The house of the living dead . . .

Ron brought home a lovely little bug from work last week. 5 of the six of us are now down. It is "just" a flu, but no-one has been moving very much these days. I have been down since Friday and I finally felt well enough to turn on the computer for a few minutes this morning, but I am headed back for the sheets now. I will try to get caught-up with everyone soon. . .

Feb 15, 2008

Last Thursday evening we went to visit Paul & Mary-ellen in Clearwater. It was good to see them and their new place.

Friday night the boys had a costume dance in Vernon and we took the girls out to Denny's for dinner~~Whoo-hoo!!

Yesterday Ron and I attended the Valentine's Day dance at church. It was adults only and Jim & Linda joined us. Ron & I were chosen to be one of the 8 couples to play a Newlywed type of game (we came in second), There were some puzzled looks when we both responded to "Where did you go on your first date?" with "We didn't have a first date."

We had a really nice time except for the little phone call we received at about 9 and heard about the "learning experience" the kids were involved in. See, one of the boys decided that the best way to dispose of old left-over stew is to flush it (Even AFTER being told no). Well, the toilet took exception to this treatment and backed up a bit. After much plunging, experimentation and committee-type problem solving activity the problem remained. So today the main layer in the incident got to learn the ins and outs of plumber's snakes, toilet removal and wax ring replacement. After retrieving about 3 cups of veggies from the toilet, I think he has a whole new respect for that particular piece of porcelain. The repair was completed minutes before the 8 guests we had invited for dinner showed-up. (whew!!!!)

We had Ross & Robin, our home teachers and their families over for "Mexican" tonight. I think everyone enjoyed the food, and we enjoyed the conversation.

We had another light flurry early today which promptly melted off this afternoon That's the report for now . . .

Feb. 11, 2009

Guess what Kaili and I did this evening while Ron was at work!!! Most of these will go to the "18& up" Valentine's dance at church on Saturday night. The boys have a dance in Vernon they are madly working towards being able to attend.

Elizabeth and I built a little diorama for her language arts class this morning. It looks like the kids are finally making forward progress in their studies instead of sinking or just treading water (for today, anyway!).

Yesterday I managed to finish the second bonnet Kaili will need for trek and we got Elizabeth in to meet her doctor for the first time. Our doctor is very personable and is from South Africa; her accent is very much like Heather's (A Slow Read).

This is the position the cats took up the other day, Isis is just out of frame stretched across the top of the bed and Aurora is in her usual spot, next to the bed, hiding in the closet curtain.

Not much else new to report here. . .