Wow!

#3, 19, decided to hang up the laundry on the line without being asked. Amazing! There is hope for him yet. :)

Please tell me bad things come in 3's

2 weeks ago, in less than a 5 day period, the water heater broke and flooded the basement, # 10 ate many children's claritin,so as a precausion I took her to the ER and Hubby's car died. Car was not worth fixing, a major seal in the engine went and I was not going to put that much money in a 97 olds with 214,000+ miles on it. Hubby now has to drive my 2006 camry to work. It has 216,000 miles on it. I had to buy new tires for the 15 passenger van, so I could get the state inspection done and legally drive it. At least our basement is not finished. An hour with the shop vacs and running some fans and the dehumidifier for a few days and the basement was dry again. The plumber came over within 8 hours, and did the work on the side, saving us +$200. I give hubby 6 months before he wants to get another car. He likes the older gm 4 door 6 passenger sedans, as he has more room for his legs and is not cramped like he is in the Camry.

Library

Is it bad that I have 21 items out on my library card and have no idea where they are? I emailed the list to the 3 big kids, maybe they have seen the books and dvds?

Poor #10

She has been sick since Wednesday night, puking. She is finally able to keep sips of watered down sprite down, but now she has diarrhea. I hate the puking illnesses. We do enough laundry without extra stuff to wash.

It's snowing

Just a dusting, but the kids are so excited. They want me to find the boots, snow pants, etc. I told them where they all are. They can find their own stuff. I'm working right now and do not have time to go up to the attic. Maybe at my lunch break? (Side note, I had all the winter stuff sorted into various bins before the kids dumped everything in the attic to find the ornaments and toys we took away.)

Poor Papa

My dad slipped on the stairs last Friday and injured his leg. He had to have surgery and was released from the hospital yesterday. Since they can't come here for Christmas, I thought we could go up New years week. Dang it, I forgot the van needs new tires. Now where do I have $ lying around?

Trip to little brother's wedding

It was wonderful to meet his wife and stepdaughter, but the trip to Wisconsin is so long. On the way back, we drove through lots of wind and rain, courtesy of Sandy. If I would have known earlier in the week what the weather would be, I would have left Wisconsin Saturday evening, right after the wedding, rather than Sunday afternoon. Oh well, live and learn. The kids had fun, especially my lego lovers, as Uncle Mike let them build with his legos. They were not allowed to put them away, as he has them organized his way. Once they were done, he had them put all the legos that were out in a container, so he could sort them. :)