Monday, November 2, 2009
Cats
The girls are playing cats right now. Mikayla goes over to sit in the box of Leggos. She explains that cats poop in boxes and then they cover it up. "They think it goes away that way," she explains.
A Bad Idea?
Being known for my accident proneness, something inside shouted, "You shouldn't be doing this..."
Nate had to run to Menards, and I headed outside with the girls to start on some raking. Mikayla and I noticed now that the leaves are all gone, a beehive in our tree. She starts to freak out and wouldn't come outside until it was gone. So, I get out our tree trimmer thing to clip off that branch. I knew that it was broken, but used it anyway. The attachment piece falls off, and the tree clipper thing is now hanging in our tree. I still should have probably waited until Nate returned, but I thought if the wind would blow that thing down, it could hurt someone. So, then I get a ladder out. I'm proud to say though, that nothing bad happened, I got the clipper down from the tree, and cut down the nest. I squealed like the girl I am in case there were bees that might zoom out at me. That thing is pretty cool to look at. Nate cut it open so we could all play nature scientists. Mikayla wants to bring it in to school.
Nate had to run to Menards, and I headed outside with the girls to start on some raking. Mikayla and I noticed now that the leaves are all gone, a beehive in our tree. She starts to freak out and wouldn't come outside until it was gone. So, I get out our tree trimmer thing to clip off that branch. I knew that it was broken, but used it anyway. The attachment piece falls off, and the tree clipper thing is now hanging in our tree. I still should have probably waited until Nate returned, but I thought if the wind would blow that thing down, it could hurt someone. So, then I get a ladder out. I'm proud to say though, that nothing bad happened, I got the clipper down from the tree, and cut down the nest. I squealed like the girl I am in case there were bees that might zoom out at me. That thing is pretty cool to look at. Nate cut it open so we could all play nature scientists. Mikayla wants to bring it in to school.
Finally! We Got To Play In The Leaves!
Here are some pictures I snapped from lots of leaf play. I'm still not done bagging them all. I have 15 bags so far and a whole other tree to bag up.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Jesus Christ and Tinkerbell
I'm doing a talk for Awana tomorrow night and it involves cleaning up a pumpkin, pulling out the seeds of "sin," and talking about letting our light shine, how having Jesus in our hearts transforms us, and what it means to be a Christian. So, I wanted to attempt to carve something more than just a cross. Keep in mind, I've only carved one other pumpkin in my life, and it was a typical smiley face. The girls knew I was carving a pumpkin and wanted one carved to. They both immediately agreed on Tinkerbell. So, I spent hours tonight carving these pumpkins. I'm still praying that I will stay healthy and can give this talk tomorrow night and my other talk on Thursday morning at church. I'm excited.
Monday, October 26, 2009
"Fall" Continues
Those photos of Mikayla's spots actually were just the beginning of them. They got much worse. We have had one week of good health to be exposed to H1N1 on Friday. So, we're sitting ducks waiting to get really sick. Yikes. I'm trying to trust in God and let all the worry and anxiety about it all go, but it's hard for me. I hope I don't get sick, because I really am looking forward to talking at our church twice this week.
Anyway, we have had unusual weather this "fall." Random snow and tons of rain. Friday was especially weird as it rained all morning and turned into heavy wet snow. Around dinnertime, the power went out. When I called to report it, there was this recording that said, "The SW part of Rochester is experiencing a power outage, if you have any tips on finding the source, stay on the line. Also stay on the line if you are not in SW Rochester and have an outage. So, I stayed on the line and went I got through, the lady told me that the outage affected most of Rochester." Well, since I couldn't make dinner, and I thought I probably couldn't order a pizza (they might have lost power), it was peanut butter and jelly for dinner.
It got me thinking that I wasn't prepared for emergencies very well. My can opener was electric and most of our food had to be cooked on the stove or microwave. I was also glad for cell phones as our phones didn't work either for some reason. Anyway, I decided to enjoy the snow and make the most of it. I made the largest snowman I've ever made and pulled the kids around the yard on the sled. The weird thing is the next day it all melted and I have the chore of raking up heavy wet leaves. I let the girls put on snow suits to play in the wet leaf piles. We all were totally wet and dirty and the three of us had to have baths when we got inside. Here are some pictures of our temporary snow:
(Jen, recognize the hat?)
I also wanted to add that I absolutely love craigslist and freecycle. I had a nice CD storage unit that didn't really hold Cd's. I made due with it for several years. I saw a freecycle post for a free wooden CD storage tower. I picked it up and it was just what I needed. Then, I sold my old CD storage cabinet on craigslist. Nice. I'm trying to sell my old Roomba iRobot vacuum now. It needs a new battery which is $69 dollars. The batteries just don't last very long and I can buy a whole new vacuum (which I need) by the time I replace several Roomba batteries. I will miss it. I used the Roomba vacuum every other day!
Anyway, we have had unusual weather this "fall." Random snow and tons of rain. Friday was especially weird as it rained all morning and turned into heavy wet snow. Around dinnertime, the power went out. When I called to report it, there was this recording that said, "The SW part of Rochester is experiencing a power outage, if you have any tips on finding the source, stay on the line. Also stay on the line if you are not in SW Rochester and have an outage. So, I stayed on the line and went I got through, the lady told me that the outage affected most of Rochester." Well, since I couldn't make dinner, and I thought I probably couldn't order a pizza (they might have lost power), it was peanut butter and jelly for dinner.
It got me thinking that I wasn't prepared for emergencies very well. My can opener was electric and most of our food had to be cooked on the stove or microwave. I was also glad for cell phones as our phones didn't work either for some reason. Anyway, I decided to enjoy the snow and make the most of it. I made the largest snowman I've ever made and pulled the kids around the yard on the sled. The weird thing is the next day it all melted and I have the chore of raking up heavy wet leaves. I let the girls put on snow suits to play in the wet leaf piles. We all were totally wet and dirty and the three of us had to have baths when we got inside. Here are some pictures of our temporary snow:
(Jen, recognize the hat?)
I also wanted to add that I absolutely love craigslist and freecycle. I had a nice CD storage unit that didn't really hold Cd's. I made due with it for several years. I saw a freecycle post for a free wooden CD storage tower. I picked it up and it was just what I needed. Then, I sold my old CD storage cabinet on craigslist. Nice. I'm trying to sell my old Roomba iRobot vacuum now. It needs a new battery which is $69 dollars. The batteries just don't last very long and I can buy a whole new vacuum (which I need) by the time I replace several Roomba batteries. I will miss it. I used the Roomba vacuum every other day!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Conjoined Twin Tomatoes
Forgot to post this. Two of my tomatoes grew together funny. Bad picture but you can still see it.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sick Mikayla
Well, Mikayla has been sick for 3 weeks now. One week a cold, the next week an ear infection. She was good for Friday-Tuesday and BAM, spiked a fever again and now is covered head to toe in spots. The doc immediately knew what it was and said we're at the tail end of some virus that she hadn't seen since summertime.
On a happier note, Elyana cracked me up this week. I had to take her to my doctor appointment during her naptime. I told her when we got to the doctor office, mommy would buy her a treat (I figured if she was eating something, then less chance of misbehavior). She said to me, "A treat? Hmmm, maybe a pie."
On a happier note, Elyana cracked me up this week. I had to take her to my doctor appointment during her naptime. I told her when we got to the doctor office, mommy would buy her a treat (I figured if she was eating something, then less chance of misbehavior). She said to me, "A treat? Hmmm, maybe a pie."
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