and the daily communication of the home office to more than 600 stores. So one would think I could get things sorted out. Apparently parenthood has turned my brain to mush as I can't even get comfortable with the new keyboard! Let alone figure out the new filing system for pictures and what not. My camera had over 550 pictures on it when I downloaded and they all went into one file. Yikes.
So, this afternoon during naps, while our carpet is being installed and I am making dinner and cleaning the house, I will be sorting out the computer so that we can once again resume our regularly posting schedule.
So to sum it all up, for our weekend in Review.
Went to Gammy's she took wonderful care of her girls, we got some much needed adult time, saw some good friends and family, had some great retail therapy, bought a computer, having the carpet installed today, I am feeling like things are finally getting back to normal.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Caution!!!! Poop Advisory Warning!!!!!
This is a story about poop.
Rather the wierd pooping habits of a one Miss Ruth Catherine.
She has been in big girl pants for about 3 weeks with no accidents. The poop party and the trip to Chuck E. Cheese I am sure had alot to do with it.
She has developed a wierd habit that I am not quite sure how to curb.
When she has pooped on the potty she insists on taking a picture of it. I mean, she comes running and screaming from the bathroom "mom, get the camera" She then proceeds to insist on taking a picture of her poop (then of course checking on the screen to make sure she can see it) quickly followed by posing next to the potty and insisting that I take a picture of her with her poop, (this too is quickly followed by a verification on the camera screen that the picture is acceptable, yes we have had to do re-takes). The whole routine is then followed by a flush and a one miss Ruth Catherine screaming into the toilet bowl "SEE YOU LATER POOP!"
Now I know this may seem hard to believe but yesterday while we were not near the camera to stop the massive meltdown that started because the camera was not near I took a picture on my cell phone and then proceeded to insist on flusing and since the phone is not really a camera so Ruthie says, she wanted me to save the poop until we got the camera at a later time.
So there you have it, we now have an entire collection of Ruth Catherine original's. I am sure that her children will love these pics as I am certainly going to make an album. Otherwise nobody would ever believe me.
Rather the wierd pooping habits of a one Miss Ruth Catherine.
She has been in big girl pants for about 3 weeks with no accidents. The poop party and the trip to Chuck E. Cheese I am sure had alot to do with it.
She has developed a wierd habit that I am not quite sure how to curb.
When she has pooped on the potty she insists on taking a picture of it. I mean, she comes running and screaming from the bathroom "mom, get the camera" She then proceeds to insist on taking a picture of her poop (then of course checking on the screen to make sure she can see it) quickly followed by posing next to the potty and insisting that I take a picture of her with her poop, (this too is quickly followed by a verification on the camera screen that the picture is acceptable, yes we have had to do re-takes). The whole routine is then followed by a flush and a one miss Ruth Catherine screaming into the toilet bowl "SEE YOU LATER POOP!"
Now I know this may seem hard to believe but yesterday while we were not near the camera to stop the massive meltdown that started because the camera was not near I took a picture on my cell phone and then proceeded to insist on flusing and since the phone is not really a camera so Ruthie says, she wanted me to save the poop until we got the camera at a later time.
So there you have it, we now have an entire collection of Ruth Catherine original's. I am sure that her children will love these pics as I am certainly going to make an album. Otherwise nobody would ever believe me.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Updates
Well, alot has happened since our last post.
1. We spent many hours working with the insurance company and the disaster team on their many bills and estimates. It appears that as soon as someone hears the words..." this is covered under insurance" everyone starts padding their bills to stake a claim at our miniscule insurance payout. Seriously the disaster team claimed in their estimate that there were 12 fans in our basement at $155 a day. And let's be honest, even Ruthie and Lulu can count to 12 but there was really only 8! COME ON PEOPLE!!!! That wasn't the only thing that they totally tried to hose us on.
2. The insurance company has finally closed the claim on our basement and we can hopefully get a check in the near future. Good thing since we already have workmen trying to put the pieces back together again.
3. The basement is under construction. We have a great little workman that is fixing all the drywall and baseboards and such.....Let's hope that number 2 is really for sure because I am sure he would not be really nice when we tell him we can't pay him.
4. All the toys and stuff that was in the basement is now all over the house. Causing everyone to be extremely uncentered in their beings.
5. Still don't have a working computer so I have to use Simon's at night. I all but tackle him when he gets in the door for his computer. I feel like it is not bad enough that I am stuck watching the Sprout channel all day (Seriously, I can't even watch the news these days without causing the girls to get nightmares) so a computer is our connection to the outside world.
6. We still haven't been able to get any of our thousands of pictures off the computer or have been able to obviously download any new ones that have been taken. I know everyone is really bummed about not seeing updated pictures but you'll just have to wait.
ON A MUCH BRIGHTER NOTE - - POSITIVE STUFF
1. Ruthie has been in big girl pants for 6 days. And while alot of you may not understand this as being huge it is not only huge it is TOTALLY HUGE! She has been on strike with pooping on the potty and we had a huge breakthrough last week. With the breakthrough came a wonderful big girl panty party! Way more politically correct than "The Poopy Party". She picked out a beautiful princess dress and princess slippers and there were balloons, pizza, and cake as well as a whole clothesline of panties strewn through the dining room.
2. My roommate from college Meredith came to visit for the night with her boys and was in attendance for the "Panty Party" We kept telling her 5 year old son that when he is 18 he would be dying to go to a panty party. We had a great time and it always wonderful to spend time with her.
3. Our dear family friends Bridget and Jennifer came for the weekend to visit. The girls had so much fun playing with them. We played playdoh and blocks and dance parties and all the wonderful musical instruments that we got for Christmas. Bridget is also a fabulous decorator and she picked out paint color for our basement along with new carpet. We all went to dinner on Saturday night (while the girls were with a babysitter) and then Simon went home and we went to see 27 dresses. I haven't been to a movie in a movie theater in over 2 years! Gosh, I forgot what that was like. I figure that if I have to pay a babysitter I would rather have someone cook me a meal and wait on me rather than go to a movie when I can sit in my pajamas and do that at home.
4. We went to Chuck E. Cheese tonight as Ruthie continues to amaze us on the potty and she really wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese because isn't that what all big girls do so, Simon came home early from work and we all headed out to Chuck E. Cheese. We had a great time. We took tons of pictures which we will have to post whenever we can get up and running.
So there you have it.
1. We spent many hours working with the insurance company and the disaster team on their many bills and estimates. It appears that as soon as someone hears the words..." this is covered under insurance" everyone starts padding their bills to stake a claim at our miniscule insurance payout. Seriously the disaster team claimed in their estimate that there were 12 fans in our basement at $155 a day. And let's be honest, even Ruthie and Lulu can count to 12 but there was really only 8! COME ON PEOPLE!!!! That wasn't the only thing that they totally tried to hose us on.
2. The insurance company has finally closed the claim on our basement and we can hopefully get a check in the near future. Good thing since we already have workmen trying to put the pieces back together again.
3. The basement is under construction. We have a great little workman that is fixing all the drywall and baseboards and such.....Let's hope that number 2 is really for sure because I am sure he would not be really nice when we tell him we can't pay him.
4. All the toys and stuff that was in the basement is now all over the house. Causing everyone to be extremely uncentered in their beings.
5. Still don't have a working computer so I have to use Simon's at night. I all but tackle him when he gets in the door for his computer. I feel like it is not bad enough that I am stuck watching the Sprout channel all day (Seriously, I can't even watch the news these days without causing the girls to get nightmares) so a computer is our connection to the outside world.
6. We still haven't been able to get any of our thousands of pictures off the computer or have been able to obviously download any new ones that have been taken. I know everyone is really bummed about not seeing updated pictures but you'll just have to wait.
ON A MUCH BRIGHTER NOTE - - POSITIVE STUFF
1. Ruthie has been in big girl pants for 6 days. And while alot of you may not understand this as being huge it is not only huge it is TOTALLY HUGE! She has been on strike with pooping on the potty and we had a huge breakthrough last week. With the breakthrough came a wonderful big girl panty party! Way more politically correct than "The Poopy Party". She picked out a beautiful princess dress and princess slippers and there were balloons, pizza, and cake as well as a whole clothesline of panties strewn through the dining room.
2. My roommate from college Meredith came to visit for the night with her boys and was in attendance for the "Panty Party" We kept telling her 5 year old son that when he is 18 he would be dying to go to a panty party. We had a great time and it always wonderful to spend time with her.
3. Our dear family friends Bridget and Jennifer came for the weekend to visit. The girls had so much fun playing with them. We played playdoh and blocks and dance parties and all the wonderful musical instruments that we got for Christmas. Bridget is also a fabulous decorator and she picked out paint color for our basement along with new carpet. We all went to dinner on Saturday night (while the girls were with a babysitter) and then Simon went home and we went to see 27 dresses. I haven't been to a movie in a movie theater in over 2 years! Gosh, I forgot what that was like. I figure that if I have to pay a babysitter I would rather have someone cook me a meal and wait on me rather than go to a movie when I can sit in my pajamas and do that at home.
4. We went to Chuck E. Cheese tonight as Ruthie continues to amaze us on the potty and she really wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese because isn't that what all big girls do so, Simon came home early from work and we all headed out to Chuck E. Cheese. We had a great time. We took tons of pictures which we will have to post whenever we can get up and running.
So there you have it.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Bad Luck
Yesterday we had the pleasure of having our sump pump break and having back up of water in our basement. Just an inch or 2 in some places. Luckily, our neighbor is Mr. Johnny on the spot and helped us out of the situtation by taking out the broken one, going to the store and buying a new one and putting it in. By the time he had the new one working the ""Disaster team" was here assessing the situtation and putting together an action plan.
We had about 400 square feet of finished area that was ruined. Carpet pulled out baseboards removed, toys wet. A whole wall of bookshelves that happily soaked up the water and are drying. Then the unfinished part whish is about 1000 ssquare feet was under water but this is the time when you are glad that your husband had a clean out over New Years and did some organizing and not alot was sitting on the floor.
It was kinda a bummer when I had to go through boxes of stuff from the girls when they were babies and salvage stuff. Of course, I ran to Target and bought tons of rubbermaid stuff which we already had most of everything in. I know I guess I wasn't paying attention when I put the most important things (Great Aunt's handpainted bone China, Girls baby stuff, Simon and my memory box) in brown boxes. But I guess we just move on from there.
So, as I type this we have about 8 Indsutrial turbo fans in our basement running trying to dry everything out. Kinda sounds like you are behind a jet on a runway. 2 huge dehumidifiers soaking water up and tons of stuff relocated throughout our house. Which of course is freaking Simon out because he finds calm in everything in it's place.
Oh, and did I forget to mention that we woke up this morning with the furnace broken? Maybe it had something to do with the water? Nobody even our "disaster" contact guy noticed. Well, yesterday was not a normal day as in the fact that doors were open, windows were open, everyone was just damp and it was raining so it easily could have been overlooked. (The disaster team is quite funny. Full with Knee High boots, tubes snaking all through our house. If they only had the masks on I would think I was conveniently located in the middle of the ET movie. So a quick call to some people and hopefully we will have the furnace up and running since it is getting to be pretty cold in our house even with the gas fireplace running. Seriously, our house is only 5 years old. This should not be happening.
And last but certainly not least... Our computer officially died. We haven't had the time to bury it in the backyard as hopefully our neighbor again, Mr. Johnny on the spot can retrieve the thousands of pictures off of it before we officially say our goodbyes. This actually has been a slow and painful death for all of us as it started back in Novmeber and we have been rigging it to get just a little bit more life out of it. So, therefore no pics at the moment of all the fun that is happening at our house. Hopefully I have painted a pretty enough picture.
So, updates to come but for now we are just rolling with the punches with laughter, dance parties and hot fudge sundaes during family night out last night.
We had about 400 square feet of finished area that was ruined. Carpet pulled out baseboards removed, toys wet. A whole wall of bookshelves that happily soaked up the water and are drying. Then the unfinished part whish is about 1000 ssquare feet was under water but this is the time when you are glad that your husband had a clean out over New Years and did some organizing and not alot was sitting on the floor.
It was kinda a bummer when I had to go through boxes of stuff from the girls when they were babies and salvage stuff. Of course, I ran to Target and bought tons of rubbermaid stuff which we already had most of everything in. I know I guess I wasn't paying attention when I put the most important things (Great Aunt's handpainted bone China, Girls baby stuff, Simon and my memory box) in brown boxes. But I guess we just move on from there.
So, as I type this we have about 8 Indsutrial turbo fans in our basement running trying to dry everything out. Kinda sounds like you are behind a jet on a runway. 2 huge dehumidifiers soaking water up and tons of stuff relocated throughout our house. Which of course is freaking Simon out because he finds calm in everything in it's place.
Oh, and did I forget to mention that we woke up this morning with the furnace broken? Maybe it had something to do with the water? Nobody even our "disaster" contact guy noticed. Well, yesterday was not a normal day as in the fact that doors were open, windows were open, everyone was just damp and it was raining so it easily could have been overlooked. (The disaster team is quite funny. Full with Knee High boots, tubes snaking all through our house. If they only had the masks on I would think I was conveniently located in the middle of the ET movie. So a quick call to some people and hopefully we will have the furnace up and running since it is getting to be pretty cold in our house even with the gas fireplace running. Seriously, our house is only 5 years old. This should not be happening.
And last but certainly not least... Our computer officially died. We haven't had the time to bury it in the backyard as hopefully our neighbor again, Mr. Johnny on the spot can retrieve the thousands of pictures off of it before we officially say our goodbyes. This actually has been a slow and painful death for all of us as it started back in Novmeber and we have been rigging it to get just a little bit more life out of it. So, therefore no pics at the moment of all the fun that is happening at our house. Hopefully I have painted a pretty enough picture.
So, updates to come but for now we are just rolling with the punches with laughter, dance parties and hot fudge sundaes during family night out last night.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Black Nail Polish
Ruthie woke up from a nap hysterical and it went something like this....
"My nail polish is chipped" (Ruthie)
"Well, we will just paint your nails again" (Molly)
"But my nail polish is at Gammy's" (Ruthie)
This conversation occurred all through Ruthie's sobs. Needless to say, we went to the mall to buy her new nail polish. I don't know where this obsession has come from since I don't have nails at all let alone polished ones.
While in the store I pick out the usual OPI nail polish and Ruthie asks if she can pick out a new color. She comes back with a dark purple that just isn't that pretty on a 2 year old's nails. So I try to tell her no and she says fine and she goes to put it back, with that she brings back a BLACK nail polish. The woman behind the counter is totally laughing at me at this point. I bribe her with a lipstick (chapstick) and tell her that only REALLY old people like Great Grammy Ruthie can wear black nail polish. (It has to be something totally unattainable)
I seem to bypass the meltdown with the bribery lipstick and she is so proud to walk out of the store with her bag and immediately applies her new lipstick. We get in the car and we pull away from the mall and all I hear from the back seat as she is rifling through the bag is.....
"Where did my black nail polish go?"
"My nail polish is chipped" (Ruthie)
"Well, we will just paint your nails again" (Molly)
"But my nail polish is at Gammy's" (Ruthie)
This conversation occurred all through Ruthie's sobs. Needless to say, we went to the mall to buy her new nail polish. I don't know where this obsession has come from since I don't have nails at all let alone polished ones.
While in the store I pick out the usual OPI nail polish and Ruthie asks if she can pick out a new color. She comes back with a dark purple that just isn't that pretty on a 2 year old's nails. So I try to tell her no and she says fine and she goes to put it back, with that she brings back a BLACK nail polish. The woman behind the counter is totally laughing at me at this point. I bribe her with a lipstick (chapstick) and tell her that only REALLY old people like Great Grammy Ruthie can wear black nail polish. (It has to be something totally unattainable)
I seem to bypass the meltdown with the bribery lipstick and she is so proud to walk out of the store with her bag and immediately applies her new lipstick. We get in the car and we pull away from the mall and all I hear from the back seat as she is rifling through the bag is.....
"Where did my black nail polish go?"
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