One week ago John rented the Rug Doctor and he cleaned my blue carpet. Three hours he spent going over the rug, not so silently cussing about the poptart goo, mud and other random spots, though he did admit that he does the church playroom more often than our home one, and it is far [...]
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The saga of the blue carpet continues
Posted in The Blue Carpet, tagged blue carpet on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I swear, if you laugh I hope it happens to you!
Posted in The Blue Carpet on March 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So, we are up at the butt crack of dawn…again. It’s Saturday, this ought to be illegal, but Maggie and Liam were both ready to get up at 6:15. We come downstairs, I make a cup of coffee, help Liam into his overalls, take Maggie out of her nasty wet diaper and jammies and [...]
Patience of a Saint?
Posted in My blog stuff, The Blue Carpet, tagged blue carpet, Loud and clear, noise level, raising kids on January 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Nah, I don’t think so. It would seem that I’m just more tollerant of the cries, shreeks,squeals and screams, running, jumping, and normal goings on of babies and toddlers than your Average Joe (not to be confused with Joe the Plumber). At any given time when you call my house you will most certainly get an earful of [...]
Blue Carpet is making Maggie Smarter
Posted in My blog stuff, The Blue Carpet, tagged blue carpet, developmental milestones, raising kids on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, we are dropping the floor on our co-sleeper today. Maggie, at a 6.5 months, has started pulling up, and we’d like to prevent her from pulling up and falling over the side of her bed onto the floor below. I’m not sure what I did in a past life to deserve this, but it [...]
Who turned off the lights?
Posted in The Blue Carpet, tagged blue carpet, family, raising kids on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We had a near miss tonight. While vacuuming the damn blue carpet tonight, it was noticed that the outlet was sparking. Oh crap. Down to the electrical panel John flies. Seriously, I’ve only seen him move this fast on a few other occasions, namely when I fell down our staircase in the 1st trimester with [...]
Let me advise against the blue carpet
Posted in The Blue Carpet, tagged blue carpet, letter to santa, raising kids on December 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In February of 2007 my husband and I bought our wonderful home. The *great room*, aka my daycare, had the most lovely blue carpet. It was bright, blue, and very boingy when you stepped on it. Perfect! John had reservations, he asked me if I was sure I wanted the blue (I think we had [...]
