Let's see within the last twenty-four hours:

• Microwave emitting smoke--plastic container of caramel nuked for who knows how long!
• Children ate cold hot dogs for breakfast (their choice--not our usual fare).

• Refrigerator and freezer were turned off (thus everything melted and thawed on Monday).

• Refrigerator turned up (and everything in the fridge is now icy--milk, juice, spinach, cucumbers ALL frozen today).

• Joe's sister Beth watched our children while Joe and I went to his executive dinne rin Salt Lake.
• Hannah had a cello concert she told us about Sunday night, Pop Pop and Grammy helped us out by taking her.

• TWO performances at the same time--Susie in a preschool play at 1:30 p.m.

• Jonathan in several musical numbers at his elementary across town at 1:30 p.m. today.

• Evie had, of course, THREE blowouts (or "poop-outs" as Susie calls them ) which required full changes of clothes (undershirt, socks, outer outfit, etc.) and I was changing her regularly...she sits so happily in her car seat in the car while I unload and then is wet all up the back when I take her out.

• I have not got back to mailing anymore Christmas cards since Monday.

• Joe's computer is "dead" with all the new recipes for the family cookbook, Christmas card original, budget/finances/tithing/money info on it.