Hey Humble Readers...
When was the last time you cleaned your dryer vent? Be honest now.
I'm not talking about the lint trap, I'm talking about the actual exhaust hose and vent that goes outside your home. It's a task that's easily missed in your annual home maintenance schedule.
We are fairly sure that it had been done just before we moved, a little over four years ago. Over the past couple of years, my Beloved and I have talked about having someone come out to take care of it for us, but something more pressing always came up... like a new furnace, a new hot watertank, a baby or two needing car seats and all.
We finally bit the bullet and had a guy out to tackle this ooky job... And man oh man, it's a good thing he did.
(A bit of background... we live in an small older condo-ized apartment building in which every unit has stackable washers and dyers. We live on the second floor, and the length of the exhaust tubing from the dryer to the outside is too long and too high for us to manage this task ourselves. Hence the need to hire a professional.)
Humble Readers... there was a bird's nest in there. And I'm not talking figuratively. An actuall honest-to-goodness bird's nest. Just imagine all the lint and gunk that was trapped in there along with birdy ickies. It makes me shudder to think about it. Beyond the grossness factor, the risk of fire associated with blocked dryer vents is substantial.
So, my advice to you all... find out when you last had your dryer vent cleaned, and if it's been more than a couple of years, GET IT DONE!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled head-cold.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Crud Has Landed
Hey Humble Readers...
I was fully intending to do my "Pippin @ 4 Months" post today. But instead, I have spent the day nursing an ugly head cold and sore throat.
I confess that I'm a total wuss when I'm sick, and I know that mummies are supposed to be all selfless and be able to push through to take care of their families... but let's just say that the bare minimum is all that's getting done around the hobbit hole today. And when Ginny decided during her morning nap that today was a good day for finger painting with the contents of her diaper... I cried.
My Beloved even ended up cooking dinner for us tonight.
I'll be back when I'm not so whine-y.
I was fully intending to do my "Pippin @ 4 Months" post today. But instead, I have spent the day nursing an ugly head cold and sore throat.
I confess that I'm a total wuss when I'm sick, and I know that mummies are supposed to be all selfless and be able to push through to take care of their families... but let's just say that the bare minimum is all that's getting done around the hobbit hole today. And when Ginny decided during her morning nap that today was a good day for finger painting with the contents of her diaper... I cried.
My Beloved even ended up cooking dinner for us tonight.
I'll be back when I'm not so whine-y.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Memorable Moment Mondays: A Blustery Day
Hey Humble Readers...
I'm more than a little late to this week's MMM party, but I'm here. :)
Today has been a tad bit challenging, and I've decided to blame it on the fact that it was a very blustery, wet, and icky kind of day.
Have you ever heard about wind driving people insane? Well, I think that today's blustery-ness got under all our skins... at least me and the wee-lings.
Pip hasn't known what he's wanted all day... bottle? Nope! Burps? Nope! Bouncies? Nope! Tummy-time? Hell no! Sleeps in the bassinette? Nope! Sleeps on the floor? Nope! The only thing that seems to have settled him now is crying himself to sleep, with his fingers in his mouth. Poor wee little man.
Ginny spent the day alternating between extreme nuttiness... running all over, trying to climb in and out of the playpen, and using me as a jungle gym... and that grating kind of whiney-ness that just gets under your skin. Of course, it didn't help that during her nap this afternoon she decided to strip naked and take her diaper off (something she hasn't done in over a month) and decided to pee all over her her crib.
And I think I'm getting a cold.
***sigh***
Tomorrow will be a better day. I hope. :)
(Published as a part of PAIL Bloggers Memorable Moment Monday series. Click over and check out what others are sharing today.)
I'm more than a little late to this week's MMM party, but I'm here. :)
Today has been a tad bit challenging, and I've decided to blame it on the fact that it was a very blustery, wet, and icky kind of day.
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| Just before bedtime tonight. |
Have you ever heard about wind driving people insane? Well, I think that today's blustery-ness got under all our skins... at least me and the wee-lings.
Pip hasn't known what he's wanted all day... bottle? Nope! Burps? Nope! Bouncies? Nope! Tummy-time? Hell no! Sleeps in the bassinette? Nope! Sleeps on the floor? Nope! The only thing that seems to have settled him now is crying himself to sleep, with his fingers in his mouth. Poor wee little man.
Ginny spent the day alternating between extreme nuttiness... running all over, trying to climb in and out of the playpen, and using me as a jungle gym... and that grating kind of whiney-ness that just gets under your skin. Of course, it didn't help that during her nap this afternoon she decided to strip naked and take her diaper off (something she hasn't done in over a month) and decided to pee all over her her crib.
And I think I'm getting a cold.
***sigh***
Tomorrow will be a better day. I hope. :)
(Published as a part of PAIL Bloggers Memorable Moment Monday series. Click over and check out what others are sharing today.)
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Sunday Night Chit-Chat
Howdy Humble Readers...
Wow, what a week we've had around the hobbit hole. Teething, tantrums, a rather large police action less than a block away (that we still don't know any real details about) that involved what sounded like three blasts from a seriously big-a$$ gun, and then finding out that a friend was hospitalized with a serious bout of stomach flu. Crazy!
But now it's Sunday night and that means, Sunday Night Chit-Chat over at Carla's My 1/2 Dozen Daily.
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| Sleepy boy... with a fixation on his fingers! |
What are you:
Reading?
I'm about halfway through Order of the Phoenix, so a bit more than halfway through my annual Harry Potter reread. And my 'to read' list just keeps growing! I ordered my copy of A Casual Vacancy (Rowling) this week, and I've the advanced reader copy of the new Ken Follet mega-epic on my night stand. Zoiks!
Watching?
Nothing at the moment, but I'm planning on watching a mini-marathon of Once Upon A Time this evening. Gotta refresh my memory for the season opener coming up.
Baking/Cooking?
Dinner tonight was a new favourite. Super easy Chicken Verde over Salsa Rice with Black Bean Salad. Just throw 3-4 frozen chicken breasts in your slow cooker with a jar of salsa verde (tomatillo salsa), a tablespoon of cumin, and a tablespoon of chili powder. Cook on low for 6 hours or 3 hours on high. About halfway through the cooking time, add in a can of black beans (rinsed & drained) and a cup of frozen corn kernels. At the end of the cooking time, shred or break up the chicken breasts. Serve over rice (I cooked my rice in chicken stock and salsa) or quinoa. Not all that pretty to look at, but very very yummy.
Happy you accomplished this week?
Went through and reorganized Ginny & Pippin's closet and dressers, filled most of the holes in Ginny's fall/winter wardrobe at the consignment store, and took Ginny for a haircut. My wee sweet girl now has bangs (and I will post a pic as soon as I get a good one).
Looking forward to next week?
Making some progress on my Christmas crafting projects. I think I've decided on my hand-made gifts for this year, so combined with the projects that I really want to do... I've got to get my butt in gear.
Thankful for this week?
The generosity of people from our church. One lady gave us a belated baby gift for Pippin (a cute outfit that will fit him by Christmas) and another brought us a bookcase she's no longer using. I'm going to see if I can find a tutorial on painting laminated furniture, so that I can paint it to match our living room furniture. Any tips?
What is something you've been procrastinating on and really should just do it and get it over with already?
The baby books! I am so far behind on Ginny's and I haven't even started Pippin's yet. It's just so daunting. I'm thankful that I have this blog as a record (at least monthly) of their happenings.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Hobbit-ish Potpurri: Randomness Abounds
Howdy Humble Readers...
I hope that you're having a great day so far. We had a fun morning of playing and goofing around, and now, I'm happily watching an old episode of Gilmore Girls and listening to my wee little mister snore his heart out.
*****
From the stuff I wasn't warned about file: I'm in an odd place in terms of my post-pregnancy body. All my joints ache, particularly my hands, hips, knees, and ankles. This happened after Ginny, too, and I found it seems to be fairly common, but why does no one talk about it? It makes sense that we're warned that our tendons and ligaments stretch out and get all loosey-goosey during pregnancy, but why does no one talk about when those tendons and ligaments start going back to normal... the pain is making it difficult to sleep
And from the same file: Nerves and muscles in my abdomen must be on a new level of healing because there have been random twitches and small spasms that almost make it feel like there's a halfling still in there kicking. Bizarre!
*****
Exciting news for our hobbit-hole! A couple of weeks ago the condo board agreed that we need to replace the patio doors on four of the six units in our building, including ours! Yay! The window guy was here measuring last week, and hopefully we'll have new sliding glass doors before the snow flies! Ones with a screen door that actually slides open. I'm not picky tho... ;)
*****
I had a nightmare last night that I was being stalked by this crazy woman. She took over my blog and was posting all kinds of insane stuff saying she was me, and advertising porn sites from my online hobbit-hole. Writing it out here, it doesn't sound scary, only nuts, but trust me I was freaked out. I woke up just after 5 this morning shaking and with my heart racing. It took about an hour and a half to shake the creepy feeling, even with reading and watching a bit of a documentary about farmers markets on PBS.
*****
For all the work I did on the weekend to get the nursery ready to move Pippin in there, I haven't been able to do so yet. I keep telling myself that I'm concerned that he'll start waking in the night again and disturb Ginny. But really, I know I'm just lame.
*****
Sold another of the real baby items we had... the tummy-time mat. Pip is still doing tummy time of course, but we're actually working more on sitting up. With the bum.bo chair and the bouncer-exerciser thing, and the playpen, and Ginny's reading chair all in the living room, I was just getting a bit claustrophobic. I had to get rid of something. And we have a gazillion receiving blankets to use for tummy time, and they fold up where the tummy-time mat didn't (at least not easily). So why do I feel like crap for having sold it already?
I hope that you're having a great day so far. We had a fun morning of playing and goofing around, and now, I'm happily watching an old episode of Gilmore Girls and listening to my wee little mister snore his heart out.
*****
From the stuff I wasn't warned about file: I'm in an odd place in terms of my post-pregnancy body. All my joints ache, particularly my hands, hips, knees, and ankles. This happened after Ginny, too, and I found it seems to be fairly common, but why does no one talk about it? It makes sense that we're warned that our tendons and ligaments stretch out and get all loosey-goosey during pregnancy, but why does no one talk about when those tendons and ligaments start going back to normal... the pain is making it difficult to sleep
And from the same file: Nerves and muscles in my abdomen must be on a new level of healing because there have been random twitches and small spasms that almost make it feel like there's a halfling still in there kicking. Bizarre!
*****
Exciting news for our hobbit-hole! A couple of weeks ago the condo board agreed that we need to replace the patio doors on four of the six units in our building, including ours! Yay! The window guy was here measuring last week, and hopefully we'll have new sliding glass doors before the snow flies! Ones with a screen door that actually slides open. I'm not picky tho... ;)
*****
I had a nightmare last night that I was being stalked by this crazy woman. She took over my blog and was posting all kinds of insane stuff saying she was me, and advertising porn sites from my online hobbit-hole. Writing it out here, it doesn't sound scary, only nuts, but trust me I was freaked out. I woke up just after 5 this morning shaking and with my heart racing. It took about an hour and a half to shake the creepy feeling, even with reading and watching a bit of a documentary about farmers markets on PBS.
*****
For all the work I did on the weekend to get the nursery ready to move Pippin in there, I haven't been able to do so yet. I keep telling myself that I'm concerned that he'll start waking in the night again and disturb Ginny. But really, I know I'm just lame.
*****
Sold another of the real baby items we had... the tummy-time mat. Pip is still doing tummy time of course, but we're actually working more on sitting up. With the bum.bo chair and the bouncer-exerciser thing, and the playpen, and Ginny's reading chair all in the living room, I was just getting a bit claustrophobic. I had to get rid of something. And we have a gazillion receiving blankets to use for tummy time, and they fold up where the tummy-time mat didn't (at least not easily). So why do I feel like crap for having sold it already?
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