Thursday, October 22, 2009
Been to Germany
Last week was spent visiting Gretchen and Josh in Germany. We traveled, we ate, we drank and we had a blast. I have to organize my thoughts and Blog more soon. But first I have to conquer my jet lag and clean the dust bunnies at home. I miss those little Sh__.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Fall is in the Air
There was frost on the pumpkin yesterday morning. Ron and I got home from Island Lake at 9:30 the night before. It is always nice to heat the sauna to 165 and watch Ron perspire from the dressing room. (I am not a fan of anything much hotter than 105.) No one jumped in the lake. It was blusterly and the lake is not warm anymore. And we are not Finnish! Good news is it doesn't have "green growth" either. It is northern MN. . .soon there will be ice-on-the-pond. Unlike around here the ice will be white.
Even had to turn on the furnace upon arriving home and at 3a.m. I was up as the house was 165. I turned down the thermostats and opened the windows while Ron blissfully slept. No need to wake 'the mechanically challenged.' After I figure out the overheating hot tub I will address the furnace. I shouldn't make it sound like I am figuring out anything...I called Steve to the rescue like any self respecting, checkbook caring home Frau would.
Ron took Meg to a Functional Medicine conference last week (Baltimore) and I painted the bathroom. It is pretty dramatic being the colors of baby waste and mold. Meg and Ron inspired me as they said other than doing nothing, the easiest thing to do would be "the same brown as the laundry room." "Easy" just didn't seem too inspiring and today the paint stores, or Home Depot in this case; put complimentary colors which I would never think of on the same color card and then charge you $36.00 a gallon to get down and dirty. If I were to do-it-again I would buy cheaper paint. Still took two coats and a chiropractic adjustment. (And that person was with Ron on the east coast sucking oysters and eating Butter fish at Roy's Hawaiian Fusion, when not conferring 7 to 7.)
The length of their day is why I decided to stay here. Can Baltimore be toured 12 hours a day for five days? Can my bath be painted in the same time? I know the answer to the second question is "almost". I still have to seal the tile and grout. Projects always grow proportionally to new discovery.
I stopped yesterday to check the progress on the deer destroyed front end of the truck. Sure am glad there are people who know how to put things back together. Don't know the childhood life of my darling adorable husband but I am convinced it was his mother who probably kept him on track to Eagle Scout. Those merit badges requiring more than reading and research had to be challenging. Glad he doesn't have to put his own truck back together. . .the grill would look fine in the bed.
Shouldn't make Ron the brunt of my humor. I do know he is mechanically challenged while being constantly adorable.
Even had to turn on the furnace upon arriving home and at 3a.m. I was up as the house was 165. I turned down the thermostats and opened the windows while Ron blissfully slept. No need to wake 'the mechanically challenged.' After I figure out the overheating hot tub I will address the furnace. I shouldn't make it sound like I am figuring out anything...I called Steve to the rescue like any self respecting, checkbook caring home Frau would.
Ron took Meg to a Functional Medicine conference last week (Baltimore) and I painted the bathroom. It is pretty dramatic being the colors of baby waste and mold. Meg and Ron inspired me as they said other than doing nothing, the easiest thing to do would be "the same brown as the laundry room." "Easy" just didn't seem too inspiring and today the paint stores, or Home Depot in this case; put complimentary colors which I would never think of on the same color card and then charge you $36.00 a gallon to get down and dirty. If I were to do-it-again I would buy cheaper paint. Still took two coats and a chiropractic adjustment. (And that person was with Ron on the east coast sucking oysters and eating Butter fish at Roy's Hawaiian Fusion, when not conferring 7 to 7.)
The length of their day is why I decided to stay here. Can Baltimore be toured 12 hours a day for five days? Can my bath be painted in the same time? I know the answer to the second question is "almost". I still have to seal the tile and grout. Projects always grow proportionally to new discovery.
I stopped yesterday to check the progress on the deer destroyed front end of the truck. Sure am glad there are people who know how to put things back together. Don't know the childhood life of my darling adorable husband but I am convinced it was his mother who probably kept him on track to Eagle Scout. Those merit badges requiring more than reading and research had to be challenging. Glad he doesn't have to put his own truck back together. . .the grill would look fine in the bed.
Shouldn't make Ron the brunt of my humor. I do know he is mechanically challenged while being constantly adorable.
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