Quick Week!

Is it really almost Friday already??

On Tuesday, after looking at another house together (not a keeper), Michael insisted on taking the boys home with him while I met with my clients at my house. He also insisted that I try to take a nap afterward before coming to get them.

Once I finally got to his house mid-afternoon, the four of us went for a walk. These two silly boys here each found a salamander that they adopted as "pets" while on our walk. The poor salamanders were flung around by their tails for a good half hour or so. Somehow they survived. The boys put them in a bucket at the end of the walk in the hopes that the salamanders would be coming home with us. Not so!!

That evening Craig & Vickie came over for a little while to play with the boys (we had called Vickie to bring us some peas we needed for the tuna casserole we were making).

I made coffee for myself in the coffee maker Michael found at a garage sale (he got it so I wouldn't be deprived when I'm at his house). The reason it tasted so good is because I had the foresight to stash a thing of Coffeemate in his fridge... something that I realized on Monday I was out of at my own house. That was the day I was so incredibly exhausted and I knew I needed coffee just to make it through the rest of the day. I eagerly brewed myself some, poured it into my cup in anticipation, and then realized that I had no Coffeemate!! I was desperate at that point, so I decided to try an experimental concoction with whatever I could find. I put in a little milk along with some Hershey's syrup.... thought maybe it would taste a little like a mocha. Let's just say.... it was nasty!! So having my coffee Tuesday night at Michael's was wonderful.

Wednesday was dinner at Mom & Dad's house since Gary was in town again to take more pictures. This time he brought Joelle with him. She was here all afternoon that day to play with the boys. I think she finally realized that they've grown up enough that they are truly boys in every sense of the word... which means that she was a little bored. I felt bad for her.

Today Gary & I made an awesome swap! He brought me his lawnmower and I gave him the riding mower. It's a long story, but let's just say that each of us felt extremely happy with the trade.

Michael was here to help Gary construct the ramps and then the two of them pushed the riding mower up into Gary's truck.

Good luck, Gary! :)

I already used his mower today to mow both yards. It's a great machine and I'm so happy to finally have one of my own.

Just before dinner, Michael (with his "helper", Nick) decided to clean out my whole storage shed in the carport. He finished up after dinner while I put the boys to bed.

When I put on my shoes to go out and see his handiwork, I think I stood there speechless for a few seconds.

Only someone who's ever been here before could appreciate the fact that everything is put away and I can actually walk in there... and see the floor!

I never really went in there before, and for over a year now it has seemed like such an overwhelming task to clean it out that I've never even attempted it.

Yay, Michael! What a servant...