gardening fun.....

by the way, there are new pics posted on facebook...







Well apparently I can't copy my FB post, so you'll have to go there to read it....

So here's the peppers that I picked yesterday, I was hoping the green ones would turn red, I think I'm gonna leave some of them sit out to see what they do. Now I need to get some green bells for salsa and I'm ready to go! I'm going to plant some green beans around the current corn stalks to help with a bean supply, I'm also going to replant some kidney beans to increase what I have now. I must say that I'm a bit disappointed in the amount that we got, but I'll take before and afters to show where we stand. I am happy and feel very blessed with the amount of produciton coming from the garden since I didn't get the tomatoes steaked up and the broccoli was too late to pick. We are looking for a good healthy fall crop and will see what we can do about the cauliflower that didn't produce anything. GRRRR. I also gave up on cucumbers, kinda a waste of time anyway, we don't eat them fast enough and pickles are really cheap, next year will bring better and bigger results with the new layouts, 14 8x8 boxes. We are also going to build our tomatoe cages from scratch.

Okay I really must run, lots to do and little time to do it in.

BEEN A LONG WHILE...

Okay, so Facebook is really cool! I need to remove myself from the games though, there is a time and place for everything and they are consuming my life. I've put posts on there that I'll have to transfer to here to blog spot. Today we planted all the corn, we found a new system in doing it and it worked so incredibly well...none the fact that teamwork played a huge role in it. The only thing that I have left is to plant the onions, peas (which is too late, will have to wait for fall planting), asparagus (this is so very detailed it's not even funny), more strawberries, cucumbers, more tomatoes and more peppers. The squash and zuch is thriving leaps and bounds. I gave my first to SC but found out that she didn't like it so next time I'll give it to someone else. I'm sure that tere are plenty who do like it. I also need to replentish my supply. We mistakenly planted pumpkin in the garden instead of the wood yard, it got pulled today. The black beans are coming up so well it's great, the kidney beans are in too! I also found cherry tomatoes this afternoon. I'll see if Duck can down load my pics. I'm pretty sure that I sprained my right wrist today, and I'm really not sure I know where my brace is. It is hurting something fierce. But work must go on.

Let's see..oh yea my mother died on May 27th, while we knew it could any time, it was expected that she was maintained healthwise and was going to outlive my grandmother. She died of a heartattack in her sleep. I look forward to the resurrection where I'll be able to have a meaningful realtionship with her. Until then and forever I have a wonderful family and a fabulous group of friends.

Duck missed his summer semester signups so he will be home this summer looking for work. Okay well a lot has happened and there isn't enough time to say it all, I'll transfer over my posts as I can, until then this is my journal and I need to do a better job of keeping it up. Below will be a list of stuff we want to get done in the next 10 weeks.

Reroute the dryer (even though we don't use it a lot, it still gets used on rainy days and when put in shower surround clothes need to be unwrinkled)
Get all the wood cut
Get a LOT more wood.
Get funace installed and ready
Get windows sealed
Insulate the basement
Clear out our rooms and get the carpets cleaned
clear off front porch
plant cucu
plant aspar
plant toms
plant peas
plant lettuce
plant onions
start tom's for fall planting
Get boys room set up
Start fall gardening in Aug
Set up hyroponics.
Get lettuce beds started.
Possibly get green house set up.
Get water system set up.
Paint livingrom
work on deck
put up pool
put together solar panels
put up another windmill
purge toys
purge boy clothes
purge mommy clothes
purge daddy clothes
purge dishes
purge backroom
purge basement
purge book shelf

Okay so I think that's enough for now...not sure what is on my other list..but here is a 9 week list. Some impossible due to money, everything else we already have.

Today was fiercesome...

It is amazing how one mistake can set a 2 hour rollercoast ride off track. When one person decides NOT to stay in their freaking position as they should it hurts everyone. One person trying to stock set us back pending more than 4 at one point. Then we had another who was certainly not living up to potential. Why do we want such people to continue to work. If they don't like thier job and they are not going to do a good job, why don't they try to find one that they do like. Life is too short to work at a place that drives your blood pressure up and makes you unhappy. Leave....I say all this and my BP was way up there today. There is nothing worse than seeing a coworker who you are moderately close with struggle so much and not be able to do anything to help. It was like she was drowning and I couldn't even throw her a life perserver. If I had things to do over, I would. It was so hard today because of 2 people.

Today's reading is 8575 - 8548 = 1227..that's more like it!!! yehaaaaaa. 1787 monthly.

Well I'm really excited to report that my lettuce is coming along really really well. I checked on of the pots upstairs and sure enough it was really coming up as it is in the peat pot shoe boxes down stairs.

Well it's time for bed, I have to be up really really really early to go to work and it isn't going to be a fun day. I hate being at work 3 times on Sundays, but it has to happen. I'm really tired, my uniform is in the washer.

I really miss my kiddos...I can't wait for Mon, two day with my family is so close yet feels like soooo far away!
Night
Katy

Yet another long day....

So I opened this morning. NO one called me to tell me that I didn't have a prep person, D said that she didn't have my number nor access. To top it all off, another mgr changed thier schedule totally screwing me. The deal is simple, if I get to leave for my meeting, I can come back and help during truck. If I don't I have to drive nearly an hour away and can't come back for truck. I thank B and D for helping me make it to my meeting...I only wish that other mgrs would help out.

I'm getting sick, my throat hurts, my chest hurts and I am exhausted. After tomorrow I will have worked 46 hours this week...not my idea of fun. While we need the money but don't I really would rather not work that much, it makes for little time for my faith and my children. The baby is still sick, he is cought, well both of them are. We started breathing treatments to help break up the stuff in their lungs. One is crashed out and the other seems as if he is going to. I took a few hour nap today, thankfully! The time change has screwed everybody up in one way or the other...mine is sleep.

I'm really really really sad about my plants, it has now been determined that it was the children who used scissors to cut the plants for some unknown reason. They are nearly a total loss and I will have to start over tomorrow. I will use the peat pots again since the germination time is nill.

We have decided that as long as I use the gym, I can sign up. This will be a month to month thing. As long as I still go, I can keep paying the dues.

Daily reading is 8025.. That's 41 kwh or 1708 wph. better!!!! It was cold today so the heater was running and the dryer a bit. It is vital to keeping the usage down by turning off the water heater off...

Well I must go, I need to go back to work in about an hour...not sure how long I will be there.

ye-ha!

First of all I really want to say that I'm so happy that my adorable kitty came home. I really missed him, he shows me affection when I'm just sitting doing nothing and the boys get a big kick out of feeding him and opening the door for him to come in or go out. He is a wonderful member of our family that will never be able to be replaced!

The Ye-Ha...I bought some coupons off the internet the other day...off ebay. They were for those totino's pizzas. The local little store had a special 5 for $4.00. That means that they were 80 cents each which is a huge savings from even save-a-lot or Walmart at 1.25 each. Then...with my coupon I saved $1.00 for every 3 that I bought, which means that if I bought 15 then I would save $5.00 off the $12.00 bill leaving a difference of $7.00. This would have made each pizza only 47 cents vs the reg price. Over all I'm very pleased with my coupons and savings...

Today was a rough day...I got up at 10 til 3 this morning and started my day. I picked up CB and had her come in a hour early so we could get prep done. It was nice to have it all done in the first thing in the morning. It gave us a good start to the day and got it off on the right foot. I'm irritated at the people who constantly stand around or lean over everything instead of doing their work...if you are bored find something to do. How would they like it if I asked them to work off the clock and not get paid? Why should they get paid for doing nothing? It really is one thing if they are totally done with their work, the store is clean and there is nothing left to do, but I see an excess of laziness. While I admit that I have a few moments where I stand, I'm seeing it a lot in the crew and some of the mgrs. Quit being lazy, find something to clean or sweep...or go home. If your going to be a waste of time and manhours...why even come in? Okay, enough with that...I was happy to leave early and come back, but it made for a really long day. I had to stand during the meeting to stay awake and try to stay out of pain.

I was very happy that my wonderful Duck let me take a nap..the boys were so cute, they came up and woke me up, they were so loving and adorable.

I need to go, I want to get some things done.

Toodles...

A full day at home...

Well Okay, I woke up this morning still feeling weighed down in the chest...and no, it wasn't my boobs. I feel like I've been punched and the perps arm came out the other side. This generally means that I'm getting sick...DARN IT. I don't have time for this. I did however manage to get some stuff done today. I'm happy with what little progress I made in the laundry room, I'm going to try to finish it off before heading upstairs to bring down the dirty laundry baskets and bed sheets. I took a five minute nap today and it really did me wonders...not sure why, but it gave me the boost that I needed.

I am very thrilled to report that we found that the broccoli, cauliflower and bean plants that we planted on the 25th have come up...this is right about on time. Once they are a bit bigger, probably next Monday I will transplant them into the green pots, which are bigger, and start them over again. I will keep each stick with the plant to document which live and which don't. This will give me a much better idea as to how much and when to plant. Since I want to start the tomatoes and some stuff early and do it in bi-weekly phases, it was important to start early. This will give me an early crop and a staggered crop which will prevent waste and allow a run of supply, not just one time frame.

a couple of happy pics...

My fav breastfeeding pic...I was parked in the car one day, Duck took the pic, he was such a happy baby.

This is him now....he's such a big boy...



Sunshine is getting so big to! He is getting so smart day by day. He is teaching his brother so much and has started drawing again...which makes me happy. Now if he'd only let me keep his work.

I'll have to get the new pics off the camera to show you how big he's getting.

Apollo came home finally. I was brought to tears to think of the fact that my cat had more than likely frozen to death in the below freezing temps. He finally came home, best to our thinking he was probably stuck in a garage or shed or something until whomever set him free. He was hungry, very hungry actually and thin. He ate so much and then rested and wanted back out.

Well I need to run, I have to be up really really early.

Me.

My heart breaks....

I watched some videos after I posted last. My heart breaks for those in Haiti and all over the world that is struggling. We are worrying about which TV we are going to buy or which dish washer I want and there are people starving in light of a serious quake. I've been told that we've lost at least 16 brothers from the Haiti congregations, relief work has already started for the congregations in that area. They are already rebuilding the halls and finding refugee for the families. There has got to be something that I can do, even if it is small. I heard a story about a mother who's 2 yr old was at daycare, she ran to the daycare to find it crushed, but she could still hear her daughter. She talked to her for days while rescue crews arrived and started to pull away the rubble, she made it out alive and nearly unhurt. The torment that must play on a parent is gut wrenching. To think that the are down there searching for thier families and finding dead bodies or have to listen to them pray to live and in most cases still die from the time it take to reach them is impossible to think of as a parent. For the 2 or 3 minutes that Sunshine was missing that day, I nearly passed out from not being able to breath and scared to my wits end....I couldn't imagine going through this.

Tonight was the first night that we forced our kids to sleep in their own bed. Sunshine told me that he was sad. I laid next to him for a few minutes and told him that he'd be fine that I would be right across the room. He kept waving to me and signing I love you. I'm really proud that he made it to fall asleep, we'll just see if he stays that way.

I should get off of here, I want to be up in 5.5 hours and I have a meeting in the morning.

Tata...
Me.

I love my husband...

So we were both on the computer for a bit today...I thought I'd send him a private message, just to be silly. We kid with eachother all the time..like we'll say, "how's your girlfriend doing? or Tell you boyfriend to stop parking in my spot!" So today I sent him an IM that said, Hey sexy, wanna father my children? We're married, we can have fun...well then I saw who I sent it to...let's just say that it wasn't my wonderful husband, it was my uncle. Now...before everyone freaks out, NO I don't feel like that at all toward him...he has a wonderful family, they are actually our age and have fun like we do so he is probably going to laugh about it and tell the whole family. All in all, I was embarrassed and can only chalk it up to the wonderful relationship I have with my husband. So what's the first thing my wonderful husband did? Called my dad....that little rat.

Got a few things done...

I've started a new blanket...this one is different, I'm doing it:

Darker baby Blue row
darker baby blue row
darker baby blue row
multi color row
burgandy row
burgandy row
burgandy row
multi color row
brown row (chocolate)
brown row
brown row
multi color row
hunter green row
hunter green row
hunter green row
multi color row
and repeat until finished....

It looks really nice, I will keep this up in the future as opposed to my same old pattern although I like them both.

I bought new curtains for the livingroom and will move our bedroom curtains to the boys room and put new ones in ours...they are redish and not really a boyish color. I'm looking forward to getting them up until I can sew new ones for the boys.

I'm pretty sure at this point that I'm going to have to break down and see the doc about my shoulder....it is really starting to hurt again, and pop everytime I move it. I need to work on the biggest loser thing for work...that's less than a week away.

I also want to start getting my seed order ready for my spring garden. I also need to find some quality compost. Well that's something that I will think about doing...I also read that roma tomatoes are amongst the best for the fact that they have a low water content, which would be perfect for the sauces that I like to make and the canned tomatoes and salsa.

Okay gotta run, want to get some laundry folded before bed...toddles.
Me.

What happens when....

you change a blind mans living room around? Okay..so we've all heard that joke before, but what happens when you move an autistic kids room around? Today was rough to say the least. Sunshine was so beside himself, it has been unreal. I'm praying we don't end up with a seizure. Then not thinking he wouldn't let Smiley on the top bunk (which is Sunshine's bed) to play I removed all Sunshine's Buzz Lightyear bedding and put them on the bottom bunk and move the Cars bedding to the top. I was trying to prove a point at the end of my wits, it was a split second decision. Why didn't I just throw myself to the lions? Right now he is not allowed upstairs unless we are up there since they can't play nice, they can't play up there. We'll let them play downstairs and we will work on letting them go back up there later. We have rearranged the upstairs, I'm washing the 2 load of dishes, I hate the new dishwasher and can't wait to get our tax check, then I can buy a new one. Today has been short, rough and trying...but as a mother you will have those days.

I've gotta run, it's time to change the clothes over and wipe down the kitchen.

Toodles.
Me.

Vaccine...

So after talking to one of the people at work, she was contact multiple times by the school in regards to getting her 6 yr old girl vaccinated with the H1N1 shot. I found it interesting that the schools are harrassing parents to get this shots for their children, I would not have put up with it at all..thank goodness I kept Sunshine home this year. I read at a local new station that they have recalled 800,000 doses of the vaccine for children. Siting that they believe they aren't even potent enough to protect children from the virus. SO let's look at they cycle here...child unwillingly gets stuck with a needle, full of a concoxation that is not believe won't prevent them from getting sick, they still run the risk of getting sick due to the vaccine, get stuck again since most kids need two shots and still wind up sick with the flu. HUM...where is the logic here? None the fact that it hasn't been tested enough. The most alarming fact of this virus is the range of people that it is attacking, and most that it is very deadly for pregnant woman. All the same...I'm really glad that I don't have to worry about my children who are being presurred into getting this vaccine.

I'm off to rearrange my upstairs. I want to get the boys new special beds made tonight and on top of what happened yesterday I'm ready to get my home clean and NOT leave. We got stranded in the local town about 25 minutes away. We were stuck in our cold car with only blankets and waiting for 30 min for a wonderful brother from the Hall to come and rescue us. He spent most of the evening with us, we had to stop 2 times to charge the car battery enough to just get us home. The alternater is going out....and the worst part is that a remanufactured one is 125.00 OUCH. We will pull one off the parts car and replace it at tax time. We are going to be putting 15-20 fuel cells in it and try to run it soley off of water...I wanted to get it hooked up for solar/electric but Duck wants to try the cells first since we'll have to pull parts off for the electic anyhow.

The semester ended today, we'll get him set up for classes for next semester today. He'll be set up for 12-15 hrs this time. He should graduate next summer. I'm not sure if he is going to transfer his credits over but I can't wait for him to get a job. I long for the time when I can aux pioneer and pioneer fulltime. I've been going out a lot more recently and the joy it brings me is amazing. Well I need to get working on the boys room, I'm working a lot tomorrow and won't be able to do anything else.

Katy

A week of tantrums, little sleep and insanity...

It has been rough at work for a while. I'm doing as best as I can at work. I would have never thought it would be possible for a 40 year old to throw a bigger tantrum than my two year old...but I saw it with my own eyes. All in all it was hilarious. I need to remember that it isn' nice to laugh in people's faces when they are acting stupid. I'm try to work on that...it has always been a weakness that I've had. We are trying to work on getting all of our policies in line, I know that while every restaurant can do it, I also know that they don't. So what is the harm in working on it? It is a work in progress, not something that can get changed in one day, one lunch or 3 hours. Enough said...it was a funny day...and worse than that some people have nothing better to do with their lives than to try to make other people misearable. How sad for them that they feel they need to do such things.

The assembly today was rough to say the least. Duck started getting very nauseous, I think it was a mixture of heartburn, heat and greasy breakfast. Poor guy! Sunshine was beside himself, he has actually started sniffing his food which indicates that he thinks I'm hiding medicine, which means that he is sick or getting sick. He has had two breathing treatments tonight so....it seems he needs to go into the doc. Smiley on the other hand has moved from terrible twos to totally terrible three's. His attitude needs to be put into check. He's learning so much and he's so adorable, but I can't let him get away with everything...he'll start walking all over me if that happens. All in all he's a bright young boy.

I'm thinking about asking for a few days off of work. I need to get some things done when Duck is on break. I also need to remember to find out if Sunshine has a skin condition that I can't even spell. If so I'm needing to find him a particular soap.

Okay, well I've got a lot to get done tomorrow, so I need to get off of here and get some rest.

Katy

Going to be another long week..

So the other day I found out that my theory about why everyone is mad at me is correct. I could really care less, I was doing my job and I'm quite frankly tired of feeling like I have to defend myself. The point was made to me that they felt it wasn't fair since they always joke inapproiately and this was the first time anything was done about it. Okay..he physically touched another employee inapproiately and nearly did it to another who would not have welcomed such an inapporiate gesture. So is this why it's quiet all the time? It is because they don't feel comfortable joking like that around me? HELLO!! This is work, not a bar. And this person made the choice to leave the job which is something that I found out today, it wasn't that he was fired, while I new they quit, I didn't know it was their decision. I am easy to get along with, I just want people to do their job, that's it! I was told today that my performace was appreicated and good, that I should keep it up. That was a boost.

The meeting was great tonight, I can't wait for the special assembly. I have no idea how I'm going to get Sunshine dressed for it, but I've gotta do something, I have to figure this out.

I almost looked up receipes for cat today. I may have no other choice but to build a large cage for Mandy if she doesn't quit peeing. This is getting so old I can't imagine going another couple of days like this. The very next time she will put in the bathroom at night and I don't know where during the day. We may just put a door on the laundry room and put her in there. I'm at a loss....I can't wait until she can go home...I'm sure that she would be happier there. She does come out when the boys are asleep and cuddle with me and let me pet her.

I'm going to bed, I have to be up early.

night,
me.

Oh happy days....

Okay, so first of all..work...you could cut the tension with a knife. While people are starting to follow one policy it makes me happy to see that it is really starting to work, but there are those who still blame me for what happened. First of all I want to say this: Sexual Harassment is against the law, and it absolutely can't be tolorated in any work enviroment, allowing such horse play and harrassment go on leads to lawsuits frivilious or not. Second..it wasn't my decision to let said individual go, I liked that this person worked, said person seemed to work well, and it was sad that the uppper managment had to take the steps that they did, but said individual left, they weren't terminated. By not reporting this event it would set me up for all kinds of potention trouble. The other manager who didn't report it would have faced the same blame. I did what I was suppose to and I'm again getting cut down for it...how is this right? Horse play has no room in the restaurant period. I want to have fun while I work, I want to have a good time, but I don't want to put my job at jeopardy doing so. It is time for everyone to just move on, do their jobs and either have fun and not make others miserable. I refuse to be miserable at work because of any of this. I'm serious about getting the job done right, but I can have fun doing it. I think that others take me wrong, they seem not to care to get to know me, otherwise things might be different. I so tired of getting critized for things that others do, I won't ask someone to do something that I wouldn't or don't do. I'm not going to be leaving any time soon, I won't be forced into leaving, if others are that unhappy that is very unfortunate. I want everyone to be happy at work, what else can I do?

We got new phones, I'm really happy with the phones but not so sure about the plan. I'm nervous signing contracts but the plans seems like it is going to fit. All in all, I think it is going to work out fine for us. We dropped the home phone to practically nothing and the cells will have 550 plus our extra.

Tomorrow I'm going to enjoy the day off with the boys. I'm going to have a good time getting their bedrooms ready for remodel and getting things moved around. I want to make sure that I get all the windows taken care of as well. We've pretty much given upon the idea of the wood stove, we were misled into thinking this would work with our current system, although I kept saying mixing gas fumes and potention fire particles doesn't make much sense.

Well I need to scoot, computer is about to die and I want to get a head start.

Thanks to everyone who did a good job today and who tried to do a good job. I notice things, even when I don't say anything...I notice.

K

How do you...

teach an old dog new tricks? Work was yet again rough. We need so people who know what they are doing, and are willing to do the job that they are bing paid to do with very little to no lip. I will be looking into policies to see what I need to brush up on myself. There are some things that I've been taught how to do the wrong way.

Smiley is sick, he's running a fever again. I will need to call the nurse tomorro and see what they want to do about it. This isn't a huge concern yet, but I found out that he has been exposed to three people who have had and recovered from h1n1. I'm not going to freak out about this, I must protect Sunshine though. He is unable to take any of the flu meds as they either aren't for people with breathing problems or they are penicillin dirivatives. (not sure if I spelled that correctly)

I'm really tired today and if my arm isn't any better by Friday I will see if I can get into the doc myself. I wonder if I've torn my shoulder. The pain isn't always intense, but it isn't going away.

Well I need to go, I want to I want to wash a couple loads of laundry tonight so I can hang it out first thing in the morning.

Toodles.

Wild day..

I was hoping to get off ealy so I could go to the get together tonight. I got a phone call at 9:15ish and it was S asking me to come in early so I could leave early. SURE THING. Even if I had to wear damp clothes, which I did, it would have made a wonderful day. It was busy today, so busy, but for the most part good. A few try to spoil a good day, but I won't let it spoil mine. After work I had so much fun, we got smores and hung out with friends. I think I've found a couple to take the boys when we need a couple of hours to get some things done.

I need to get going, I want to get a few things done before bed.

Toodles...

Odd day.

Today seemed to be an odd day. Work was odd, people are cranky, but I'm sure they will get over it. Came home, got the boys ready, Sunshine didn't fight as much as he usually does and at the meeting they wouldn't stop talking, so we went to the back room. After the meeting we stopped for our treat at work and our order was so messed it it wasn't even funny. I had to end up going back in to get a partial refund since we were overcharged and still didn't get the food we were even rang up for. Hum... When we came home we hung out as a family and now I'm cleaning and Duck is doing homework.

On another note the tv ran for 3 days without interruption soley on the power provided by the sun and wind. It is obvious that we need more batteries and need to set the windmill up on a pully system. The solar panel isn't producing as much as I'd like to see, but we have to reset it as well. MJ had it set to power his batteries a different way, since we use the box with it, it needs a blocking diode which will stop the drain on the batteries when there is no sun. We are also working on the solar heaters, I hope that we can get those done soon. I still didn't get the carpet cleaner, I want the wide one and I'm willing to wait.

This is the plans for the next week.

Get the dryer reverted
Get the water system hooked back up
Get the rain barrels delivered
Get the plastic up on the windows
Get the curtains put up.
Get garden pulled and tilled
Get the wood to the basement and the heater
Get JM solar heater built.
Get the wood cut for the beds
Get the carpets cleaned.

Okay well that's a lot for one week, so here goes. I'd like to at least get 1/2 of it done.

Toodles.

I'm just trying to see if that worked, that is my Sunshine. He's bigger now, but still looks the same.

I made out a menu for this month. This will hopefully help us eat the food we have and spend less money on eating out. This is in prep to losing and income that helps a lot. Yesterday we spent $15.90 eating out.

Today I've found were the stupid fleas are coming from....time to eliminate the problem. I'm going to steam clean the carpets on Wed, today and tomorrow I'll pepper the area and vacuum a few times. I found out some really gross stats on fleas. They can live for sever weeks or a few months. everday a female flea can lay 50-60 and between 500-600 roughly in her lifetime. They hatch within a week or two depending upon conditions they are in. In my cleaning rage today I found 3 bags of clothes to pass on to others, two to a lady at work and one to a single mom who asked. I also found another bag of clothes for my baby. He's got far too many clothes and I need to make sure I'm pulling out the ones that don't fit. I have been working on laundry and hope to have it all done and put away by Wed. This way we can see what we have and what we need to get rid of. For a family of 4 to have this many clothes is crazy and selfish. Okay gotta run, I need to get some wood cutting done and get some wood done.

Toodles

Eating out costs: 15.90
Grocery costs:$0

Full day...

This morning, we went to the meeting, my husband shaved most of his beard off and looked so nice in his suit. I was so impressed. Then during the meeting, the boys had had enough so we went back to the other room to listen and Sunshine had to go potty. While in there we heard my husband, who has NEVER commented comment. I was so proud. I'm sure that I don't tell him enough how much I appreciate him but I do. I left work early, labor was high and we were dead...so time for me to go. I get home and we are going to work on the house, and hang out. We just got back in from playing outside and surveying the work that needs to be done. Duck was throwing the ball to Sunshine and he was hitting it with the bat, he was doing really well. Well gotta get to it, I want to get some things done before I go to bed tonight which hopefully is earlier than later.

I must remember to get a salad ready for dinner tomorrow, we are going to friends. This is going to be cool!.

Katy