Big George and the Boys



boy 1

boy 1

Daddy George

boy 2

boy 2

DID YOU KNOW??????

So here is a little of the useless knowledge that rolls around in my brain.....About 20% of Sweden's police stations are closed in the summer because most people are on vacation. 

GSP puppies everywhere.

Nothing Says LOVE like clean dishes.

As another Valentine's Day comes to a close, I think fondly of one many years ago.  Thirteen years ago, a few months before the hubby and I got married, we were having a conversation about the holiday.  I told him that since we were planning a wedding and what not, that I didn't want him to buy me flowers.  To which he replied very quickly, "oh I'm not.  I'm getting you a dishwasher."  WHAT????? Now I know what you are thinking.....an appliance for a gift.  NO WAY. Just what I was thinking at the time.  Then I thought about it for a while.  It might be a good idea.  We had bought a house the summer before and neither of us liked doing the dishes.  I think we were at the point that we might have chosen to go to paper plates very soon.  So, we went and picked out a dishwasher. 
I love my dishwasher just as much as my diamond necklace that I received on another Valentine's Day (don't tell the hubby that).  A few years later while I was pregnant with my daughter, the dishwasher broke.  I was devastated.  It could have been the raging hormones of a woman that was 7 months pregnant, but I was in tears.  It was close to Christmas and I was concerned that we wouldn't be able to get it fixed at that time and God help me if I had to do the dishes by hand.  Turned out it was no problem. 
Then when we were building our house we put 2 dishes in, one on either side of the kitchen sink!!!  I run them both at least once a day. I wouldn't be without one (or 2) EVER now.  But tell someone you have two dishwashers and they look at you like you just said you had two jaguars (the cat not the car). 
It was by far one of the best gifts I have ever been given.

What's in the ovens???

We now have a dozen duck eggs! What an exciting thing.  2 eggs a day, that is what has been coming out of the duck house for a few days now.  I just finally used the last of the store bought chicken eggs yesterday and it seems kind of odd that we (the ducks) are producing our very own eggs!  So today I have 2 sick kiddos at home and I'm thinking that I need to get going on some baked goods or we will be over run with these beautiful white orbs very soon.  I know what some of you must be thinking, just eat eggs for breakfast.  I don't like eggs, not scrambled, fried, poached.....none of them.  I don't even like the way they smell when they're cooking. So unless the hubby makes them, they have to appear in cookies and cakes and whatnot.  Not bad if (like everyone in my house) there is no need to watch what you eat, just not good for me. Oh well, off to the double ovens to see what I can cook up.

New Year......New Stuff

The 1st egg

Once again I have let life take over and haven't blogged lately.   I think about it and that is about as far as I get.  So here is a quick catch up.  We had turkey for Thanksgiving.  Christmas was great.  I made quilts for both this kids and for the hubby. As well as a few Kindle covers and knitted many cowls and scarves.  Okay fast forward....new year and some new things going on here at the Brook.  I decided to go to college.   Yes, college.  I decided that I would go back to school and get a degree in business.  I thought since I own a business (as does my hubby) that one of us should maybe know what we were really doing.  Of course by the time I'm done he'll finally be done with pharmacy school so we'll be at a different point, anyway....  It's good to have something else just in case my hands decide that they should knit all the time instead of foiling hair and wrapping perms forever.  So, we are both going to school and running businesses, kids and the rest of it. 
The ducks finally started laying eggs!!!! Go girls.  The most exciting thing lately is that we have puppies.  Reilly and George are the proud parents of 9 (4 boys and 5 girls) German Shorthair Pointers.  Super cute and wiggly.  Born Feb. 1st.  Momma and babies are doing great. 

Reilly and the babies

So there you have it. The last few months in fast forward:)