You got it, I forgot to take the camera to the cookout on Sat. *sigh* I guess it doesn't really matter, it was cloudy and rainy anyway, and the kids didn't get to play in the water very much. My son and I left at around 3, but the rest of the family stayed until 5 or 6.
Yesterday we just hung out around the house. Did a few little chores, but mainly just rested. We played "DOG-OPOLY" and I totally whooped his butt!! lmao. You gotta love the Monopoly games...when there are only 2 or 3 playing, it can really be a time killer. We played for 2 1/2 hours straight!! Today is catch up day, and I will try to get all my "to do" list finished. It seems to be getting longer the more I think about it. But Wed we are going to town to get things for making pickles, to watch a small concert in the park, and to get his pictures done at WalMart. I figure for $8 its not a bad deal and I don't have to rely on his dad to send me a school pic.
Friday hopefully the DH will be home, but I think we are going straight from picking him up to Dubuque to get our other son. He will stay until Tues. or so. Not to mention this Sat I will be taking my son back. Lots of driving on Fri and Sat...ugh.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Hanging out
We have spent the last few days just 'hangin out' and doing things around the house. Its been super humid and I didn't even feel like being outside. We moved the baby chics out to the 'mini-coop' I built last week. Power tools rock! Chics with power tools are even cooler!! LOL
I put my boy to work cleaning up the water container and the poop tray from the indoor brooder
Once that was done, we relaxed for the rest of the day!!
I then recieved 2 phone calls bearing bad news. Now, bad news can be "terrible with no recovery" or just "it happened and we are all ok". These 2 phone calls were of the latter kind.
The first was to say that my BIL's hog barn caught fire. It wasn't huge, and was contained to a small area, and by sheer fate, the heat melted a plastic water pipe which, upon breaking, dumped water on the fire thus putting it out. Nobody was physically hurt, although his pride was. A few electrical components were damaged, and thank goodness there were no hogs in the building. It was the 'in-between time' where the grown ones were gone and the new ones hadn't yet arrived. They were cleaning the building in prep for the next batch. The electrical will be repaired on Monday, and new hogs will be in next week.
The second call occurred when I got back home from one of my nephew's ball games. It was 9pm and my sister was calling. She apologized for calling so late (I usually don't answer the phone after 8pm) but had to tell me about my 6 year old niece. She has been taking swimming lessons for the past few weeks, and doing quite well. Yesterday was the diving board. She dove off forwards with no problems. Then it was time to dive off backwards. Toes on the board, her first dive was great. Then came the second. Evidently she was so excited, she didn't place her feet properly and when she launched off, her chin hit the board. We all know how badly face wounds can bleed, so you can imagine. Long story short, she was taken to the ER and recieved 5 stitches. There should be minimal scarring, and its far enough under her chin that you won't be able to see it anyway.
So, all in all, everyone survived and is ok despite the craziness. Today is supposed to be a cookout at the SIL's place, with a pool party thrown in, so hopefully the weather will cooperate. I'll try to get pics and post them soon!
I put my boy to work cleaning up the water container and the poop tray from the indoor brooder
Once that was done, we relaxed for the rest of the day!!
I then recieved 2 phone calls bearing bad news. Now, bad news can be "terrible with no recovery" or just "it happened and we are all ok". These 2 phone calls were of the latter kind.
The first was to say that my BIL's hog barn caught fire. It wasn't huge, and was contained to a small area, and by sheer fate, the heat melted a plastic water pipe which, upon breaking, dumped water on the fire thus putting it out. Nobody was physically hurt, although his pride was. A few electrical components were damaged, and thank goodness there were no hogs in the building. It was the 'in-between time' where the grown ones were gone and the new ones hadn't yet arrived. They were cleaning the building in prep for the next batch. The electrical will be repaired on Monday, and new hogs will be in next week.
The second call occurred when I got back home from one of my nephew's ball games. It was 9pm and my sister was calling. She apologized for calling so late (I usually don't answer the phone after 8pm) but had to tell me about my 6 year old niece. She has been taking swimming lessons for the past few weeks, and doing quite well. Yesterday was the diving board. She dove off forwards with no problems. Then it was time to dive off backwards. Toes on the board, her first dive was great. Then came the second. Evidently she was so excited, she didn't place her feet properly and when she launched off, her chin hit the board. We all know how badly face wounds can bleed, so you can imagine. Long story short, she was taken to the ER and recieved 5 stitches. There should be minimal scarring, and its far enough under her chin that you won't be able to see it anyway.
So, all in all, everyone survived and is ok despite the craziness. Today is supposed to be a cookout at the SIL's place, with a pool party thrown in, so hopefully the weather will cooperate. I'll try to get pics and post them soon!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Much fun
Well, the trip to get my son went well...we had a bit of a detour in order to pick up the DH. So we stopped at a farmer's market and got some peas, and picked up a few groceries which put us getting home at 9pm. Boy, was I tired!!
Anyway, we have been to the movies and saw Hancock...it was 'fair', went to the waterpark and had fun, went to a nature park that was crappy, lol, and got ate up with mosquitoes. I taught him today how to mow the yard with a riding mower.
Anyway, we have been to the movies and saw Hancock...it was 'fair', went to the waterpark and had fun, went to a nature park that was crappy, lol, and got ate up with mosquitoes. I taught him today how to mow the yard with a riding mower.
Also had him working in the garden,
We've been having fun around here, too....
So you see, I'm not a complete slave driver, lol. More to come, I'm sure, as I have another movie day planned, and there is a concert by local bands in the park every Wednesday. You pack a lunch, and listen to whoever happens to be playing that day from 12-1. I think the SIL and her 2 kids will go with us to that next week. There is also a "kids' day" cookout planned for this Saturday, so I'll be sure to post plenty of pics!!
P.S. The pictures of him working in the garden were posed...no children were hurt/made to work like that in the making of this blog.
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