The Patrickisims

#1 Never expect things to be easy.

#2 Leaving Katelynn or Abigail alone invites disaster.

#3 Never give up, never surrender.

#4 Even though life is what you make of it,there is only so much you can do with finite resources.

#5 You are only as sick as you let yourself believe.

#6 Just because you can do something, does not mean you should agree to do it. (Jed's new work motto) :-)

Monday, January 19, 2009

Captain Katie to the Rescue

Today we went to Walmart as a family, which for us is always fun when Katie comes along. We start off with her in the seat like a good little child.

Then we progress to her throwing all of the stuff out of the cart that she can get her little hands on. Followed by trying to throw herself out of the cart.

We then progress to the phase you see here of her having to stand in the actual basket. Which is ok, and entertains her until she steps on something fragile like the eggs. ... OOPS my bad on that one.

Once she gets tired of stepping on everything we intend to buy, if you don't believe me I can show you foot prints in food, she again attempts to throw overboard food and other products.

Finally, she again attempts to bail overboard usually by the front of the cart. This follows by either her mom or I picking her up and carrying her through the rest of the store.

Any of you who know the layout of the Springville Walmart know from the photo above that we are not doing so well with the process and had to haul our dear Katelynn through most of the food section.........At leat the eggs survived.

Bubble Bubble Water Trouble


Today I learned a very important lesson for the future health of my carpet pad. I was filling the humidifier in my daughters room, and placed it on the bottom of the unit when all of the sudden it began to bubble over and over again. I stood there very perplex by the new noise my humidifier was making.

It took my dear wife, Carrie, telling me that the seal was not on the cap so the humidifier was leaking out the back for me to realize that there was a problem with the unit. This proved two things.
1. Carrie is so much smarter than me.
2. I get very perplexed by bubbling sounds.