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He’s a good cook

Charlotte — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:43:38 +0000

Andi’s fiancée Drew is superb cook! He does most of the cooking here and it’s always delicious. There never seems to be any leftovers which is probably a good thing because I would probably need to use a quick weight loss product because my jeans would get too tight.

We have a drawer full of spices and he always spices the food up really good. His steaks on the grill are to die for. I can’t wait for him to grill steaks again.

I’m not saying that Andi can’t or doesn’t cook because she can and she’s a really good cook too. Drew just seems to really like to cook. I haven’t had the chance to cook yet but I do try to clean up afterwards. Sometimes I feel like I’m not doing my part around here because by the time I get around to do something someone else is already doing it a lot of the time.

But so far things are working out here with the living arrangements and Andi and I haven’t gotten into an argument….. yet.

Whew… I’m tired!

Charlotte — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:36:15 +0000

After all I just did I need to check into some Disney vacation packages because I need a vacation!

I just finished doing the dishes. Then I emptied the litter box and gave that a good scrubbing in hot, soapy water. I refilled the box with litter then I took up all of the throw rugs and took them outside and shook them out.

I came back in and swept the floor and got out my Swiffer mop and mopped the floor. My Swiffer pads have Febreze in them and it smells so good in here right now.

JoJo must not like how I smoothed the litter when I put it in there… she just came out from just throwing the litter around in the box. She wanted it arranged to her liking I guess.. hahaha!

The counter is all clean too (I say counter because we have about a 4 ft counter in this camper kitchen and that’s it). I cleaned off the table (junk collector) too.

Now it’s time to rest.. I’m done!

I am still alive….

Charlotte — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:31:05 +0000

Really I am… I’ve just been really busy trying to find a place to live and packing. I haven’t really had much time to do any postings here or on any of my blogs.

Benton is doing great. Andi said he had his 1st doctor appointment yesterday and he’s gained back the weight he lost after his birth and then some and is “the picture of health”.

Problems are still running rampant in this family though. Andi was visited by the bank’s repo guy the other day and now she no longer has a car. She told me that on the good side of that she no longer has a $520 a month car payment on a car she doesn’t like. That is all the Army’s fault as she hadn’t gotten a paycheck since the beginning of June and it didn’t help that the bank would not work with her at all. I have Ford Motor Credit for my car and I’m behind in my payments too but they are working with us. They say they want to keep their customers and vehicles together. They deferred the 2 months we are behind and tacked them on to the end of the loan. So we are good to go.

So since Andi won’t be able to come here with the baby we will probably be making a quick trip to Pennsylvania to see them soon. I can’t wait to see Andi and Benton. We’ll get to meet her boyfriend Drew too.

JoJo has been helping me pack. She’s been the “inspector”. She gets on the packed boxes and even in the empty boxes to “inspect” them and give her seal of approval. She climbs into open cabinets and drawers… basically ~~getting in way~~ being cute.

Well… back to work.. there’s lots to clean and pack!!

Heavy Duty

Charlotte — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:34:58 +0000

Yesterday I did heavy duty cleaning. I bought a can of Spot Shot, a new Swiffer mop and duster. Then I used the Spot Shot to get rid of the spots left by the firemen when I had the fire in front of my door a couple months ago. I thought that after those marks dried I could just vacuum them up.. but that didn’t work so I had to get the Spot Shot. Then I cleaned my refrigerator, inside and out, and my counters and finally the floor. I did the same with my master bathroom.. top to bottom cleaning. I thought of looking into housecleaning franchise opportunities then thought better of it.

I was so tired by the time I got done. Then I got up this morning and started on my bedroom. I’m doing laundry, putting clothes away and clearing junk off the tops of the dressers too. I have to do the same with the living room. I have stuff on the coffee table and end tables that need to find a home. I also need to empty out my “to file” basket and file all that stuff.. it’s overflowing!

I’ll save the second bathroom for another time since it rarely gets used and doesn’t need a whole lot of cleaning done to it.

Time to get back to work… I just sat down to rest for a bit and did this post while resting. Now I have to get finished! Have a great Sunday everyone!

Why are Sundays so long?

Charlotte — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:23:30 +0000

I’ve been up since 7:30 this morning but it feels like it’s so much longer. Saturdays seem to fly by but Sundays always seem to go so slow. I’ve cleaned the kitchen and the made the kitchen faucets shine. I’ve cleaned the bedroom and put away the clean clothes. I’ve gone to the store. I vacuumed, dusted and straightened the living room. All of this should have taken all day, but it’s only 2 pm!

Right now I’m sitting here listening to the smoke detectors go off downstairs. They do that several times a day! I guess they burn food an awful lot. I can smell what smells like burning food so I know they aren’t burning the place down which would cause me to have to evacuate. At least I hope I won’t. It usually doesn’t go on for this long.

New Theme… again!

Charlotte — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:23:06 +0000

I changed my theme… again. I used this on my travel blog and liked it so much I adapted it for this blog too.

All I did was change the header image. I really like the layout of this theme. It’s clean and not cluttered and the colors go more with an Army Mom blog.

Jewelry Box

Charlotte — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:29:19 +0000

I just finished straightening out my jewelry box. It’s not a small box. It’s about 18 inches tall with a glass door in the front with 2 sets of 5 drawers on either side and the top opens up for more jewelry. Inside the door is a rotating rack to hang necklaces on. My necklaces were tangled, my bracelets wrapped around one another and basically a total mess. I have a set of pearls but no designer jewelry. I keep my pearls in the box they came in, when I’m not wearing them.

Just like my junk drawers my jewelry box had a lot of stuff that didn’t belong there. I found receipts, paper clips, safety pins and other small things. I put all that stuff where it should go and now my jewelry box it all straight and nice looking.