My oh my.....
While shopping for Rylee's birthday present. (A bigger bed as she's the only one still in a twin.) I came across a fabulous steal on leather couches. As my white (I know....What were you thinking?) couches in my family room were shabby and ugly, I felt justified in replacing them. Although I took pictures on my cell phone to send to James for approval, he didn't respond so I made the executive decision and bought them! (They were 25% off the clearance price and seriously a deal! Oh, and non-refundable- so, I really hope James likes them!) My brother Arron brought his trailer to the furniture store and loaded them up and Austin and his friends took care of the white set. (The love seat has found a home in Austin's bachelor pad and the couch is covered in plastic awaiting summer for Austin and his friends to lounge on in the backyard-with the promise that when I say it goes....it goes!!)
Alex upon seeing the new couches said, "Mom I think we millionaire!" Ha!
Then without warning the next day my dryer's heating element or coil or whatever that makes your clothes warm went out. Boo. I hate replacing things like dryers, water heaters, tires, all those boring things! No fun at all. (Note to universe: All though I'm complain I am grateful for all these things and the ability we have to replace them-despite the lack of fun and grandeur in doing so.)
This morning I went to the Humanitarian Center and they put us to work tying quilts for earthquake victims in Haiti.
Then Amy and I tried to find the appliance store I saw on line-with no luck, dropped in to NPS and the distribution center (Alex asked for an ENGLISH animated Book Of Mormon stories-"I no can read this!" he told me about the Russian one I have in my Sunday bag) and then we had a lovely lunch!
So...I decided on Sunday I wanted to have curly hair...again. Use to have curly hair all the time in the 80's and have had a perm here and there since but it's been a few years. So after lunch I went in for a perm and I now look like a poodle. Yes, teeny tiny curls. Oh my. It's a bit out of control. We'll see if it dies down.
This evening I went with Kambree to a Snow College open house. After checking out Utah State's scholarship options I suggested she check out other schools. (Nothing like the last minute, most applications and scholarship deadlines are February 1st!) Kam has a friend attending Snow and decided to go down this weekend for "Snowblast" to check out the school. While checking out their website we discovered she could get a scholarship but we couldn't apply on line-some glitch in their program so I called on Monday and found out TONIGHT there were having an open house in Sandy. We went, the application fee was waived, they offered her 1/2 tuition, handed us four other scholarship options, found out when dance and drill team tryouts are and set up an interview for an ambassador scholarship. Whew! All in an hour. I think my baby's going to be a Badger! (She was only one point off on her ACT or .10 off on her GPA from getting a full tuition scholarship!)
When I arrived home, I found Alex asleep in front of the fire with HIS head in the dog bed-just like Austin the other day. Austin came in and whispered, you better take his picture, he's been laying there waiting for you to come home and take his picture. I did and then roused him to get up and into bed. He complained that his head was "bonking" so after his bath I gave him ibuprofen and he went straight to bed. I hope it's just from overheating in front of the fire and that he's not getting sick.
This morning Alex asked me "Where Kambree live when she marry?" (NOT that she is anytime soon!) "I don't know Alex, in an apartment? When children get married they move out and live on their own." (Yes, I'm planting seeds early!) You could see the look of concern in his eyes. I went on to explain. "You shouldn't get married unless you can support yourself and live on your own." Then he asked "When I marry and work and wife work who watch baby? You watch baby!" "Uhm....no. I am not a babysitter, when you have a baby you need to make enough money that your wife can stay home OR pay for a babysitter." Then we talked about how his cousin Sydi has a babysitter and Zach goes to a babysitter. I know this is hard for Alex to fathom as in Ukraine that's what babushka's are for-babysitting! But again, I'm planting seeds early! What an interesting conversation. And I LOVE that we are having conversations lately. Full blown conversations. I wasn't sure this time would ever come but although his English is rough-he can get his point across!
Well, it's Tuesday night. Piano and voice lesson night. I love that my house if full of music from 6:15-9:15 pm.
James is home tomorrow! Hurray!!
But, I don't know what to worry about him liking more,
the couches
or
my curly hair!
While shopping for Rylee's birthday present. (A bigger bed as she's the only one still in a twin.) I came across a fabulous steal on leather couches. As my white (I know....What were you thinking?) couches in my family room were shabby and ugly, I felt justified in replacing them. Although I took pictures on my cell phone to send to James for approval, he didn't respond so I made the executive decision and bought them! (They were 25% off the clearance price and seriously a deal! Oh, and non-refundable- so, I really hope James likes them!) My brother Arron brought his trailer to the furniture store and loaded them up and Austin and his friends took care of the white set. (The love seat has found a home in Austin's bachelor pad and the couch is covered in plastic awaiting summer for Austin and his friends to lounge on in the backyard-with the promise that when I say it goes....it goes!!)
Alex upon seeing the new couches said, "Mom I think we millionaire!" Ha!
Then without warning the next day my dryer's heating element or coil or whatever that makes your clothes warm went out. Boo. I hate replacing things like dryers, water heaters, tires, all those boring things! No fun at all. (Note to universe: All though I'm complain I am grateful for all these things and the ability we have to replace them-despite the lack of fun and grandeur in doing so.)
This morning I went to the Humanitarian Center and they put us to work tying quilts for earthquake victims in Haiti.
Then Amy and I tried to find the appliance store I saw on line-with no luck, dropped in to NPS and the distribution center (Alex asked for an ENGLISH animated Book Of Mormon stories-"I no can read this!" he told me about the Russian one I have in my Sunday bag) and then we had a lovely lunch!
So...I decided on Sunday I wanted to have curly hair...again. Use to have curly hair all the time in the 80's and have had a perm here and there since but it's been a few years. So after lunch I went in for a perm and I now look like a poodle. Yes, teeny tiny curls. Oh my. It's a bit out of control. We'll see if it dies down.
This evening I went with Kambree to a Snow College open house. After checking out Utah State's scholarship options I suggested she check out other schools. (Nothing like the last minute, most applications and scholarship deadlines are February 1st!) Kam has a friend attending Snow and decided to go down this weekend for "Snowblast" to check out the school. While checking out their website we discovered she could get a scholarship but we couldn't apply on line-some glitch in their program so I called on Monday and found out TONIGHT there were having an open house in Sandy. We went, the application fee was waived, they offered her 1/2 tuition, handed us four other scholarship options, found out when dance and drill team tryouts are and set up an interview for an ambassador scholarship. Whew! All in an hour. I think my baby's going to be a Badger! (She was only one point off on her ACT or .10 off on her GPA from getting a full tuition scholarship!)
When I arrived home, I found Alex asleep in front of the fire with HIS head in the dog bed-just like Austin the other day. Austin came in and whispered, you better take his picture, he's been laying there waiting for you to come home and take his picture. I did and then roused him to get up and into bed. He complained that his head was "bonking" so after his bath I gave him ibuprofen and he went straight to bed. I hope it's just from overheating in front of the fire and that he's not getting sick.
This morning Alex asked me "Where Kambree live when she marry?" (NOT that she is anytime soon!) "I don't know Alex, in an apartment? When children get married they move out and live on their own." (Yes, I'm planting seeds early!) You could see the look of concern in his eyes. I went on to explain. "You shouldn't get married unless you can support yourself and live on your own." Then he asked "When I marry and work and wife work who watch baby? You watch baby!" "Uhm....no. I am not a babysitter, when you have a baby you need to make enough money that your wife can stay home OR pay for a babysitter." Then we talked about how his cousin Sydi has a babysitter and Zach goes to a babysitter. I know this is hard for Alex to fathom as in Ukraine that's what babushka's are for-babysitting! But again, I'm planting seeds early! What an interesting conversation. And I LOVE that we are having conversations lately. Full blown conversations. I wasn't sure this time would ever come but although his English is rough-he can get his point across!
Well, it's Tuesday night. Piano and voice lesson night. I love that my house if full of music from 6:15-9:15 pm.
James is home tomorrow! Hurray!!
But, I don't know what to worry about him liking more,
the couches
or
my curly hair!
2 of my blog friends said something...:
I am so excited you got to go and help put quilts and things together to help those in HAITI! your such a sweetheart! good luck to all of you and Kambree with her school stuff. You know though? soon enough "ALL THE RICHHART'S WILL BE TAKING OVER EPHRAIM AND SNOW COLLEGE!" HA! HA! such fun times. If Kambree goes there - there will be three Richhart's there (Well two Hainsworth's- but, ya know - there Richhart's just the same!)and then Kambree! (If she goes there) okay so enough of my cheesy and lame comments. Good Luck with everything!
We want a pic of 1-the couches and 2-the curly hair. I also need to know what Jim thought.
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