Helpful Housewife Tip

In our infinite wisdom, we had purchased an ivory rug for the bedroom, which let me tell you, is filthy. So, I've been battling with keeping it clean since day 1. Being out of carpet cleaner, I was forced to think outside the box (or MacGyver-like as Kim would say) and I thought... 20 Mule Team Borax!! I've been using it in my laundry as of late and it works great so I thought its worth a shot. And it isn't harsh or sudsy so it should vacuum up well... With the use of a stiff scrub brush, a bucket of water, and my borax in hand, I went a scrubbing. I will say it was a little messy and I have to clean the surrounding hard floors now, however, the carpet looks great! Just thought I would share... Off to clean the kitchen!!

So far, so good.... kinda...

After a follow up appointment with my GI a couple of weeks ago, it was decided that I am in good enough health to go off all the Crohn's meds. So, Sunday that's what I did! I was quite confident that all would be great, since I had been tapering down for awhile. Then Monday night, I woke up at 1am sicker than a dog! It appears I came down with the stomach flu!! Being the analytical paranoid person that I am, I was kinda worried that it was related. However, it seems to have been travelling around and it was certainly not Crohn's. So, watch out! It's nasty stuff!!

Say Easter Bunny!

Almost angelic, huh? A great time was had by all at our first official holiday gathering. Sticking with a simpler menu, the food turned out as good as the company... Grandma Binning and Matt's Uncle John came in town for the shindig, too. Even Denver got into the Easter spirit!

Not too much else to report other than lots of eating, drinking, and socializing. Matt and I are always excited to share our home with family and friends, so this was a very memorable holiday for us. We've also staked our claim to Thanksgiving festivities, so hopefully we will have a dining room set and we can christen the china next time! Good thing we are hosting another dinner party in a couple weeks, because we need the practice!

What year is it?

Greetings from a flooded StL! I know Jen usually does this, but I thought I would give it a try. So, for the out of towners, I wanted to share some pictures of the very flooded Meramec River which flows right behind the Chrysler plant and behind the building I work in. They say that the Meramec will crest close to the record set in 1982 which is higher than it got in 1993. This picture is looking northeast above I-44 and Hwy 141.
Last Thursday night I worked an overnight helping to prep for the flood. Sandbagging, shipping out forklifts, and getting product about a foot off the floor. No small task for a seven hundred thousand square foot warehouse!!

Left to my own devices....

Matt is at work tonight preparing for the flood of 08 (his warehouse is projected to be underwater around lunch time tomorrow with the water rising about a foot per hour), so here I am trying to be somewhat productive in his absence. While we do have 11 3/4 (my nephews) coming to our house in 60 hours for Easter festivities, I decided to clean out the office! It desperately needed to be done and I figured the family would like to see some progress, right? As strange as it may seem, I moved the desk into the middle of the room so that I could see out the door while paying bills and such. I'm thinking I like it, but I'm still not sure what to do with this enormous bookcase. I'm sure that will work itself out in time. Matt and I do plan on painting the shiny walls soon, but we can't decided on a color. We figure that it will be a nursery in the next 2 years, so let's just paint it once! The challenge is picking a color that will not only work for now, but for a Sesame Street themed nursery. (I've had that decided since I was in college so that I can justify my obsession with Cookie Monster.)










Other than that, we had a delightful St. Patty's Day celebration at the Breitenbach/Didriksen homestead last Saturday. I think it might be awhile before I have another appletini... I'm off of work tomorrow for Good Friday (weird, I know, but I'm not going to complain), so I'm hoping it will be another productive day for the happy housewife.

Well, I think it's obvious that I'm getting a little delirious at this point, so I'm going to head to bed and get my fix of Golden Girls.

Nevermind

So, I never got around to finishing what I started and I got tired of looking at a half written entry. I'll be able to post more next week, I'm sure. Best get to work....

Better late than never....

So, I'm trying to break my habit of hitting the couch as soon as I get home and staying there all night. (This is generally why I update at work.) So, I made it to the gym both Monday and Wednesday and plan on going tonight. (I would've gone Tuesday too, but the weather was too sketchy.) I've been really swamped at work, so that's why you all are getting the weekend update on Thursday....

Of course it was a wild weekend with Sam being home as well as the Indy folks in town. As we were preparing for Sunday brunch at our place, we got a last minute call to head out to Wentzville for dinner. It was definately a good time, then the boys were wisked away to the bar for some good 'ole male bonding. I had told Matt that I would just pick him up later, not thinking that I would be driving to Wentzville, heading home to go to the grocery store, then back out to St. Charles to retrieve him! We finally made it home at 1:30am, but I still had some prep work for breakfast the next morning (later that morning?). I finally made it to bed at 3am, then back up at 7am to start cooking. Everything turned out great and I made a valiant attempt at earning my domestic goddess merit badge with my art project/centerpiece.... (It's not as easy at it looks on the web.) I just need some more practice at entertaining for more than 6 people....

Well, back to work... See many of you Saturday at Kitaros... Or as Katie said, "Saki-tu-me!"