Timeout
Sometimes you just half to call a timeout. Sometimes no matter how much you have to do you simply have to take a break. Tonight was the right time. For the first time in nearly three weeks we took a break. It wasn't in the script it just kind of happened. For the first time we actually got a chance to enjoy our new home - and it was awesome. We forgot about the 15 or so boxes left in the garage and just relaxed.
Kiel has a religion class at school on Monday nights so he was gone. Kathy got home at about 6:30PM. Katlin and I decided to cook dinner. We made Pasta, Ceasar Salad and Bread with Olive Oil. Nothing special but it was the first time we cooked in the new kitchen. Kathy was happy because she didn't have to cook or clean up, Kat took care of that. Kathy and I each had a glass of wine with dinner. It was nice to eat something that wasn't handed to you through a window or came in a greasy bag. Kathy then decided that she wanted to give her Jacuzzi tub a try. She hasn't had the chance...until now. She lit some candles and filled up the tub. Only problem, she put a few too many bubbles in the tub. Lesson learned. I went in to check on her and all I saw was this massive pile of bubbles where the tub was with this little face poking out. She said "Oopps, too much bubble bath". She enjoyed non the less. We turned music on in the house, she soaked, I cleaned the stove and Kat hung out. Kat and I then went on the screened porch/veranda (whatever it is called) - lit a candle and enjoyed the cool evening. Kathy had pruned up enough and then came out to join us. After we hung out and talked, we came in and "lit" a fire (i.e. turned on the electric fireplace). And that's it...I know it sounds boring but for us tonight was a reward. It was so cool just to step away from all the business and work that surronds us and realize what we have to look forward to. The boxes will still be there tomorrow night and we'll wade through them. But we really needed a break. I'm glad we called a timeout. Maybe it's like football and I still have two left in this half...
posted by Ron, Kathy & Katlin @ 8:56 PM
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"Time Outs" are good!! Let you figure out what the next play will be, right? (Wink, wink, nudge, nudge) (-: Sure am glad Kathy didn't drown in the bubbles, though. And you cleaned the stove???? That is true love. I don't think Mike has ever cleaned up the stove, although he cooks often and makes a BIG mess. Hope you'll have many, many more evenings like last night. The boxes can wait (when we moved from the "farm house" we found a dozen or more that we hadn't opened in over ten years so we just took them to the Salvation Army store without even opening them...don't have a clue what was in them...but we haven't missed anything yet). Oh, by the way, I think the "veranda" you're talking about is technically called a "Lanai"...but maybe that's only in Hawaii??? In Iowa I think it's called a "screened in porch"! LOL GLDD
Glad Kathy resurfaced to enjoy your "Florida Room"..LOL
What did you do to get rid of the bubbles? We made that same mistake at Cantebury Inn and had to scoop them into the tub in the bathroom.
Did it look like a Lucille Ball skit?
Remind Kath that hot water makes the wine work better and she is older now and should be careful. I think if we come down next June, we should have a "Cousins Soak"
LOL
Cousin Aunt Julie
Bubbles in a Jacuzzi bath?!? Don't they warn against that in the instructions? Or have you not learned to read Japanese yet? Been through the bubbles thing before too.. Monica and I had that problem at a Heartland Inn once... whoops! Sometimes it is very nice to just take a break. I can't wait to be able to just sit in the recliner in front of the woodburning stove and pet my dog. You never realize just how much you miss home until you're not there anymore.
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