WHAT ARE THE ODDS...

That we would buy a house, try our best to keep it organized through and through (including loads of shelves in the garage), and after 5 1/2 years this would happen:

OUCH!!! We were putting the kids to bed on Saturday night, and heard a huge commotion in the garage!! We went out to find the shelves on top of my SUV... we have no idea how or why the screws that held the shelves up for so long decided to give way?!?

That was a fun mess to clean up, anti-freeze and all... and I'm sure the insurance co-pay will be just as "fun" to fix the front end of the car...

HOMELESS BIRD

The other morning I peeked out the patio door to see how the day was shaping up when I saw a bird fly past the door and looked to be landing somewhere on the patio (with straw in mouth) My curiosity got the best of me and I went out to look -

WAIT, LET'S REWIND....
My parents gave us a grill a few years ago. We decided to officially start the grilling season a couple weeks ago. We had a great dinner with BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs - now, here's one of our weaknesses....we never put the cover back on the grill.

FAST FORWARD TO THE OTHER MORNING....When I went out on the patio I saw this:

and I thought, "oh, that bird was making a nest on our propane tank."
Then I looked up a litte higher and saw this:

and I thought, "oh no! that bird MIGHT be making a nest IN the grill!"
And then I lifted up the grill lid to find this:

Adam cleaned out the BBQ grill and I actually felt bad that we had just destroyed this hard working, little birdies home! I'm sorry dear birdie, but we do love to grill - you'll have to find another home somewhere else!

So, for all you lazy people out there like us, remember to put on your grill cover - EVERYTIME!! Because if you don't, it will happen to you over and over again (yep, that's right...a week later we had BBQ, didn't put the cover on, and by the next morning that bird had started right back to work!)

TA - DA!!

After 2 1/2 weeks, 4 days out of our home, 4 more days with only one available bathroom/toilet, many meals at the table...located in the front family room, a couple cuts, and three separate cases of the stomach flu thrown in for fun....we finally got tile laid in our hallway, kitchen, bathrooms, and laundry room!!! I have wanted this for some time now, because our hallway carpet takes ALL the household traffic and was impossible to keep clean! We thought we'd update the other hardsurface rooms while we're at it - I really do love the tile!! (and a lot less vaccuuming)

hallway before:

tearing out the carpet:

o.k...this next picture deserves a bit of an explanation. I had to run Harrison and McKenna to playgroup and had told Adam that Tyler was in his chair at the table. I came back 10 minutes later to find Tyler on top of the table and Adam at the other end of the hallway. I just stood there trying to figure out why Adam would've gotten Tyler out of his chair and set him on the tabletop?!? Adam was just as astonished as I when he caught a glimpse of Tyler! I guess he can get out of his chair now - and good thing Harrison's leftover lunch was still there to keep Tyler busy!!

and....hallway AFTER!!