March 29, 2012

Jeff is going out of town this weekend so I decided to make a nice dinner tonight.  It didn't quite turn out like I wanted it to.  I made probably the driest pork chops I have ever made, and that's saying a lot because I remember the dinners I used to make at the beginning of our marriage.  None of us could chew, let alone swallow the meat.  Maybe finishing the meal off with strawberry shortcake will help erase our memory of the pork chops.

March 28, 2012

This is what happens when you have to be to work from 6 AM to 6 PM.  Especially when all the kids are playing outside, the house is quiet, and the bed looks cozy and inviting.

March 27, 2012

I handed the camera over to Jeff today and this is what he came up with:

I just got this plant.  Take a long look at it, because it will probably be dead next month. 

What Bailey does when she thinks no one is watching.

Bedtime stories.

He thinks this is funny.

The dumb fireplace that we're about to take apart and redo with stone all the way to the ceiling.

March 26, 2012

  On Jeff's days off we seem to find ourselves at Target quite often.  Today was one of those days.  Up until recently, Bailey has been happy to go along for the ride, literally.  But lately she's too bugged to be in the shopping cart.  We set her free today, and by the looks of it we may never get her into the cart again.

March 25, 2012

Okay, super boring post and fuzzy picture today.  I can't help it if nothing really noteworthy happens on Sundays around here.  Bailey found these socks in Jeff's (clean) laundry pile.  She was doing her darnedest to stuff the whole thing into her mouth.

March 24, 2012

I'll give anyone $100 if they can guess why we set our kitchen timer to 14:30 two times a day.  (Not really.  That's just the standard bet at our house.  No money ever changes hands, although I have offered to write Jeff a check when I lose.)  The answer will be revealed soon...(don't get too excited.)

March 23, 2012

Oh my goodness, today was not a good day.  We recently got a bill from our lawn guy charging us for power raking, fertilizing, aeration, and tree/shrub feedings.  Does this look like a yard that has been power raked and fertilized?!  If you can't tell, here's an up close look. 

Power raking is supposed to loosen all the dead grass and then they mow it up so the good grass can thrive. Our grass looks no different.  If it had been fertilized, after all that rain it would have greened up, even a little bit.  So I called the guy today and he insisted that all this work was done.  I told him to come look at my grass and then tell me it was done.  Last year we had a problem with him charging us for fertilizing that wasn't done.  When I called him on it then, he said that it was the fault of the woman who sends out the bills, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt.  But this time I told him that we were tired of having to question every bill we get and that we were done with him. I hate conversations like this. I hate loosing my cool.  But most of all, I hate getting ripped off.