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The Last Mad Rush
Aug. 21st, 2016 12:58 pmThe kids will be here in four days!!! I'm so excited. We've been talking about this since January, and now it's here and TheHubs™ and I are running around like headless chickens at the last minute, which is our modus operandi. We've checked off a bunch of stuff on our to-do lists (I actually had to sit down and make those this time), and we still have a few things left. Poor Hubs! He's been working like a lunatic.
The weather isn't helping - it's brutally hot and humid, with afternoon thunderstorms. He finally got the lawn done, after being stopped over and over by either sudden downpours or heat so horrific he risked heatstroke. The front entrance finally got repaired, and looks nice. It wasn't an ideal solution, but the alternative was ripping out the entire floor and starting over, and we neither had the time, money nor patience for it.
We got their room finished (finally!), and even got to decorate the Christmas tree. For those of you scratching your heads and wondering if Teddy has truly gone off the deep end (which is still a distinct possibility), they had all wanted to come at Christmas, but airfares and their mother prohibited it, so they decided to come and celebrate James' birthday. We somehow decided that since we couldn't have them here for Christmas, we'd change his birthday to 'Jamesmas', and have a tree and presents and a party. Yeah, we're goofy like that!
So in addition to overhauling the house, we've been trying to get parties arranged and Christmas, sorry, JAMESMAS decs put out, and wrapping presents and trying to make sure Cat (the one with the health scare a few weeks ago), is properly petted on and has tons of fox-based presents (she adores foxes), and somehow squeeze work in here and there.
Here are some highlights of James and Hannah's (his fiance) room:
( Picspam )
Well, I've allowed myself too much time to play and have fun online - those toilets won't clean themselves. Have a great Sunday - hugs to all who needs 'em!
The weather isn't helping - it's brutally hot and humid, with afternoon thunderstorms. He finally got the lawn done, after being stopped over and over by either sudden downpours or heat so horrific he risked heatstroke. The front entrance finally got repaired, and looks nice. It wasn't an ideal solution, but the alternative was ripping out the entire floor and starting over, and we neither had the time, money nor patience for it.
We got their room finished (finally!), and even got to decorate the Christmas tree. For those of you scratching your heads and wondering if Teddy has truly gone off the deep end (which is still a distinct possibility), they had all wanted to come at Christmas, but airfares and their mother prohibited it, so they decided to come and celebrate James' birthday. We somehow decided that since we couldn't have them here for Christmas, we'd change his birthday to 'Jamesmas', and have a tree and presents and a party. Yeah, we're goofy like that!
So in addition to overhauling the house, we've been trying to get parties arranged and Christmas, sorry, JAMESMAS decs put out, and wrapping presents and trying to make sure Cat (the one with the health scare a few weeks ago), is properly petted on and has tons of fox-based presents (she adores foxes), and somehow squeeze work in here and there.
Here are some highlights of James and Hannah's (his fiance) room:
( Picspam )
Well, I've allowed myself too much time to play and have fun online - those toilets won't clean themselves. Have a great Sunday - hugs to all who needs 'em!
