Blog archives for August, 2008

…that there is no cat puke in the Detroit airport at 3:12 a.m.
Oh, excuse me. It’s 6:12 a.m. And I have my coffee!
We’ve made it this far, more later.

It is now 5:33 a.m., for the record.
The alarm went off at 4:45 (Rob has an early day).
At 5:00 a.m., two dogs and two adults trekked from the motor home to the house.
5:00 a.m. feed dogs.
5:02 a.m. feed cats
5:03 a.m. Nike finishes eating. Put Nike out for morning “outsides”
5:04 a.m Let Nike back in.
5:07 [...]

We’re shaping up to have a serious Mars/Venus conflict in the Jenn And The City household.
Nothing to do with Rob and I. We’re fine.
Nothing to do with the addition of another female (Shannon) to the family.
Nothing to do with Nick and his love life. As far as I can tell, Nick thinks girls are “expensive”. [...]

WE HAVE WATER! And it’s appropriately situated in the sinks, tubs, and heaters it belongs in. We do still have the industrial strength driers, but being able to flush a loo is a luxury that more than makes up for the noise and inconvenience of having furniture piled in every room of the house and [...]

The new hot water heater came disconnected and reflooded all three bedrooms and the bathroom tonight. Once again, we have no water. I stepped on an exposed carpet staple that stuck to my foot while trying to sop up water with towels and now I’m probably going to die of tetanus.
We’re going to spend a [...]

Before I had to stop and build an Ark (see last post), the Phildadelphia Freedom blog explained that the shortest route between two points is a straight line. A very simple mathematical concept, I believe postulated by Euclid around 300 BC. Euclid didn’t fly Delta.
Linda says I have to tell this story because no one [...]

Remember back in February? When the dishwasher attacked on Super Bowl Sunday? We got a lovely kitchen remodel out of that deal, but we also camped out in our house for a month with no water in the kitchen, and most of the appliances living in the dining room with the weight equipment and [...]

Today I am formally introducing Shannon. Shannon is Rob’s daughter who has lived her whole life in Virginia with her mom. Various circumstances bring her to us now. We welcome her whole-heartedly and with open arms as she begins a new life in Washington.

Shannon came to give us a test-drive visit a few weeks [...]

Sorry to be silent over the weekend, but we were camping. I’d like to justify my lack of on-line activity by explaining that we hiked uphill ten miles with our sleeping bags, a two-man pup tent, freeze-dried rations, and fishing poles for survival, but the sad fact is that we took the motor home to [...]

Have I ever mentioned that Saint Rob does the cooking? I, who love to cook, have darn near forgotten how. We get banana pancakes for breakfast, and all sorts of yummy concoctions for dinner. He is the king of the barbeque, and even better at creating a three course meal from the [...]