Hi there! Sorry for the blog neglect:) It’s been a crazy week. Brian got over his fever bug after a day or so of feeling bad, and I think it’s out of our household. Wednesday was a BIG day, as we were hosting our new home church here at our house for the first time. 12 people in all for a potluck dinner and discussion time. This will be a weekly event. We’ve really only got dinner seating for 4 (!!!), so I set up a patio table and a folding buffet table in our front room. (Our front room is meant to be a formal living room, but until we’ve got the $$ to really make it “liveable”, we live in the den.) I got rid of quite a few of the boxes that had called it home, hung up my collection of crosses, tossed some tablecloths on the tables and voila! It looked like I should be opening up shop on a little cafe! Maybe I will… that’s another blog:) Anyway, I cleaned so hard, and the place looked great and a great time was had by all. I was thoroughly exhausted yesterday, though. <\/p>\n
Then we had planned a game night with friends last night, and it was a relaxing evening. But now we’re headed to Nashville for a weekend with Brian’s cousin, his wife and their cute kids and a bike race. I’m sure you’ll hear all about it – Cross your fingers that maybe Brian will win some $$ to pay for gas and the entry fee… and maybe a little extra!<\/p>\n
To make things even crazier, I washed 4 loads of laundry on Wednesday in the midst of my cleaning, and forgot to get the last load moved to the dryer until today. I opened the washer to find a tub FILLED with water, my towels smelling like dirty water, and the washing maching making unhappy dying noises. AG! So it appears a new washing machine is in our future, unfortunately for our budget. But if we have to do it, we’re gonna get a good one, and I think I want a front-loading energy efficient one. Please post if you have any suggestions! We may go get in Monday am! I’m desperately trying to find the cheapest, but best HE (high-efficiency) model to get. <\/p>\n
Have a good weekend! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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