Good Weekend

It was an interesting weekend for us. Both of us had to work, Jason on Saturday and me on Sunday. After I got off of work, we left to go to Olin. Jason rode his bike and I followed in the Pacifica. We made a stop in Cedar Rapids because Jen and Mike's van wasn't working. Of course by the time we got there to help, Mike had it fixed and Jason's mom had picked up Jennifer and the kids.

We did see the changes that Jen and Mike did to the house. They have worked very hard and their house looks very nice. We had supper at Mom and Dad's. Of course Ethan had to play in the basement with me until we ate. Afterwards, Jason played a video game with Ethan. I guess Ethan was really good because he won.We also got to watch part of the movie "Up". It was pretty funny.

Today we went to Jason's Grandma Rosemary's house for a family get together. All of the Slater cousins were there with their families. It was good food and good fun. Jason's cousin Chris got out some musical instruments and sang for us. Our trip back was uneventful, except for the fact that Jason's butt started to hurt from riding the motorcycle for so long. I don't think we'll be having any more long trips on the bike any time soon.

We are grateful to be back home and that we had safe trips to and from Olin. It was good to see family and fun to watch all the kids!

New Things

So things have been very busy. Last weekend, our washer finally decided to stop working properly. It won't spin anymore. So Saturday we spent some time at Best Buy looking for a new washer. We had about $250 in reward money to spend, so that's why we picked Best Buy. We also bought our refrigerator there and they were great on how they brought it in and installed it. We got a Whirlpool Cabrio HE. It's Energy Star rated so we're eligible for rebates from our electric and gas companies. All total, we got the price down quite a bit. It's really nice! And quiet! And doesn't vibrate all over the floor!

We also had a visitor, Flat Jasper. Jasper's class is reading a story about Flat Stanely, so they are doing a project to go with it. They made themselves out of paper and sent them to people out of town. Jasper decided to send his to us! We had a good time with him. I took Flat Jasper to work with me and Jason took him to work and campus. I'm sure Jasper will tell anyone about it if they ask.

We also got the fence around our garden so hopefully it will keep the rabbits out and we'll have lots of produce soon! Our roses are also blooming. The wildflowers are still growing and I'm anxious to see what they are.

Bonfire

My first week back at Racing Chemistry went pretty well. I got to walk the dogs on Friday and it was beautiful out! It was a nice break from being in our dungeon of a lab. There was a fairly large mistake made on Friday that meant re-extracting a good portion of samples. Since I was the only one without forty hours for the week, I went in on Saturday to do it. It was nice and quiet, and didn't take too long. It was nice to know that they still trust me enough for me to do that.

Jason and I went to a Ballard bonfire last night. The wood was still wet from all of the rain, so it took a while to get it started and stay lit. There was a lot of teamwork involved, and we ended up with a fairly decent size fire. Joyce got these huge marshmallows for toasting s'mores (along with the regular ones). I have decided that the huge ones are not good for s'mores. First, they don't cook all the way through so when I put in it on my graham cracker, the middle stayed on the roasting stick. (I did toast that part and put it on the s'more too.) Second, while eating the s'more I couldn't help but get melted marshmallow all over my hands. I didn't make the sandwich part big enough I guess. Still, a s'more is a s'more and it was still delicious!