totally random
Posted by: LizzieTonight I am cooking up some St. Louis Style Ribs. This wasn’t something that just came to me. On second thought, the ribs came to us via Angel Food Ministries (I’m forever grateful for our anonymous donor). I’ve never made St. Louis Style Ribs before, so this is an adventure. I hope they are delicious!
The state of our house is this: I vacuumed the day before yesterday and it only took a day for the carpets to be covered in the crumbs of Spiderman Cheese Nips, Beech Nut Banana Cookies, and Butter Cookies. And that’s just the living room. Our bathroom is the eruption of Mount Laundry and the kitchen is half-clean, thanks to my speedy pre-dinner-making cleanup. I actually folded clothes straight out of the dryer a few minutes ago, so froing is my reward.
I’ve been helping my sister a little with getting her house unpacked. It’s going to take awhile because her MIL moved in with all of them (her + husband + 2 sets of twins + MIL = ????). They are going to have one hell of a yard sale when it’s all said and done. Just today I helped unpack two kitchen boxes and managed to cram a whole bunch of spices into one cabinet. My motto was “Unpack now, organize later.” I mention this because my sister’s MIL has been unpacking that box since Friday and she told us all at LEAST 10 times that she had a little carousel “somewhere” that we could use in the spice cabinets. I was tired of looking at the half-unpacked box, so I took the liberty of emptying it for her. I don’t envy the unpacking process of her moving AT ALL. I am glad, though, that they are finally living in a house that has enough space for all of them.
Speaking of organizing, Jamie got rid of one of the end tables in the living room because it was a hot spot for junk. Really, the only use it had was to put the ice cream bowls on it when we were done so that Lucy couldn’t get to them. We realized the other night, though, that Lucy still found a way to contort her fatness from the futon to the table and lick the melty drippings out. My poor, fat kitty.
Simon is really into containerizing these days. Right now he’s putting a pez dispenser in a cup and carrying it around. This is unrelated, but yesterday I held a Batman action figure in front of him and sang, “duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh, duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh, BATMAN!” Then Simon took the Batman from me and sang, “DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH, etc.” He’s such a copycat. I love him so much.
Tags: cats, cooking, family, Home, homemaking, kids, lucy, Organizing
