Planet Alien

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Stupid, fucking Blogger!" ~ Allison (AKA., Alien)

Stupid Blogger lost yesterday's entry. [heavy sigh] And now I'm leery of typing out my usual "Highlights" because it may lose this one too. Blech. Soooo... to sum up today....

~ Steve and I used Q-Tips and toothpicks and spent over an hour cleaning up our old dishwasher (the one "old" appliance we're putting back into the kitchen since it's only 2 years old, I actually really like how it works, and we're already over budget, so dropping $500+ on a new dishwasher seemed senseless and extremely irresponsible). Anyway, we cleaned it up so we could get the hoses and drains run and the dishwasher level before the granite comes on Monday.

~ Cleaned up more cat puke (after stepping in it) than I'd care to admit. This time it's stupid crazy ass Cooter and his damn hairballs. Grrrr... (And I don't really like that cat as much as Salinger, so my anger is increasing by the day.)

~ Discovered Grace's top front tooth is a little loose. [sigh]

~ Was slightly disturbed when upon discovering that her top tooth is barely loose, she grabbed a tissue, stood in front of the mirror and tried to yank it out. Seriously, you sick and twisted little girl, KNOCK IT OFF! [shudder]

~ Had a brief panic attack at 8:45 PM (along with Steve) when we discussed the possibility of being without beer tomorrow for the Superbowl. (You can only buy beer in beer distributor stores here in PA and they're only open until 9:00 PM and they're normally closed on Sundays.)... What if our keg kicks?... What if we run out of CO2 and we have beer in the keg but can't get it out?... (For those of you that don't know, we have a beer fridge/kegerator/tap system type deal in our basement, so if we run out of air for the tap, we don't have a hand one we could use to get it out manually.)

~ Booked it to the beer distributor and got there 5 minutes before they closed, and grabbed a case of beer.

~ Noticed the big sign on the door on my way out that said, "OPEN SUPERBOWL SUNDAY... NOON UNTIL 3:00!" [dammit]

~ Got a visit from my father-in-law who came down to drop off our faucet he had ordered for us. (He's a plumber and gets stuff A LOT cheaper than we ever could.)

~ Was thrilled with it (we only saw it online up until today). It's freakin' HUGE!!!! LOL!

~ Almost pissed myself when he told us he got us the brushed stainless steel one (the one we wanted) instead of the chrome one (that we had told him to get us since it was $100+ cheaper and looked basically the same).

~ Was even more excited when he told us he has ordered us the matching drain stopper thingies with the holes in them (what the hell are those called anyway) for in the sink. We had no intentions of spending money on them, so it was a nice surprise.

~ Had Hannah walking around all pissed off again, yelling for her "freakin' sippy cup". (I really MUST stop using the word "freakin'" around her. [sigh])

~ Thought Steve was going to punch me in the face when I ran by him yelling, "TOMORROW'S THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!" for like the 8 billionth time today. I think he knows by now.

~ Watched "Grizzly Man", a movie about a dude named Tim who lived amongst the grizzy bears (petting and playing with them) in Alaska for 13 summers straight until one ate him. DOH!

~ Had a discussion with Steve about parents who push their children too hard (or allow coaches to push their children too hard) in relation to sports, extra-curricular activities, etc. Luckily, we're both on the same page.

~ Told Steve I'd really prefer if Grace just played herself a mean set of drums. Screw the sports. ;)

~ Realized that we probably really should box up the big inflatable snowman in our front yard. (Relax Melissa... it hasn't actually been inflated since Christmas night. It's just been lying there, flat and dead for 2 months now.)

~ Began pushing my general selection of a backsplash hard on Steve, showing him pictures, quoting prices, etc. I'm not really sure why I'm trying to so hard, since at no point has he disagreed with what I'm showing him..

~ Hey guys... TOMORROW'S THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!