peace offerings and plumbers

We may or may not have had a "moment" (meaning I had a moment and my sweet husband couldn't escape the emotion and wrath of the moment...)

So he got me these :)

Isn't he the best?

I saw them at Trader Joe's a week before and said I wanted them, he told me to get them, I said no....

Then the moment happened and he later surprised me with them! (and I was greeted at the door with a glass of wine and dinner...lucky me)

Onto the plumbers...

Our drip continued to make itself known and got worse pretty quickly.

Since we were headed to Savannah it was something that had to be taken care of.

The maintenance man went upstairs, the water leak wasn't coming from their fridge...so this is what happened next -

Pat had to work, I had to work and this had to be fixed before we left. Patrick came home later in the morning, I left for work and he ended up getting stuck at the house for the rest of the day while they found, fixed and repaired the baby waterfall.

They still have to come back, do some more fix it stuff and the put our cabinets back up. For now, I will not show you our counter tops - they are decorated with kitchen supplies from the cabinets until we get them back.

falling apart

Thought you might enjoy this. This is a block of clean clothes. I am pretty sure it means the clothes sat in the laundry basket too long...

I don't mind sorting laundry, washing and drying it...but I hate folding laundry.

We have a problem. Our condo is kinda falling apart. Well - just the ceiling.

We had a small area of mold that we originally thought was a gap between the cabinet and ceiling. Obviously that is not the case. I feel like out of nowhere this thing became a monster. Now our cabinets are getting ruined and water is dripping down the front of them (thankfully into a platter that was already ontop of the fridge - which has now been switched out to a bowl). Someone is coming out tomorrow morning to our condo and our upstairs neighbors place to check into it. Cross your fingers that it is a quick and easy fix!

Hopefully they'll be done quickly so I can get to work by 10!

snail mail surprise

Eloise got a prize in the mail yesterday! I was running out of her heartworm meds and decided to look into that petmeds thing from TV. It was free shipping and a little cheaper to get her flea and heartworm meds from them, so I ordered it. Last night when Pat got home, he brought the box in and showed Elle her prize. She became super excited, as you'll see in her video - and we later found out why.

Look at that nose poking thru the hole she had chewed. She couldn't wait to get her prize out!

tater tots

I went for another run. Yes. Twice in one week.

I thought I was maybe running a mile, but I asked my personal GPS/'I have run all over STL' husband how far he thought my loop was, and he said close to TWO miles! (some of you may not think this is a big deal - but you see - I don't like to overexert myself unless completely necessary...) I think I am going to drive it tomorrow and watch my odometer. He is probably just trying to make me not feel like an out of shape loser. I think my inspiration came from the fact that Pat decided it sounded fun to run to and from work everyday........seriously? The other day I asked how long it took, he said "I don't really know because I took a run around the park, too." I have no words for this behavior.

So back to my second run of the week. I worked the first 3-4ish hours this morning at the hospital, then decided I would make the most of my morning with a little exercise for me and the monster. FIY - don't eat tater tots with hot sauce for breakfast with an iced coffee and then go for a run (not sure why I felt so inspired to add the hot sauce. I mean, tater tots and I are a given, its the hot sauce craving that threw me off). I cannot stop this burning bonfire in my chest - some of you may refer to it as indigestion, I, on the other hand, do not think that term does the pain justice.

And don't you worry, I have eaten a little bit of everything in this house trying to figure out how to make it go away...sandwich, hummus, crackers, banana chips, some more crackers, wasabi peas (not sure how those snuck in there...) and yogurt...and cheese. I am all out of ideas - but am still hungry after all of my face stuffing today...time for dinner!

spring time

Elle and I didn't know what to do with ourselves this weekend because Patrick was actually off work for 2 whole days!! After a run Elle got in some play time wrestling with her dad.

Don't turn us in to the animal abuse people....

but we attempted to stop the slow destroying of our wooden furniture by putting Tabasco sauce on the edges. When Pat put it on, Elle immediately licked it off, then sat -oh so obediently- in front of him like it was a treat he was holding in his hands. She actually likes the stuff.

Onto the next idea.

Spray deodorant

Notice the white film on the furniture -- and the missing wooden corner that is now decomposing somewhere outside in our courtyard I am sure...

(I promise, that's not a layer of dust on my floor...that deodorant spray is a bit unruly and doesn't go exactly where you want it to)

The dresser didn't get sprayed, but she is really proud of this one because it actually almost made her mother cry...

Needless to say, our house smells powdery fresh! Elle was left alone in the kitchen for about 7 hours yesterday while we were both working - and I can't seem to find any damage...yet.

My newest 'idea'

My sister had some old pictures hanging in her hallway, and so I copied them when I was in Birmingham. I just love old pictures of family. I have slowly gotten them framed, and now need somewhere to hang them. Maybe today i'll actually commit to a wall. I think I have picture hanging commitment issues. I get snervous (scared+nervous= snervous) that I am going to put a bunch of holes in the wall and not like it.. and maybe that's from previous experiences where I may or may not have done something like this...

Here are a few - and I need to collect some more

Top left is my Granny

The big one's my Grandaddy (looks just like Dad, just cover up this pictures nose...)

and the bottom left is my Gee Gee and Paw Paw

I have had a productive morning so far - a nice run (yes, nice and run in the same sentence. weird.) some play time in the dog park for the monster, good phone conversations about how I have morphed into being much like my super sarcastic father, and even some laundry in the mix - now onto the post office, and I am going to do some gift buying.

Happy Tuesday

Peeps

Least favorite Easter candy..peeps.

Best Easter egg hunt t-shirt decoration..peeps!

Last weekend Pat was (of course) at work in the CICU so I went with some friends for a scavenger hunt/easter egg hunt all over St. Louis.

We were the party peeps and Stacy and I decorated the t-shirts the day before. We used Peep bunnies, cut in half, and glued onto the shirts to be all festive and easter-y.

We didn't win the $500 prize :( but had so much fun on the hunt.

I came home to change for the night time egg hunt and Elle was cuddling with me - she quickly found out my shirt had delicious treats on it and started trying to get them off.. yellow was her #1 choice.

Stacy and Pam before our night time hunt.

its a girl!

Alison had a baby girl on March 29th! That makes 4 nieces and 1 nephew for Pat and I.

Here is a picture of the beautiful baby girl and her beautiful mommy!

Congrats Alison and Micheal - we can't wait to meet her!