A few things making this situation more tolerable:
Diet Dr. Pepper with pebble ice from the local dive diner.
French fries + fry sauce
Turkey club sandwich
Two, count ’em TWO trashy magazines. I don’t really care for whatsherface from the dance show but US Weekly always saves the day.
Plus OK! magazine, while not renowned for journalistic excellence, has a front page story about Rob Pattinson & Kristen Stewart’s love nest. I don’t really care if it’s true or not {it’s not} I’m still a better person for having read about it.
And the best part of my Saturday night so far? No, not the pile of wet carpet and padding I spent 4 hours removing from the family room.
Viktor finally showed up.
{Happy sigh}.
Allison
Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!
looks like a man ready to take charge…amen and hallelujah. good luck with all that.
Right now I'm wondering if I should make the trip from Sandy to Spanish Fork just for that dang pebbled ice from the drive-thru soda fountain store. And where in the heck did you get that turkey club sandwich? WOW! Can't wait to see photos of Viktor giving you a much-needed foot rub and neck massage for all your hard work and stress!
Oh man! That carpet situation is enough to send me to tears too! I'm so glad your Mr. V is back, I hope it all gets better real soon.
ps. I too have not had the best thrifting luck lately either.
Wearing a Purdue sweatshirt… woo hoo!
I was having my guilty pleasure magazine fix (Allure) and was startled into feeling massively old when I realized Kristen Stewart was the little kid in that Jodie Foster movie, Panic Room. Holy cow!
I think you and C should go have some nature time and let Viktor deal with the carpet… it sounds like Miss P would be able to keep him in line, too…
Viktor looks just THRILLED to come home to this doesn't he?
What a mess…but just think of the new carpet your insurance will buy you. YOU DO have FLOOD insurance right?
Glad you kept a good attitude about it all…hang in there. Or WADE in there my friend!
currently wiping the drool from my chin over those fries + fry sauce…not to mention the dr. p with chewy ice…you're killin' me!
good luck with the flood cleanup, we had one of those too a while back…the worst part? we were outta town for 7 days while the water flowed generously throughout our home! lovely.
Ummm, he doesn't look very happy and big sigh of relief that he's home (but haven't you already done all the work?) And don't you just LOVE pebble ice? I call it rabbit poop ice, but tit for tat.
Pebble ice and US Weekly are requisite life items for me.
And what is fry sauce? It looks yummy!
KJ,
Ready to take charge. HA! That's a man who's grateful he wasn't here in the heat of battle.
Emily,
You know where I live, come visit and we'll go get turkey clubs and go through the drive thru for drinks.
Kami,
Viktor told me it's nothing to cry about. HA!
What's with the crummy thrifting? Will it get better as people get rid of stuff to make room for Christmas loot? I hope?
Karrie,
Are you a boiler maker?
Naomi,
Oh Allure has really great make-up tips. And you know what really freaked me out? Realizing Rob Pattinson and Zac Effron are almost the same age.
Krista,
I usually call it *hospital ice* but pebble ice or, rabbit poop works. {icky mental image}
Amy,
That food is the best huh? Greasy food always makes life better. Especially when washed down with the right kind of caffeine.
The Glamorous Life,
We had better have good insurance or Viktor is in trouble. And I might just be adding my star to your Disneyland procession whether I won or not. {I already know I didn't}
Jill,
I think we're two kindred spirits, you and I. I can't even imagine coming home to that after 7 days, 7 hours was enough to make me crazy.
Breeders Digest,
Really, pebble ice + diet dr. pepper + US Weekly usually makes everything right with the world.
Fry sauce? You're not from Utah are you? It's the most divine thing in the world.
I ? B's food. I used to work there haha.
Breeder's Digest, Fry sauce is usually made from a combination of mayo and ketchup stirred together. However, everyone knows that the establishments that are famous for their fry sauce add a unique ingredient of their own (BBQ sauce, or pickle juice, or some secret ingredient, whatever.) Don't go "EWWW" you just have to try it.
I made some KILLER fry sauce a few days ago– 2 TBL mayo, 2 tsp A1 Sauce, 2 TBL ketchup. Stir, enjoy. It should be the color of pink you see in Allison's picture.
And Allison? If your magazines get done being read by you, they can always come over to my house.
Farewell Green Carpet! Hello Rob Pattinson! It looks to me like you survived this catastrophe just fine!
and now I miss Utah due to the photo of fry sauce. sigh.
Azucar,
Duly noted. Said read magazines making their way over.
Trying the fry sauce recipe.
Dragonfly,
Barely. I barely survived.
There is no EWWW-ing from this corner. Given all the heart-attack inducing goodies we thrive on here in the Midwest, I'm frankly surprised that fry sauce is not a dietary staple!
Azucar – your recipe has been duly noted and my butt will be drafting an angry letter to you shortly ;)
Breeders Digest,
It is the only way to eat french fries, I'm telling you.
Oh, and Breeder's Digest, you can adjust the mayo, or ketchup until it's the right kind of tangy for you. If it's not pink enough, you need more mayo!
Those are must have supplies! The trashy magazines alone hopefully got you through, although I know you are a DDP girl!!
Hey, bring those trashy mags this week. I need to see "inside" their home!!! ;)
No, I'm not a Boilermaker… but my husband is. Is Viktor?
I'm actually an IU graduate. But I'm a Purdue fan this weekend… their football team is MUCH BETTER! Was he sporting the sweatshirt to support the team? :)