Fly on the Wall- February 2015

Welcome to a Fly on the Wall group post. Today 14 bloggers are inviting you to catch a glimpse of what you’d see if you were a fly on the wall in our homes. Come on in and buzz around my house.

Buzz around, see what you think, then click on these links for a peek into some other homes:

http://www.BakingInATornado.com                      Baking In A Tornado

http://spatulasonparade.blogspot.com/               Spatulas on Parade

http://followmehome.shellybean.com                  Follow me home

http://stacysewsandschools.blogspot.com/           Stacy Sews and Schools

http://batteredhope.blogspot.com                       Battered Hope

http://www.justalittlenutty.com/                          Just A Little Nutty

http://themomisodes.com                                  The Momisodes

http://www.someoneelsesgenius.com                  Someone Else’s Genius

http://www.juiceboxconfession.com                    Juicebox Confession       

http://dinoheromommy.com/                              Dinosaur Superhero Mommy

http://www.menopausalmom.com/                     Menopausal Mother

http://gndisney.wordpress.com                          Disneyland in Kentucky

http://www.gomamao.com                                 Go Mama O

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I don't know why or what was going on the other night, but I smacked Bob in the middle of his forehead with my elbow while we were sleeping. I don't know if I was dreaming, or if I flung my arm while I was rolling over, or if my arm had been stuck in the sheets and blankets and when I got it free it hit him in the head. 

Bob suggested that maybe, since he had to have been laying on his back, that he was snoring and I was trying to shut him up. Whatever it was, I can't help fall into laughter every time we talk about it.

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I did get a new washer and dryer. It wasn't an emergency that we get a new set, but we just knew that the emergency was coming any time now. 

A week or so ago I was getting ready to take the puppy outside for a short walk when I noticed that my washer was finished. I set it to spin again since my dryer had been taking forever to dry loads of clothes...70 minutes per load if I was lucky and this was just a regular washer and dryer. When I came back inside I got miffed, thinking that the puppy piddled on the floor before we even made it outside. Then I realized that the puddle was way too big to be puppy piddle. My washer had spewed.

Bob tore part of it apart and couldn't see anything wrong with it except for the fact that it wasn't completely level. He leveled it and we prayed that it would hold out a while longer. 

Then the dryer wasn't even drying a load of clothes at 70 minutes anymore. So, we started researching HE washers and dryers. If I had to get a new set, I was getting an HE one! I wanted front loaders, but the set that I got (Samsung top loader) was more within our budget. 

Yeah, I need a step stool to get the clothes out of the bottom.

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We ended up finding a new home for the puppy (just a couple of days ago). He was a sweet guy and all, but our indoor dog, Milo, just would NOT accept him. The problem was escalating. Milo didn't hurt the puppy at all, but scared him (and us) plenty of times. We have decided that there will be no new dogs as long as Milo is alive. He's family, and we have accepted the fact that he just doesn't like other dogs. 

Both of the cats and Milo are back to their normal, happy selves. I didn't realize that they were all so upset by the new creature.

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I had a cooking fail the other night that I was, thankfully, able to salvage. I bought Chicken Helper Chicken Carbonara. That stuff smelled horrible while it was cooking. It smelled like old, stinky, rotten cheese. I kept going and finished it, hoping that it would be better once it was done. Um, no...it was awful. I like cheese, but not that. Boo eats just about anything and even she said that she couldn't eat it. 

So, I pulled all of the chicken out of the goop and rinsed it off. Then I shredded it and put it into a frying pan with some taco seasoning and water. I put it over Doritos (Cool Ranch, it was all I had in the house) and topped it with cheddar cheese. It tasted great! The taco seasoning covered up the awful Chicken Helper taste.

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