What I found...

when I came back in the family room this morning. I was doing laundry, Little Man was watching Sesame Street and...

Harry Potter 7

It was perfect in every way!

Going out for dinner

We are on our way to Grandma's house for dinner. Susie is making Grandmother's Meatballs. The one recipe of Gram's that I'm not allowed to learn, it belongs to Susie - her specialty, which of course means it's one I want all the time. Plus a couple of her friends are coming for dinner, so it feels like a little party. And you all know how I feel about dinner parties. I'm sure that I'll come home tonight feeling fat and sassy!

It died.

We got home tonight after Susie made us a fabulous dinner (it was REALLY nice to not have to cook!), turned on the dryer and NOTHING happened. I think I've mentioned that the dryer in our little ghetto apartment takes 3 hours to dry a normal load of laundry, so I usually turn it on for 105 minutes when I leave the apartment and set it again when I get home. This also means that with the heat it's really hard to squeeze in more than one load in a day. But it looks like today it gave up the ghost, it's not making a peep. Maybe I should be sad, but even the prospect of 2 weeks without a dryer isn't phasing me right now. That could be because I was on my last load of the week. It is however a bit upsetting to Wil. Mostly because if we have to make a trip the the laundromat, he'll be the one schlepping all of our clothes. I don't think this is going to happen. I think we can get a small drying rack, set it in front of our big glass doorway and the clothes will dry faster than they did in the old dryer... with the added plus that it won't heat up the apartment. The even bigger bonus? We should have a brand new dryer to use the last couple months that we're here!

Relief?

I keep looking at my blog and want to write something FUN, but this last week has been rough. Little man had a stomach virus that he passed on to Wil and I, but I can't seem to kick it. Every time I start to feel better, it comes back with a vengeance...with queasiness and lightheadedness along with it. All I want to do is lay on the couch and wait for it to go away. But with Little man and work, it's impossible. Right now, week 13 seems like a very long way away.

Low and Slow

My friend, Ames, was asking about slow cooker recipes. So I thought I would pass along one of my favorite finds. McCormick Slow Cooker Seasonings.

The beef ones are heavy for a summer meal, but the chicken and the pulled pork are both great! Just follow the instructions on the back of the packet and you're good to go.

I drank it...

ya know, the water that Heidi was talking about.

My personal shopper

I got an email from Amazon.com a few weeks ago about a new program they have started called, Subscribe and Save. At first look, it seemed too good to be true...diapers delivered to your door for LESS than what I pay per diaper at the store. I read through all of the "rules" and tried to find any loophole that would tie me into years of diapers I might not need. Not one that I could find, they say you can change or cancel at any time! So I decided to take the plunge and sign-up. I LOVE IT! Our first big box of diapers arrived yesterday, delivered to my door. I didn't have to worry about the lines at the new Stuff-Mart, or planning a trip to Target (40 minutes away) to get the cheaper box, or how I was going to fit it in our tiny car with the other groceries. Now I'll have diapers delivered to our door the first week of every month. If you are still buying diapers and your kids are as sensitive as mine (we HAVE to use pampers and pampers sensitive wipes), I highly suggest trying this.


***We are starting to add some other things to this list and most things come in bulk. I don't have to have them sent as often, but with a tight budget I do have to make sure that the money is there when they are shipped.

A do-nothing day

I came to the realization as I was cleaning the bathroom today that do-nothing days don't really exist anymore. Even on the days when I feel like I'm being incredibly lazy because I took a nap, watched a movie or read while Adam was sleeping... I still accomplish at least one of the following 3 chores (if not all of them); a load of laundry, sweeping the kitchen/dining room/family room area, and cooking at least one meal. That's not so lazy, is it? At least not when you're doing that with an 18 month old "helping".

In the doghouse

We have friends from church who have given us an open invitation to use their pool and we take advantage of it as much as possible. We also trade babysitting and meals too. I was over there with Little Man a week or so ago watching their kids and then enjoying the pool. Little Man was tired. I was trying hard to keep him off of the stairs and avoid the tantrums that they were causing, when we found this...





He had taken all of his toys, crawled in the dog crate and shut the door behind him. I don't think the dogs were very happy but little man was happy as a clam.