24 hours later....

I have still not done laundry. Instead, I stayed in Rice Lake until 10:30 doing stuff for work and getting staple items for our home. "Why are you getting flour?" wondered Max. "Because someday, I might want to... cook something." Hehehe. I think I am going to make my own bread, so that'll be sweet. I've made it before and it is so easy, especially with my brand new Professional Series Kitchenaid Mixer. :D It's the latest model of mixer from Kitchenaid and is HOT. HOT HOT HOT. So gorgeous... the color of it is a dark gray, but isn't shiny-- it is made with a material that looks and feels like stone. AWESOME. Even if my aunt Judy is the only one who could possibly understand my excitement, I am so thrilled about this mixer.

Had a really good time in Rice Lake; I got to catch up with my friend Trisha, who I've been friends with since basically the dawn of time. She is one of my oldest and dearest friends, been with me through everything. We munched on peach frozen yogurt, watched a little bit of the Olympics, talked about the wedding (which was AMAZING), and talked about the Rivertown Inn in Stillwater, MN, where Max and I stayed on Sunday night. It was so amazing. So, so, so amazing. My cousins Dewey and Therese, Dad, sisters, and Aunt Nancy/Uncle Mike went in on the Grand Carriage House Suite at the Inn, called the Agatha Christie suite. It was GORGEOUS!!! It is based on a train robbery, so the whole room design has antique furniture, Tiffany lamps, a waiting room to go into the suite that looks like the outside of a train car, two bathrooms (one is a steam room and the other a hot tub room), its own private garden terrace, and a MASSIVE king size bed that is built into the wall. To view this freaking amazing place... go to www.rivertowninn.com and click on the Rooms link. Incredible. And yes, it really does look like that, only better.

Today I purchased brand new kitty litter. While to some people this is not the most exciting thing, if you were attempting to scoop cat pee with nonscoopable litter, you would understand. It's basically like the box is taunting you. "Here, smell my nastiness and ammonia! Behold my stink as I don't clump and your efforts are wasted!" You just sit there inhaling the stuff and only scooping out poop. I am VERY excited about this new litter. It's also for multiple cats, which is nice because then the odor control lasts longer. I think I might just pitch the old stuff, for real. I got them a new cat box to replace their smelly ones, so I'm at least throwing out the litter, if not the boxes themselves. They just stink. Blegh.

Found out today that my job is pretty much secure for next summer, which will be nice. Tara asked if I would be willing to come back next year, and I told her if she'll have me, absolutely. As long as I am in this area, it'll work out really well. It'll also be a nice distraction during the summer, especially since I won't be in the schools.

Ooooooh I better move my fish over to our house... whoops.