My friend and neighbor (NA) ran into another neighbor, the husband, (NB) at the grocery store yesterday. They were in line and NA was trying to make small talk. It is not easy to strike up a conversation with NB. He had a bag of ice and a cooler in his hands. She asks him if he is getting ready for a cookout, logical question based on what he had in his hands. His response was that their 21 year old cat passed away that day. His wife was out of town and coming home the next evening. He needed to preserve the cat until she got home so they could bury in their yard, probably next to the big lump in their yard where their dog was laid to rest.
I don't think I have mentioned that my niece has been with us for a while now. She followed us home from the beach vacation. She is still on her quest for a job. It is very hard for someone who has no real experience to even get an interview. She finally got a call today and has set up an interview for Monday but it is a telemarketing position. We (her Mom and I) keep telling her to keep her options open at this point. She also needs to get experience interviewing. We are hoping she finds something. The boys love having her around.
The husband has not been home before 8pm any work night for what seems like the last 2 weeks. It really is probably closer to 9pm before he gets home. It is their busy time.....I am not sure when it will end. I supposed I should keep this blog more up to date so that he can know what is going on around here. I am sure he won't think that is funny. As he walked in from work the other night, I told him that I was beginning to think there was another women.....he got a laugh out of that one.
Tee had a great day today potty wise. I took the boys to the child watch at my gym. I was a little nervous that Tee would have an accident. He would not be able to get to a potty himself and it tends to get busy in there that I don't know if he would be able to get the attention of a worker. I ended up putting a pull-up on him when we got there. I had to hurry home (more on that later) and wasn't' able to take the time to get him back in his underwear. I was so pleased when I got home and noticed he was dry.
I believe I mentioned that when we purchased our new appliances we also purchased a drop in gas stove top. Last Friday, I had a plumber come to give me a quote for removing the old and installing the new. The quote was unbelievably high at least double what the appliance cost. When I called my husband he told me to pay my $19 fee and escort him out the door. Next we called a home company to do the installation. I was very clear in what I wanted in my phone call. The plumber was set to come out this afternoon. He called at 10:15 and wanted to see if he could come at 11. My niece was here to get his call and told him I would be home around 11:15. This is why I had to leave my workout class early and rush home. The plumber gets here only to tell me that he doesn't do the installation of the new appliance, only the gas hookup. He was very nice and told me to contact an appliance store and ask them who they use. I finally got through to a company and they will come out on Wednesday to give me a quote. The person I spoke with said they may or may not be able to do the job that day. I have to pay $35 for the quote and I am not even sure they will deduct that from the total if I hire them to do the job. Who thought this would be so difficult?
Speaking of the gym. I attend a barbell strength class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They are given by 2 different instructors and are structured differently. Both instructors tend not to do much, if any, ab work. One totally focuses on planks, which I understand are good but really would like some old fashioned sit ups. The other instructor may do a few minutes of ab work in addition to planks. I look forward to the regular instructor coming back from maternity leave because I know she will work those abs for us.
Tee decided not to nap today. He came down around 45 minutes after I put him down and said he was ready to swim....so we did. Bad that I didn't get any down time and good because it meant that all the kids get to go to bed early. The last few nights have been later that I would like. Tee and EE got in the tub and I sent Jay to my room to get in the shower. I went to check on him shortly after he "supposedly" got in the shower only to find him done. I made a comment about being done so quickly and told him I was going to smell his head. His head was not even wet yet he tried to get me to believe he had bathed. He was made to get back in the shower to try again.
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