I've been tagged by Vanessa. I am now supposed to list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 surprising facts and then tag 5 people. Here goes.
Three joys:
1. My family and friends
2. Scrapbooking
3. Neilson's Frozen Custard (Chocolate w/chocolate chip cookie dough)
Three fears:
1. Losing a child or my spouse
2. Roaches
3. Being stuck/trapped (like in the Flinstone house at Makutu's Island)
Three obsessions:
1. Harry Potter
2. Blogging
3. Going green
Three surprising facts:
1. I met Paul Newman
2. I talked to Tom Cruise on the phone
3. I've been on TV twice
I tag:
Missy
Nicolby
Wes - I can't really see you tagging other people but I'm curious about your answers
I don't have two other people to tag because my blog buddy list isn't that long yet and Vanessa already got Jamie. Have fun!!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Just for fun
When I was looking for a picture I saw these and they made me laugh so I'd thought I'd post them. Hope you enjoy!
Jillian was watching the kids for us one night and took this pictures after their bath. For all of you who can't tell them apart Caleb has the orange towel and Kyle the blue.
Jillian was watching the kids for us one night and took this pictures after their bath. For all of you who can't tell them apart Caleb has the orange towel and Kyle the blue.
Introducing... Trouble - the Bat Cat
This is one of Trouble's favorite ways to sleep. What a strange cat he is.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Back to School
It's hard to believe that it's time for school to start already. Where has the summer gone?!? What's even harder to believe is that Seth is starting 4th grade.
Seth started school on August 11th and so far we're off to a great start! He loves his teacher, Mrs. de Jesus and he loves the fact that a couple of kids, who shall remain nameless, are not in his class again. Orchestra will start on the 26th so we'll need to go this weekend and pick up the rest of the stuff for that and then he should be all set.
Next up is the little boys, who start Pre-Kindergarten on the 25th.
Monday, August 18, 2008
The Cabin
Sometimes you just need to get away. That's how we were feeling, especially after the whole pool thing, so we decided to see if the cabin was available and spend the weekend up in Forest Lakes
We had aimed to leave by 9:30 or so Friday morning but when we got up that morning our pool was turning green again so I had to run to the pool store and get that under control before we could leave. Once we got started it was probably close to 11:30 which wasn't too bad considering the delays we faced that morning.
After settling in everyone just relaxed and enjoyed the cool, quiet mountain scenery. The Montgomery and Standage families went up with us so the kids went downstairs to play or outside to explore. It was kind of nice just letting them go and do their thing while the adults got to sit and do nothing! Saturday we all took the kids to Willow Springs Lake to go fishing. That was quite an adventure. Poor Craig ended up getting most of the poles ready for the kids. After fishing all day Jacob was the only one who caught anything and that poor fish was only about 3" long and he had hooked him through the eye. Some of the kids started getting bored fishing so Chris, Marie and I took them on a walk. Chris can't go anywhere without turning over rocks to look for creatures and this walk was no exception. He had found a lizard with a blue belly but couldn't catch it but little Josh had no trouble. After catching it all of the kids wanted a turn to hold it and after about the 4th kid the lizard got tired of that and jumped out of their hand. We tried to look for it and couldn't find it so we started walking again. About walking about 25 feet Chris Montgomery shouted that the lizard was in his shirt. Sure enough there it was crawling out of his sleeve. He thought that was pretty cool!
We had such a great time, as usual, at the cabin. It is always nice to get out of the Valley and spend some time relaxing with friends. Thanks Tom & Lynette!!
Pool Guys
Well Chris and I are becoming quite the pool experts. Not by choice mind you but because our pool seems to have chronic green syndrome. I think so far since we've moved in our pool has been green at least as much as it hasn't and lately when it's not green it's cloudy.
I have been into Paddock Pools so often that the whole staff knows me. They have had me try everything they know to get my pool back in shape and we've not had any luck so we decided to change the sand in the filter. Maybe that would help. Chris and I decided to do it ourselves, again not by choice but because it costs about $500 to have someone come and do it for you. So Saturday night at the end of July we got started.
First we had to drain most of the water out. After taking the filter apart and starting the draining process both Chris and I went to do other chores around the yard. What caught our attention was water spewing out of the filter pipes all over the yard. We had forgotten to turn the filter off so when the timer came on so did the water. Everywhere!! It also filled the tank back up so we had to start the draining process over again. Several hours later there was still a lot of water so we decided to get it out with the shop vac. That done we started on the sand. Even with the shop vac it took forever. I think I finally called it a night a little after mid-night and Chris came in around 1:00am and we still weren't finished. We still had to put the sand back in but we had to go back to the store the next morning for pea gravel (there should have been some in the filter and there wasn't). After missing church the next morning we were finally able get the gravel and sand back in and get the filter running.
Next came the chemicals. While Chris went to play Quidditch I stayed and tried to turn our pool back to something resembling clean water instead of the swamp look it currently had. The guys at the pool store gave me something called Green to Clean and it was amazing. I put it in and instantly started working. Within an hour our pool looked more like a pool and less like Kermit the Frog's home. Maybe there was hope after all.
Well it did stay blue for quite awhile but it never lost it's cloudy look. Unfortunately this story doesn't have a happy ending though. This morning I woke up and low and behold it's green again. Not as bad as before but definitely green. So back to the pool store I go. Hopefully this time we'll get it back before Kermit moves in.
I have been into Paddock Pools so often that the whole staff knows me. They have had me try everything they know to get my pool back in shape and we've not had any luck so we decided to change the sand in the filter. Maybe that would help. Chris and I decided to do it ourselves, again not by choice but because it costs about $500 to have someone come and do it for you. So Saturday night at the end of July we got started.
First we had to drain most of the water out. After taking the filter apart and starting the draining process both Chris and I went to do other chores around the yard. What caught our attention was water spewing out of the filter pipes all over the yard. We had forgotten to turn the filter off so when the timer came on so did the water. Everywhere!! It also filled the tank back up so we had to start the draining process over again. Several hours later there was still a lot of water so we decided to get it out with the shop vac. That done we started on the sand. Even with the shop vac it took forever. I think I finally called it a night a little after mid-night and Chris came in around 1:00am and we still weren't finished. We still had to put the sand back in but we had to go back to the store the next morning for pea gravel (there should have been some in the filter and there wasn't). After missing church the next morning we were finally able get the gravel and sand back in and get the filter running.
Next came the chemicals. While Chris went to play Quidditch I stayed and tried to turn our pool back to something resembling clean water instead of the swamp look it currently had. The guys at the pool store gave me something called Green to Clean and it was amazing. I put it in and instantly started working. Within an hour our pool looked more like a pool and less like Kermit the Frog's home. Maybe there was hope after all.
Well it did stay blue for quite awhile but it never lost it's cloudy look. Unfortunately this story doesn't have a happy ending though. This morning I woke up and low and behold it's green again. Not as bad as before but definitely green. So back to the pool store I go. Hopefully this time we'll get it back before Kermit moves in.
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