Owies

This late winter/early spring brought it's share of boo boo's and illnesses. We definitely had our share of stomach viruses and colds.

One day poor Fiona was holding onto the back of the kitchen chair that Gwen was sitting in. When Gwen got up, Fiona fell flat on her back with the chair on top of her. Her lip was swollen and her gums were so mangled. The good news was that she got some serious cuddling that day because I felt so bad for her. I could tell it hurt because there was a lot of whimpering going on.


Not to be left out, Gwen made sure we were all aware when she had a bad sore throat. Just like her daddy, she likes attention when she's sick and constantly wanted me to check her throat with a flashlight...

And of course, I had my share of illnesses too, but who has time to be sick when there's other people in the house to take care of?

The Toffice

What do you get when you combine a tent and an office? A toffice!


My parents' next door neighbor works from home. He decided that being in the house was too distracting, so he built a toffice in the forest in the back yard. This isn't your typical toffice (is there a typical toffice?) It is wired for internet, phone, and television. It is equipped with a heater for the winter, and in the summer, the canvas can come down to reveal just screens.

When we were at my parents' house at Christmas, a tour of the toffice was high on our to-do list. It was pretty darn awesome!

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

My cute friend Lisa sent me these gloves for my birthday. Before going to bed, I put on some lotion, slip these, on, and wake up with soft hands. The only downside is that Rick makes fun of me every time I put them on. He even took a photo to show me how silly I look in them. I think I look awesome and now I wear them even more than I did before.

Just Trying to be Honest...

Rick always takes a day off from work on or around our anniversary. This year, he took off Friday and we had a very low key day planned. Actually, we had nothing planned. In the morning, we headed out to drop Gwen off at preschool.

After we had been driving for just a few minutes, I asked Rick if he remembered to grab the movie rental we planned on returning to the Redbox after we dropped Gwen off. He said, "I put it on top of the car while I was buckling Gwen in."

"And?..."

Yep, you guessed it. He forgot it was there. We turned around the drove back to the house, hoping to see it somewhere in the ditch. No luck. We then headed back out and drove Gwen to preschool, still remaining on high alert, hoping to see it somewhere.

After not finding it, we chalked it up to bad luck and figured we would just pay the replacement fee.

We then headed out to enjoy some breakfast at Patty's Eggs Nest and then went home to hang out until it was time to pick up Gwen.

As we pulled into our neighborhood, I spotted something red in the middle of the road. Rick pulled over and it was the movie case. Yes, just the case. He then noticed the DVD itself facedown in the road a few yards away. It was chipped and scratched up.

At home I called the 1-800 number on the Redbox case and told the representative that we had a small mishap with the movie and that it was no longer working. I told him the story and he said they hear stuff like that all the time. He then asked me to get a pen so that I could write something down.

He gave me two codes and I asked for clarification. "Wait a second, are these codes for free movies?"

Guy: "Yes ma'am, you said that you were unable to watch the movie because it was damaged. The free movies are for the inconvenience."

Me: "No, we watched the movie just fine. The damage didn't occur until after we already watched it."

Guy: "Well, you can use the codes for the inconvenience anyway."

Me: "Shouldn't we be paying you to replace the movie? We are the ones that damaged it."

Guy: "We can't be certain that it was you that damaged it."

Me: "Maybe I wasn't clear when I explained that it fell off our of car and then was run over several times. I'm pretty sure that was our fault."

Guy: "There's no need to point fingers."

I could see that I was getting nowhere. I apologized again, thanked him, and hung up. I guess it pays to be honest!

Not a Meat Eater

My sweet sister-in-law, Jessica, is extremely kind and generous. She is the most service oriented person I have ever met. She never says anything bad about anybody. She is full of gratitude. She writes more thank you notes in a week than I probably have my whole life. No joke. She is pretty much perfect and makes me look like Satan's little helper in comparison . She loves all of God's creatures. I can't even squish a bug in her presence without feeling guilty. Not suprisingly, she is a vegetarian.

Rick and I couldn't resist buying Charlie this awesome onesie with matching babylegs...

Hickey

What happens when your brother-in-law sticks a suction-cup on his forehead while hanging out at your house?

Did I mention that he started a new job two days later? Did I mention that his mom put cover-up on it before he left for his first day of work to make it less noticeable?

What would you rather be known for? The new guy with a hickey, or the new guy with make-up on? It's kind of a toss up.

What I do know is that I laughed about this for days. In fact, I'm still laughing.