Homekeeping: January 2005 Archives

and we were snowed in. This would have been pretty cool-we had munchies, it was on the weekend so Polo was snowed in with us instead of out working. But the pipes had to freeze up again for the second time this week. This time when they thawed out, our hot water stopped working. Our pipes would do just fine and not freeze if one our kids would stop turning the trickle of water off in our bathroom. So the Agway/Suburban Propane guy is coming to check on the hot water heater and we shall see what happens.

Update: There is a valve on the hot water heater that registers water pressure going through the heater to turn the heater on. It froze and broke, so the Agway guy is ordering a new one and will replace it. I am not sure exactly when that will happen, so more heating water on the stove for baths until...

We were stuck in the house without hot water and on Thursday Polo did something to his ankle. I think it is just a sprain but it is still swollen and purple and he cannot walk very well. Luckily I was finally able to get him to go get his x-rays the doctor told him to get on Friday. So he is doing that now and we shall see what happens.

Update: Polo's x-rays show no fracture, Deo Gratias, just a nasty sprain.

We were snowed in this weekend without hot water, with Polo with a bummed ankle and the kitten who broke into our house and stayed, Melody is in heat. We did fully intend to get her and Legolas fixed, but we had a baby and Christmas happened and getting their shots was pricey. We thought we had just a bit more time. Well, we didn't. We are alternating keeping either Melody or Legolas in the pet carrier to keep them apart. Even though we live in the country and I hope to get a goat and some chickens, I am still new to this animal stuff. My only other pet, Chun Li was fixed right away, so I never experienced this cat-in-heat stuff and I am amazed how retarded she is acting. So Legolas is off to the vet tonight to get fixed so we do not have to keep them caged up and we shall see what happens.

Tonight is also Rosey Posey's Hillary Duff concert. Must husband lost won the rock, paper, scissors contest and gets to take her. Rosey Posey is running around pulling out clothes and nail polish and acting like a tween-age girl. So we shall see how she likes her first concert.

Update: Rosey Posey and Polo came back at 10.30 last night. I was watching reruns of Buffy Season 6 waiting for them. She was very excited and had a great time. Polo said there was lots and lots of screaming little girls and their parents.

It's a rainy afternoon. I've send my husband and the lad away for a couple of hours (here, here's a twenty, go buy some milk and be home by dinner) because I am doing some painting and I like doing it by myself. I've just finished the ceiling and washed my brushes, and I'm taking a break before I start on the walls. (Nothing interesting color-wise -- just a fresh coat of white paint. )

This was a little spare bedroom that used to be a junk room and now is being transformed into a dedicated guest room. I want to make a cozy, honest-to-goodness guest room because in a couple of weeks, we will have a new person in the Moss household -- my cousin, Ruby Foxburr of Loamsdown, Kansas. Ruby just graduated from Kansas State (yay, Ruby!) and has accepted an internship in Washington, D.C. She'll be staying with us until around May.

So we are getting ready for Ruby and fixing up her room. Now, here's where I am interested in your opinion: the only furniture I have for this room is an old bureau and two bookcases (purchased long ago at IKEA for my first apartment -- KURS and BILLY, if you're interested.) I need to get a bed in this room. What kind should I get? I am trying to decide between a daybed and a full-size conventional bed, and I am starting to confuse myself with all kinds of contingencies.

In favor of the daybed: the room is not that large (maybe 8 by 10?), and a daybed would look really cute. It would be fine for Ruby and most of our guests.

The thing with a daybed, though, is that it only sleeps one. When my parents were to come, it would be nice to have a double to sleep them on, and something a bit more comfortable than one of those pop-up units.

But then, they don't come THAT often. If I put a daybed in there, if they found the pop-up uncomfortable, I could always shift Hambet into the guest room and let them take his bed.

How comfortable are daybeds, anyway? Another thing in my list of improbable events that I am mentally preparing for is a visit from my elderly, travel-phobic mother-in-law. But then, again, if she finds the daybed uncomfortable, then Hambet can sleep there.

There's a captain's style daybed at IKEA that I like -- the drawer under the bed can be used either as a storage drawer or as the base for a second bed, so it converts into a full. Maybe I will look at that one. I just wonder where one keeps the other mattress?