While Away 1 : Money Spent

I'm sure anyone that reads My blog has noticed the long gap between posts, longer than usual anyways. Is there anyone that reads this anyways? Oh well, I digress. Long story short, Wwe've been without net for a bit and don't intend on getting it back until we can get cable. Which is soon, very soon. So I figured I would type a few offline updates now and then to post later. If I manage to find a way to alter the post date/time it will reflect when I actually wrote the post. Without further delay, first the children since they are ofcourse the most important part of these updates.

DS [21m] is doing well as usual. His vocabulary is still on the limited side, which makes potty training a little on the difficult side. I've begun putting him in cloth diapers. I know, I'm either very brave or very foolish...probably a bit of both. He tries to tug at them and pull them off once theyre wet so that should make things go a bit quicker. I was trying to catch him going number 2 so I could put him on the potty but he did it while I was putting his little sister down.

DD [6m] is doing well too. Wwe've started her on baby food and she loves it. Her big brother was never this good of an eater when it came to baby food, then again I can't blame him. Thankfully Wwe found someplace locally [Target] that sells the food processor I want. That way I can make her food rather than us buying it. I know I know, less than $0.50 a jar of food that she devours in a day or less. But I could buy enough to fill half a dozen jars for that same amount. Wwe also got her a bouncer just like her big brother had around her age, and much like him she likes it for short stents but after that she wants out.

On to household items. The greatest of which is a dryer [FINALLY!!]. Now I don't have to wash clothes then take them down to the complex laundry room, I just have to step outside. Its debut was last night with a total of 5 loads of laundry, and unfortunately it was freezing and windy so I had to contend with the cold and a door slamming against Me. Next and almost as important was a new set of pots and pans. It's not the set I was originally considering but that's a moot point. Emerilware from Allclad. Dear god how could I have ever cooked anything worth a damn on the cheap cookware I used to use!? I've now used every piece save for the cast iron griddle we got [as a free gift] and I love love LOVE them. I wish I had gotten them sooner, like when I was 15. I know they didn't have them then but still, you get the point. I can see why professional chefs spend so much on Allclad. Wwe got more tools for Me too, and a couple places to store them since the shed is now home to the dryer. I plan on putting up a shelf for a bit more storage but that will have to wait until the weather is nicer.

That's all for now, I'll say more when there's more to say. Oh and did I mention I have the perfect wife? So indulgant. The cookware, the tools, plus she knows where things are in Lowes if that says how often we go there. Ok now I'm done.