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Good night, Irene.

May 9, 2007 by Lauren 8 Comments

Nothing messes up your bedtime routine quite like sliding under the covers, getting comfy, then realizing that you’ve left laundry in the washer. Worse yet, it’s laundry that requires ‘care’.  There’s no leaving it in the washer to mold or just putting it all in the dryer.  Nope, as we’re getting older, more and more of our clothes require special procedures that allow them to hold the ideal shape that our our own bodies can’t produce anymore.  So, I got out of bed, went all the way down two flights of stairs, and then tossed stuff in the dryer for two minutes, stretched, smoothed, and hung it up.  Stupid teacher clothes.

a whirlwind of disaster

Here’s the high-tech laundry system in the basement.  It consists of several conduit rods bolted to the wall, hangers, and a fan I got from my grandpa.  Back off, NASA – it’s patented!

The picture is blurry on purpose so you can't steal the design.

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The ants go marching one by one….

May 8, 2007 by Lauren 6 Comments

This one’s for you, Brad.  and Kristi.  

We’ve had an ant problem for a while now.  I didn’t want to tell Brad when he was here because I thought he would go postal because of the whole toast butter episode.  Anyway,   these guys came in a couple of weeks ago, but I Terro’d them. They’re back with a vengance, though.   I traced them to the point of entry and laced it with tons and tons of sweet poison.   Mmmmmmuuuuhhhhuuuahhhahhahhha!!!

Just what makes that little ol' ant, think he can move a rubber tree plant?

Intruder alert.  Intruder alert.

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Rats

May 8, 2007 by Lauren 2 Comments

I forgot to do a post last night.  I was stuck at school until 8:30 trying to make a DVD out of school pictures, and it wasn’t working well.  Dang it - my tech guy is sick!

No good stories today.  Sorry, all.

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He was here, but now he’s gone….

May 6, 2007 by Lauren 7 Comments

To prove that Brad was really here, I offer you this montage of his visit. ‘Bye, Brad. Have fun at school this week. We’ll miss you.

Six lips.

Bringing giant tulips from Amsterdam. (And Pepsi made with real sugar, which we forgot to sample. Dang it.)

Making the rest of us look bad.

The hard-working siblings – what a team!

Bye.

We ran into two models at the airport! Wheee-whooo! (That’s a whistle.)

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A fine, fine day

May 5, 2007 by Lauren 2 Comments

Our Saturday was spent with the Royuks and Pesters, and it was a very fine day.  Brad and Beth did some surprise yardwork for their mom (I won’t spoil their telling of the story, though), then Harold and Beth did some yard work at their house, and then their Mom & Dad made a delicious dinner for all.  Lloyd was around for these activities, but we made sure he kept his heart rate down.  The most work we allowed him to do was push Tara on the swing, which he did well.  All in all – a fine, fine day!

It's bad form to use children as weapons.

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Surprise!!

May 5, 2007 by Lauren 3 Comments

First of all – Happy Birthday, Phil!!!!  And to the Gebhardts, Happy Cinco de Mayo! 

We heard from a little birdie that our gardener would be making a surprise visit!  He’s here!  We even cleaned his room! Brad’s here for his niece’s confirmation on Sunday and, of course, to check on our garden. 

Lloyd fell asleep early, so he missed Brad’s arrival around 11 p.m.   Brad said, “Dang it.  Oh, well, it’s for the best.  I wanted to sneak in in the middle of the night and just be here when you woke up.”  Yeah, that would have been funny, except for the part where I would have stabbed the stranger sneaking around our house in the night because I was afraid to wake up Lloyd and raise his heart rate.  Yeah, would have been funny.

Welcome, Brad!  Thanks for bringing the thunderstorms.

Jet-setter Brad Royuk catches up on all the latest news of today.

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