Friday, November 30, 2007

Welcome Back, Chubbs

Little update on our Thanksgiving. We went to a friends house here in Pittsburgh for dinner, where we had some yummy food. I tried making mom's rolls, but failed to capture the magic. But that didn't stop me from eating a dozen, single-handedly, at dinner. To be honest, I have never been much of a pie fan, and so when I was thinking of what I could make for Thanksgiving dessert, I kept craving mud pie. Totally not thanksgiving-ish, but still a pie, right? Well, like I have been doing much of lately, I caved to my craving and made mud pie. Yummers. I want to make it again. Soon. I have more craving.

That night we came home to a cold house. It was cold, not because were are cheap and don't turn on the furnace, but rather because our furnace is cheap and is choosing to not work. Cody couldn't get the pilot light to stay lit so we bundled up the kids and climbed into our beds. We knew it was going to be a cold night.


Wait, wait. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that I have run out of creative juice and am stealing past blog stories, because you've heard this one before. You are right! You have heard this story in the angry, ranting rant of having our furnace busted just this past March and paying a pretty, pretty penny getting it fixed. Well, to make a long story short _____ we paid someone else to come fix our furnace, again. This guy was a lot, LOT cheaper and we found out that the problem was the first guy (who was only cheap in his quality of labor) installed the wrong type of thermo-coupler (don't feel bad if you don't know what that is, apparently our first plumber didn't know what it was either). So that just ticked Cody off, he called the old guys back, got refunded part of our money, and now we are sitting pretty (not literally, I have no make-up on) in our warm house. Here's to another 18 months without any furnace problems.

Well its a week later, we are back in the swing of things, I don't feel like its time to decorate for Christmas yet, and my cravings for cookies have not subsided. So while my growing chubbs aren't cute, I thought I would post a picture of someone who's chubbs are to die for. Goodbye November.


{That's Claire fake 'cheese' face-Morgan seems SCEPTICAL}
{This doesn't do her smile justice- it makes your heart MELT}


{notice those chubby thighs- HEAVENLY}

{And those cheeks-DELICIOUS}

{she's pretty}
ps. The Goose Girl is a good read.

16 comments:

Rachel said...

lovin the chubbs. I am working on reading "these is my words" really great so far. I have been short on time so I am not getting through it as fast as I would like. thanks again!!

tharker said...

Yes, Morgan is pretty, and I do love those chubs!

I'm glad you guys were refunded at least part of your money, and got the furnace up and running again. Here's to a warm winter!

Jana said...

I want to squeeze her chubbs sooooo bad Yumma! And I am glad you got some money back from the guys last year. Never give up!! :) Oh that little Morgan. . . she's a keeper!

Jana said...

And yes, Goose Girl was good. Thanks for loaning it out.

Libby said...

cute cute girls...and what are you talking about!! didn't i tell you just yesterday that you looked really good- skinny!
i hate the cold!! this is going to be a long winter!

Kimo said...

Oooooooh - YUMMY!!!! I just want to come and have a nibble of those juicy hams! Chunky baby thighs are just the best thing ever!!!

Jessica said...

Who can't resist the chubbs? Your girls are just too dang cute. Glad you have heat...we would be frozen solid without ours.

Liz said...

Oh, she is so cute! I loves those thighs and cheeks, too. Sorry about your furnace!

Amy said...

Morgan is so adorable! Owen's cheecks are slowly going away. I'll just have to squeeze and kiss Morgan's until I get another one of my own. Good job Cody for getting your money back. I'll have him do our dirty work when the time comes, Mike and I are no good at negotiating.

Sara S. said...

Hello darling!
I am such a slow-poke at this stuff, but thank you so much for visiting my blog occasionally. I have felt your presence, and, well, er, read your "musings." I'm so glad we're still friends. P.S. It looks like we've been reading the same books!

::lindsay said...

Morgan is such a beautiful baby, Brooke. She has the perfect amount of chub too. My kids are always so fat it looks like it hurts them.

Pitcherpost said...

How annoying! I'm glad you got your money back. We were out of town last year too when this happened to you guys and I remember telling Zach that I wish you guys had a key to our house so you could stay somewhere warm for the night. And then I said the same thing this year too, so next thanksgiving, we'll give you a copy, just in case!

Morgan is a cutie, she could beat up Aubrey!

elenapena said...

Delicious those cheeks they are, woman! Pinch them for me one more time, please. Or better yet, bite them. I love chewing on my baby, am I the only weirdo?

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