Well I knew it was going to be a busy day today, but I didn't realize how busy it was going to be. Kids started off the morning by getting up about 6:30ish this morning with a loud TV going on. I got up a little before 7 just because I didn't want to get up and get moving. What also suprised me was the fact that Samantha had gotten the step stool and gone into the panty and retrieved the box of Reces Puff's opened them and then both kids had a bowl of cereal with milk and eating when I got up. I was suprised and really counted my blessings this morning.
The kids got to watch some cartoons this morning while I cleaned up the back yard from the night before where I trimmed down the palo verde trees in the back yard.
On a quick side note, I had gotten a jucier a few months back with the intention of using it to help juice lemons and grapefruit, bad idea a $14-20 fruit juicer works much better. So after I got up I decided that now would be a great time to juice those carrots and celery. I am trying to find the right mix so that it tastes a bit better. So I finished off the carrots and celery and combined the juices together and had some with some OJ. It wasn't the best but it worked for this morning. I have been trying to do some fruit smoothies with some protein shake added. This has been working out well. It fills me up and is healthy since I am lucky if I eat breakfast half the time in the morning.
So we spent the morning cleaning up and putting stuff away.
About 11:30 is when the fun all started. I need to get the satellite dish fixed because it went out went the two storms blew through and I though it wasn't in a great spot and was blocked, and the old dish was usable but I couldn't connect to it because the previous installer cut the cable 3 feet short, grrrr. All I needed to do was swap the reciever outside and reconnect it. So the satellite guy came and I explained the issue and he agreed and proceded to fix the issue.
Noon, my new neighbors from a couple of houses down saw the tree down and gave me a good price to cut up, haul away the tree, and fix the sprinker system. They have a landscaping business and know what they are doing. I wasn't expecting them til later so I was suprised they were there that early.
12:30 ish The water softner guys show up. They were coming buy between 1 and 3 to do the install. So right now I have the Direct TV van in front. Tree branches in the front yard and drive way with their truck and trailer across the street and now a third van in the street. They were redoing some pipes as well because the previous installer that put the in the water softer for the house, read this as the previous owners took it so I didn't have one, didn't do so good a job of it. They were also working on the outside spigot as well. One of the guys commented that it felt like a construction site. I had to agree with him with all the work and vehicles around the house.
3ish Grandma Jonason shows up. I needed her to watch the kids real quick and hang out while the guys worked. I had to run around the corner to Walmart to get some inexpensive dress of drawers for the kids. She also brought her old charcoal BBQ for me that she didn't need anymore. Woot.
Just as I was leaving Walmart it started to rain. It did one the of Arizona brief but hard rains. The water softner guys have to come back tomarrow to check for leaks for the back yard spigot and the landscape guys need to come back to fix the sprinker system. The rain only lasted maybe a half hour but it soaked everything enough that they can't finish the work. Grandma had to go to get back to her dog that was freaking out when a storm comes in.
5pm-5:30ish or somewhere around there... get back from another trip to the store to grab a few quick things and started the BBQ and had steak and did some carmel apples. I got a idea from the fair or somthing. I decided to do carmel apples. The kids really haven't done then and I figured it would be a good treat. I need to only go about half to 3/4 at the very most with a apple corer/slicer where it cuts the apples in sections. It didn't quite work as well as I wanted but it was close enough and tasted pretty good.
8ish Blogging the long day and relaxing for a few before calling it a night..
3 comments:
I do hope things let up a little for you guys so can settle in without too much more adventure. In terms of the construction site, we just found major termites so have to start calling around for that...the joys of owning real estate. Better luck in September.
Wow, that was quite a day. Glad you are more at a normal spot, well except for the orange kool aid
Well, you aren't the jenkinspowercompany for nothing, but I hope those 'power' trucks will find less excuses to keep stopping by soon....
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