I Think That the Wii Might Be Right...

Remember the post where the Wii asked me if I found myself tripping when I walked? Well, it proved to be correct today. I am sitting here aching from head to toe because I fell down the steps at church today. How embarrassing is that? I was walking down the stairs from the sanctuary to the basement, where my Sunday School class is held. I still don't know how I fell; I think that I either missed a step or my foot got caught on my long wool coat that I was carrying. Either way, I fell down the rest of the way and landed in a heap at the foot of the stairs. People came running, first aid kits were pulled out-all in all, I made a spectacle of myself and I absolutely hate doing that. Thankfully, I wasn't hurt. One knee got a little skinned up, and I'm kind of aching all over. Hopefully I'll be able to get out bed tomorrow morning! Honestly, I am such a klutz sometimes!!!

Okay, onto more cheerful and less embarrassing topics...

I discovered this week that I am very grumpy when I don't have my wireless internet. We recently bundled our telephone, internet, and satellite and got a free upgrade to a high speed internet in the process. This was great...until we discovered that our wireless router couldn't handle the higher speed internet. So for a couple of days, I was "tied" to a 3 ft. yellow cord in the bedroom or kitchen. Needless to say, I only got on the Internet when I absolutely had to. After two days of fighting with the old router, we broke down and bought a new router and all is right with my world now!

My parents visited this weekend and we had a wonderful time. I took a personal day on Friday so that I could spend the afternoon with them. It turned out to be a cold weekend, so we stayed in most of the time. We had my in-laws over for dinner last night. Mr. P made his potato cheese soup, and I made appetizers and desserts to go along with it. It was definitely my cheat meal of the week, but we had a great time with our families. Mr. P and I are really lucky that both sets of our parents get along great. We always have his parents over when my parents are visiting, and his parents usually come to my parents' house for Thanksgiving.

Mr. P made his soup in this...

our new red crock pot! I love the color because it matches our kitchen perfectly. I love cooking with a crock pot, and a few years ago, I asked for this for Christmas...

I thought it was so pretty and I loved it. However, it seemed like everything I cooked in it burned. I never used it unless I was going to be home all day to keep an eye on the food that was cooking in it, and what good is a crockpot if you can't leave it? We decided that it was the shape of the crock-it is very small at the bottom and then gets wider as it goes up. I don't think that it evenly distributed the heat. Finally the crock cracked, so I took it as a sign to get a new one. Mr. P and I shopped around and found the red one. It has a more uniform size, so hopefully it will function better than the white one.

I put a new comforter set on the guest bed this week. We received this as a housewarming gift from some friends of my parents a couple of years ago. I thought it was a really pretty set, but I had already bought a new set for the master bedroom when we moved in, and it was not the right size for our bed. I've debated on what to do with the set since I received it, and I felt bad that I hadn't used it. I usually keep a quilt that Mr. P's grandmother made on the guest bed, but I thought I might want something heavier for the winter months. I decided to try it out in the guest room, and I'm really happy with the results.

Mom and Dad said that it was very pretty and very warm, so I think that I'll keep this on during the winter months and switch back to Grandma's quilt for the summer months.

My mom and dad brought me the antique chocolate pot and cups from my grandparents' house this weekend. It is an absolutely beautiful set that goes perfectly with my china pattern. It is still packed up in the box, but I will take some pics and post them when I get it unpacked. Such a special gift from them....

The weather people are calling for snow again this week. I love the snow days, but I'll be whining at the end of the school year when we are making them up. .

I think I hear my Aleve bottle calling me...the achiness is starting to settle in.

Have a great evening!