Last night, I decided to celebrate fall and make my favorite spaghetti sauce (despite the fact that it was reasonably warm yesterday). A tasty, hearty meat sauce (no, that’s not why PETA will be pissed), that just begs to have garlic bread to scoop up whatever the pasta doesn’t hold on to. Mmm. We were [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Home’
September 24, 2008
Ikea Excursion
Today marked my second trip to Ikea with kids in tow (unless you count the time I went while pregnant and looking for cribs). This time, however, I did it all by my lonesome. Yes, I have a majorly independent and stubborn streak, why do you ask? Well, as the kiddos are moving from babies [...]
September 24, 2008
Fat lot of good she does me
My dog, Winnie, is a Miniature Schnauzer. She has her good points. She’s small, she’s super friendly, plenty of energy without being insane or yippy. Having her around means I don’t have to clean up the floor every time I feed the kids. She doesn’t shed, is good for people with allergies (i.e. my beloved, [...]
September 14, 2008
Our House (in the middle of our yard)
Alright, so I know you all remember the saga of the birthday present my mom wanted to get for the kids, right? Well, she would not be swayed, and was dead-set on this being their present. So she finally ordered it online, shipping charges be damned, and it arrived about a week or so ago. [...]
September 7, 2008
That Un-Sentimental Feeling
One part of my big de-cluttering effort is to get things ready for my twin club’s semi-annual sale. This will be my first time selling, but of course, also my first time with a critical mass of stuff that I’m done with. Last night I started going through the first pile of outgrown clothing. It’s [...]
September 4, 2008
Out of sorts
I’m just not feeling 100% right now. The last few days have felt kind of out of control. My house is cluttered and messy. The kids are clingy and screamy. M is home sick. Naps are being skipped. Things are buzzing around in my head, but nothing quite wants to become a real blog post.
I [...]
August 20, 2008
I need a vacation
It’s been a rough couple of days over here. It started with the whole Toys-R-Us debacle on Monday.
Tuesday was not a ton better. It started off with a bang, as the dog decided to find poop in the yard (not her own), eat it, and then throw up all over my first floor. Delightful. I’m [...]
August 6, 2008
Back in business
A quick update on the crazy sewer/water situation. After digging an enormous hole, finding the water main, breaking it, finally finding the sewer that they broke a few weeks ago, fixing it, and fixing the water that they broke in attempting to fix the sewer… we now have functional water and drainage, and did not [...]
August 5, 2008
Update on an awesome day
Wow. It’s been a real winner today.
So, Daniel woke up with a 102-degree fever. At 9AM, made calls to the pediatrician, and to the plumber for the laundry room sink that was backing up. The plumber could come between 11 and 1, and the pediatrician could see Daniel at 2:45 (so I [...]
August 5, 2008
Wrenches in the plan
I want to tell you all about our trip, I really do. All about our 11 nights in three different beds in two different states. But in addition to the usual post-vacation craziness (dirty laundry, no food in the house, picking up the dog, fixing the lighting on the 900+ pictures I took), we’ve hit [...]
