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August 26, 2005
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Posted by krystal at 8:27 AM
August 22, 2005
nesting
This past weekend my sister-in-law and mom gave us a baby shower. At the shower I had my most recent friends, my long term friends and family there. I felt all gushy about how fortunate I am. We also got a lot of awesome things for Tess. She's going to have it made in the shade when she finally gets here. I think all I need to get now is a baby monitor and a swing. It'll also be cool when her room is done so we can put her somewhere.
The basement is looking great and there are workers in my house pretty much all the time fixing up things. The electrician is there now and tomorrow we're meeting dad over at Knobby's shop to pick out carpet and flooring. I just can't wait to see this stuff all finished.
I have to get busy on The Time Traveler's Wife this week. Book club for Sept was my idea so I need to be prepared for the meeting.
I've found myself obsessing about stuff lately. I obsess about my calendar and if everything's done and if I've forgotten things (like mailing Adrianne's birthday card) or if I've been really insensitive to friends. On the bright side, my house is a wreck and I've not started being overly obsessive about that...at least not any more than usual. Dan's nesting though, he put stuff in the attic and then helped Trev clean out his dresser without me even asking for help! I love that man.
Ok, one more hour of work and I need to get back to uh...whatever it is that I do here.
One last thing.
My butt is not stinky.
Posted by krystal at 2:07 PM | Comments (4)
August 12, 2005
rock!
Halloween candy is now at the grocery store. I have a bag of candy corn.
Posted by krystal at 8:03 AM | Comments (2)
August 8, 2005
Tuesday vacation etc.
Last Tuesday I'd had the worst day in a while. I got threatened by some tool salesman on the phone at work, Kendall barfed 4 times during the day while I was at work and unable to help her. Then to make matters worse we had a flood without an ark. I asked the boys to clean out their little pool and hose it down so we could put it away because it was filled with green stuff and the pump broke. I was on my way home from work when Jake called to let me know that as Trevor turned the nozel thing, it came off in his hand and water was spewing across the yard. I called my dad to have him come over and turn the water off (thinking that my kids were just inept).An hour and 15 minutes later when I got home, I saw the water still spraying full force and my dad on the phone with a plumber. I sighed heavily and got out of the car as my dad turned the water off at the meter in the front yard and ended the flooding of my yard and basement. Dad left, the plumber came over, he had a plumber's butt and smelled and looked as though he'd had a really long day. I don't think I reacted very well when he said "ok, see ya tomorrow. I can't fix this tonight". Five of us in the house without being able to flush is just not a good thing. I was ready to cry by the time Dan got home and took us to a hotel for the night. The kids got to swim and we ate taco bell for dinner and we pretended we were on vacation for one night. It all turned out ok in the end. The water was back on by 11 the next day when we checked out of the Ramada and now the kids can't officially say they didn't get a vacation this year.
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Saturday we got the basement cleared out. I mean it this time. The floor could use some sweeping and there are some things to go in the dumpster but for real...it's empty. We hired Ronald, my dad's worker guy, to come help us with the move. He and his cousin and Dan had that place emptied and all of the stuff moved to a storage unit within 2 hours. I feel as though 100 tons has been taken off of my shoulders now. It's just a shame we had to spring for a unit to store things in, but at least it's temporary. I really hope the basement gets finished in time. This week we have a plumber, an electrician and the heating and air guy coming...after that there are just walls and floors and lights to do I think. Hooray. After that we can work on painting the upstairs bedrooms for Kendall and Tess and I'll have a place to put this baby stuff people keep giving me.
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This weekend was kid-free again because James and I pulled a week-swap since we're taking the kids camping this coming weekend. We're going with Traci and Allen and their kids for a few days. I hope I can sleep. My gut is so huge now that it's hard to even sleep in my own bed much less in a camper. I'll make the best of it though and try to not bitch (too much).
We also have our fondue supper club this Friday. I am so looking forward to this. I not only get to meet someone new, but mmmm fondue!
Posted by krystal at 8:16 AM | Comments (1)