I’ve wanted family PJs but just never did it…so was happily surprised when Grannie Lin got them for us. And tonight was the night!!
Category Archives: House & Home
Green bean cleaners!
Grandpa and Katie were cleaning green beans for dinner tonight—not quite sure who the instigator was!
Land’s End might need to hear about this.
I had this coat when I was in high school—I think maybe my junior/senior years. Then I gave it to my Aunt Marge and she wore it forever. She just gave it back to us for Owen…and it’s a bit big but he doesn’t care. He LOVES it. I might need to write Land’s End about this one. (I also know I have one picture of me in it, but it’s black and white in a yearbook…and I have to find it. Stay tuned.)
Ugh. Again.
When you finally realize that the fabric softener explosion from two weeks ago actually did run down the floor vent and came out through the duct and then dripped through the basement ceiling tiles and down the wall (and ledge!) and all over a plastic storage container (it’s going in the garbage because I have literally ZERO patience to clean it), all over a pile of Legos, and then pooled on the floor.
Kicking it old school today!
Kicking it old school today with my college dorm sweatshirt (class of ’94 but I got it freshman year). Do I look like a co-ed? 😂
Of course Charlie found the comfy bags.Â
This is NOT what I wanted to come home to.
I came home from Sam’s Club and was unloading the car when I smelled something…odd…out of place… But I couldn’t put my finger on it. Unloaded some more. Sniffed. Hmmm. It wasn’t a bad smell but it was overpowering. No idea. I thought I’ll have to explore the house when I’m done unloading and then I happened to look into the laundry room… Oh shit.
SHIT. SHIT. SHIT.
The stupid washer is off balance and jostles things around quite badly. I forget (since our own washer was never this bad) and left it too close to the edge after starting a load earlier. 😣😭 On the bright side, it smelled Downy fresh.
Of course Tom was worried that it went down the vent, but thankfully most of it seeped under the rug.
And very little actually went down the vent.
And me being the idiot I apparently was this morning, grabbed nice kitchen towels INSTEAD OF THE RAGS RIGHT BEHIND ME IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM. (I did remember the rags after the first batch of kitchen towels )
The rug was a total loss—it wouldn’t fit in the washer and it’s too cold to hose off outside.
I spent about a half hour cleaning and wiping the spatter off the walls, doors, and floor (the spots made it way out into the other room and up the garage door). Annoyingly, blue fabric softener stains (ugh).
On a positive note, that load of towels was the softest load of laundry I’ve ever felt in my life.
My H wall!!
I’ve been collecting Hs for some time now but always kind of felt like it was overkill—I mean, just how many do you really need? And where do you put them all? But I kept quietly buying them when I saw one I loved. And then we went to a friend’s house and they had one whole wall of Ms and I had an AHA! moment. It took awhile, but…
And there’s room for more! The big plywood H in the center is just a placeholder for one Tom is making. My favorite thus far is the set of red Hs that were my dad’s JV and varsity letters from Handy High School.
Exhausted after nine days at Gramma’s.
Relaxing by the fire…
Grandpa build a fire downstairs to take some of the humidity and chill out of the air and Katie desperately wanted to be down by it. So I went down and sat with her and relaxed…for about five whole minutes until she got bored.
Helping Gramma make soup!
Thanksgiving 2017
Our turkey chef tonight! #infraredfryer #17pounds #50degreesinmichigan #thanksgiving
I thoroughly enjoyed drinking my first wine in two weeks tonight with Dee (Rob’s girlfriend)… But it gave me a headache. Maybe we should have stopped after the first bottle! 😂
And all the leftovers!!
Potato Helper
Gramma wanted Katie to check with me if we had enough potatoes for our Thanksgiving Dinner. I said no. I mean really, you can never have too many mashed potatoes.
Leftovers for lunch!
Lots of good stuff to choose from!
Tom had to take the seats out of the minivan.
This is what I walked downstairs to see this morning. Owen was in it at one point, too. And you notice the shoes, too, right? She clomps around in them all. the. time.
Ahhhh. A hot toddy and fire-roasted hot dogs!!
Tom had some wood he needed to burn so we decided to have a campfire and cook dinner in it!! But first, something to help warm the insides…
And the kids were playing with huge ice chunks from the water table we left outside!!
We ate them right off a fork by the fire!
I love apple cider season.Â
Look who I saw at the bus stop.Â
Well, while I was at the bus stop.
How I spent my day.
This morning was the first really rainy/windy/cold morning we’ve had. I’m frozen from being at the bus stop for 10 minutes. I’ve been inside for 10 minutes now and my hands are still ice (and I was wearing gloves). I just couldn’t get warm so when this happened I sucked it up.
It’s time to relax.
The craziness of the craft show is over so it was time to relax. The kids were at the rec center for another Parents Night Out so we went out for a fancy steakhouse dinner at The Tavern.
—Our Menu— BAD KITTY (for me) and BEER (for Tom)
MEDITERRANEAN OCTOPUS
GRILLED OCTOPUS, POTATOES, PROVENCE OLIVE OIL
BAKED FRENCH ONION SOUP
CROUTON, GRATIN CHEESE CRUST
CAVIAR POTATO CHIPS
TOBIKO, SWEET ONIONS, CRÈME FRAICHE
THE TAVERN FILET 8 OZ
& BLOC OF FOIE GRAS
CREAM CHEESE CARROT CAKE
#firstworldproblems
When you want to wear your Halloween-themed leggings to your kid’s Pumpkin Day but the outfit doesn’t have pockets so you have no place to put your phone and you know you’ll want it to take pictures. (Yes, Eagle Eyes Readers, the sweater has pockets but I know I’ll be taking it off!)
I think I’d rather have a mountain or water view but it is interesting.
Tastes of childhood.Â
Mom’s blueberry muffins…
I was warned to stay out of the kitchen.Â
The kids helped make my surprise birthday cake!
My early birthday night.
Since I had plans for a live LipSense demo and sale on my birthday, we went out tonight instead.
Of course my dinner choice was sushi.
Bulgogi egg rolls
A Volcano and Black Widow
And then since it was still way early…we did what we always do and went to Costco. 🙂
We were home by 8:30. LOL
It’s not driveway drinking but it’s close enough.
In the backyard watching the kids play.
If there’s a new shelf, of course there’s a cat.Â
Grannie was helping organize the basement and we put up a new shelf in the litter room. There was a cat on it shortly thereafter.
Thanks, Ecobee, we know.Â
Our A/C died overnight but we didn’t really realize it until about 10am when we started moving around for the day. After a text to the landlord, it was a rush to close all the blinds and put up some curtains on the sliding door to block as much sun as possible. (It helped, but eventually got to 88° by the time they got here to fix it at 6pm.) It was actually somewhat nicer outside in the shade as there was a slight breeze. But our smart thermostat let us know what was going on:
Twin Mini Butts
I never thought I’d have the same car as my mother. 🙂
Marshmallow selfies and drawing by the fire
