So we have some friends who are moving to where we live from our home town. This is nice. John is better friends with the husband of the couple, and I am good buddies with his sisters, but his wife is super nice too, and I'm looking forward to getting to know her better. I'm glad they are moving here.
The pipes in our bathroom froze again. This makes the third time in the last month. It's becoming quite annoying, but we are going to insulate the heck out of them in the next couple of days. Our floor too, with the insulation, and so that will be nice as well. We won't be losing all our heat down to the basement, and I'm hoping a fringe benefit will be the floor won't be as cold.
Also, we can get a tax return on that for next year.
Jonni and Erik haven't been sick in almost two weeks. Another thing that makes me happy.
My husband and I are getting along really well.
My sister and one of my sister-in-laws are having babies. One girl and one boy, respectively. I am not. Yet another reason for rejoicing.
I joined a choir that is not church affiliated. It's loads and loads of fun to really sink my teeth into some music that is challenging. I'll be selling tickets to our concert on May fourth soon. (a shameless plug) I require everyone who really loves me to go. If you don't go...well. At least I'll know how you really feel about me.
I got home from Enrichment night at church awhile ago, and people were nice to me. That hasn't happened in awhile (not that anyone is mean, I've just sort of felt like the invisible woman lately), and it also makes me happy.
So what is the point of my post? Nothing really. My husband is decompressing, and I needed someone to ramble too. It's a good thing I have all of you cyber people. You make me happy too.
Here's to a good night,
The Almighty Liz
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Babies and Politics
Well, hello all you good people out there. (and all you bad ones, what are YOU doing here?) I haven't posted for awhile and I know that's really hard on all you Liz addicts, so I thought I'd throw you a little dose today.
My little family has not really been up to much, hence the non-postage. We are still doing damage control on the house, but it's almost there. Jonni is back in pre-school, after a three week Christmas vacation, and loving it. I had my very first Parent/Teacher Conference yesterday afternoon, and it went very well. Her teacher, Mrs. S, adores Jonni, and recognizes her genius. Always good to have an astute teacher on board. She also told me Jonni is, for the first time, playing with the girls. She has, apparently, up to this point only hung out with the boys. I'm not sure why this was, or why she has changed, but I, also for inexplicable reasons, think it's funny. Erik is still Erik. Nothing new, except that he is now counting and has learned most of his numbers up to ten. I have a new class in primary, and am getting to know and love my new kids, although I find myself missing my old ones. I did get lots of hugs from my former class this last Sunday, and that was way cool.
I also have a little announcement on my sister Virginia's behalf; she is having a girl! Her name will be Lark. Very exciting! Another niece! I hear the big sister to be is in rapture.
Also worthy of note is my husband's blog. We have been having a very lively political discussion there for some days. If you would like to join in, here's the link;
http://johnseverfanclub.blogspot.com
I, generally speaking, don't particularly enjoy political discussions. I don't, however, think you can remain politically ignorant in this day and age. Thus I have much enjoyed the different points of view and the discussions that we have been undergoing lately. Lots (and I never thought I'd say this) of fun!!
That's all I have today folks. It's been pretty quiet around here the past week or so. Very nice for me indeed, after the chaos that was my life the first couple of weeks of the New Year. I hope it holds for a little while longer!
My little family has not really been up to much, hence the non-postage. We are still doing damage control on the house, but it's almost there. Jonni is back in pre-school, after a three week Christmas vacation, and loving it. I had my very first Parent/Teacher Conference yesterday afternoon, and it went very well. Her teacher, Mrs. S, adores Jonni, and recognizes her genius. Always good to have an astute teacher on board. She also told me Jonni is, for the first time, playing with the girls. She has, apparently, up to this point only hung out with the boys. I'm not sure why this was, or why she has changed, but I, also for inexplicable reasons, think it's funny. Erik is still Erik. Nothing new, except that he is now counting and has learned most of his numbers up to ten. I have a new class in primary, and am getting to know and love my new kids, although I find myself missing my old ones. I did get lots of hugs from my former class this last Sunday, and that was way cool.
I also have a little announcement on my sister Virginia's behalf; she is having a girl! Her name will be Lark. Very exciting! Another niece! I hear the big sister to be is in rapture.
Also worthy of note is my husband's blog. We have been having a very lively political discussion there for some days. If you would like to join in, here's the link;
http://johnseverfanclub.blogspot.com
I, generally speaking, don't particularly enjoy political discussions. I don't, however, think you can remain politically ignorant in this day and age. Thus I have much enjoyed the different points of view and the discussions that we have been undergoing lately. Lots (and I never thought I'd say this) of fun!!
That's all I have today folks. It's been pretty quiet around here the past week or so. Very nice for me indeed, after the chaos that was my life the first couple of weeks of the New Year. I hope it holds for a little while longer!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Conclusions
Well, I have a couple of minutes here so I just thought I'd let everyone know how things turned out. First, the water heater. After we tried three different parts, one of which I drove to Decatur (one and a half hour trip one way) to get, it was finally determined that our water heater was leaking, and that's what was wrong with it. Also, warranties don't transfer apparently, so since we are the second homeowners, the water heater was not covered. So, after some yelling and crying, I ordered a new one, and my wonderful friends, who had been helping this whole time, helped me get home, and when we got there, realized it was too tall!! So, we had to get another one, and finally, we were able to install! It worked, and that night, Monday, John and I were able to get our first showers in five days!! It was bliss. I can't even describe it. And I savored it. I lingered for a full 45 minutes.
Next, Jonni's ear. I learned my lesson, because it turned out that her eardrum had burst. Not enough to relieve any pressure, or drain or anything, just enough to ooze into her ear canal in front of her eardrum, and cause another infection. So she actually needed a couple of different kinds of antibiotics to clear it all up. Lesson learned, and she is fine now. We have two more doses, and she has a clean bill of health.
I am now doing damage control on my house, and I think by the end of the day, the kitchen will be done. The last load of dishes is going right now ( I think this makes three), and everything is wiped down and disinfected, so all I have left is the floor, which I will do after the last load of dishes is complete. Tomorrow: the living room!!
This last week has definitely been a wild ride, but I learned two things. One: always go to the doctor, no matter how experienced a mother you think you are, kids are unpredictable. Two: never trust the warranty people, just go with your gut instincts, which would have bought me a new water heater days before I actually did it.
And, all you deities who are listening, I'm done for the year. You hear me? Done.
Love and Hugs,
The Almighty Liz
Next, Jonni's ear. I learned my lesson, because it turned out that her eardrum had burst. Not enough to relieve any pressure, or drain or anything, just enough to ooze into her ear canal in front of her eardrum, and cause another infection. So she actually needed a couple of different kinds of antibiotics to clear it all up. Lesson learned, and she is fine now. We have two more doses, and she has a clean bill of health.
I am now doing damage control on my house, and I think by the end of the day, the kitchen will be done. The last load of dishes is going right now ( I think this makes three), and everything is wiped down and disinfected, so all I have left is the floor, which I will do after the last load of dishes is complete. Tomorrow: the living room!!
This last week has definitely been a wild ride, but I learned two things. One: always go to the doctor, no matter how experienced a mother you think you are, kids are unpredictable. Two: never trust the warranty people, just go with your gut instincts, which would have bought me a new water heater days before I actually did it.
And, all you deities who are listening, I'm done for the year. You hear me? Done.
Love and Hugs,
The Almighty Liz
Friday, January 4, 2008
Just a Moment of Ranting
So, I will just quickly tell you, my beloved friends and confidants, what my life has been like for the past day or two.
You all know that we have been ill. Well, on Wednesday, our downstairs toilet quit working. (no R&B, it wasn't just a plunger issue) We figured out yesterday that the waterline to the toilet froze. Not surprising, it did this last year in the whole bathroom because the people who installed the plumbing to this bathroom didn't insulate the bloody pipes. We took care of that yesterday, although it involved tearing down some bricks, to get to the pipes, and then putting them back. I didn't do it, a friend of mine who is into realty and renters and things also has a handyman. He did it. Also yesterday, our hot water heater quit working. We have had spotty performance with the thing, and so I called the manufacturer yesterday, to find out that we have a model with a faulty thermal coupling on it, and there is actually a settled class action lawsuit on this baby. We got the part for free, but not the labor, and we had to pay to have it overnighted, otherwise it would have gotten here sometime next week. My friends' handyman should be here any minute to install said part, and hopefully by the end of the day I, and my husband, will get our first showers since Wednesday. To ice this lovely cake, my daughter was up all night with an ear infection. We have a doctor's appointment in a couple of hours, so I'm hoping that the water heater is taken care of before that, or else I will not get my shower today. The doctor insisted on seeing her as opposed to just calling me in a prescription. I miss my old doctor, who would trust my judgement (because I'm RIGHT!) and just call it in. Now I have to drag my SICK daughter into the freezing cold, and haul her to the doctor. This just does not make sense to me for some reason.
*Sigh* Well, thanks for the ear gents and ladies, I feel better. Until next time, I am the Almighty Liz, signing off, and wishing you a better couple of days than I've had. *smooch*
You all know that we have been ill. Well, on Wednesday, our downstairs toilet quit working. (no R&B, it wasn't just a plunger issue) We figured out yesterday that the waterline to the toilet froze. Not surprising, it did this last year in the whole bathroom because the people who installed the plumbing to this bathroom didn't insulate the bloody pipes. We took care of that yesterday, although it involved tearing down some bricks, to get to the pipes, and then putting them back. I didn't do it, a friend of mine who is into realty and renters and things also has a handyman. He did it. Also yesterday, our hot water heater quit working. We have had spotty performance with the thing, and so I called the manufacturer yesterday, to find out that we have a model with a faulty thermal coupling on it, and there is actually a settled class action lawsuit on this baby. We got the part for free, but not the labor, and we had to pay to have it overnighted, otherwise it would have gotten here sometime next week. My friends' handyman should be here any minute to install said part, and hopefully by the end of the day I, and my husband, will get our first showers since Wednesday. To ice this lovely cake, my daughter was up all night with an ear infection. We have a doctor's appointment in a couple of hours, so I'm hoping that the water heater is taken care of before that, or else I will not get my shower today. The doctor insisted on seeing her as opposed to just calling me in a prescription. I miss my old doctor, who would trust my judgement (because I'm RIGHT!) and just call it in. Now I have to drag my SICK daughter into the freezing cold, and haul her to the doctor. This just does not make sense to me for some reason.
*Sigh* Well, thanks for the ear gents and ladies, I feel better. Until next time, I am the Almighty Liz, signing off, and wishing you a better couple of days than I've had. *smooch*
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Holiday Overview
Well, howdy folks. I hope everyone out there in cyberland had a good Christmas and New Year. We had a very mixed holiday ourselves. For example, here would be a great place to post some pictures of the frenzy that was Christmas morning, but, although we remembered to bring our dandy bran-spankin'-new camera, we forgot to actually take any pictures. Well, we got one. Here it is:
That's my lovely husband. That shot was totally accidental, not at all posed, I promise. We were just goofing off that morning before church. That was, sadly, the only shot we got the entire week we were there. Christmas morning, though, was a big hit. I don't think Jonni has ever been this excited. I think this is the first year she got the whole Santa bit. Erik and his cousin Justice were absolutely hilarious. They would open each gift, and then want whatever their cousin opened! We also had the luxury this year of staying the whole vacation in our home town in my best friend's three bedroom apartment whilst her and her family went South for the holiday. Veeeeery nice indeed. We were having a great visit, when we started falling victim, one by one, to that most evil of holiday and vacation wreckers, the flu. Not just one flu though, two totally different kinds; Stomach and it's nasty twin Sinus&Chest. Jonni was first, followed quickly by Erik and I, and by the time we left for home last Saturday, we had all got one or both. John recovered fairly quickly, as is his annoying habit, but the rest of us are still fighting off the symptoms. Getting there though, definitely improving, but we spent New Year's totally miserable. I did at least. So, ringing in the Year, I have sworn off resolutions, because I realized I couldn't remember last year's, but instead have just decided to try to be a better person. Taking our Prophet's advice to be just a little kinder, more neighborly, attentive and so forth. I hope every one's Christmas was filled with love, joy, and awe for our Savior, and every one's New Year was illness free!!
That's my lovely husband. That shot was totally accidental, not at all posed, I promise. We were just goofing off that morning before church. That was, sadly, the only shot we got the entire week we were there. Christmas morning, though, was a big hit. I don't think Jonni has ever been this excited. I think this is the first year she got the whole Santa bit. Erik and his cousin Justice were absolutely hilarious. They would open each gift, and then want whatever their cousin opened! We also had the luxury this year of staying the whole vacation in our home town in my best friend's three bedroom apartment whilst her and her family went South for the holiday. Veeeeery nice indeed. We were having a great visit, when we started falling victim, one by one, to that most evil of holiday and vacation wreckers, the flu. Not just one flu though, two totally different kinds; Stomach and it's nasty twin Sinus&Chest. Jonni was first, followed quickly by Erik and I, and by the time we left for home last Saturday, we had all got one or both. John recovered fairly quickly, as is his annoying habit, but the rest of us are still fighting off the symptoms. Getting there though, definitely improving, but we spent New Year's totally miserable. I did at least. So, ringing in the Year, I have sworn off resolutions, because I realized I couldn't remember last year's, but instead have just decided to try to be a better person. Taking our Prophet's advice to be just a little kinder, more neighborly, attentive and so forth. I hope every one's Christmas was filled with love, joy, and awe for our Savior, and every one's New Year was illness free!!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Fun Christmas Video
Okay, my mom sent me this youtube video, and it's worth a watch. I thought that it got better the second and even third times through. The top video, not the bottom. I don't know why it stuck two up there, but it did, and I can't get rid of the Unwanted One. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas everyone!
Monday, December 17, 2007
Updates
Okie Dokie people, fasten your seat belts whilst I run through the past six or eight weeks that I've been offline, and get you caught up in my world:
As you all know, the day after Halloween, the modem for our computer kicked the bucket. We tried to resuscitate to no avail. So, as money has been tight, we could not right away replace it. I will say that this has been extremely hard on the almighty Liz, because my computer is my link to the outside world. I have no TV (well, we have one, but only for movies because we decided we just didn't need all the nasty goo that is on television today), and I abhor the phone because I am going deaf and so cannot hear much of what people are trying to convey to me over the wires. It has been very hard indeed to go without my Internet for so very long.
I will endeavor to put this horrible experience behind me, and learn my lessons. I will never take my modem for granted again. I will always treat it as the precious object it is.
And so, to catch you up:
Halloween was a lot of fun. Jonni was a butterfly, and Erik was a monkey. Erik hated his costume, until he realized that he was a monkey, and then he loved it. He now requests "being a monkey" on a regular basis. Jonni of course loved being a pink butterfly. She is such a girl! (not a bad thing, just different from me in almost all aspects) We went trick or treating with some friends in the best neighborhood I think I've ever been in. We still have candy, does that tell you anything?
Next we hit November with a vengeance. We all got sick as I recall. Or was it just me? Just kidding, yeah, just me. Puked for a couple of days and then I was fine. John's Grandfather got seriously ill around this time, and so we said goodbye to him on December 2nd. The funeral was awesome, John tells me. Erik and I had to miss it as we were sick. We went home for Thanksgiving and came back sick. We almost always come back sick when we visit home. John and Jonni were over it by that point, so they went, and had, even for a funeral, a blast. John loved seeing all his aunts and uncles and family.
Thanksgiving was the usual treadmill for us. Our families live very close, so we had one big dinner, ran to the next house a couple of hours later and had another one. I think I gained about eight pounds that weekend, I'm not kidding.
Erik also turned two in the month of November. He is doing very well, his doctor tells me. Very healthy, very smart little boy.
Jonni birthday is also coming up in February, and she has been talking about the party she wants to have for about four months now. She will be five. I'll be sure to post all about that when the time comes.
I think that concludes the debriefing for now. The kids, of course, have done all kinds of cute things that would have made excellent posts that I have now forgotten. Thank goodness I'm back! Now you will all no longer be deprived of these special (and often comical) moments. Until then (probably tomorrow!!), adieu.
Lots and lots of love to everyone,
the great and effusively talented,
Liz
As you all know, the day after Halloween, the modem for our computer kicked the bucket. We tried to resuscitate to no avail. So, as money has been tight, we could not right away replace it. I will say that this has been extremely hard on the almighty Liz, because my computer is my link to the outside world. I have no TV (well, we have one, but only for movies because we decided we just didn't need all the nasty goo that is on television today), and I abhor the phone because I am going deaf and so cannot hear much of what people are trying to convey to me over the wires. It has been very hard indeed to go without my Internet for so very long.
I will endeavor to put this horrible experience behind me, and learn my lessons. I will never take my modem for granted again. I will always treat it as the precious object it is.
And so, to catch you up:
Halloween was a lot of fun. Jonni was a butterfly, and Erik was a monkey. Erik hated his costume, until he realized that he was a monkey, and then he loved it. He now requests "being a monkey" on a regular basis. Jonni of course loved being a pink butterfly. She is such a girl! (not a bad thing, just different from me in almost all aspects) We went trick or treating with some friends in the best neighborhood I think I've ever been in. We still have candy, does that tell you anything?
Next we hit November with a vengeance. We all got sick as I recall. Or was it just me? Just kidding, yeah, just me. Puked for a couple of days and then I was fine. John's Grandfather got seriously ill around this time, and so we said goodbye to him on December 2nd. The funeral was awesome, John tells me. Erik and I had to miss it as we were sick. We went home for Thanksgiving and came back sick. We almost always come back sick when we visit home. John and Jonni were over it by that point, so they went, and had, even for a funeral, a blast. John loved seeing all his aunts and uncles and family.
Thanksgiving was the usual treadmill for us. Our families live very close, so we had one big dinner, ran to the next house a couple of hours later and had another one. I think I gained about eight pounds that weekend, I'm not kidding.
Erik also turned two in the month of November. He is doing very well, his doctor tells me. Very healthy, very smart little boy.
Jonni birthday is also coming up in February, and she has been talking about the party she wants to have for about four months now. She will be five. I'll be sure to post all about that when the time comes.
I think that concludes the debriefing for now. The kids, of course, have done all kinds of cute things that would have made excellent posts that I have now forgotten. Thank goodness I'm back! Now you will all no longer be deprived of these special (and often comical) moments. Until then (probably tomorrow!!), adieu.
Lots and lots of love to everyone,
the great and effusively talented,
Liz
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