Last Thursday our new sitter called to let me know that the bebes had a fever. I'll have to comment later in a whole separate ramble on our amazing new sitter...she makes me constantly sing "nobody solves a problem like Maria".........ALL FREAKIN DAY LONG. If I didn't love the Sound of Music so much I would punch myself in the face for how annoying I am. Anyway poor kiddo had a fever of about 100. When I picked her up that afternoon she was a sad little shell of a bebes...She was really not feeling well.
By Friday morning her temp was 102 and by the time we got to the doctor it was 103. I'm rarely in panic mode over sickness (the rest of my life is another story)...but I was really worried about her. Our regular doctor was off on Friday so we met with this new guy and he was ADORABLE...not in the way that I want to divorce Dave and marry a doctor but in a "oh my goodness your this tiny little adorable man and lets be friends"....kinda way. Grace was her normal screaming self. I swear we walk into one of those sterile rooms and the crinkle of the paper they put on the patients bed area thingamagiger...sets my kid off. Poor child spent a good 30 minutes SCREAMING from getting her temperature taken. It was a tiny wand stuck under her arm...WHY is that terrifying...I do not know. So the new guy...gave us WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION on fevers...and told us she was fine but she has Roseola. Which after I googled it means: you get a fever...fever goes away....you get a rash....you are cranky the whole time. I added the "cranky the whole time" thing from personal experience.
The rest of Friday was spent with the bebes running around the caged in family room area. At first I thought her waddling around in circles was endearing and cute...and then I worried she was delirious from fever and walking in circles because one leg is actually shorter than the other and she can't walk a straight line because the muscles in her body are breaking down and shes going to walk slightly to the left for the rest of her life....GAAAAH! Friday night all joking aside ended with me having a panic attack. Please note my child did not have me freaked out...the fever had gone down...she was asleep in her crib peacefully...there was truly no reason for me to have a meltdown...but there I was..melting down. Sweating, heart racing, shortness of breath FREAKIN OUT. It was very unfun. Not sure what that was all about. Glad its over...aaaamen!
Saturday....4th of July. While we had no plans to formally celebrate I did make A TON of delicious food. I took a few tips from The Pioneer Woman and her cooking site. I made a really amazing potato salad which was this funky cross between egg salad and potato salad. Dave who's not mustard's greatest fan didn't LOVE it but he said it wasn't half bad. I really enjoyed it though. In fact I have a smallHUGE container of it for lunch today. Not sad about this...not sad at all. I also made a version of her hot artichoke and olive dip. If you don't like onion this dip may not be for you. I on the other hand LOVED IT. Dave put it on his hot dog. I don't know if I would have gone that far with it but heck...I have that for leftover snacks today too.
Enough about the food although that was a major factor for the success of Saturday. Lets talk about THE SINK. So I was peeling potatoes...and I DID NOT break the garbage disposal. Dave did...no he didn't but heck I'm going to blame him for it. So we went to Menard's...I love Menard's...and bought a bunch of stuff....stuff we probably didn't need but whatever I love dates to Menard's....did I mention that? We bought a 'cat door' to devalue our home a little and allow us to FINALLY after 10 months of living in our home...close the basement door. We cut a jumbo size hole in our door, fitted it with a new cat door and now our child won't fall down a flight of stairs...EVERYONE WINS! Oh heck I'm off topic....THE SINK. So we have an ugly boring cheapest sink they could find to fill the hole in the counter top with an ugly faucet and a white ugly sprayer thingy and a water filtration knob that always looks dirty because it is...run-ons that make no sense give me purpose in life...ROLL WITH IT. Anyway the sink was the most generic run of the mill sink they could have installed. It also wasn't very deep. (I'll post pictures soon when I get 5 minutes alone at the computer to chill...heeey I promise). The best part was you couldn't even fill a pitcher of water in this sink and there was no spray handle nozzle thing it was VERY not functional.
So...first trip to Menard's resulted in a clearance steal of a deal brand new faucet with a spray nozzle thing that extends and all that loveliness. We saw a sink there that we liked but didn't have sink measurements with us so we had no idea if it would fit. We had no intention of replacing our sink. We got home from trip #1 and IDAVE broke the garbage disposal. So as he was taking it apart it slowly turned into HECK LETS JUST GO BUY A NEW SINK THIS THING IS STUPID AND I HATE IT AND I LOVE YOU BUT I HATE THIS AND I'M SOOO OVER IT. Back to Menard's we traveled. We got all the fancy new sink accessories (this thing is classier than I am now) and we checked out a few other sinks one we liked a lot but it was on special order and wouldn't be delivered for 22 days. The obvious fact that we had a gaping hole in our counter and would have to wash vegetables in the half bath with the pedestal sink lead us back to the original sink that we liked. It's white which doesn't go well with the stainless steal appliances but does go nicely with our wood work. By golly I'm gonna make this sink work in our space. Have I said yet that it's cast iron. So it was really light to carry around. I mean Dave just tossed it around Menard's and then Bebe Grace picked it up and had fun with it like a toy. Totally normal.
Dave and I came to the realization over the weekend that we are sadly going to be stuck with our counters. Our counters are VERY taste specific. I'm not a huge fan...considering they are the EXACT same counter tops that my parents have. They look pretty nice in my parents house but even my mom doesn't like her laminent (sp?) counter tops. Anyway they are a light speckled green and then there's a terra cotta orangeish red tile back splash so picking a paint color for the kitchen and family room has been a task. I REALLY need my MIL to just come up and tell me what color to paint these rooms. I don't need assistance I need flat out guidance and I want someone to make this decision for me. Oh point being...since we are stuck with our counters for a decently long time or till we move...the sink was an appropriate upgrade. We also got this fancy push button thing to turn our garbage disposal on. Before you had to walk halfway across the kitchen to turn it on so using the disposal and turning it on and off was rather difficult. The whole combo is just downright sexy. Seriously...it's hot. The new sink is 4 inches deeper than the old one which means I can fill up a stock pot now. Even if I couldn't the faucet now has a spray spout thing that moves so heck I could fill up a 10-Gallon bucket. I'm in love...if you couldn't tell!
Sunday: I used my new sink...end of story...JUUUUST KIDDING. On Saturday our water filtration system went out. We have well water so the amount of products and filters and do-dads in our basement that I cannot name are overwhelming. Luckily I live with Dave who can jury rig pretty much anything. We were one step away from having to call a repair man to the house and Dave fixed it. It's rather annoying how he does that. The extensive plumbing and water issue repair he did this weekend was among many things IMPRESSIVE. I'm currently renting out his home repair services so if anyone needs something done just let me know. Obviously...he has so much free time...to do other peoples projects.
Anyway Sunday I ran errands with my favorite little lady, the bebes, and then I spent the afternoon in my pajamas on the couch watching some bad TV. Husbando got home from work and we just vegged on the couch. Dave tried out rice pudding and it was pretty tasty. I slept...I woke...I showered...and now here I am.
I think the shredded mini wheat's made me chatty. Although I'm always chatty.
*end rant*
**pictures of home improvement coming soon...not because you care...but because I took these pictures and someone HAS to look at them or else I'll be a sad sad Lindso...bye!
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