Tag & Harrison

My friend Jodi tagged me because she knows how much I love to be tagged. But this one is a little more interesting then most. At least I think so, so I can see what others are reading.

Directions: 1. Get the nearest book to you, or one you're reading that contains over 123 pages.
2. Go to the 123 page
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence
5. Tag five people

Book: Lance Armstrong, It's Not About the Bike



5th sentence: "As the days went on, all we heard from Nike, Giro, Oakley, and Milton-Bradley were words of support"

I tag Bernd, Josh, Sabrina, Margaret, Marisa

If you like to read and haven't heard of Goodreads you should check it out, and add me as a friend!

Jodi also requested more pictures of Harrison. So I guess you can thank Jodi for inspiring this post.

Last weekend Josh and Sabrina ran a race as a team and asked me to come watch Harrison. I never turn down a chance to watch him. I guess it's a first and only nephew thing, I can't get enough of that kid. So these are a couple of pictures I took last week at the race.



Harrison loves to put things in his mouth and suck on them right now. The orange object in his hand is a fish finger puppet. Just the right size to fit in his mouth!



The proud parents after their race.

For Sale?

So Bernd and I decided on Sunday if we really want to get serious about moving we need to get our house ready to put on the market. There are a few things that we need and want to do to finish the look and feel of the house that we started a year ago. So we decided to go shopping...

This is the new fan we bought to replace the ugly gold and white fan in our bedroom. Once this one is installed we will only have one light left to replace.

This is our new kitchen sink. The white sink that came with the house is stained and scratched. Plus it doesn't match our stainless steel dishwasher and stove.

This is our new kitchen faucet. The old white faucet leaks and I've never been able to get it totally clean from the renters that lived here before us.

Which leads me to our final purchase of the week, our new fridge! We have wanted a new fridge since the day we got the keys to our townhouse. After we moved in we realized that the fridge had a leak. We ended up getting that fixed instead of getting a new fridge, mostly because it was cheaper to pay the $50 home warranty fee then pay to replace it. We also realized after we moved in that we had a "midget" fridge. It's seriously tiny, just look at all of the room between the top of the fridge and the cabinet. Also when we moved in the fridge smelled terrible and there was food spills and stains all over. I scrubbed and scrubbed but I just never really felt like I got it totally clean, sick. (In case you haven't heard about the renters that lived here before us they were disgusting)

So this is our new fridge! It doesn't have all of the bells and whistles that we really want in a fridge but we got a killer deal on it. Before we went shopping we decided that we didn't want to spend a ton of money on a really expensive fridge and then move and leave it behind. So we went to Sears looking for a decent fridge that would match our stove and dishwasher. We got a great deal and we are both so excited. (Not that the fridge is totally awesome but that we got such a great deal on it)

So needless to say Bernd has some honey do projects this weekend! We really want to get everything done quickly so that when we find a great place to move we can put our house on the market right away. After these purchases are taken care of we will have a microwave to buy, a light for the stairs, new door handles, and tile to put in the kitchen and bathrooms. So we are getting closer! I'll take some pictures and post them after Bernd gets everything installed!

Moim

So this is a little late for Mother's Day and a little early for my Mom's Birthday, but oh well! For those of you that don't know, my brothers and I call my Mom Moim. I'm not really sure how that started but she loves it! I've been thinking a lot about my Moim lately with Mother's Day last Sunday and her Birthday on Thursday.

I have an amazing Moim. I'm not a very sappy person as most of you know, but I read a bunch of blogs about Mom's today and it made me a little sentimental. So here are a few things I love about my Moim.

My Mom has always been there for me. She has been a big part of every major event in my life as well as all the small ones. I don't think she ever missed a soccer game, swim meet or water polo game. I know she wasn't extremely proud of me beating up girls but she came and cheered me on anyway!

She always made sure that I had a hair bow to match each of my uniforms.

She made me wear a necktie to my first day of school. I think she wanted to make sure that I was strong enough to overcome embarrassment.

My Mom made me learn how to swallow pills. I know this probably sounds strange to most of you but I had the hardest time taking medicine. I would try and swallow pills and I would just gag and gag until I gave up or threw up. So every time I went to the doctors and he would want to prescribe something I would ask if it was available in liquid. That or else I would chew about 10 children's Tylenol. Finally my Mom had enough. I was at the doctors for something (not sure what but it was probably an ear infection). The doctor was getting ready to write a prescription so I asked, do they have that in liquid, and my Mom said no she'll take the pills. When we got home with the medicine my Mom stood in the kitchen with me until I got that tiny little pill down and I'm not talking a short amount of time. I wouldn't say she was extremely encouraging about it. I remember her saying things like, come on Jod just swallow it, take a drink and swallow it's not that hard. She sat and listened to me cry and gag but she was determined. She knew that it was something I had to learn to do. Turned out to be a very valuable skill I developed!

She made me take piano lessons forever. I'm not really sure what she was trying to teach me with that. But for what it's worth I still know how to read music and if it was a desperate situation I could probably play a hymn or two.

My Mom always made me apologize to my brothers even when I didn't want to.

My Mom knows that I hate meatloaf so she makes sure to only make it when she knows I'll be out of town.

My Mom is amazingly talented. Any hobby that she has ever decided to take up she has mastered.

My Mom is a great cook.

My Mom is very strong and brave. I have watched her deal with some difficult things and she always gets through it and becomes stronger because of it.

My Mom is really funny! She can always make us laugh.

My Mom is an amazing Mom, wife, and now Grandma!

There is no way that I could ever repay my Mom for all that she has done for me, she's amazing. I think she and I were meant to be together as mother and daughter. She always told me when I was mad at her that I choose her, but I think we choose each other. I love you Mom. Happy Birthday!