what's happening

Well, we bucked up and got our busted AC unit replaced. A little less than $3K. But we have a 10 year parts and labor warranty.

And the fridge stopped working. I tried pouring milk on cereal this morning and it looked like I was pouring yogurt on the cereal. The soonest Sears can fix it is 10 days from today. Daniel is going to try to see if its something he can fix today. Its either the heating unit or the timer for the defrost.

We ended up eating pop corn for breakfast.

At least we have lots of flowers. I am thinking we will plant another 100 bulbs this fall. Havign piles of blooms is nice. We have a dozen on the mantle.

Halfway there

The semester is halfway over! And that means the torture that is also known as Spring Semester is halfway complete. Thank goodness because the children declared mutiny and are slowly dragging me to mental death.

Alice is still having problems going to Sharing Time in primary.

Thomas has started finger painting with 'paint' he makes himself. Ick!

And March started with a Grapefruit Incident where I was reminded about Cyp3a4 inhibitors and got the lovely experience of antidepressant overdose. It was a nice week or so oh headaches before I thought that maybe it was because of grapefruit.

And Daniel finally called to get estimates for replacing the AC unit that crapped out last summer and found out they have to come measure every room INSIDE the house before they can sell us an AC unit. Which means I get to clean the entire house so strangers can come wander around it. Whoopdeedoo. I am not pleased about that since i know I will be the one cleaning it all, but there is no way I am living another summer without air conditioning. We spent more running fans to keep the temperatures tolerable than we did running a 30 year old AC unit.

But I am hoping this blog post guilts Daniel into at least helping me clean. Or maybe he can just learn that shoving them on the floor is not an appropriate reaction to clean laundry on top of a made bed. Or maybe i will just make him clean up the poop fingerpaint that Thomas left while I was digging through the mountain of laundry on the floor because he didn't fold any. Ognore me I am bitter and surrounded by obnoxious children and no longre happily medicated

Be over please February!

February has been interesting. A few snow storms. A few days in the 70s and today we had thunder fog. I didn't just make that up either. And lots of sickness. TONS. We all had colds that wiped us out at the beginning of the month, got better just in time to go to church and catch a new round of sickness. Yippee! We have been to the pediatrician's office 3 times in the last week and will be going in tomorrow because Thomas is covered in a measles like rash. Hooray! Enjoy the pics.

Getting to know you Dealy

My mom sent this to me and said that I was probably the least likely to respond... and she's right. Infact, it's odd that I read it. And since I hate forwarding things to people and feel like doing this anyway here goes...

1.What color are your socks right now?
white

2.What are you listening to right now?


multiple computers and people murmoring

3.

What was the last thing you ate?
candy (so healthy)

4.


Can you drive a stick shift?


Of course, but very badly as I have no practice.

5.


Last person you spoke to on the phone?


Rebecca

6.


Do you like the person who sent this to you?


Usually

7.


How old are you today?


27

8.


What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?


Tennis

9.


What is your favorite drink?


Mr. Pibb

10.


Have you ever dyed your hair?


No

11.


Favorite food?


pizza

12.


What is the last movie you watched?
Princess Protection Program(the what's what edition)

13.


Favorite day of the year?
*gets sentimental* Nov 21.

none

14.


How do you vent?


Play game

15.


What was your favorite toy as a child?


probably our nintendo... after that um... a ball?

16.


What is your favorite season?


Fall

17.


Cherries or Blueberries?


Cherries

18.


Do you want your friends to e-mail you back?


Don't care.

19.


Who is the most likely to respond?


Dunno

20.


Who is least likely to respond?


Me

21.


Living situation?


Married, but currently separated two nights a week.

22.


When was the last time you cried?


Yesterday? I cry all the time. I'm an emotional guy. I almost cried answering number 13... Infact, I'm thinking about doing it again cause I loves me family!

23.


What is on the floor of your closet right now?


Probably clothes and various knick-knacks provided by my Ephraim's child.

24.


Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to


Not bothering to send it.

25.


What did you do last night?


Watched Princess Protection Program

26.


What are you most afraid of?

Losing my family... even temporarily.


27.


Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?


cheese

28.


Favorite dog breed?

Meh

29.


Favorite day of the week?


Probably Friday

30.


How many countries, states or provinces have you lived in?


I'll go with 6.

31.


DR. Oz or Dr. Phil


Oz

32.


What is your favorite flower?


Dandelion?

No one was harmed in the taking of these photos

Photo Post!

I think I fixed the photo problems.

Thanks to Gar giving us a new camera! And if anyone needs bigger pictures, let me know and I can email you bigger ones. These have been sized for easier display. :)

The only pic with me (I was behind the camera for the rest).

Daddy and the 2 kids. (The best shot we got)

Alice cut her hair! You can't see a nice bald spot under her bangs on one side. Thank goodness for bangs to cover things like that.

Better Picture of Thomas!

Alice checking out the snow. She loves it until she gets cold and wet. Clearly based on her outfit I wasn't letting her out for long. But it did get above 0 before 11am today!

The garden! (most of the snow on top has blown away. For Reference, the box is 8 inches tall.)

Oh no mouse!

Merry Christmas! We have spent a quiet day at home. Except for Alice upchucking all over me and the couch. Ah yes good times. She went back to bed and took a 2 hour nap before noon. This certainly makes us glad we did not travel.

We opened all our presents this morning and so far Daniel has shown the most excitement about his. I think Castlevania for the Wii is a hit. Daniel says he was trying to enjoy his presents. :-)

We are at least attempting a bit of a holiday by having homecooked meals. We had french toast for breakfast (too bad we ran out of syrup), taco salad for lunch, and we bought a pork roast to cook in the crockpot for dinner.

As for the title of this blog post...

Last night we were sitting on the couch watching a movie when Alice yells "Oh no mouse!" I wasn't sure I heard her correctly, so I asked "mouse?" and she replied "Yes. Look." Then grabs at Thomas (who was on the floor in front of the couch.

Eeeek!

Thomas had eaten a chocolate cookie and his face was coated. When you are barely 3, sometimes mouth is pronounced mouse.