Miss B

Last week Miss B was taken to the nurse at school for a bellyache.... My gals have not gone to see the school nurses in their buildings for more than 2 years.... she had a sub.... the RN told me that she could test her... I said "for a stomachache"? She said well, a headache and stomachache are symptoms... I asked does she HAVE a headache... well... no... Ok... but she responded with.... but if she DEVELOPS any additional symptoms I will REQUIRE her to get tested before she comes back to school and they are VERY HARD to come by right now... so I'm OFFERING this as a service to you....alright....fine... and we got ourselves a FAINT positive line... but this is our version of Miss B and her positive test....I immediately took her home and put her to bed with her iPad which you can see she was devastated by... she was hungry because she had missed lunch and then she went potty....back to 100%

Throwing down some mac 'n cheese and STEAK (with her little mask on her chin sweet thing)

She continued to be fine for her 5 days in quarantine and I am SO THANKFUL for that...I am also thankful for the Renaud clan who picked up Minnie, called me on video so we could watch her game from the comfort of our couch....

and for the fact that Husband was able to take a day with her and so was I... happy LONG WEEKEND to CountryMouse! :) 

Husband and Minnie had long standing plans to go north for an ice fishing weekend...

SIDE NOTE FOR THIS ROCKSTAR! Dang my kids are COOL! :) 

 and that meant all kinds of girl time, yummy snacks and our favorite ravioli dish!

and LOADS of jammie time...

We did manicures....(my color didn't last long... hee hee I took it off on Sunday night)

and our crew sure was happy to come home to these that they ate for breakfast on Monday....

Pirate booty and cukes.... snack time of champions...

we did ALL the laundry (as evidenced by the lint all OVER my Lulus)

and watched LOTS of movies while we kept the stove going and fingers crossed that we didn't lose power in the blizzard.....

Introduced her to Sleepless in Seattle :) 

She did a GREAT job bringing my coffee up by no later than 7:05... ain't no way she was letting me sleep in... :) 

and then on Sunday.... is when it ALL went downhill.....She and I put our gear on around 8:30 and headed straight for her chickens... they had been locked in for the blizzard and I thought maybe they would venture out with the sunshine... so I started to shovel just a little space for them... AFTER I had told Miss B that I was NOT doing all the paths because Husband could do it with the snowblower.... and I had the breath knocked out of me.... I took one turn with the shovel to the left and it was all over but the cryin.... I could.NOT.MOVE. My back was completely wrecked.... I looked at how far I had to walk from where I was to the house and wondered how it was going to happen.....

Miss B helped me get inside and I was DONE. SO.MUCH.PAIN. A few hours later, I was able to take a shower (since that hadn't happened the day before... too busy maxin' and relaxin' in a snowstorm) and I was done....

So thankful for my girl who took care of the WHOLE-ish deck ALL.BY.HERSELF. 

I FELT AWFUL that Husband had to come home to do ALL the clean-up when he came in after his nice weekend.....

but this is pretty much my life.... I was able to go to work but moving SUPER slow.... thankful for Aleve, good nights sleep and ThermaCare heat wraps....

But SO SO SO THANKFUL for Miss B, our time together, her good health AND HUSBAND for taking care of it ALL when he walked through the door....

 

New Dishwasher!!!

Husband and I have been in desperate need of a dishwasher for a while... I should have taken pics of the "before" with the soap dispenser that wouldn't close... the stained inside and the fact that the filter? was constantly JAMMED up and we'd often have to REWASH dishes after the dishwasher.... 

My guy is a ROCK STAR! Carried that thing up from the truck....

while this one did the heavy looking on (and I kept trying to hide in our bedroom on the phone with the CountryRents, hee hee) 

#stud

I DID "try" to help....but....

thankful this guy showed up to muscle up... and he noticed that water was leaking all over the kitchen floor with ice chunks....that was our first red flag...

I HATE the mess....

We got closer.... water and ice stopped coming out of the white tube....

but then.... there was some trouble attaching it to the counter top.... Husband had to call in his big guns...

He had tried to take out the filter and got bloody knuckles trying to get it out... 2nd red flag... OH FROZEN... Huh....

and the FILTER... I will be calling about the nastiness of the filter and asking for a replacement from GE. Apparently they do test the dishwashers in the factory before they leave but did anyone check the packing slip to see that it was being shipped to the FROZEN TUNDRA of our state!?!?! Can't imagine that's the best thing to have all that ice inside... but....

It's IN, FINISHED AND WORKS AMAZING!!!!

HUSBAND IS AMAZING!

 

Bball Twins

LOVE me some bball... have I mentioned that once or twice?

I also LOVE this girl... and I love it even more when we show up wearing the EXACT same clothes... Sorel booties, ponte pants, and our shirts are the same from Amazon (Christmas last year) just different colors... we made Miss B take this pic... "little geeks!" hahahaha

Husband took the crew out to Shaker....I have a video from Sky that I wish I could upload... you can hear Miss B saying that it was fighting and it took a TON of line and when it got to the hole... this is what came up... there was a collective "awwwww" hahahaha but catching fish is catching fish!

Slacker....

I don't have much.... BUT.... I wanted to post the long weekend because there was some SUPER fun stuff!!! 

Like THIS NEW RECIPE YUM!

More bball pics than probably anyone wants :) but I love it! I hate the masks, I hate that most of these kids have never even HELD a bball and I hate that it was on a Friday night ;) but I LOOOOOVE that the girls are having fun and improving week over week. I also LOVE that they are both wearing pairs of Sky's old bball sneakers... from HIGH SCHOOL... HEE HEE HEE

On Saturday afternoon after Miss B's bball practice we got THE BOYS!!! My gals beg on the REGULAR for the boys to come over and I'm SO SO HAPPY it worked out for them to come hang for a little bit! 

We were left with strict instructions NOT to let one of them play outside....poor Ho-han has a broken wrist and it was JUST casted the Monday before and the weather was FREEZING COLD....so we stayed inside..... but of course that turned into knee/floor/mostly full contact HOCKEY! YIKES!

 

Lots of laughs and everyone was safe....

but I do love their creativity and giggles...

Husband and I have definitely had conversations post this weekend about space that NEEDS to be cleared in the basement.... we gotta get 'em more room that ISN'T right behind my couch... hahahaha

I LOVE this crew so much! Pizza and ice cream brownie sundaes for the WIN!

and one for the CountryRents... cuz they are big fans too :) 

On Sunday we snagged a couple of Sky's after church...

There was LOADS of outside time because we were up to a balmy 25 so sledding and ice skating for the win... I just didn't brave it to snag any pics... hot cocoa, snacks and playing in the den....

and a trip to Traders on Saturday AM to brighten up the space.....a GREAT long weekend soaking up friends, family and our cozy home...