Flood

Came home from work and baseball games today to discover about 1/3th of Kadin and Levi's carpet is soaked! It took us a little bit to figure out what it's from but we discovered the culprit. Our new fridge has been leaking!!! Most likely ever since Kerby hooked up the water and ice part. One of the hoses hooked up to it has a tiny hole so it's constantly been spraying the tiniest amount on the wall under the stairs for days.  Long night ahead and I totally don't have time for this right now.

Speed Of Light

 

Today I finished the book Speed Of Light by Lee Baker. It took me quite a while to read, not because it wasn't interesting, just because I literally haven't had a chance to sit down and read much. I've been so excited and busy getting my paparazzi business together it's taken up a lot of time, well that and doing some deep cleaning.

Anyways, this is a good book. It's very interesting and would be so cool if and when our technology gets this far.  It's about a company who builds an airplane that goes as fast as the speed of light and when they test it on a human some very interesting things happen to him. He sorta gains superpowers. This book made me concentrate on what I was reading so I could understand it better and I really liked that. Very good book! Thanks again Amanda for the suggestion and for letting me borrow it. You all should read it, it's really good.

Grilled Garlic Artichokes

Today I grilled some artichokes from the bountiful basket. I've had them for about 3 weeks (in a nice Tupperware container keeping them fresh) and decided I better figure out what to do with them. I don't remember ever cooking artichokes but Kerby says I made something with them really good once. I know I definitely haven't used fresh ones.
I used this recipe Grilled Garlic Artichokes and Kerby and the kids all loved it, I thought it was ok. I'm not a huge artichoke fan but I did like it and would make it again. I also grilled some pineapple which was very tasty! It was also from bountiful baskets and it was soooooooooo good!

 Oh but I did something bad. I singed by eyebrows, eyelashes and hair while grilling, so be warned that the garlic sauce you put in the artichokes is flammable. Haha!!! I really could use less eyebrow, although I prefer them to not be curled (you can't see that in the pic really) but I really don't need less eyelash. They're so much shorter, especially my left eye. :(

The Help

Today I got up at 5am to get ready for work. Searched 2 hours for my badge (which has my work keys attached) with no luck. Sent my friend Julie a text asking if I could borrow her keys. I got to work, worked all day then went to a bbq at Tina's house. Then we watched The Help. I'm so grateful that the world isn't like that now. I'm so grateful I know how to work and do things for myself and care for my children. Ok, well I at least try all those things, sometimes I fail miserably at some of them but I try.  The Help is a good, sad movie and it's so sad to know that those things and probably much worse than they showed, actually happened. So sad that African American's were treated that way. I'm glad the world is no longer like that but then again there are so many other sad, troubling things going on in the world. :( And you know what? I'm grateful for my little sheltered life in my sheltered town, yes we have plenty of problems and see plenty but I know it's much worse other places.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

This one's going to be short and sweet! We finally saw this movie and thought it was good. Just when I think they can't come up with any more stunts they manage to do it, like the glass building scene.  As in the other movies there are some pretty intense parts that make it pretty exciting. Oh and I like the surprise at the end!

I Got Them!

 Today I got my new glasses from coastal.com. They were free from Coastal.com (other than shipping and the upgrade I chose to get). I gotta say after 10 years of not ever wearing glasses and them being the wrong prescription 5 years before that it was really, really weird to wear them again. I instantly felt dizzy and got a headache, talk about some major vertigo. I totally remember that same feeling from when I first got glasses when I was 4 years old....except everything looked like it was suddenly sideways when I put them on back then (wow, I must have been interpreting things way different than they really were). It sort of feels like everything is just a mirage around me with the waviness and everything. Ok so I really have no idea how to explain it but it's weird. No, I don't think it has anything to do with the glasses, I really just think it's because it's been so long since I've worn glasses and my prescription is pretty bad so my eyes just really need to adjust and get used to them. I've been wearing them a little more today and each time I do it gets a little easier. It will be way nice to wake up in the morning and not have to immediately put contacts in.
To look at them off my face they look small (especially compared to how my glasses used to be) but on my face they look a little big. I don't care though, I like them and I know I'll get used to them and for the most part I'll just be in the house with them. If I look tired with them on that's because I am way tired. So, off to bed for me!
Go on over to Coastal.com  and get our free pair. Shipping was fast too!

Kendyl's Class Performance

This morning we went and saw Kendyl and her class say a bunch of cute poems they memorized. It was really cute and Kendyl did such a good job. I took video of it but it's too long and won't let me download it. Great job Kendyl and thanks for inviting us.