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It was pointed out by an adoring fan that blogging has been light this week. The one day I intended to post something our internet was down after 2pm for the rest of the night and after that I just didn't get around to it.

Most of the week has been spent getting the kids to base/softball and doing odd jobs around here. Oh, and repairing rabbit damage! Neo's cage is 2 feet high but it doesn't have a top. This week he learned how to jump out and met us in the living room first thing Monday morning. We have no idea how long he was out, but he chewed a few wires and severed the computer's audio wire (aarghhh! I can't even find the connector that was in the back of the computer). So I've spent lots of time driving around to auto parts stores looking for split wire conduit to cover all of the computer wires. No one could provide more that a few 5 foot lengths so I've been scouring the internet. Ordered a 75ft roll last night.

Today I'm finishing with the curtains that I put up in the front porch and trying to tackly Younger Daughter's "desk" in the living room - at least there's supposed to be a desk under that pile. I also have a bunch of half finished projects, like the lamp I've been trying unsuccessfully to rewire.

Oh! The big accomplishment for the week was taking down the Christmas garland and lights over the kitchen window....

The kids have half days M-W, then they're off Th,F,M,T. We're going to try to learn some sewing - even The Boy wants to learn.

Martha Stewart just came on and she's standing at the counter with a seder plate and cup in front of her with a Yankees cap beside it?! Elijah will be coming as an overpaid athelete?

Speaking of the Yankees - that's what The Boy's baseball team is this year. He's more than thrilled!


Here are my 11 new trees from the Arbor Day Foundation. I just need to buy some thimbles to plant them in :o)

The Wonderful World of Shoelaces

Everything you always wanted to know.

Ahhh spring....

Dad called yesterday afternoon to tell me that it was snowing there (Maine). Well today I woke up to 1.5" of white stuff. Nothing to plow, though - it was gone by 2pm.

A Typical Saturday Dinner

We had cake for dinner:


And Fries with ketchup for dessert.


Or is that an A-Typical dinner? Meatloaf and mashed potato cake with pound cake fries and strawberry ketchup. I think my Mom was fooled the most. She walked in while we were having dinner and we offered her a piece of cake. She took a loooooonnngg look before someone told her what it really was.

Speaking of Mom, she came out last night so that The Husband and I could go out to hear a friend's band. As a thank-you I bought her some potted tulips and left them on the kitchen table. This morning I told her that they were for her. She gave them another loooong look and said that she and Younger Daughter saw them this morning and thought they were so pretty in the kitchen. Then Y.D. put them in a pretty matching basket and everything -- so why don't we keep them here for now and give her the bulbs when the blooms are gone. So essentially we are thanking my Mom for driving an hour and spending the night with dead flowers.

Finally got to use the plow

We cleared the old compost pile from behind the shed.

Facial night

And it tastes good, too! ["It's a floor wax...and a dessert topping!"]

Quick update

I'm feeling bad for not up updating all week so here's a quick check-in.

The Husband finally took The Boy to an archery place this morning to get his birthday present (Jan. 29...). They came home with a recurve bow and a quiver full of arrows so they've been outside shooting arrows (along with older daughter who wants one, too) while younger daughter and I went to a Brownies activity.

I've kept busy this week transplanting seedlings into larger containers - the basil is a month old and is still teeny tiny. I did break down and buy transplants of broccoli and spinach because the seeds I planted aren't doing much of anything.

Oh, The Boy is supposed to be on the 21-day disabled list after getting hit in the knee with a pop fly at his second baseball practice. He saw an orthopedist last week - nothing's broken but it is a bad bone bruise so he has to wear a knee sleeve and has a prescription for crutches. Being the baseball freak that he is he went to practice yesterday anyway and was all over the field backing up everyone else until his coach finally ordered him to STAY at first base and DO NOT run after ANYTHING. It's funny how he can run around the ballfield but ask him to pick up his dirty socks and suddenly he can barely stand up!

My desktop computer came back from the computer hospital this week (the power supply just stopped working - fortunately it wasn't anything worse. While it was away the rabbit chewed through my trackball cord - I spliced it back but it's flukey so I need to get to Circuit City for another one (at least the one I like came down in price from $40 to $20 because we seem to go through at least one a year per machine).

OK, so that wasn't so quick, but it was an update :o)

Arrrrrr!

I've always been afraid to turn in here:

We went to P'burg today to do some shopping and I finally remembered to take the camera so I could get a picture of this sign. It's on Rt. 22 near the Honda Dealership. Not a bad photo for 30 MPH in the rain (no, I wasn't driving).

Comic

Sick, sick, sick

I've been in bed for 3 days with a major cold that has totally knocked me for a loop. Plus yesterday (the husband's work-from-home day) younger daughter was home with a sore throat, which we're thinking might be strep. Then late last night older daughter started complaining of ickyness. So today I'm home with just the animals (including Holly, who was ill during the night...) and The Husband had to go into work today for a major presentation so he took the girls to his parent's house for the day (poor Grandma gets to deal with the two whiny sick girls).

I just went down to let the dogs out and find something to eat. Nothing. There is NOTHING worth eating that won't take every drop of energy that I have to prepare. So I'm off to Wendy's in my pj's to get food. But I have no cash. Fortunately, Wendy's takes debit cards. I just got my new card in the mail (the old one suddenly broke in half...) - I ordered it from the bank on Feb 21st and it never arrived because they sent it to Hillsborough. The second one arrived Tuesday. So before I can go I need to activate it. I called the number and punched in all of the things they asked me to - despite the fact that the rabbit ate the '5' button off of the phone. Now, the last time I activated a card it took about a minute and a half total - punch your buttons, wait 5 seconds for them to activate it and you're good to go. Now it is an opportunity for them to hold you captive while they play commercials - 3 of them totalling 4 1/2 minutes - before they tell you that you can now use your own money.

Here's the 5-less phone. Look who called yesterday!

New addition!

We got a plow! No more shoveling of the entire driveway! The Husband and his dad spent yesterday afternoon [after working hours, of course] attaching it to the tractor. According to the weather report the snow that was supposed to fall tonight and tomorrow has been cancelled - instead it will be 48 degrees.

Hi everyone!

We've been giving out the blog URL to a bunch of old friends recently so I thought I'd post some house pics for those of you who haven't been here.

The HTML is giving me fits, so bear with me while I try to get the captions to match the photos!


The back of the house last summer. The little shed to the far right is a real, actual, two-holer outhouse. The larger shed is a summer kitchen with a cool stone fireplace that needs new mortar before it can be used. We haven't completely cleaned either one out (and we haven't even been down into the root cellar)but the kitchen holds bikes and sleds and the outhouse holds the copper fire bowl and other assorted junk (does anyone need some foam outlet or light-switch insulation pads? We have two cases of 'em). Maybe this summer....

The "Back 40". This pic was taken with the last one - it's a 90 degree turn to the camera's right.

The front of the house. Yep, we're really close to the road -- fortunately it's a fairly quiet road.

 

 

 

 

 

The kitchen in the midst of renovation last spring.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 3/23/06 trying to clean up the HTML, which looks fine in my preview screen but doesn't publish correctly. Aarghhh!

Spring!

We cleaned up the garden beds and did some planting today. We have 8 squares of peas, 6 squares of broccoli and 2 squares of spinach. We'll plant more broccoli and spinach in a few weeks.

Here's a really weird picture of younger daughter in the hat she made at school.

Fun with your fruit

The Boy sliced the end off an orange and this us what was inside:

All I wanna do is rest in peace...

After pulling an all-nighter with the Older Daughter in an attempt to finish a reading project The Husband is now sick. He managed to work on Wednesday from home but has a *horrible* cold. Consequently, I am now getting said horrible cold and the house is going to hell in a wastebasket (it didn't help that we had a snow day on Thursday due to 1/8" of ice. Fortunately, Sassy Neighbor took Younger Daughter for the day which kept me sane!).

Add to that the new bunny ("Neo", officially, but lovingly referred to as "Fuzzbut" thanks to you, Rene) who learned to leap effortlessly out of his cage. Older daughter added a level to it while I was out at CVS with Younger Daughter selling GS cookies this morning. Now the Inlaws are here to keep peace amongst the kids and animals while The Husband and I crash for awhile.

My brain is green

GREEN:

At work or in school: I work best by myself.

I like to focus on my ideas until my desire

for understanding is satisfied. I am easily

bored if the subject holds no interest to me.

Sometimes, it is hard for me to set

priorities because so many things are of

interest.

With friends: I may seem reserved. Although

my thoughts and feelings run deep, I am

uneasy with frequent displays of emotion. I

enjoy people who are interesting and of high

integrity.

With family: I am probably seen as a loner

because I like a lot of private time to

think. Sometimes, I find family activities

boring and have difficulty following family

rules that don't make sense to me. I show

love by spending time with my family and

sharing ideas and interests.


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