Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Yes! It is raining here. It has been thunderstorming nearly all day today, which seems quite odd for February, but I guess its better than snow! I know that is what Minnesota is getting right now . . . and lots of it too.

Track season started Monday for Mike. He has been waiting all year for it and it finally is here and he is so excited. They do have 4 more weeks though, until their first meet, but that will give him plenty of time to get in shape!! (His kids that is. haha).

We will make a trip up to Minnesota this weekend to see family that we haven't seen in a while. We are really looking forward to it.

Fish are doing well. Wildcat has gotten his spirits back and is racing like crazy again. I think that means I need to change the water!! So far. . .none dead, and sharkbait is learning to swim properly after having half his tail bit off by toad.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. LOVE MIKE AND SHELBY

Time for an update, eh?

Well, It has been over 2 weeks since our last update, so we thought we had better get our move on. Not a whole lot new going on here in Wilton. We had some wonderful visitors this past weekend for valentines day. My sister Megan and Taylor came up with Megan's two kids Kellen and Kendall. We had a blast just hanging out and playing with the babies.

We finally got a new microwave to replace our old, broken one. After only having it one week - I hate it already. Its too small and takes much too long to cook food.

Some exciting news - On Monday morning we woke up and our small albino frog has 3 claws on each back leg! Oh yeah, and sharkbait is missing his tail. I think toad ate it up one night cause we haven't been feeding them enough shrimp.

Over the past week and a half, Miek and I have been looking at homes in the Durant and Wilton area. We found a house we really like with a double lot, out buildings, etc. and its across the street from the school!! The only problem is that the bathroom situation is not ideal. We have decided to continue looking in the area to see if we can find the "perfect" one. We will see 4 or 5 more this Saturday. Thats all from Wilton. We will let ya'll know if something wonderful happens!

Microwave Gone Wrong!

What happens when you put a five year old rice sock in your microwave for 4 minutes?

First, it burns a hole in you rice sock, making it smoke terribly

Second, it burns the rice, so now half the rice is burnt black.

Third, the sock melts to the inside heat panel of your microwave, causing the heat panel to melt,


and lastly, it makes your home smell just AWEFUL all day and all night long!

We are now in the market for a new microwave so if anybody has an extra laying around . . . let us know! We will also be in the market for a new rice sock (once we get a microwave)

Lesson learned: Don't use a rice sock that is so old, so big that it has a hard time fitting in the microwave and will melt the heating plate, or has so many too many socks layered over the original sock because rice was seeping out of the holes.

For All Ya'll who have a rice sock at home - bEwArE!