lately

Life took a bit of a turn while I was writing this post. I had, in my head a list of things I had wanted to share and then I woke up to a flooded basement. Yup, so that happened. Plus M was in a plane heading to Asia while all this went down. All fun stuff. 

So all of last week we were having issue with our water pressure. Thursday morning M leaves and I have the guy from the water company come out to check our water pressure etc. On the safe side (because M is a planner) we also had a plumber dropping by in the evening. Just to cover our bases. The water company guy said there is most likely a leak in the service line and not their problem. Thankfully the plumber was set to come. He checked it out.. spotted some wet spots on our walls and said it was definitely a larger issue. Unfortunately, he was booked sold for the next two weeks. So 8pm I sit and sent out a bunch of texts to every plumber on M's phone. Just to get the ball rolling and would reach out to them again via phone on Friday morning. Well, Friday morning comes around and I go down to the basement to get something an step into squishy wet carpet. Take a moment to have a massive freak out.. then make some calls to the plumbers. General consensus was that our sump pump is broken. 

In other news.. H made some art for his school talent show. He loves making origami so after some brainstorming we were able to create an origami based diorama. 

Hs has always been interested in cooking but his knife skills have gotten really good. 

D also had something to celebrate. Our highschool along with other neighboring high school are all home to specialized magnet programs. Our high school specializes in the business program, another highschool has a med sci program and so on. So D had the choice of going to regular high school or applying to one of these programs. We attended the open houses in fall (I felt like we were getting ready for college) He had to write an essay and sit of an exam. And well, long story short. He got into the program he wanted to get into. 

The program is called Global Studies. His focus will be world history, world languages, art history and diplomacy and international relations. He is sad to be leaving his current friends behind but very excited that he got in. We are excited for him. 

I have been looking for new shows to watch. I watched The Expats and was extremely disappointed. I enjoyed Mr. and Mrs. Smith and am currently watching Alien Resident which is light hearted and fun. I binged all 5 seasons of Fargo but only got through one and a half of True Detective. Send me your recs.

We watched Forrest Gump with the kids.. this movie is so quotable..  

I have been searching for sunny spots though the house for my house plants. I move them to the front of the house in the morning.. let them soak in some sun.

For those of you who have been reading my blog for sometime might remember that I painted and stenciled my tiled foyer. Well, every now and then it requires a few touch ups so I have been doing just that. If you don't remember then you can check out the post and process here. It not too bad.. I have to do touch ups every few years and then M reseals the floor. 

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