It was a grand vacation.....

Well, A&T are officially Mr and Mrs now! It was a beautiful ceremony. The bride was stunning. The groom the picture of cool, calm, collected. The music was wonderful (cello). It was perfect. The reception under the tent was delightful. The food was great. All had a grand time. It was a long day, but a goodie. I can't wait to see all the pictures from the photographer.

The next couple days got us all back to normal. All the cleanup and breakdown. They came to get the tent the next day and all the tables, chairs, and buffet stuff had to be broke down and cleaned after the festivities ended on the night before. We had watched them put the tent up a couple days before the wedding and it was quite the process. It came down much easier than we thought it would considering the big jackhammer type thing they used to sink the stakes (that acutally were giant nails). They just whacked the stakes a few times with a sledge and up they came. We just happened to look out the window just as the youngest of the crew missed the stake with the sledge and took a glancing blow on his ankle. OUCH. He was fine...just a little gimpy.

The day after the day after didn't start out so good. Mo was running a very high fever and it got worse. We eventually found out on Tuesday (Monday being the holiday and the doctor wasn't in...we did talk to her tho) that she had a real bad kidney infection and as soon as she got a couple doses of the antibiotic down...she felt much, much better. But she essentially spent 2 1/2 days in bed shaking, sweating, and feeling like she had been hit by a truck. She is up and around now and feels pretty good, but is still fighting the infection and is wiped out most of the time. I hope it all goes totally away very soon.

I got home yesterday after 10 days away. Nice to be home, but I really didn't want to leave. I have to go back to the grind Monday morning. No more sleeping in till 6 or 7am. Must be up at 3:45am. yuk I did mountains of laundry today. Still have some things to put away.

I got the leak under my kitchen sink fixed today too. I called the contractor this morning and Jeff came and spent a couple hours under the sink. But I think we got it fixed for good this time. I had a leak in one of the pvc connections and because it was so damp under there, I also had ants. I got rid of the ants before I left on vacation and now the leak is fixed, so I should not see the ants return. Cross your fingers.

I need to go put the car back in the garage. I had to have the XM radio reset because I changed packages and am now not going to receive all the channels....only the music ones. So they had to reset my receiver in the car. The guy I talked to was incredibly hard to understand and didn't understand what I needed to do either. We finally got it all straight .... I hope. I will see here in a minute. I had to put the car outside to receive the signal. It doesn't work in the garage.

Well, I better get to it. And I need to get myself in the bed. I don't wanna. Later......

Still waiting for rain.....

We had some last week, but are supposed to get thunder boomies and such tonite. I love thunder boomies. But then I love blizzards too...so go figure.

Anyway, it is very windy...hot (mid 80's)...and the clouds are a piling!! I am soooooo glad it is Friday. This was a long week. And parts of it were not very much fun. The better parts were I got new carpet installed in the hallway and the guest bedroom. Love it. I discovered the home remedy of the eucalyptus oil on my pillow WORKS!!!!! I am not doing the choking, coughing, really ugly stuff in the morning any more. And my room smells delicious!!! The oil doesn't stain and I drift off to sleep in a cloud of wonderful scent. Love it, too.

The bad part was one of my favorite people on my team got seriously injured at work on Wednesday. He is doing real well, thank the Lord, and is already back to work doing light duty things. He went to see a plastic surgeon today to see if they will be able to reduce the scarring. His left thumb is a mess. I won't go into details....just suffice it to say it was very messy and very bad. But he is expected to recover fully with full use and no nerve or tendon damage. Very, very lucky.

I need to spend a bit this weekend painting baseboards so I can put the guest room back together. The mattress and box spring are in the front foyer leaning up against the wall. Not exactly the best decoration for just inside the front door. But I didn't want to put the room back together only to move everything again to paint. The walls are done...just the woodwork needs finished. I am never going to be done painting........

I need to get the garage sale stuff figured out too. Next weekend...and all &%#*&#@ breaks loose. In some ways I really don't like the Trenton Garage Sale....but man, can you get rid of "stuff" in a hurry!!!! I plan on pricing the stuff so it does NOT come back in the house. It will go to the curb before it comes back in here.

Soooooo.....to all the Mommies out there....Happy Mother's Day!!! You deserve it. It is the hardest job in the world. And the best...so I am told. Later.......

Waiting for rain.....

It is supposed to be raining. It is dry as a bone out there. Where is the rain??? Of course it will start pouring the minute I decide to step out of the house.

I have no idea why I am up so early. I suppose I should get started on the list for today, but thought I would goof off for a few minutes first. I have a lot to do today. Nothing earth shaking, just a big list of errands and such.

I need to find a GNC to get some pure eucalyptus oil. A friend at work told me to put a few dots of oil on my pillow around my head to help with the nasty congestion I have with my allergies right now. I am willing to try anything at this point. She did it with her daughter and it worked. We'll see.

I need to go make up my mind about carpet for the hallway and the extra bedroom. I said I would wait until construction was over....well it is over....long over.... and I MUST get rid of the filthy, icky, tromped down to nubbins hallway carpet. Ick.

I need to finish working in the garage. The Trenton Yard Sale weekend is coming soon and I need to get the garage in shape to use. I need to get rid of the mountain of stuff I have separated in the work room and the pile in the garage.

I need to clean house. But then, I always need to clean house.

I need to go get on that blasted treadmill before I do any of the above. I need to fix the sound issue (no sound) on the TV in my room so I can watch something while I walk.

So I guess I NEED to get off this contraption and go do something....I am up this early for a reason and I better go get my day started.

Later.......