Wednesday, February 20, 2008

In-Laws etc

Ben's parents came up last weekend.
They were our first houseguests here.

The bed upstairs has no boxspring so I'm sure that was fun for them. They camp, so they'll survive, but it's just not very comfy to have to get all the way on the floor.

The kitchen was out-of-order for half their stay since the landlords decided to receiling it the weekend before and sand/repaint it this weekend. It looked amazing by the end of the weekend though, and we got a great meal or two cooked before they left.

Showed them around town some: the city and checking out the different neighborhoods/parts of town. Sylvia and I talked about going to the science center with Stella, but Stella took a nap instead.

We took them on an extended tour of Sweetwater (where Ben works) and then had lunch there too and played some video games. Stella made sure to explain to them in detail how the boxes travel up and down the conveyor belt in the warehouse - there's an observation spot near the bathrooms and I think she could probably watch boxes all day if we packed a lunch.

They managed to come up for a relatively balmy weekend here. It got up into the low 40s and has since gotten down to single digits (and they only left yesterday).

Stella had SO much fun with them & keeps talking about them and asking when they'll come over again. I have a feeling that we wouldn't be seeing so much of them if we hadn't just moved their only grandbaby away. That's okay though, I don't take any offense. I know they love her. She loves them too, so I'm glad they want to see her.

We had snow on and off while they were here. It's funny how quickly you get used to things. One month and already the snow is not such a big deal. Don't get me wrong - it's still cool. There's just so much of it and so often that is really is like any other precipitation here.
Not like the phantom-magic-scarcely-ever-seen-perhaps-even-mythological snow of the south. : )

1 comment:

Libba said...

Hmmm... I thought I was your first house guest! Don't I get any props for sleeping on your heating pad and futon amid a bunch of boxes on the first night in that stinky house? Come on now...