We have smoke alarms in the house. They are tied together into the electrical system and have a battery backup. When the girls take a shower the smoke alarms go off. It starts with the one outside the bathroom , then, one by one they all join in. We tried turning the breaker off, but the battery backup kicks in and the alarms never miss a beep (get it, beep instead of beat). The first time it happened I had just turned on the stove which is fueled by propane. I about hit the floor when they went off (duck and cover). The alarms will finally turn off on their own. You just have to wait it out.
Did I ever tell you that the squirrels here are gray not brown. Well, at one of the parks we run at there are black squirrels. They are so cute! We couldn’t believe it the first time we saw one. We have only seen them at this one park, but we have seen them on multiple occasions.
I got a bread machine the other day. I haven’t used it yet. It makes bread (obviously), pizza dough, and jams. I can’t wait to make blackberry jam.
I also bought an enameled cast iron skillet. Cody was ruining my other cast iron skillets when she would make hamburger helper. Nothing that cooking bacon in it wouldn’t fix, but I got tired of trying to season them up.
The gyms here are VERY expensive, so we haven’t joined one. They all have different sign-up fees and monthly fees, but they all have ridiculous prices. One gym wanted me to pay a $120 sign up fee for me and $80 per child. Then the monthly fee was going to be $80 for me and $30 per child. All the gyms are like that, a sign up fee per person and a monthly fee per person. For those prices I could slowly build my own gym here at the house. I refuse to pay that much for a gym membership. It’s just ridiculous.
On my computer home screen I have two weather gadgets, one for here and one for home. It is funny to watch. I get up in the morning and it is either warmer here or the exact same temperature. Like today, I woke up and it was 48 degrees in both places. It is now 54 degrees in Oklahoma and 52 degrees here. It is 7:39 a.m. Oklahoma will get up into the 70’s today. It will stay in the 50’s here. In Oklahoma the temperature rises quickly. Here it just maintains. Okay, well, it’s funny to me. By the way, it has been raining for the past couple of days. We were told, “Welcome to Washington winters.”
This one is for Miss Heather, but you can read it too. We miss you too, Miss Heather. Please tell Thomas and Sarah we miss them as well. I don’t know why you can’t comment. Dad can’t either. I checked the settings and it says comments are allowed. One day I will figure it out. In the meantime, email us so we know you are still there. And remember, book club and skype, we gotta do it.
An update on Psyche. I still don’t know where he lives, but I am one step closer. I know who his neighbor is (don’t know where he lives either). Between me and the kids, that man is not going to know what hit him. There is a scene in one of the shows where Shawn and Gus are trying to see who can get the most face time on a news camera. The kids want to go to Vancouver, where they shoot, and do that scene to them. They have it all planned out. We just have to get the passports.
Chad’s sister bought Cody an OU shirt for her birthday. Cody squealed when she saw it. Jenifer told us her money doesn’t buy orange. Right now it is all about the statement, so Crimson and Cream is just fine.
Cody’s best friend bought her an OU hoodie for her birthday.
The other day I put forth a contest between the kids. It started with a push-up contest and ended with a sit-up contest. Noah did 210 sit ups. Oh, yes, he did.
Look at his shoulder blades.
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