This is my holiday off from work. I woke up at 3:45am with Charlie to follow him to the Delaware Water Gap parking lot for the Appalachian Trail (AT). He left his truck there and we drove together to Slatington. He hopped on the trail there to hike north to his truck. He should be home some time on Saturday. I drove back home to the kids who we'd left sleeping in their beds.
Lily feels like she's getting a sore throat. Her eyes are very glassy, a telltale sign that something is brewing with her. Luke is getting over a cold and had tissues scattered everywhere. We decided not to go to P&J's for dessert and a visit with the relatives. We're going to keep out cooties to ourselves.
Lunch was the best Thanksgiving lunch we've ever had. Screpsi's Italian hoagies with chips and nachos. We have enough leftover to have the same thing for supper. We couldn't be more thrilled!
We are doing a bit of remodeling in the kitchen. We're getting a new wall oven/microwave unit and a gas cooktop. Since we bought both of those, we got a "free" dishwasher. So that meant we needed to expand the island to fit the dishwasher. We're also getting a warming drawer to go below the oven. I'm super excited, although not thrilled to be spending so much money. I've wanted a gas cooktop since the day we moved in 10 years ago. I currently have electric and hate it. The oven broke last year and I've been using a toaster oven ever since then. I was waiting for the cooktop to break, but fear it may outlive me.
We also installed a wood stove in the walk-in fireplace last week. We feel we need it since we can not get the house warm during the winter months. This year we're hoping to be nice and cozy.
Lily feels like she's getting a sore throat. Her eyes are very glassy, a telltale sign that something is brewing with her. Luke is getting over a cold and had tissues scattered everywhere. We decided not to go to P&J's for dessert and a visit with the relatives. We're going to keep out cooties to ourselves.
Lunch was the best Thanksgiving lunch we've ever had. Screpsi's Italian hoagies with chips and nachos. We have enough leftover to have the same thing for supper. We couldn't be more thrilled!
We are doing a bit of remodeling in the kitchen. We're getting a new wall oven/microwave unit and a gas cooktop. Since we bought both of those, we got a "free" dishwasher. So that meant we needed to expand the island to fit the dishwasher. We're also getting a warming drawer to go below the oven. I'm super excited, although not thrilled to be spending so much money. I've wanted a gas cooktop since the day we moved in 10 years ago. I currently have electric and hate it. The oven broke last year and I've been using a toaster oven ever since then. I was waiting for the cooktop to break, but fear it may outlive me.
We also installed a wood stove in the walk-in fireplace last week. We feel we need it since we can not get the house warm during the winter months. This year we're hoping to be nice and cozy.
