Post Fairy Adventures

We saw Jonny boy!

We stayed at Aubrey and Jon's house during Fairy Weekend

and it was really nice to spend some time with Jon.

I love my brother in law! Good pick Bree.

We also got to see Bree for a bit when she got back from WA

on sunday.

We ate Ketchup chips and goodness gracious they are addicting.

Canadians.

I wish I was one.

Sunday we also got to visit Jamo & Becky & Chloe!

and we didn't snap any photos again!

What were we thinking guys. 

They're moving to stupid (I'm sure it's lovely) Georgia and we are going to miss them hardcore.

But today Tommy got skype on his shiny new laptop

and he and I chatted.

From one side of the couch to the other.

I had to scootch over due to feedback...

So.

I suppose we are somewhat technologically prepared for this 

long-distance friend issue.

We also got to see the rest of the Steinkuhler clan!

(not everyone came to the fairy party)

homemade root beer

I love all these people!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking pictures Windy!

After that lovely picnic,

we had to go break into our car.

Tommy put his wallet inside the grocery bag when he bought more oil the first time Molly started whining,

and it ended up locked in the car 

at the mechanic place we towed it to

because when he checked the car to make sure he'd grabbed everything he needed,

you don't usually need on old grocery bag...

He had dropped our car keys in the outdoor key drop 

and those things are definitely Carly-proof.

That was the first thing I tried to reach into.

Tommy came up with a brilliant plan.

We used our wings.

First,

after 25 minutes of dedicated canoodling

we successfully locked the car.

Then we kicked ourselves.

Five minutes later,

Tommy managed to unlock the car!

The alarms went off and we got his wallet, 

our parking pass,

and a couple other things.

It's not illegal if it's your car, right?

Molly,

we miss you already.

We Like Aplysia, Squid, And Starfish...

Are spineless. 


[that was a simile sort of "like". not that I don't love sea hare.]

We are the onsite managers of an apartment complex that doesn't allow pets and we bought a kitten. This is very irresponsible! Horrible example to our tenants and friends. I mean, we're really asking for everyone to follow in our footsteps and get lizards, dogs, tarantulas...

But, we are in love with our kitten! Now I can't imagine giving her up or giving her back or not just being overjoyed that she's part of our family. She is adorable. Really, really adorable! 

We spent the first evening together and she slept almost the whole time. I think she does what I do, if she doesn't particularly like a situation, she sleeps through it hoping it will have passed by the time her nap is over. Eventually she woke up, and ate almost a whole can of cat food, licked tentatively at her water and thought the litter "platter" was weird and messy. (All we could find to use amongst our dishes was a glass, round serving tray which you can admire in the picture).

Tommy gave her a bath (which she hated!) and I've never seen anything look so miserable and pathetic. We wrapped her in a big, soft, clean towel and snuggled with her until she fell asleep. I could tell she wanted to purr but also didn't because she was still so mad about the bath. 

That night we slept with her on the other side of Tommy at first then she woke up and he rolled over and put her inbetween us. Then he fell back asleep and she came over with me eventually. She was so cute. She wanted to play! She wanted to gnaw on my fingers and hands and turn my hard thumb nail into soft fur by preening it with her teeth. She gave my hand a bath, caught my face with her soft soft paws and loved touching my cheeks and mouth while we just gazed at each other so happy to be awake at five AM having fun cuddle time together. 

Tommy got up and took her to the litter dish. Picked up her front paws and started working them through the litter sand pawing one and then the other so she could get a feel for it. Then he let her go, and she continued on by herself getting used to the idea that this was a good place. She went pee and poop in the litter dish on her very first try! We were so proud! We pet her and held her and told her what a good girl she was. She gave us looks like "Calm down guys, it's no big deal. I'm awesome, I know. Let's get out of the kitchen and do stuff."

So we did : )

Fairy On Till The Morning Dawn

After the Adventuresome Travels,

we followed Merry,

& donned wings.

What was all that?

That's a fairy party Nakies.

And that blissful, sightly amazed feeling you just experienced 

is why fairy parties are so wonderful.

~ You should come next time ~

Adventuresome Travels

"Molly died."

...too depressing?

"We had car trouble and it didn't end."

still a little downtrodden don'cha think?

"God blessed us a whole bunch and Tommy and I were reunited in Utah"

We'll start there.

My plane was scheduled to fly to SLC friday night and arrive around 10:30pm

Tommy was scheduled to drive to SLC from Rexburg and pick me up.

And we would be reunited!

And spend the weekend with his family!

And see Jon!

And go to the fairy party!

However, when I arrived at the airport in SeaTac,

I noticed the computer said my flight was delayed when I was getting my boarding pass.

I asked the attendant about it, 

and she checked and said it was on time.

Sweet!

I double checked the big screen arrival/departure schedules

and it said "on time" as well.

So I went to my gate and found out my flight was delayed.

Originally 4 hours delayed

Now only 2 1/2 hours delayed.

So I called Tommy. 

He didn't answer.

I figured he was busy driving and didn't notice the phone buzzing.

I had a fleeting thought of what if he got in a wreck and he's in an ambulance and my next call is going to be from the police. 

Rational. I know.

My next call was from my mom.

she said Tommy was fine but having "car trouble".

He'd called my dad to ask him some questions about it.

Turns out Molly had bad oil.

Turns out her whole engine was ruined by this bad oil.

Turns out Tommy needed a tow truck.

Blessing #1:

Tommy's parents have a Triple A membership.

Blessing #2:

They recently moved to Utah. And were willing and able to come get him

and help us out.

Blessing #3:

Their membership is really good. And they've had it a really long time. 

They were able to pull some favors and ask Triple A to take care of our car 

on their membership.

which included a 100 mile free tow!

Blessing #4:

Tommy was 98 miles from where we wanted the car to be in Utah.

Blessing #5:

Windy Dawn is a thinker. 

She figured out the time it would take Tommy and the car to get to West Jordan,

and that he wouldn't get there in time to borrow a family car and pick me up from the airport.

Blessing #6:

Sandie was willing and able to pick me up from the airport at 1am in the morning.

Blessing #7:

Tommy and his parents and Molly got back safely,

they picked me up from Merry's house,

& drove us to their house.

Blessing #8:

They gave us one of their cars to use for as long as we needed it.

Blessing #9:

Jon and Aubrey let us crash at their place all weekend

even though we got there around 4:30 in the morning!

The blessing list goes on and on but I'll stop there. We have wonderful family who are willing to give great advice from hundred of miles away, pick us up, make sure we are safe and take care of and who love love love us all the time.

I love our family.

r.i.p. Molly

you were our first car

and we loved you! 

Best travel car. (usually)

Best drive-in movie car. (always)

Lots of great memories!

Thanks for getting us around and not minding the mess.