I woke up 'early' as usual Sunday morning, and was reading through some blogs that I keep up with. One is of a military wife in Germany, and she mentioned off-hand that they were changing their clocks forward Saturday night. Hmmm, I wonder if we do, too? No one at work mentioned it. So I checked Bob's cell phone, and it hadn't changed. Oh, but the computer clock had. So to be sure I searched it and found an article about the time change on BBC's weather site. Aha! Last Sunday in March - yep, that's today!
So we got ready for church in plenty of time, but as we headed out the door I thought maybe white socks weren't the thing to wear with my black skirt and black shoes. (On a forum I visit there is a smiley that slaps himself in the forehead - that thing sure is handy.) So I went back to look for black socks (didn't find any, so ended up going without), and Bob came to lock up after I left. As we were on the way out the second time the phone rang. It was work. Someone had gotten a DUI (driving under the influence - here they call it "drink driving") and the whole squadron had to come in, in dress blues, for a lecture at 4pm.
Anyway, on to church. We went to Mildenhall Baptist again. They were about 1/2 full as this was some event weekend, but still a decent service. Got out at noon, then went to RAF Mildenhall for lunch at Taco Bell. After lunch, which included two full rounds of bathroom visits, including Cedwryck leaking on his pants and therefore going to the car in just his top and diaper, we came back home for Bob to get his blues together. Now, being a maintainer, Bob usually wears BDU's (or whatever they call them nowadays - the camouflage uniform). But, at the school he's been in the last 2 weeks they have everyone wear blues (the uniform that looks like a nice suit) on the last day of the month, so he had it mostly out and ready to go already.
So he dressed up all pretty, and the rest of us changed into comfy shoes. The children played outside for about an hour, as it was sunny and over 50*. We left about 3, and Bob went to his shop for the pre-lecture discussion, and I took the children to the commissary. I found a really good description of shopping with 6 children here. It actually wasn't terrible this time. I got some produce that still looks edible, some of our favorite cereal was on sale, and I saved $2 on toilet paper because someone ripped the package unloading the crate. So we got all done, in spite of William crying at the checkout and everyone else going to the toilet (well, Except Ella, who played with the cash register tape printer on the empty register behind me). Loaded into the car and waited for Bob to call. (Aren't we glad I got a cell phone?)
We'd seen several people in blues in the commissary, so I figured the lecture was over, but Bob wasn't calling. Finally I figured I'd give it a shot in case he misprogrammed my number into his phone. He didn't answer, but called back a few minutes later. Yeah, he was done, but he'd get a ride to the commissary.
When he made it over it was nearly 5 (when we normally have dinner), but we weren't really hungry. So we went to the airplane display and I tried to take his picture and he took mine. They are on flikr now. Then we got to thinking about the groceries, and decided to get burgers at the drive through (since I didn't think to get bread and lunchmeat) and take the stuff home. 5 plain cheeseburgers, please! 1 whopper no mayo, one chicken sandwich no mayo. 10 minutes later we were on the road.
At home Bob ate his burger and changed. William got to lay on the floor! He was so happy.
Then we called a lady who had a set of dishes advertised on the base website, and went to go get them. She lives on the other side of Newmarket, so it wasn't too far. Now I have a complete service for 8! Woohoo!
It was about 8 when we got home, so we readied the children for bed, and relaxed a few minutes before falling asleep. (I actually fell asleep on the couch before 10.)
I guess all my 6-hour nights caught up with me, because I slept straight through to the alarm this morning, and I barely heard it.
what a day.
Monday, 31 March 2008
Sunday, 30 March 2008
By the way
Somehow or other I forgot to mention...
LAST Friday (the 21st) the thermostat on Bob's car went out on his way to work. He got a new one, but didn't have enough water to fill the radiator, but watched it on his way home. When he got home he left the car running and went to put in more water (so it would circulate), but the cap blew off when he opened it, burning his hand a little. He's looked for the cap twice, and Taryn looked once, but they didn't find it. So since then he's been driving the minivan to work.
THIS Friday Bob went over to the fuel shop to see how things are going. They've sent a lot of people TDY (temporary duty yonder) and so are undermanned (what's new?). So now they only have 2 shifts - 6 to 6. Guess which one Bob will be on when he goes back to work Wednesday? Yep! 6pm to 6am. People really don't understand that he has SIX CHILDREN at home all day. Including two boys who like to jump. Oh well. The school was sure nice while it lasted, but Tuesday it will be over.
My apologies to Bob and any car people if I got the details wrong on the thermostat thing.
LAST Friday (the 21st) the thermostat on Bob's car went out on his way to work. He got a new one, but didn't have enough water to fill the radiator, but watched it on his way home. When he got home he left the car running and went to put in more water (so it would circulate), but the cap blew off when he opened it, burning his hand a little. He's looked for the cap twice, and Taryn looked once, but they didn't find it. So since then he's been driving the minivan to work.
THIS Friday Bob went over to the fuel shop to see how things are going. They've sent a lot of people TDY (temporary duty yonder) and so are undermanned (what's new?). So now they only have 2 shifts - 6 to 6. Guess which one Bob will be on when he goes back to work Wednesday? Yep! 6pm to 6am. People really don't understand that he has SIX CHILDREN at home all day. Including two boys who like to jump. Oh well. The school was sure nice while it lasted, but Tuesday it will be over.
My apologies to Bob and any car people if I got the details wrong on the thermostat thing.
Saturday, 29 March 2008
What we did today
We didn't actually plan on doing anything today, since it was raining quite hard last night.
This morning the sun was shining. I was up at 5 (thanks, William) and Bob was up by 7, wanting to do something. So, having started to look at stuff yesterday, we had a direction to start with. All we had to do was finalize the plans, get maps and directions, pack a lunch and the diaper bag, get the stroller in the car, find all the shoes and coats and distribute appropriately. As we "weren't" planning on doing anything, Naysha's coat was in the dryer, and we had no bread for sandwiches.
So, we went, first, to Castle Rising Castle. Yes, there are 2 castles in the name. Google said it is 1hour and 17 minutes from our house to the castle. But we missed a turn, so went through the middle of Ely, plus stopped at 2 places looking to buy bread, and took a little detour through Hilgay to see a house that Bob looked at renting before we found this place (that I wasn't able to go with him to see). So it took us 1 hour and 40 minutes. Got there right at 11 (of course!), and still had no bread for sandwiches. So we decided to go on in, and eat later.
Just to be different, this time we walked around outside first, and then went inside. There is a steep (man made) hill all around the keep, and we walked almost all the way around before climbing down to the castle yard. There is the remains of two churches, an unnamed building, and a well in the yard. Then the keep itself. It is interesting. The main door has broad steps going up to the main hall, which was on the second floor (1st floor to any British person reading). However, the floor of the hall fell in about 500 years ago. So after that, people made a walkway into the wall on one side of the hall, so we walk along beside the former hall (now 3 stories high, with no floor or ceiling). There is a chapel on one side and a kitchen on the other, plus a toilet, and a guardhouse. That's pretty much it. I didn't see any place for the lord (or lady) of the castle to sleep, and they usually had their own room. There were some interesting features, such as individually carved bricks over a fireplace in the guardhouse. It is very defensible, with all the narrow slit windows, the big moat (dry), and several doors in the single entryway.
We stopped at the gift shop on the way out, and were going to buy a DVD of the castle but, though it said DVD-R format, all regions, the man said it would not work for American TV's or computers. So we didn't buy it. I carried William in my 'pouch' inside my jacket, and Ella walked with the other children.
Then we backtracked a little to a "farm shop" in a final attempt to get some bread. They had some! So I made and passed out peanut butter sandwiches while Bob drove on to the next place. That, and chips and pears and water and candy. And cheese. They each had 3 sandwiches, and would have had more, but I saved the last two slices of bread for Bob.
Binham Priory. On the way from the A148 to Binham, we got lost in Little Walsingham.
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But, going down a narrow one lane road we met a lady walking her dog (we had to wait for her to find a driveway to step into so we could pass), and asked her how to go, and she gave us the following directions:
"Go up here, turn right. Take the next right; go straight to the bottom, turn right again. At the memorial turn right, then take a left at the junction. Then turn left on Scarborough road, go right through Great Walsingham, and on to Binham - it's about 2 miles." She admitted it sounded confusing, so went through it all again to make sure we had it. Piece of cake! Before you knew it, there we were.
So, Binham Priory was knocked down at some point, but the main chapel was converted into a parish church which is still in use. Pretty cool. William was asleep when we got there, so I offered to stay in the car with him while Bob took the children around the ruins. Oh, we noticed on the way a sign at the church car park - "Wedding." There (fellowship hall? Town hall?) were several cars, and we saw a wedding cake through a window. Anyway, as we pulled up to the church there were people going in,, including a few gentlemen in white tie and tails. One person who went in had a dog, and left him outside. As Bob and the children went around, the dog followed them and became quite friendly. Ella kept calling the dog, but sure didn't like it when he came close to her. After a few minutes William woke up, so I zipped him up in my jacket with me (I like big jackets), and started out, just in time to see the children headed back to the van. Bob went inside to look around before the wedding started, and sent the children to get in the van. But since I was getting out, we all walked around the cemetery while Bob went in. (He asked a man in a suit if it was okay.)
He came back out in a few minutes and we all headed back to the car. I put Ella in one door, and when Taryn opened the other door for the boys to get in, the dog jumped in. Taryn got pretty excited, so I told her to hold William and I'd get the dog. He didn't come when called, so I tried to pull on his collar. That wasn't working, and I didn't want to drag him out by force in case he got excited and "leaked" in my car. So I was on my way in to pick him up when I noticed a cookie crumb on the floor. Bingo! I showed him the crumb and led him out quite easily that way, then fed him the cookie and petted him while everyone got in and shut the door. Good thing I wasn't in the market for a dog, or his owner would have been surprised when she came out of the church later.
So, next we headed to Wells-next-the-sea. That's the name of the town. The lay-leader person from Cheveley church told us it was a nice beach, so we went. We parked in the "pay and display" parking lot near the ocean - it was $7 to park! And got the stroller for the little 2, and coats, etc. (It had rained on us, driving, twice today, and looked like it could come down any minute.) And headed for the beach. Yes, I know my grammar isn't working. As we walked along the path, it came to a little bridge with a few signs. "No dogs on the beach" "Keep dogs away from seals" "No handrails on bridge" - this one posted to the handrail.
The tide was out, and Boy! was it out. Sand went on forever! We had a small spot of soft, dry sand that was quite difficult for the double stroller, but then we got to the harder, wet stuff, and it was easy after that. The children ran and shouted and found seashells. We actually made it to the ocean, and they each got to touch the water.
When the thrill finally wore off we headed back to the car park. There was a shop there with ice cream, so we relented and went in. We got 3 small cones to share, and it was fun. Rich creamy soft serve. $6.
Then we headed back home. As we had to go right past the base, we decided to go ahead and eat dinner there, so we went to Pinkerton's - the 'club' and had a decent dinner. While there William's diaper leaked and I was glad I'd brought a change of clothes for him. I had chicken cordon blue and it was pretty good.
Home by 7:30, and we were ready for bed.
Oh, I forgot to mention:
Ella was being quite stubborn (I don't know WHERE she gets that from!) and didn't want anybody to hold her hand or tell her to go to a particular spot.
When we got out of the car at the beach, there was a duck couple waddling around, and Taryn was afraid they'd get in the car. They were quite tame and got pretty close.
Also while there Riah opened my door and banged it into the car next to us with a lady in it. She gave me a dirty look, but I apologized and it didn't leave a mark.
Riah has been talking about heaven a lot lately. Tonight when we tucked him into bed he was going over his facts and mentioned drinking. I told him we could drink from the river of life. He said, "That will taste like... chocolate... and marshmallows... and... NOT vegetables!"
This morning the sun was shining. I was up at 5 (thanks, William) and Bob was up by 7, wanting to do something. So, having started to look at stuff yesterday, we had a direction to start with. All we had to do was finalize the plans, get maps and directions, pack a lunch and the diaper bag, get the stroller in the car, find all the shoes and coats and distribute appropriately. As we "weren't" planning on doing anything, Naysha's coat was in the dryer, and we had no bread for sandwiches.
So, we went, first, to Castle Rising Castle. Yes, there are 2 castles in the name. Google said it is 1hour and 17 minutes from our house to the castle. But we missed a turn, so went through the middle of Ely, plus stopped at 2 places looking to buy bread, and took a little detour through Hilgay to see a house that Bob looked at renting before we found this place (that I wasn't able to go with him to see). So it took us 1 hour and 40 minutes. Got there right at 11 (of course!), and still had no bread for sandwiches. So we decided to go on in, and eat later.
Just to be different, this time we walked around outside first, and then went inside. There is a steep (man made) hill all around the keep, and we walked almost all the way around before climbing down to the castle yard. There is the remains of two churches, an unnamed building, and a well in the yard. Then the keep itself. It is interesting. The main door has broad steps going up to the main hall, which was on the second floor (1st floor to any British person reading). However, the floor of the hall fell in about 500 years ago. So after that, people made a walkway into the wall on one side of the hall, so we walk along beside the former hall (now 3 stories high, with no floor or ceiling). There is a chapel on one side and a kitchen on the other, plus a toilet, and a guardhouse. That's pretty much it. I didn't see any place for the lord (or lady) of the castle to sleep, and they usually had their own room. There were some interesting features, such as individually carved bricks over a fireplace in the guardhouse. It is very defensible, with all the narrow slit windows, the big moat (dry), and several doors in the single entryway.
We stopped at the gift shop on the way out, and were going to buy a DVD of the castle but, though it said DVD-R format, all regions, the man said it would not work for American TV's or computers. So we didn't buy it. I carried William in my 'pouch' inside my jacket, and Ella walked with the other children.
Then we backtracked a little to a "farm shop" in a final attempt to get some bread. They had some! So I made and passed out peanut butter sandwiches while Bob drove on to the next place. That, and chips and pears and water and candy. And cheese. They each had 3 sandwiches, and would have had more, but I saved the last two slices of bread for Bob.
Binham Priory. On the way from the A148 to Binham, we got lost in Little Walsingham.
View Larger Map
But, going down a narrow one lane road we met a lady walking her dog (we had to wait for her to find a driveway to step into so we could pass), and asked her how to go, and she gave us the following directions:
"Go up here, turn right. Take the next right; go straight to the bottom, turn right again. At the memorial turn right, then take a left at the junction. Then turn left on Scarborough road, go right through Great Walsingham, and on to Binham - it's about 2 miles." She admitted it sounded confusing, so went through it all again to make sure we had it. Piece of cake! Before you knew it, there we were.
So, Binham Priory was knocked down at some point, but the main chapel was converted into a parish church which is still in use. Pretty cool. William was asleep when we got there, so I offered to stay in the car with him while Bob took the children around the ruins. Oh, we noticed on the way a sign at the church car park - "Wedding." There (fellowship hall? Town hall?) were several cars, and we saw a wedding cake through a window. Anyway, as we pulled up to the church there were people going in,, including a few gentlemen in white tie and tails. One person who went in had a dog, and left him outside. As Bob and the children went around, the dog followed them and became quite friendly. Ella kept calling the dog, but sure didn't like it when he came close to her. After a few minutes William woke up, so I zipped him up in my jacket with me (I like big jackets), and started out, just in time to see the children headed back to the van. Bob went inside to look around before the wedding started, and sent the children to get in the van. But since I was getting out, we all walked around the cemetery while Bob went in. (He asked a man in a suit if it was okay.)
He came back out in a few minutes and we all headed back to the car. I put Ella in one door, and when Taryn opened the other door for the boys to get in, the dog jumped in. Taryn got pretty excited, so I told her to hold William and I'd get the dog. He didn't come when called, so I tried to pull on his collar. That wasn't working, and I didn't want to drag him out by force in case he got excited and "leaked" in my car. So I was on my way in to pick him up when I noticed a cookie crumb on the floor. Bingo! I showed him the crumb and led him out quite easily that way, then fed him the cookie and petted him while everyone got in and shut the door. Good thing I wasn't in the market for a dog, or his owner would have been surprised when she came out of the church later.
So, next we headed to Wells-next-the-sea. That's the name of the town. The lay-leader person from Cheveley church told us it was a nice beach, so we went. We parked in the "pay and display" parking lot near the ocean - it was $7 to park! And got the stroller for the little 2, and coats, etc. (It had rained on us, driving, twice today, and looked like it could come down any minute.) And headed for the beach. Yes, I know my grammar isn't working. As we walked along the path, it came to a little bridge with a few signs. "No dogs on the beach" "Keep dogs away from seals" "No handrails on bridge" - this one posted to the handrail.
The tide was out, and Boy! was it out. Sand went on forever! We had a small spot of soft, dry sand that was quite difficult for the double stroller, but then we got to the harder, wet stuff, and it was easy after that. The children ran and shouted and found seashells. We actually made it to the ocean, and they each got to touch the water.
When the thrill finally wore off we headed back to the car park. There was a shop there with ice cream, so we relented and went in. We got 3 small cones to share, and it was fun. Rich creamy soft serve. $6.
Then we headed back home. As we had to go right past the base, we decided to go ahead and eat dinner there, so we went to Pinkerton's - the 'club' and had a decent dinner. While there William's diaper leaked and I was glad I'd brought a change of clothes for him. I had chicken cordon blue and it was pretty good.
Home by 7:30, and we were ready for bed.
Oh, I forgot to mention:
Ella was being quite stubborn (I don't know WHERE she gets that from!) and didn't want anybody to hold her hand or tell her to go to a particular spot.
When we got out of the car at the beach, there was a duck couple waddling around, and Taryn was afraid they'd get in the car. They were quite tame and got pretty close.
Also while there Riah opened my door and banged it into the car next to us with a lady in it. She gave me a dirty look, but I apologized and it didn't leave a mark.
Riah has been talking about heaven a lot lately. Tonight when we tucked him into bed he was going over his facts and mentioned drinking. I told him we could drink from the river of life. He said, "That will taste like... chocolate... and marshmallows... and... NOT vegetables!"
Friday, 28 March 2008
MIA
I've been missing in action.
Not a lot of excitement the last few days. It has been raining more or less all week, except for a few hours after I finally brought the blankets in off the clothes line. ha.
Wednesday night I was going to put the steaks in the freezer, when Bob said he'd rather grill in the rain than have to freeze good steaks. So last night we had a feast. Bob grilled a T-bone for himself, a ribeye for me, and hot dogs for the children. I made "Old fashioned pan rolls" (with about half whole wheat flour), baked cauliflower with cheese, and tossed salad. Ummmm, good. I was stuffed! Didn't even want dessert.
After dinner Bob went to the digital camera club. He missed last month because of work, but since he's on days this week he was able to go. They asked him to speak to the club in two months. I guess he'll be able to get away from work for that.
His class is almost over. As part of the class time they had to do a CLEP (test for college credit) in a subject of their choice. Bob only lacks Algebra for his Associates Degree, so he tried that. He did some studying, but all the college level study material tells how to do the problem, but not why. So Bob will sit and talk to the tutorials, "WHY?" He says on the test he mostly guessed "C." :-)
Well, Bob just called (1pm) and he's already done for the day, plus returned books to the library, got mail, and filled the van with gas. So he'll be home soon.
I'm trying to find something to do tomorrow. Maybe we'll go to Castle Rising Castle, and then on to Wells-next-the-sea. Or maybe not. We'd talked about going to London, to the Science Museum that Zane liked so well when he was 9, and maybe even watching the Oxford vs Cambridge boat race there tomorrow evening, but we haven't worked up sufficient excitement for that yet. To get to London we would drive an hour, then park, get our gear, buy tickets, and ride the Tube for another hour. Yikes! Not much scenery on the Tube. But that's the cheapest way, as you are charged to drive into London now, and the trains are a little high, too. So anyway.
I've been doing reading of other blogs, and some ebaying (bought Taryn 2 dresses).
Last night the children got into the water. We keep our filter pitcher on the counter for easy drinking, and "someone" decided to mop or something. Anyway the floor was quite wet. So I mopped it up. Then later it was even more wet, and I still hadn't got a drink! Now there is a baby gate across the kitchen doorway. I know, the sign of ill-trained children. But it will keep things neater while they are in training.
We got Ella's new shoes yesterday. We got them out of the box and when Ella came in the room she was so excited. She shouted, "shoes! babblebibblebobbleME!" Or something like that.
I guess that'll do for now.
Not a lot of excitement the last few days. It has been raining more or less all week, except for a few hours after I finally brought the blankets in off the clothes line. ha.
Wednesday night I was going to put the steaks in the freezer, when Bob said he'd rather grill in the rain than have to freeze good steaks. So last night we had a feast. Bob grilled a T-bone for himself, a ribeye for me, and hot dogs for the children. I made "Old fashioned pan rolls" (with about half whole wheat flour), baked cauliflower with cheese, and tossed salad. Ummmm, good. I was stuffed! Didn't even want dessert.
After dinner Bob went to the digital camera club. He missed last month because of work, but since he's on days this week he was able to go. They asked him to speak to the club in two months. I guess he'll be able to get away from work for that.
His class is almost over. As part of the class time they had to do a CLEP (test for college credit) in a subject of their choice. Bob only lacks Algebra for his Associates Degree, so he tried that. He did some studying, but all the college level study material tells how to do the problem, but not why. So Bob will sit and talk to the tutorials, "WHY?" He says on the test he mostly guessed "C." :-)
Well, Bob just called (1pm) and he's already done for the day, plus returned books to the library, got mail, and filled the van with gas. So he'll be home soon.
I'm trying to find something to do tomorrow. Maybe we'll go to Castle Rising Castle, and then on to Wells-next-the-sea. Or maybe not. We'd talked about going to London, to the Science Museum that Zane liked so well when he was 9, and maybe even watching the Oxford vs Cambridge boat race there tomorrow evening, but we haven't worked up sufficient excitement for that yet. To get to London we would drive an hour, then park, get our gear, buy tickets, and ride the Tube for another hour. Yikes! Not much scenery on the Tube. But that's the cheapest way, as you are charged to drive into London now, and the trains are a little high, too. So anyway.
I've been doing reading of other blogs, and some ebaying (bought Taryn 2 dresses).
Last night the children got into the water. We keep our filter pitcher on the counter for easy drinking, and "someone" decided to mop or something. Anyway the floor was quite wet. So I mopped it up. Then later it was even more wet, and I still hadn't got a drink! Now there is a baby gate across the kitchen doorway. I know, the sign of ill-trained children. But it will keep things neater while they are in training.
We got Ella's new shoes yesterday. We got them out of the box and when Ella came in the room she was so excited. She shouted, "shoes! babblebibblebobbleME!" Or something like that.
I guess that'll do for now.
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
New phone
I got my new phone yesterday. (Click on the link if you want to see it.) Opened up the box, put in the battery and charged it up. Finally it was time to use the thing. I read through the owner's guide, and it says there is a number lock, which is a good thing because it's the "candy bar" style. "To turn on the lock, press and hold the * key, then press 'yes.' To turn off the lock, press 'unlock.'" The only problem is, it comes locked, and there is no "unlock" button. Hmm. I read the manual again, I tried many combinations of buttons, I went to the website and read about the phone there. I was getting frustrated. But Bob found a review site, and in one of the reviews someone was complaining about the unlock feature, and to point out how bad it was they said how to do it. Yay! After the second try I got it to unlock.
So then I set it up with my home number and Bob's cell phone number, and made a trial call home. "hello, this is Taryn... Hi Taryn...Hi Mama...Bye Taryn." And this cost me 16cents. But now Bob doesn't feel bad about dropping me off at the commissary. Peace of mind is everything.
I'm SO not awake yet. Maybe I'll get more later. :-)
So then I set it up with my home number and Bob's cell phone number, and made a trial call home. "hello, this is Taryn... Hi Taryn...Hi Mama...Bye Taryn." And this cost me 16cents. But now Bob doesn't feel bad about dropping me off at the commissary. Peace of mind is everything.
I'm SO not awake yet. Maybe I'll get more later. :-)
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Resurrection Day
Well, it cooled off last night - it's still 30*F at 12:30 - and snowed all morning. We probably got 3-4 inches.
We decided to walk to Cheveley Reformed church this morning, but today their service was early and they'd already left when we got there. So we went on down to the Anglican church. They had service late, so we were early, but that gave us time to dry out little. This week they were in the main part of the church, in case of visitors. It's a lovely place. Only problem is, no toilets.
Now we are back home, and the boys are trying to warm up while the girls are out back making a snowman.
Time to get lunch.
Happy Resurrection Day! Christ the Lord is risen indeed, hallelujah.
We decided to walk to Cheveley Reformed church this morning, but today their service was early and they'd already left when we got there. So we went on down to the Anglican church. They had service late, so we were early, but that gave us time to dry out little. This week they were in the main part of the church, in case of visitors. It's a lovely place. Only problem is, no toilets.
Now we are back home, and the boys are trying to warm up while the girls are out back making a snowman.
Time to get lunch.
Happy Resurrection Day! Christ the Lord is risen indeed, hallelujah.
Saturday, 22 March 2008
snow
I guess we made the right decision about not going to the castle today. It snowed all morning, and most of the afternoon. It was not quite cold enough to stick, but would have been a cold, messy day outside.
As it was, we enjoyed the flakes from the windows. At times it would come down very hard, then it would be sunny, then sleet, then snow again.
We did go to the base after lunch to get a new ironing board, since the old one broke. I also got a new Charles Wysocki puzzle. That was my Resurrection Day present that I picked out. Then Bob said he wanted to get me a cell phone, too. So when we got home I picked out a phone from Tesco.com. Tesco is a grocery store chain that has its own mobile phone service.
Cedwryck is continuing his habit of getting into stuff. Today he ate 3 cookies (and took one bite out of the remaining ones), helped himself to a boiled egg (cracking it on the pudding pie crust in the fridge), brushed his teeth with great gobs of our toothpaste, and to top it off... We have a Vicks (as in Vap -o-rub) humidifier, and it has a place you can pour Vicks vapors so that it clears your sinuses as it moisturizes. Well, he got the bottle of vapors (think menthol concentrate) and poured it out in the bathtub, apparently in an attempt to wash a toy. So our bathroom is nice and smelly. As is the hallway, where Riah dripped back and forth twice, to show us the toy that Cedwryck "dropped in..." "Dropped in what?" "I'll have to show you." The rule is, if you don't know what it is, leave it alone!
Bob made dinner tonight! Chicken nuggets, veges, and chips. Yumm. I made the pudding pie, and got the marinade on the chicken for tomorrow.
Bed time.
As it was, we enjoyed the flakes from the windows. At times it would come down very hard, then it would be sunny, then sleet, then snow again.
We did go to the base after lunch to get a new ironing board, since the old one broke. I also got a new Charles Wysocki puzzle. That was my Resurrection Day present that I picked out. Then Bob said he wanted to get me a cell phone, too. So when we got home I picked out a phone from Tesco.com. Tesco is a grocery store chain that has its own mobile phone service.
Cedwryck is continuing his habit of getting into stuff. Today he ate 3 cookies (and took one bite out of the remaining ones), helped himself to a boiled egg (cracking it on the pudding pie crust in the fridge), brushed his teeth with great gobs of our toothpaste, and to top it off... We have a Vicks (as in Vap -o-rub) humidifier, and it has a place you can pour Vicks vapors so that it clears your sinuses as it moisturizes. Well, he got the bottle of vapors (think menthol concentrate) and poured it out in the bathtub, apparently in an attempt to wash a toy. So our bathroom is nice and smelly. As is the hallway, where Riah dripped back and forth twice, to show us the toy that Cedwryck "dropped in..." "Dropped in what?" "I'll have to show you." The rule is, if you don't know what it is, leave it alone!
Bob made dinner tonight! Chicken nuggets, veges, and chips. Yumm. I made the pudding pie, and got the marinade on the chicken for tomorrow.
Bed time.
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