Teaholic not quite anonymous

So I'm staring out my living room window at 7 am. It's doing--nothing. It snowed a while ago, just a dusting. We are expecting freezing rain during the day today, but other than the light dusting of snow there's nothing out there. You see, I'm supposed to teach Sunday School today. I went in yesterday and prepped so it's all laid out ready to go. I normally only get three kids (at most) anyway and I doubt they will be there. The fact is, it takes 20-25 minutes in good weather to get to church. And while it may not be bad now, what will it be like at noon? Ah, the decisions! (The picture to the right is out our kitchen window over our deck.)

I slept on the family room couch Saturday night again for the second night leaving at my bed at 4:00. Matt has a cold right now (it's better though, I think) and he snores horribly with it. So I trekked down two flights of stairs to sleep! When Matt woke me up at 6:45 for my breakfast date with Rosanna I just about died. HA! Then I wondered how I normally got up at 5:30 for work every day. I also remembered I didn't normally go to bed at 11!

My time with Rosanna was fabulous as always. I ate way too much, but Ihop is nice! I was amazed that my commute was pretty crowded on a Saturday morning at 7:30. Rosanna lives over where I used to teach, so I met her in her neck of the woods this time. Quite a funny feeling driving to work that time in the morning! It's like I was going back to work but without my teacher's bag! Even though it wasn't dark, I was always at work by 6:45 in the dark!

We got done a bit earlier than I expected and I called Matt to let him know I'd meet him at the plumbing supply store if he wanted to get there earlier! (Matt's parents were kind enough to come back up this weekend so we didn't have any distractions while doing business for the basement renovation.) We wound up buying the tub, toilet, tub and sink fixtures. We needed to go look for a vanity for the sink before ordering it and wound up at Lowes (We live there now. I'm amazed the car doesn't drive itself there). We bought both the vanity and the sink together in one at Lowes. Now we can probably have that delivered by Tuesday and have the plumber back in next week to do the rest of the piping.

Matt's parents let us borrow their truck to pick up two prehung doors for the bathroom upstairs and the bathroom downstairs, our vanity, the medicine cabinet and I want to get a cabinet over the toilet, too.

Matt tore out the bathroom door in our bedroom (we decided it was just simpler to rip out the entire door than try to rehang the old one) and it went surprisingly well. Most of our deconstruction projects tend to really take a lot of time but this one went rather easily!

Maddy went for a nap and Matt's mom and I headed out to do some much needed shopping. We went to Church first to set up for Sunday School, over to Trader Joes where I bought a lot of our staples: dried fruit, nuts, granola, sauces for dinner, wine and chocolate. Ok, ok, wine and chocolate aren't quite staples but the prices and quality are amazing, so I couldn't pass it up. And did I buy the wine!!!

After Trader Joes we ran to BJs since I needed frozen chicken breasts, frozen salmon fillets, and other staples. I was able to get milk there (and not two one gallon jugs), too, so there was no need for a grocery store run! I bought three items not on the list: A hardcover cat book for Maddy for $6. So if she rips a page or two on accident it's not that bad. She loves it so far since she loves cats so much! A new wallet for Matt and a necklace for myself. Matt's mom talked me into it. I swear, she did. (No, she really didn't.)

About the necklace. When Matt and I were in Chicago while I was pregnant, he bought a silver double heart necklace for me. The smaller heart was strung through the larger heart. It reminded him a lot of Maddy and I at that moment. While looking at the BJs ad not long ago I saw a triple three tone heart necklace where the hearts are at the same angle as the silver necklace I have and the same basic style, but they are stacked instead of inside each other. Well, that reminded me of Matt, Maddy and I. So I bought it.

Matt was quite irritated when I got home last night since Matt's mom and I were gone from 3-7. (Yes, it took four hours at three places, but I had to drive all over God's green earth and everyone was out because of the weather today). But I know he wanted to get the door installed yesterday. My other thought was that I wouldn't be ABLE to go today if the weather is bad and we needed groceries. And we can put in the door today while he's home. (However he loses my pair of hands since I need to watch Maddy since Matt's parents headed out before our storm.) So anyway, I got quite the silent treatment when I got home with dinner (from Five Guys) and purchases.

He ran out with his parents to pick up my car from the plumbing place while I put Maddy to bed. His parents headed out back home straight from there. They wanted to avoid the weather and I can't blame them! I just thank them for coming up again and helping with Maddy so we can get things done. It's not an easy drive at all and long, but they willingly make it to give us a hand.

Once Matt got home he was feeling much better and realized that I did NEED to get the stuff done I did and it wasn't like I was at the mall for four hours. Plus, he hasn't seen a lot of Maddy lately and they had a great time together while we were gone. I do realize it's hard to stop a project, especially when the help is on hand to do it. But the house needs to keep running, too. We hung out for a bit and watched some TV, then off to bed. Well, he was, I slept on the couch again. Because as soon as he fell asleep he was snoring! So I left. But I did sleep pretty well on the couch. Weird dreams though!

Well, it's raining ice right now. I hear it on the windows and it's 32 degrees. So I think that seals the deal. I will call Pastor later to let him know I won't be there.

Update: The phone just rang and it turns out they have canceled church. Our Pastor has the flu and the weather just isn't good enough to go. So there, I don't need to make the decision after all!

Tea of the day: None yet, but will have Ahmad Afternoon Tea
WO of the day: It'd be nice to get an elliptical session in today, but I doubt it!