Myles, oh, Myles

This two year old of mine has been on a roll this past week. And by roll, I mean a tornado roll. It all started last Monday. He flushed something down the toilet. Not really sure what it was, but we are now down to one bathroom. Yup, the main one is shrink wrapped shut because it will not flush properly. I have found that most of the girls' hair ties are gone, and a nice big bar of soap is missing. I believe that is what happened to the "john".

Thursday we were pretending to eat and drink from the play kitchen as I was writing out invoices for storage. Fiona was in the living room watching tv and he was in the playroom. He wasn't even in the house for five minutes and she said, "something happened to the darn tv". Thinking tha Bresnan was having problems again, I tried to turn the channel. Only sound, no picture. I shut it off thinking that it would be okay when we got back from picking the kids up from school. We ran down there and came home. I surveyed the screen, it was okay. Turned it back on, and that is when I realized that he had broken the under part of the screen. So, that les-than-two-years-old LCD went to the trash. I called Grady at work so that he had time to cool off a bit before he got home to see it.

Bye, bye tv. It was so sad watching it fall into the back of the garbage truck. :o(

On Saturday, we went up to Red Lodge to attend the wedding of our Billings neighbors. It was a blast. Grady's cousin came over to stay with the kids until my mother in law could get here to stay the night. Yes, we had a kidless night! THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU! We ran into Billings to shop for a replacement tv, and came home with one that did not get taken out of the box until the wall mount was up and ready for it.

We are in the process of completing phrase two of the tile project. That means I am out a stove for awhile. It would be nice if we could go out to eat, but there just isn't anything around here to enjoy. So, I have a BBQ and a crockpot to be creative with for a while.

We take Grady's cruiser into the glass shop tonight for the replacement windshield and drivers window to be put in. Those darn deer need to watch where they are going from now on! If it is going to get cold, I need a car.

Snow is in our forcast. I hope it is gone before I enjoy another 29th birthday. I hit the big 3-0 and am now going backwards. I don't want grey hair and wrinkles!

So, there's our excitement for a while. I hope that he will calm down a bit. I think that I will go crazy if I have anything else to deal with.

Give Away.....

Okay, I found a giveaway thanks to Jasey! If I win, I may just have to give the bag to her. Go over here to check out these bags. You can have up to three chances to win. They are soooo cute! And, this one is fallish, with a bit of summer color still....kinda like we are here now!

calling for Alan. i know you read. get ahold of us. we're going camping this weekend, it would be great if you showed up. we are heading for sitting bull, but i am sure you can find us if we cant get in there. i will ruin my wifes blog every night if i have to until you call. 431 4831.

Some Projects

Here's that beautiful carpet that was in this house when we purchased it. Yes, my kids have already stained it up, and I have shampooed it, hence the reason for the removal...well, not to mention the "cuteness" of it. We pulled it upl and placed the ditra down, here's the "in progress" photo.

....and it's done! Well, everything but the kitchen area above. I have also removed the pretty wallpaper that you can see. The stripes, the dining area wasn't too bad, but came down too, and the entry had some pretty twiggy pattern. Now, I just need to texture it and paint!

BUT, I have other things taking up my time right now. Like, say, FALL DECORATING! My neighbor gave me the corn stalks and I made up tons of pumpkins for the centers. Not sure if the wind is gonna let these stalks stay up, so I may need to tie them more, but I like it!

We're off to an ice cream social at the school tonight, and tomorrow is the big night for the pumpkin patch of crafting. I am nervous, but hope that I have enough of everything to make it through. I had to order orange and brown craft paint off the internet because you can not buy it in this town. I was very dissappointed to say the least...I mean, come on, Walmart carries it for pete's sake!

Macy stayed home with a terrible cough today, but I think it's calmed down some. Everyone else has managed to be well since the flu episode. Crossing my fingers that is it for a long time. I hope you are all as excited as I am for the fall season coming so quickly upon us!

What a Weekend.....again.

Friday night I took Fiona into the ER. She had a fever that I was treating with tylenol and motrin. She had a red eye that really started swelling, and Grady wasn't to be home from Texas until 8:30. I called the neighbor lady and took the older two over to her house and dropped Myles off with her at her grandma's garden and we headed in. All four rooms were full, so we sat in the back room until one opened up. The eye was just a side effect of something worse. She was swabbed three times and had influenza A. The ER doctor wrote out prescriptions for the entire family to take Tamiflu as a prevention med, and Fiona was treated with that and one other medication. I called every person that I knew had been around us for the past two days and warned them to watch out because they were "exposed".

We wanted to head up the mountain for the weekend, but opted to stay home and finish the tile instead. Grady finished laying it Friday night and we grouted it Saturday night. Now all we have to do is finish the smaller kitchen area when we have the time to pull all appliances out. Sunday we kinda lounged a bit and Monday Grady worked on rearranging the garage to make room for both vehicles and I stripped the entry, dining, and kitchen walls of wallpaper. Man does it feel good to have that ancient decor! We need to texture it and get it painted, but I am fine with it being plain until then....just happy to have the wallpaper gone!

The kids went back to school today and Myles and Fiona had a heck of a time. They fought, cried, and whined all day long. It took me 45 minutes to get him down for a nap. I think that we took him out of the crib way too soon.

I hope that you all enjoyed your weekend. I know that we all needed to stay home and rest. AND, the house benefitted greatly from our days of labor.