We've been here for two weeks...

And the MPs have already been called to the house. Oops.

Lesson learned? We need a new phone. The numbers on our old one apparently stick... as in, double dial. Probably not too much of a problem for most people, but when you are making calls to Eastern NC -- with its 919 area code -- and the 1 sticks... that would make 9-1-1, folks.

Mom called home last night and had a misdial, so she hung up. But not before the 9-1-1 call was placed.

In ride the MPs. "Sir, we had a 9-1-1 hangup from this number. Is everything okay?"

Um... yeah. We didn't even know any of it happened! So, this weekend, we will be buying a new home phone. Hopefully one that doesn't stick.

I'm sure we'll have to explain to the neighbors...

Bones-ism

He's old enough to have -isms, I guess. This one is kind of gross, but I thought I'd share anyway.

Bones calls poop "pook" and he'll tell you he "pooked".

So, I was sitting on the couch today and I started smelling something. So, I turned to Bones and asked "Did you pook?"

He turned to me, very seriously pointing his finger at his brother and said, "No. Bubba pook."

He's already blaming somebody else for his funky butt! Isn't he too young for that?!?

{again, sorry for the little picture. Still working the photobucket thing...}

Back to Thankfuls

Now that we are settling back into our 'normal' routine, my goal is to get back to my nightly thanks. So, here are tonight's!

1- We have only two boxes left in the house. Now, that doesn't mean that everything is in its final location, but things are out and visible so they can get into that final destination soon. Yeah, yeah... it's been two weeks.

2- We had a portion of our household goods be placed into 'overflow' status. The kicker... when they delivered the bulk of our stuff, they had no clue when they would be delivering the overflow. Well, now they do. Tuesday. So we will have all of our stuff, finally.

3- Today was a lazy Sunday. And I got to nap. I love to nap on Sunday afternoon.

4- Today is our anniversary. And we have been together. Out of all of our anniversaries, this is only our third to physically be in the same location!

5- Mom and Dad are coming to see us! YAY for family visits!

Now, just because I'm trying to be realistic here... I have a couple of UGHs to post too. Sorry.

UGH: The dishwasher in the new house is quite a bit smaller than the one in the old house. I can't put my bigger pans in it, so I am hand washing most of my cooking dishes. Ugh...

Double Dishwasher UGH: Because the new dishwasher is small, I am having to wash two loads a day! Holy crickets, batman!

PRO: I *have* a dishwasher to wash the majority of my dirty dishes. AND the dishwasher is not a roll out, hook to the sink, kind of dishwasher.

UGH: The new house doesn't have any kind of curtain hardware. Every window has mini-blinds, but no pre-done curtain hangings. SO... we are having to buy all new curtain rods. We brought the old curtain rods, but there's nothing in the wall to hang them on! Ugh...

Okay... those are my ughs. I can't get photobucket to load my pictures right now, so I can't post big pictures, but here are some smaller ones from Waynesville's Old Settler's Day. I will, hopefully, be posting again tomorrow!

*seems all of my pictures of the kids in the water are from the back. That would be because I wasn't getting in that cold water! So, kid backsides it is!

Bones wouldn't get too far from either me or Rob. Since I had the camera, he stuck right to Rob at the water.

That's a good looking bunch right there, if I do say so myself!

Things I learn while fixing my coffee

Today, I learned:

*1*trust your gut
*2*don't judge a book by it's cover
*3*don't be too quick to *fix* something that you aren't positive is broken

That's a lot to learn just from one cup of coffee! Here's how it happened:

I poured my coffee, half&half and SF sweetener into my cup but, for some reason, didn't stir it. I put up the sweetener and half&half but left the room for a minute. When I came back, I couldn't remember if I had sweetened my coffee. I knew that I had put the sweetener back, but couldn't remember if it was when I put the can of coffee itself up. *Lesson #1* Surely I wouldn't have put the sweetener up without using it. I should have trusted that I used it. However... I didn't trust that. So, I added more sweetener. *Lesson #2* The coffee looked dark to me, and I figured that if I didn't add sweetener, I must not have added the half&half either. Instead of STIRRING the coffee to be sure (you know how heavier creams kind of settle), I just added more.

So what did I end up with? Super sweetened half&half with a little bit of coffee.



*Lesson #3*

Lesson #3 can be applied to SO many aspects of my life. Sometimes I find myself jumping in to "help" the kids {and Rob, if I'm being perfectly honest} when, really, they are doing just fine. Maybe they do something differently than I would, but that doesn't mean it is wrong. I need to breathe and watch. Maybe I'll learn a new and better way of doing something!

So, that is what I'm taking from my super sweet, almost undrinkable coffee on the morning. And to make sure the lesson is truly learned? I'm drinking every syrupy drop :-p

My funny, funny children

So... we have internet access again, as of yesterday afternoon. I have lots of catch-up posts to do, but couldn't wait to post some of the funny kid-isms from the last week or so.

#1) F's favorite song is "Rain is a Good Thing" by Luke Bryan. But she doesn't quite get the lyrics right...

Real lyrics:
Rain makes corn,
corn makes whiskey;
whiskey makes my baby
feel a little frisky.

F's version
Rain makes corn,
corn makes biscuits
biscuits makes my baby
feel a little brisket.

So... this song will forever be the biscuit song to us.

#2) F also told her daddy today that she remembered when Bones was a baby and we had to stop the car so I could milk him. Pretty sure she remembers me NURSING him... not MILKING him!

#3) Bubba and G were watching something on tv that they probably shouldn't have been watching today. They were watching 10 Most Amazing Pregnancies {I can't find the link...} and one couple was a transgendered couple -- both women -- where the 'man' found out s/he was pregnant. G flipped out. What?!? A man is having a baby? So I tried to explain that she was biologically female but felt herself to be male. Don't think she 'got' it, but it was nothing compared to Bubba's explanation:

She's only a girl on the bottom. See, it's a boy on the top. His hair is short and his voice sounds *like this* {said in his best deep voice}. I almost fell out laughing.

#4) Bones has a new trick. We didn't know he knew this... but he will let you know when he wants you to "COME HERE"! I'm having trouble with video, but hopefully it will work...