The State of the Household: A bulleted list

• We did not go to the beach this weekend, but opted to stay home and throw up instead.
• Okay, only Julia threw up, and she only did it once.
• In my lap.
• Still, she had a persistent fever and we did not go.
• This was Not Okay with Robin.
• Who is now sick herself.
• But not throwing up.
• The dogs ate my cell phone and left it for dead.
• Overnight.
• In the rain.
  
• It took two days for the phone to dry out.
• But it survived.
• The case did not.
  
• The rainy season is underway, with torrential rain most afternoons.
• You really need to shut the car windows during the rainy season.
• Really really.
• For several days, I had to sit on a garbage bag every time I drove the car.
• Even after the seats were fairly dry, there was still a horrible smell.
• Which went away once I realized there was moisture trapped under the floormats.
• Which were three-deep in places (the floormats).
• Other than that, the car has been running fine.
• I've had to add water twice and oil once (when checking the levels in the morning, not because of trouble on the road).
  
• Diesel oil is wierd.
• It used to cost me about $42 to fill my tank.
• It now costs $32.
• Having gone through about half a tank of diesel, it looks like I'll be getting around 250 miles before having to refill.
• I used to get about 190 miles out of a tank of gas.
• Photos of the quilt retreat can be seen here.
• Or as a slideshow here.
• I haven't tried the slideshow link myself.
• Because each of the promising leads I had for a good source of a new computer has fallen through.
• So I STILL don't have DSL.
• Which makes me sad.