Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Surgery and hard work

K had ear surgery Tuesday. She had her left ear tube taken OUT and both holes patched. We had to be at the surgery center at 7 am. I'm still not sure why they have you be there so early. Guess what we did? WAIT! Try doing that with a tired and hungry 2 year old with nothing to do. She actually did well, considering. And some of the time she got to watch cartoons so that helped. The surgery was very quick (we were home by 9:30) and everything went well. She was a little groggy and just wanted Daddy. She did well the rest of the day but just to be safe, she and I didn't go to VBS. Wednesday morning she seemed extra whiny, so I gave her some Tylenol and that mellowed her out. We go for a check up in 4 weeks and if all has healed, she can go swimming and dunk her head (hopefully we will have swim lessons too)

On to the hard work: our neighbor came over and helped (maybe Daddy helped him) fix the outlets in my kitchen. It took about 4 hours. What a mess! What a hassle! But they work! YEAH!

Monday, June 8, 2009

Our garage sale

Well we had our garage sale this past week. Sometimes I wonder why I go to all the trouble. We spent Tuesday and Wednesday out in the garage setting all the stuff up. The sale was Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Thursday we had to leave for about 2 hours for C's golf clinic. Saturday we had to close up early for C's game. I'm not sure if all that hurt me or not. All together we made about $140. The kids made $14! They sold candy and some of their old toys. We had our old HUGE tv cabinet that I wanted to sell. It is still sitting in our garage. UGH! Saturday after the sale, I pitched a lot of stuff. Stuff that hasn't sold in the past 3 garage sales or so. I figured that was a hint. I'm hoping to put our broken tv to the curb tomorrow. I tried to give it away for free, but no one wanted it. If we could just sell the cabinet, we could have our garage back. I've put it on Craig's List but haven't had any response. Anyone want a tv cabinet? :)

For those who are wondering, C won both of his games last week. As he said "I actually smoked the Rays."

We also started VBS yesterday (Sunday) so that will make for a very busy week. If I have any interesting stories, I'll be sure to share. K also gets her tubes out of her ears and the holes fixed tomorrow. (I'm not planning on VBS Tuesday night)

That is our week in review and pre-view. Hopefully I can keep up a little better in the future.

Friday, June 5, 2009

C's golf clinic

Daddy found a near-by golf course that every year has a junior golf clinic. After some checking, we signed C up for the clinic. It's 2 days (Tuesday and Thursday) from 9 am -10:30 and it only cost $25! I thought that was an awesome price! So we spent Tuesday and Thursday morning at the golf course.

Tuesday was HOT! K and I sat and watched. She actually did pretty good. She ended up taking pictures for me. So I thought I'd share. Thursday was cold! We actually had to have sweatshirts on. K got bored and into trouble on Thursday, but what's new?

On the golf front, C really enjoyed it and seemed to learn some stuff. I would recommend it and hopefully will do it again next year. (To back up to Saturday, Daddy took C to drive golf balls Saturday morning--just so C would have some sort of expectation for the clinic.) C did good on Thursday but did get a little bored near the end. But I still think it was worth the money.

On the picture front, I took the 1st picture and K girl took the rest. Some are good and some are bad. Oh well, she had fun!






This is not C's golf bag. K just like how it looked and so took a picture.


Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Tunnel

We have a kids play tunnel that we actually got from Daddy's Mom when C was little. I have the cutest picture of C sitting in this tunnel, eating pop corn, while Daddy and I cleaned out the garage. I think he wasn't quite 2. I also have a picture of him looking out the little side hole. Too cute! (the last 2 pictures, he wasn't quite 1).
So this past weekend, I got the bright idea to take the same picture, but with K girl. She's a little older than C was, but it's still cute.
Here is my goof ball son, trying to fit in the tunnel. I can't believe how much he has grown!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Once again....

I am slow on blogging. I had grand plans to blog this afternoon, but our DSL decided to crash. After many tests and talking to a tech, it was decided that a tech needed to come out to the house and fix the issue. But he couldn't come until Thursday! UGH! This all happened Tuesday around 2pm.

It wasn't until after the kiddies went to bed tonight that I got a bright idea. I unplugged all the phone lines and the DSL line and power source. I waited about 20 seconds and then plugged everything back in. Viola'! It fixed it! Now I'm just hoping it stays "fixed." I'm not cancelling my "techie" until I'm for sure.

Just in case it crashes again, here is a synopsis of our life since my last post. C had a game Saturday (he tied), I had graduation Saturday afternoon, I've been setting up for our garage sale, Daddy had a game Monday night (he lost), K and I had a meeting for her upcoming surgery (next Tuesday to get her ear tubes out and the holes patched), and C had a golf clinic today (with another on Thursday). If our DSL is working tomorrow, I will blog details (plus other stories). BTW: for those who care---potty training is going really good! I"m hopeful!

Check back tomorrow or Thursday to find out more--or to find out that I'm without internet.