grilling out

We’ve been out of propane for our grill since late fall.

We just haven’t gotten around to exchanging our empty tank for a new one.

A couple weeks ago, we had the back door open, and we heard a strange noise outside, sounding like it came from the grill.

Upon opening the grill, this is what I found.

Not to mention, that the same thing had happened a few days BEFORE (minus the eggs), and Ty cleaned out all the sticks and stuff.

In 3 days, they completely refilled the grill and laid their cute little blue eggs.

Now, I’m not much of a bird lover.

But I AM a baby lover.

So obviously, I didn’t want to hurt the eggs. I simply wanted to move them inside, incubate them, and raise them myself until they could fly off with their little wings that I helped them to develop.

Hubs wasn’t having it.

So instead, he threw the eggs off of our deck, and aborted the baby birds.

Dang.

Maybe it was for the better.

I’m fairly confident that my mothering skills for a HUMAN would not be up to par.

So I’m pretty sure that my mothering skills for a baby birdy would be even worse.

confession.

Okay, okay.

I have a bad habit.

Actually, I have a lot of them, but let’s not go crazy here or anything.

For now let’s just stick to one of them.

This is something that has driven Ty crazy since we moved in together after getting married. . .

That’s right.

I always forget to put new toilet paper on the. . . what is that thing called?

Ok, I’ll just call it the “thing.”

Now seriously, its not that I’m being lazy, I swear.

When I notice that I’ve used the last of the toilet paper, I always think to myself, “Oh, I need to replace that.”

But then I get distracted.

Sometimes I’m distracted by the smell of our soap, which I love.

Sometimes I’m distracted by touching up makeup.

Sometimes I preoccupy myself with some new subtraction song I’ve made just made up for my kiddos.

Sometimes I’m distracted by a text. . . yes, I’m one of THOSE people who takes their phone into the bathroom with them.

Anyway, the point is, sometimes I just forget.

I promise I don’t neglect to put new toilet paper on the thing on purpose.

Ty gets SO annoyed by it though!

After complaining about it for like the millionth time, he even started putting the empty rolls around the house to try to get his point across.

I’ve found them in my car.

I’ve found them in my bed.

I’ve found them on the kitchen counter.

Its so bad that we both make a HUGE deal about it when I actually remember.

I’m really trying, but sometimes, old habits are hard to break!

garage sale.

Being a teacher, I’m always on the lookout for cheap children’s books and stuff for my classroom. When I saw that there was a neighborhood garage sale near us that would be taking place today, I made plans to get up early and go check them out. And then I convinced Ty to come along too. (He wasn’t pumped about it at first, but he ended up with a cheap table saw, so he ended up being happy.)

 Well, while we were getting ready, it started to rain.

But not just any normal kind of rain. . . sleety, icy rain.

But we decided to brave the frigid temps and ice, and go anyway.

I actually found a couple sales with some awesome kids books. And I found a fun rack with bins to put scissors, glue sticks, crayons, etc in for the classroom.

And I may or may not have gotten a Coach purse for 5.00.

It also may or may not be real. . . but either way, it was 5.00.. . . AND its green!

It was totally worth braving the nast-o weather.

I’m now staying inside the rest of this rainy day doing laundry, writing May lesson plans, and reading/relaxing. I love you, Saturday. Thanks for being awesome.

his and hers: 10 pet peeves

1.    People who leave the empty toilet paper roll on the thing.

2. Bad parkers…this is a big one.
3. “Yo-yo drivers:” Those who don’t know how to drive a consistent speed.
4. People who think they’re entitled to things.
5. Obnoxious, stupid cell phone ringtones that go off in public.
6. When you enter a seemingly empty elevator, and lo and behold, someone’s been hiding in the corner! Then they proceed to look at you like you’re invading their space when you get on.
7. Flat-billed hats.
8. The “cool” untied shoes.
9. Male skinny jeans.
10. Pessimists.

1. Shopping carts with a broken wheel. Also a wobbly table. Maybe this counts as two separate ones, but I’m lumping them together.
2. Parents who bring their YOUNG kids to R-rated movies at like 11:00pm.
3. People who say, “I know, right?” I hate that expression. Its dumb.
4. When I can’t find a match for a sock when folding the laundry. Hence the huge sock pile that has accumulated on top of our dryer full of socks with no mate.
5. When people rub their hands or feet on the carpet. I know that’s weird, but I get beyond creeped out by the sound it makes, and I can almost feel the sensation of it. Gives me the heebie jeebies. I hate it. Please don’t do it around me.
6. Parents who give their kids weird names.
7. Being told to “Please pull forward. . . we’ll bring your food out,” when I stop for fast food.
8. When people say “supposably” instead of “supposedly.”
9. When you try to pull a string off your shirt, but instead of breaking off, it gets longer. Dang.
10. People who talk about sports and say “We” like they’re a part of the team.

birthdays and trivia

Last night was Ty’s birthday. We wanted to go out to dinner, so we went to our new favorite place, Rivals.

Lucky for us, when we got there we found out that Trivia Night was starting in 10 minutes.

So of course we had to join in the fun. . . even though it was just the two of us. Our team name was “Millers.” Creative, huh?

I’ll be totally honest and admit that we didn’t do very well at all.

I’ll also admit that in order to gain 10 bonus points, Ty and I may have stood up and performed the Macarena in front of the whole restaurant.

And my finally admission is that even WITH those ten bonus points, we weren’t even CLOSE to winning in the end.

But we had fun and that’s really all that matters.

(Or maybe that’s just what losers say to make themselves feel better about their intelligence.)

 

We’ll be dominating next week though. We may have scored another couple who will be able to answer the “old people” questions.

ponchos and blue men

My parents got us tickets to go see “The Blue Man Group” for Christmas. The show was last night, and Ty and I didn’t really know what to expect. All I really knew was that there were some blue guys, they played drums, liked audience participation, and that you might get a little something on your clothes. But when we got there and walked to our seats (in the front row), there were PONCHOS on our chairs! I was starting to wonder what we were really in for. . .

But the show was absolutely amazing! It was so funny and creative. At one point in the show, one of the blue men caught several paintballs in his mouth, then spit the paint onto a canvas and made a painting with it. Guess who he gave that painting to? If you guessed me, you’d be right. The Blue Man leaned down and stared at me with his creepy wide eyes and expressionless face and handed me his painting! Ty was uber excited and can’t wait to hang that "spit-paint" masterpiece in the Man Cave.

 Thanks for taking us Mom and Dad, we had a blast!

his and hers: 10 places you'd love to travel to

As I’ve said before, Ty and I would love to do some traveling before we settle down and start a family. So I thought this would be a cool topic for “His and Hers” today. Not saying that we’d ever have the means to go to many (or even ANY) of these places, but in a perfect world this is where we’d like to go.

1. Boundary Waters (a wilderness place located between Minnesota and Canada with some of the best fishing in north America)
2. Gettysburg
3. Lambeau Field (preferably for a game)
4. Texas or Illinois (to hunt whitetails)
5. Elk hunting out west
6. Hawaii
7. Greece
8. Ireland
9. Canada (for a fishing trip)
10. Israel

1. Italy
2. Greece (specifically Santorini)
3. Austrailia (If I could handle that long of a flight)
4. Ireland
5. London
6. Paris
7. Egypt (in a time of less chaos, of course)
8. New York City
9. The Bahamas
10. Some kind of cruise to the Carribean

Thankfully, at least a couple of these match up, so we won't have a knock-out battle if we actually get to travel somewhere. But I think I'll pass on some of the hunting/fishing type trips my hubby would like to take. Sorry hun.