Love Man

Love Man is in town until Wednesday.

He has been having a lot of fun.

He also did the yard work,

or part of it.

He is trimming trees and taking out shrubs.

Blonde Girl wanted him to lay with her until she fell asleep.
Can you see her head?

CDA

I would like to thank the following people who helped me get my CDA.
Mrs. Ameis who lent me her book for inspiration.
Mrs. Cash, who tirelessly worked to help create and put my book together.
Christie, at PVCC, who critiqued my book and gave me more junk for my book.
PVCC for the classes and the healthy amount of homework.
My children who were shuttled here, there and everywhere.
Amy for helping watch my children.
Love Man, who wasn't the least bit worried I WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED.
SRP for wanting me to do it in the first place.
God and the Girl Scouts.

Good Night, Good Knight

The handyman never did take my bed apart for me.
So, I have been sleeping with the girls or on the sofa,
which is what I did last night.
Love Man arrives tonight until Wednesday.
He is going to take bed apart and set it up box springs and mattress,
think poor college student,
on the floor.
Otherwise he will have to find another place to sleep.

Conferences

Our pre-school class held conferences today.

ALL DAY.

Blonde Girl is at her Webkinz Class.

Miss Brunette is at the Renaissance Festival with her class.

We had to invent a Renaissance costume for her last night,

as it was worth 15 extra credit points.

Yesterday

After an exhausting day,

I decided to sit on my bed for a few minutes before I started dinner

I did.

My bed or at least half of came crashing down.

I yelled.

My heart nearly jumped out of my chest.

The bed is half up and half down.

I called my handyman,

who, by the way, is NOT MY MOTHER'S HANDYMAN.

He came over last night and told me he'd be back Wednesday afternoon.

He must have forgotten.

He is busy,

a stay-at-home dad of sorts.

He did say he had never seen a bed do that before.

The bed is maple and the wood is three inches thick.

It figures.

I actually bought this bed NEW and IN A STORE.

How ironic.

He is going to rebuild it,

which is probably easier than buying a new bed frame.

Besides, I do like it.

So,

until he shows up - I am bunking with the girls or the sofa.

Last night I slept with Blonde Girl,

her princess night light changes colors and nearly drove me crazy.

Tonight I am going to try sleeping with Miss Brunette.

She usually has one or both of the dogs.

I am too tall for a double bed.

I told Love Man he might have to take this bed apart after his plane arrives on Friday night.

Then, we can sleep on the box spring and mattress.

Yippee!

Miss Brunette's Science Project

Miss Brunette had to make us dinner and do it all herself.
We had shrimp with pasta, cabbage, pumpkin bread and strawberries.
It was great.




First she made the pumpkin bread.

Here she is tossing the shrimp into the pasta.

Cutting the strawberries.

Final touches on the dessert.

We dined outside on the patio.

There is always tons of dishes to do.

I did help a little with the clean-up.

Surprise!

Love Man was cleaning out the pool.
While getting a screwdriver, he was complaining about rocks that get into the pool.

Voila!

My earring was in the Hayward vacuum creepy crawly thing.

I was so shocked,

I went and made sure the other earring was still there.

It was.