I couldn't stand it anymore! I chopped it all off...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
This is where I live now
Um, yeah, I'm probably not going to embrace all the Southern cuisine offerings.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Back to Real Life
Well, I'm done being sick, having horrible kidney pains and lazing around. I woke up this morning, rearranged our newly moved-in house and finally put away all the little clutter that had gathered while I slept. (Those odd house elfs, no clue how dirty they make it while you aren't watching) Eric is going back to work on Tuesday, so we decided to spend the day being adults and doing things that have been put off: taxes, haircuts for work, cleaning, rearranging, getting a fishing licence (a MUST for Eric), filling out forms for the VA and Eric signed in off leave. Of course, we weren't serious the whole time.... this was what Eric and Michelle thought would be a hoot when we went out to Korean food.
That's a rice noodle. How mature (sigh)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Happy VD Day
That is what I've said to people on valentine's day for ever since I was in high school. I know that it sounds odd, but at least the sentiment is there.
This year valentine's was very low key. I was still pretty much down for the count with my head cold/kidney stones. The boys, Ray, Nat and Mason, were scheduled to fly out to their respective other homes on the morning of the 15th so it was even more of an odd day. I did want to make a nice meal for them, so Eric and I sat down and made home-made mandus and a Chinese food feast for them. It was a bit tiring but very nice as a last family meal with all of us.
Ray will be back in the summer, and I'm not too sure about the other boys, but we know that they are happy where they are. It was a bit of a bittersweet day. Eric did make it a little better by getting me some flowers... for which I didn't have a vase so I had to improvise.
This year valentine's was very low key. I was still pretty much down for the count with my head cold/kidney stones. The boys, Ray, Nat and Mason, were scheduled to fly out to their respective other homes on the morning of the 15th so it was even more of an odd day. I did want to make a nice meal for them, so Eric and I sat down and made home-made mandus and a Chinese food feast for them. It was a bit tiring but very nice as a last family meal with all of us.
Ray will be back in the summer, and I'm not too sure about the other boys, but we know that they are happy where they are. It was a bit of a bittersweet day. Eric did make it a little better by getting me some flowers... for which I didn't have a vase so I had to improvise.
Most wonderful tasting home-made mandus
Holiday tradition of wrestling in our house... Ray won, Eric has a HUGE rug burn on his arm now
Mandus waiting to be cooked for the eatin'
My improvised vase... the hospital gave me a urinal that Eric cut the top off of. I think it only adds to the beauty of my flowers.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
So this is pain
I don't like kidney stones.... neither does Eric (now, especially since he got woken up at 3am to take me to the ER and has had to take care of me)
so beautiful, at least my wacky family kept me in great spirits through the pain.
Ray came with... not sure why but I was happy to have him as extra good company
He learned a lot while he was there, mostly about the fact that if your wife has kidney stones, you have to go to the hospital with her and help her feel good again
Eric's version of consoling me and helping me feel better
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Washer and Dryer Redeux
So I got my washer and dryer... and they came and connected it, kind of. They said that they had to glue a bit and to wait about 10 mins before we did any laundry. Me, being me, decided to let the glue set for 4 hours.
Michelle was going to be the one to get her laundry first. She put in the load and we walked away. I had forgotten to take out the trash, thank God. Michelle followed me back into the kitchen as I grabbed the trash, where she soon discovered a pool in our kitchen. There was about 1 inch of water across the kitchen floor.
We tried to get ahold of the washer company, thinking it was the glue on the pump that was the issue. However, when Eric took off the cover to the washer, we discovered the real problem. They hadn't hooked up ANY hose in the washer so the water was just flowing out of the faucet onto the floor. Poor Eric, he was livid, then he had to fix it. We didn't have a pair of pliers that worked, so a 10 minute job turned into a 45 min job. I finally ran next door and borrowed a pair from our very nice neighbors, and it was fixed.
All works well now, however, not the way you want your first load of laundry to go.
Michelle was going to be the one to get her laundry first. She put in the load and we walked away. I had forgotten to take out the trash, thank God. Michelle followed me back into the kitchen as I grabbed the trash, where she soon discovered a pool in our kitchen. There was about 1 inch of water across the kitchen floor.
We tried to get ahold of the washer company, thinking it was the glue on the pump that was the issue. However, when Eric took off the cover to the washer, we discovered the real problem. They hadn't hooked up ANY hose in the washer so the water was just flowing out of the faucet onto the floor. Poor Eric, he was livid, then he had to fix it. We didn't have a pair of pliers that worked, so a 10 minute job turned into a 45 min job. I finally ran next door and borrowed a pair from our very nice neighbors, and it was fixed.
Water ALL OVER the floor, every towel in the house was in use
Michelle and I wringing out the towels in the kitchen sink
Eric starting the 10 min job
Standing in a pool of COLD COLD water
30 mins in
He called in Todd to help
They finally got pliers and fixed it well
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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