The Case of THe Drafty House

No wonder I was so cold yesterday. There was a spot in the house that had cold air moving and we thought it might be from from the basement.

Well, upon further inspection, "someone" (probably me) had left a window open. It was behind the couch and the window panes lined up just right to look like it should when it's closed. The air seemed to be spilling into a low point in the house. I'm just glad we discovered the source of the draft.

Brrrr

It's changed. You know, the weather! It was decidedly chilly today and I actually wore socks and shoes. I think that it's time to put away the flip flops and break out the mittens.

You can tell what frame of mind I'm in by my shopping list;

hot chocolate
apple cider
soup
new winter coat for Lily
gloves for Jack
socks (for sliding around on the floors)

Saturday Is A Special Day

It's the day that my children DON'T sleep in. Of all the days of the week, this is the one day they choose to wake up super early. I swear that one, or all of the children, is hiding an alarm clock under their pillow. There is a conspiracy to wake up before the crack of dawn to try and get in as much cartoon time as possible.

The one good thing about getting up early is being able to start "dough" related breakfast items. I figure in about an hour and a half I'll have hot cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Right about the time I should be getting out of bed.

It's Like Sleeping In A Sauna

It's that time of year when the furnace starts to kick on in the middle of the night. I never knew that Colorado was so dry (until we moved here), but try and add forced heat, and you're got REALLY dry air.

I'm sure it didn't help that I had a slight cold the last day, but when the heater turns on, I wake up in a hot flash with my tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth. That's never fun. To top it off, my nose is making weird squeaking noises when I breathe in and out. Slightly annoying when you wake yourself up to your own snoring.

Guess I need to break out the humidifier.

Going to the Polls

I have my "I Voted" sticker to prove that I made it to the polls and cast my ballot. It was fairly painless, no lines, but I did have Lily in tow. She thought that we were going to look at boats. When we left the polling station she asked why we didn't see any boats. I'm still not sure that she knew what we were doing, but she likes the sticker she got.

Sunday Dinner

I had the best of intentions for a nice EASY Sunday dinner. I figured that I would throw the ingredients in my bread machine and have hot fresh baked bread just about the time we came home from church. I know the bread baked in the machine isn't as pretty as it is when baked in the oven, but I was going for convenience.

When we got back from church I could smell the bread in the garage. Love that smell! When I went to check on it, it had a couple minutes left on the bake cycle. I looked through the tiny window and noticed the top had collapsed sometime during the baking cycle. Bummer. It tasted fine, but it looked like a square loaf of bread with a deformed top.

Not to be deterred, I went ahead and started soup to go with the bread. My mistake was walking away and forgetting to turn down the temperature. Who knew that soup could burn so quickly?! I was outside when I could smell soup, but when I walked in the door it was obvious that the soup would NOT be edible. The good news is I didn't ruin my pot, the bad news I totally ruined dinner.

Shark Attack

I wasn't going to dress up for Halloween. Then I was going to put a name tag on with "Chad" and be a dimpled Chad. I went with what I had, a recycled "flapper" costume from a couple years ago. I was pleasantly surprised at how many parents were dressed up with their young trick o' treaters.

"Shark Attack by friendly neighbor"

"Bee, Doctor, and Clone Trooper"

I had the kids empty out their bags before they went out. They didn't understand the reasoning behind taking candy out of their bags. (No, I wasn't trying to keep their candy!) When they got home, they understood why I wanted them to start with an empty bag. Emma kept saying "I got a jackpot!" Thankfully, she didn't really hit Jackpot, parts of her discarded costume were filling up the bag and made her loot of candy appear larger.