September 7, 2010

• A Restful Labor Day Weekend (????)

  So, where do I start? 

  This might be a perfect time for another bullet blog!   

  You know those weeks where EVERYTHING goes wrong, day after day?   

  We did well to keep joy in our hearts and not blow a gasket with the bad tempers, that were looming just on the fringe of our sanity. 

  We held our tongue, afraid to speak, and said to each other, “Boy!  What’s going on with us?  Do you feel like we’re being picked on??!!”  

  Monday:
       *  A long hard day of cleaning and moving around books, etc. to accommodate the new bookcase in our room.
       *  The girls had their last social skills therapy session from 5:30 – 6:30pm.
       *  I dropped them off and was supposed to go to Stephanie’s to hang out. 
       *  She didn’t answer her phone (left it in her car). 
       *  Went to Payless Shoes to kill time.
       *  Stephanie called and said JanaLyn was crying because we weren’t coming over. 
       *  I said we would be by after I picked up the girls. 
       *  I *RUSHED* back to pick them up and sat in the car and extra 15 minutes.  Our therapist is ALWAYS LATE.
       *  Her lateness further confirmed our desire to drop the Monday sessions. 
       *  Nice visit at Stephanie’s – bought some things from JanaLyn’s school fund raiser.

  Tuesday:
       *  I was in a cleaning mode, at my desk and files, when the cleaning lady showed up. 
       *  She told me what time she’d be here Wednesday, but hadn’t mentioned coming on Tuesday. 
       *  I found something to keep her busy.
       *  I cleaned off the top of my desk.

               

  Wednesday:
       *  Went to a Physical Therapy appt. *EARLY* (made appt. early, so I’d be here for cleaning lady).
       *  They sent me home with an apology.  Some sort of bookkeeping mix up. 
       *  Went to the jewelry store to buy Luci & Rissy heavier silver chains for their new cross necklaces.
       *  Deposited money at bank.
       *  Cleaning lady came and went.
       *  Jesse and I noticed a huge wet spot on the dining room carpet, just outside the kitchen door.
       *  I thought the bucket of water the cleaning gal used to mop the floors had spilled.
       *  That would have been too easy to fix. 
       *  The dishwasher was leaking. 

          
            
       *  Jesse turned off the water supply to the dishwasher, which left me with no hot water at the sink.
       *  I don’t have the strength to carry water from the bathroom to the kitchen.
       *  So I boiled 4 kettles of water for each dish washing job! 
       *  At first, we had an oscillating fan to dry the carpet (lots of “white noise”)

   
    

       *  Our friend gave us a dehumidifier to dry out the carpet.  The pad was ruined.
       *  The sound of the dehumidifier was “distracting” to say the least!  Much louder than our fan.
       *  I continued to boil water to wash dishes.
       *  That’s night’s meal was HORRIBLE!!!  I made chicken, that dried out, and curled up, like shoe leather. 
          The green peas were hard, the black-eyed peas were mealy, and the corn on the cob was w/o flavor!
       *  Went to church, despite severe fatigue.

  Thursday:
       *  The girls had their regular therapy appointment and I had my IV at the cancer place. 
       *  Jesse and I returned home to find blood (and a swarm of flies) in front of our large freezer. 
       *  Annamarie had gone out there to get bread for Wednesday’s lunch, the door had been opened over 24 hours. 
       *  We threw fish away and tried to save as many things as we could.  It was FULL of meat.

                                                    
                                                                   The freezer “Now”.

       *  Rice, beans, cake mixes, oatmeal, and other things that didn’t require cold temps, were pulled from freezers.

                              
   
       *  We alternated “almost thawed” with “very frozen” foods in the small refrigerator freezers.
       *  Then we mopped the blood up AND generously sprayed Black Flag to fight the bugs! 
       *  Food was on the washer.  Food was on the dyer.  Food was on the top of the refrigerator.  What a mess!

     

  Friday:
       *  I got up and came to the computer with my coffee. to relax.
       *  The keyboard was locked up.  No matter what I checked or unplugged and plugged back in – it was locked. 
       *  We gave ourselves a “high five” because the fish we bought were still alive 24 hours after being purchase!!! 
       *  When Jesse dumped them in their new tank, I asked if he wanted me to time them to see how long they lived!
       *  Thursday night, Jesse had cooked a bunch of the freezer meat – pork chops, chicken breasts, steaks.
       *  Dinner on Friday was fruit and leftover chicken.
       *  I got to bed at a reasonable hour – we’re both exhausted from the past week.

  Saturday:
       *  Jesse was going to rotate the tires on his trailer when he noticed the wire mesh showing on one tire. 
       *  Why are trailer tires the same price as huge car tires?
       *  A carpet guy (a friend of a friend) was supposed to come by to give us a bid.  Never showed up.
       *  Luci broke her brand new silver chain.  I took it and her ID bracelet away from her.

  Sunday:
       *  Went to church without event and came home to eat MORE leftover meat from Thursday night. 
       *  Jesse took care of a few things around the house and cleaned the  pool for the girls (green water, again)
       *  Annmarie opened a kitchen cupboard door that we had told her not to open.  The hinge wasn’t working right. 
       *  But, as usual, she didn’t listen to her sisters trying to help her.  
       *  The door broke off the hinge when she opened it, despite the cries of many who said, “No!  No, Annamarie!  Don’t
          open it!” 

          

  Monday:
       *  Jesse put an old tire on the trailer and took the Suburban to have the oil changed.
       *  They informed Jesse the rear brakes needed to be replaced. 
       *  Jesse cooked home style ribs outside and I made green beans and 4 cheese mashed potatoes.
       *  That’s when I discovered the milk expired on 9/1.  It was 9/6. 
       *  The milk hadn’t been rotated after our last purchase. 
       *  Now we have NO milk.

                                        
                                            See the vacant spot on the right?

       *  The friend who knew the carpet man, came to replace the brakes.
       *  The carpet guy called (finally!) and said he’d be at our house at 8pm Monday. 
       *  Jesse was in bed (I was getting ready for bed), when the carpet guy called Jesse at NINE O’CLOCK!!  . 
       *  He left a message.  I don’t know if he was thinking he’d come at 9pm or had another excuse for not coming.

  Tuesday:
       *  I woke up this morning and went to the kitchen to get my coffee.
       *  The dishwasher was running.  (Annamarie forgot to run it last night after cleaning the kitchen up.) 
       *  Also, everything from under the sink was sitting on the floor with the door open. 
       *  Jesse said their was water standing in the plastic tub that holds our cleaning products. 
       *  He thinks the water is from the day they worked on the dishwasher.  I hope so!

        

       *  The cleaning lady just called and said she has a sick baby – just as well.  I’d like to enjoy the silence!
       *  The physical therapist called to reschedule me. 
       *  She explained the secretary had been wrong and I *should* have been seen last week.

  ALL THAT *AND* PICTURES, TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Would you like to hear of something happy?

         

  Everyone slept in today and there’s nothing much planned – except, what I’ll fix for dinner and my first week of school teacher’s planner (we start the 13th) needs to be filled in.

  I seriously hope last week isn’t repeated. 

  In my opinion, “Labor Day Weekend” is highly overrated!

  Be Blessed  ~

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