we eat dinner in the bathtub

I feel sortof like I belong in Harris's family

you know,

from the book We Eat Dinner in the Bathtub.

~

We've been moving stuff all around for a couple months,

trying to get everything to fit

and

getting things in the most useful spot,

which is sometimes unusual.

(Of course, I think many times

homes are set up to look good, not be efficient.

I've always put my 'sweet spices' in the same cabinet as my mixing

bowls; that's where they're used. Apparently, even that is weird.)

Anyways

we now have a refrigerator in the dining room.

I'll be the first to admit

that is a bit weird.

But

when we got our new freezer (yay!)

and it was so huge that it overpowerd the spot we had for it,

the boys and I decided

hey- let's swap the fridge and freezer.

lot's of times, things go straight from fridge to table....

The idea was so crazy - it just might work!

I think it's going to ~ we'll see

~

Speaking of eating dinner in the bathtub,

we did that once.

For real.

~

We take a special trip with our kids as they are

beginning to experience the changes that come with growing up.

Dad takes the boys, Mom takes the girls

(I get another trip ~ woohoo)

Lana and I decided that for our trip

we would

go shopping!

Lana loves to shop!!

I don't so much. But back then, I didn't hate it like I do now.
~

We didn't pack a thing!
We were going to buy

everything

we needed to wear during our weekend.

We did take underwear

(since those have to be washed before wearing)

and make-up in our purses

'cause we justified

that lots of girls carry make-up in their purses all the time...

~

Our first stop was NBC;

the NBC in Tulsa is about twice the size of ours!

And

they were having a sale.

We spent hours there.

I'll spare you the drama of the heat rash I got

from standing outside at the $1 rack for over an hour

dripping in sweat.....

Long story short

by the time we made it back to our very nice hotel room

we were pretty well exhausted

our feet were killing us

and we were starving!

There was a Pizza Hut right next to the hotel

so we figured we'd just have it delivered.

It was going to be over an hour!

how??

They were right next door!

We'd rented a suite with a jacuzzi tub

so

we decided we'd soak our poor tired feet while we waited.

and waited

and waited.....

By the time the pizza finally arrived

we were so sore & tired

(we'd never marathon shopped before!

or again, for that matter)

that we just got all the way in that big ole' tub

and

we ate dinner in the bathtub.