Flu? No Thank You!

Well... the drain cleaner has come and gone and he couldn't get to the spot where the clog is. So, Steve and our good friend Trevor are going to cut the pipe and put a clean out in for Mr. Dean, then he will be back for a second attempt. So I have water all over the basement floor since the laundry had to get done. Especially after Abby developed the flu. Lots of dirty clothes, really fast.

Abby started feeling yucky after breakfast on Friday and attempted her first meal tonight. We are hoping she's about over it since we have a 9 hour drive to make tomorrow for the first leg of our North Dakota/Minnesota adventure. Stay tuned for the exciting updates of Abby and Olivia's big road adventure!

"He Will Put A Band-Aid On My House"

We have a drain cleaner coming today to clean out our drain that is backed up (it's only the kitchen sink/garbage disposal and washing machine on the line). The drain guy who is coming out today has been here for the same problem before since he is the only drain guy in town. So... hopefully by the end of the day I will be able to do laundry without all the water ending up on the floor. Then possibly we will move some furniture down there so we can hang out someplace cool when it gets hot this summer.

So, since I knew Abby would be freaked out by a strange guy entering our home later today, I told her that our house was broken and that a special man would be coming to fix it. I also had to go down into the basement to clean up and little and didn't want her down there with all Steve's tools and yucky water on the floor, so she needed an explanation of why she couldn't come down and help me, which she normally does. Our Abby is one smart cookie. After I explained all that to her she looked at me and said "Our house is broked." I told her she was right. Then she told me to fix it, so I explained to her that I couldn't but the special fixer man could. So the next thing out of her mouth was, "he will put a band-aid on my house." Way too cute not to share.

In other news... Abby can now draw pretty good circles. I am trying to teach her how to draw an "A", but we are having no luck. Olivia is enjoying her jumper and Abby has only been scolded 3 times for shaking it too much for a baby to ride in. I'd say that's pretty good.

Drip, Drip, Dripping

Things are dripping both outside and inside in Sault Ste. Marie today! We, yet again, have a leak in our shower so Abby and I had to do a quick emptying of her closet this morning and the landlord is going to be getting yet another call about something going wrong around here. I will not be sad when we move out of this place.

Abby had a really fun time at our small group last night and even crawled way away from Steve and I to play with the other girls. That was a big first for her - letting her mom get out of her line of sight. She was also hamming it up for all the adults to enjoy. She is destined to be the class clown I think. Either that or in the drama club.

And now... since Abby has gotten our junk mail off the table and is eating it, we must be getting back to our leaking showers and melting snow. That and listening to the roar of the I-500 snowmobile race which is taking place down the road a bit. Happy thawing to our Michigan friends!

FROZEN!!!

We are freezing up here in more ways than one. Steve got a nice surprise this morning when the shower wouldn't work. Neither would any of our other faucets since the pipe coming into the house from the city pipes had frozen. We are lucky to have a great landlord who was over as soon as he could get here (his car wouldn't start because of the cold so he had to borrow one from a friend) and got us all thawed out. He should be back later today to get us insulated a little better, so that hopefully we won't have any other freezing events.

Oh... and it is -17 degrees (air temp). I don't know what the windchill is, but I'm sure it's ridiculously low!

More updates later - Abby and I are going to get cleaned up now that we have water again. That and a nice cup of coffee!