Fortunately for you, I did not take pictures of this fiasco (unlike with other fiascos dealing with bodily functions, which I am planning on posting later...) These are just cute pictures of the kids.
5 days ago
Friday, February 27, 2009
Hate it when that happens....
I hate it when you're in the middle of making dinner and your 3-year-old throws up several times all over your wood floors. Then, when you're frantically trying to get him to the bathroom to clean him up, I hate it when your 1-year-old crawls right through the puke and slip-n-slides across the floor.
Fortunately for you, I did not take pictures of this fiasco (unlike with other fiascos dealing with bodily functions, which I am planning on posting later...) These are just cute pictures of the kids.
Fortunately for you, I did not take pictures of this fiasco (unlike with other fiascos dealing with bodily functions, which I am planning on posting later...) These are just cute pictures of the kids.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Projects....
I thought I'd post a few pictures of our current projects. We're moving our oven as part of the kitchen remodel. Glen cut out a section of cabinets and rewired for the oven to go here:
And this is what my kitchen looked like in the mean time. BAH!!
Here is a picture that depicts how Glen looked and felt after taking out the old oil furnace.
And this is where Glen can be found most of the time; down in the basement working away!
So I have a story to go along with the picture of Glen after taking out the furnace. As soon as he detached the furnace down in the basement, a monster cloud of black soot went EVERYWHERE (in the basement). So Glen gets cleaned up and builds a fire in our fireplace (because we have no heat at this point) and takes off to Lowes with Caleb to pick up some things. Meanwhile, I'm in Grace's room putting her down for a nap. I come out of her room and into the living room and there are several BURNING logs on the hearth filling the whole house with smoke!! So I frantically start trying to throw all these logs back in the fireplace, burning my face off in the process, and the smoke alarm starts going off. So I run over, find the first blanket I see and start fanning the alarm until it stops shrieking. Then I run back over and continue burning my face off getting the rest of the logs back in the fireplace, and the smoke alarm goes off again. I got all the logs contained, and continued fanning the alarm each time it went off, I think it was about 5 or 6 times. I open up all the windows in the house and turn on all fans to air out the house, which has now become a smoke pit. So much for lighting a nice fire to keep warm (note to self, NEVER leave a fire in the fireplace unattended, even for a minute).
So after that mega crisis is over, I start noticing that our floors upstairs look really dirty. Well, all the soot down in the basement leaked up through the vents and the cracks in the floor and ended up on EVERY surface in my house!! I didn't realize just how dirty everything was until Grace got up from her nap. She crawled around for 30 seconds and her hands and knees were BLACK. So I'm having a nervous break down at this point because I can't believe how DIRTY everything is, and how am I supposed to clean all this up and keep the kids out of the way?? So when Glen came home, I kept the kids out of the way while Glen vacuumed and wiped all the floors down with a wet towel (we have wood floors throughout the house, by the way). I think our house mostly smells normal now, and the floors are only somewhat soot-y.
And this is what my kitchen looked like in the mean time. BAH!!
Here is a picture that depicts how Glen looked and felt after taking out the old oil furnace.
And this is where Glen can be found most of the time; down in the basement working away!
So I have a story to go along with the picture of Glen after taking out the furnace. As soon as he detached the furnace down in the basement, a monster cloud of black soot went EVERYWHERE (in the basement). So Glen gets cleaned up and builds a fire in our fireplace (because we have no heat at this point) and takes off to Lowes with Caleb to pick up some things. Meanwhile, I'm in Grace's room putting her down for a nap. I come out of her room and into the living room and there are several BURNING logs on the hearth filling the whole house with smoke!! So I frantically start trying to throw all these logs back in the fireplace, burning my face off in the process, and the smoke alarm starts going off. So I run over, find the first blanket I see and start fanning the alarm until it stops shrieking. Then I run back over and continue burning my face off getting the rest of the logs back in the fireplace, and the smoke alarm goes off again. I got all the logs contained, and continued fanning the alarm each time it went off, I think it was about 5 or 6 times. I open up all the windows in the house and turn on all fans to air out the house, which has now become a smoke pit. So much for lighting a nice fire to keep warm (note to self, NEVER leave a fire in the fireplace unattended, even for a minute).
So after that mega crisis is over, I start noticing that our floors upstairs look really dirty. Well, all the soot down in the basement leaked up through the vents and the cracks in the floor and ended up on EVERY surface in my house!! I didn't realize just how dirty everything was until Grace got up from her nap. She crawled around for 30 seconds and her hands and knees were BLACK. So I'm having a nervous break down at this point because I can't believe how DIRTY everything is, and how am I supposed to clean all this up and keep the kids out of the way?? So when Glen came home, I kept the kids out of the way while Glen vacuumed and wiped all the floors down with a wet towel (we have wood floors throughout the house, by the way). I think our house mostly smells normal now, and the floors are only somewhat soot-y.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
First Post
So I'm not sure what to say for a first post, so I guess I'll just start with what we've been up to. Oh, and the reason that I finally jumped on the bandwagon and started a blog is because my sister pressured me into it :) We've been living in Washington state for the past 3 years (almost) and have been in our house for a year and a half. Let me just say, NEVER buy a fixer-upper. Especially if you have small children. Our main projects going on simultaneously are: 1) finishing our full basement 2) remodeling our kitchen 3) remodeling our upstairs bathroom, and 4) installing a new HVAC system (heat pump, which my amazing, incredibly mechanically inclined husband finished today with the help of a friend, yea!). So what am I doing to help with all these projects, you ask? I'm taking care of the children and giving Glen lots of encouragement. Oh, and sometimes searching for appliances and materials on Craigslist (best. website. ever.) So I'll be sure to document our (Glen's) progress, and hopefully some of you will care.
*Here's an aside. I will occasionally post funny things that Caleb says and does. Just now, for instance, he came running into the kitchen stark naked after his bath (to airdry, of course). I said, "Caleb, go with Daddy and get your jammies on." And Caleb says, "No, I want to run around naked." Spoken like a true man.
Okay, so enjoy!
*Here's an aside. I will occasionally post funny things that Caleb says and does. Just now, for instance, he came running into the kitchen stark naked after his bath (to airdry, of course). I said, "Caleb, go with Daddy and get your jammies on." And Caleb says, "No, I want to run around naked." Spoken like a true man.
Okay, so enjoy!
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