May 22, 2010

• Yard Day

  If my husband had a blog,
  he would be blogging about all the unfortunate car work he has had dropped in his lap in the last week,
  something major with every single vehicle we own. 
  And every single job is giving him fits. 
  He would have a lot to blog about. 
  But, unlike his wife, blogging is not his way of de-stressing! 
  He finished his latest job a while ago,
  and immediately grabbed his mp3 and headphones and headed out for a brisk walk. 

  Today,
  after the girls went with their dad to shooting practice,
  they came home and spent about 2 hours cleaning their room and bathroom. 
  It SHOWED! 
  I was impressed when I got home from karate with The Boy. 

  I warmed up some leftover turkey
  (we still had a gallon size freezer bag of turkey and juice from Thanksgiving!)
  and we had hot turkey sandwiches for lunch. 

  Then there was some main area cleaning and tidying and vacuuming and kitchen cleaning.

  Then all the kids went outside to hit the yard.
  With the great blessing of owning the shadiest yard in at least a square mile,
  comes the responsibility of occasionally cleaning up the leaves and pine needles that drop from our trees.
  This,
  their father and I feel,
   is a great opportunity for the children to muscle up and get some callouses.

  

  

  

  

  Here is Paul, having finished his attempt to replace the main seal on CEL,
  switching vehicles so he can replace the
  radiator on the mini-van.
  

  Here it is,
  
  the new radiator.
  Happy Happy Joy Joy!

  
  The debris will sit in the trailer until next Saturday when Paul can take it to the dump.

  

  
  Interesting…

  

  
  I love this magnetic bolt holder.

  
  Cleaning out under the trampoline.

  
  So much JUNK!

  
  Oooo! Green!
  
  This grapefruit is about 1″ in diameter.

  
  Ugh…. all these books sitting in the open, in the shed with the broken out wall…
  Grrrrr!
  Another day I will tackle clearing the spiders out of that shed and deciding if any of those books are worth keeping.

  But now, the work is done,
  and we are off to
  Hobby Lobby.

  I love Saturdays.

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  The End.
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  • 7:42 pm
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