We had a fun, if abbreviated, weekend. A lot of stuff got done during it, too. I cooked everyone breakfast Saturday morning before heading out to a workday with Hallie’s preschool, Children’s House of Raleigh. There I helped move a bunch of junk from their garage and out to a dumpster. Upon getting back I ventured into our attic to retrieve our Halloween decorations, taking time to vacuum all the dust that got all over stuff when Kelly and I added insulation this summer.
Once the kids were heading for their naps, I cleaned out the garage. Then I returned some things to Lowes and picked up a new fluourescent light fixture and a new faucet for our kitchen. The light went up in 15 minutes and the faucet went on in about 2 hours. Normally I’d have a new faucet on in an hour or less but the one I was removing was cemented on for some crazy reason.
After we enjoyed some time with the kids, we put them to bed and started up our movie, Side Effects. It was decent flick but not worth rushing out to rent.
Sunday we thought of going to the Art Museum [warning: excessive orange!] for some kiddie fun but we had some discipline issues that changed our plans. Then, because I’ve been traveling so much, I made a map of the United States with “Where Is Daddy?” on it so that the kids would know where their father is when he’s not around. The kids loved it and spent lots of time coloring in the states. I thought it would be fun for them to know where I am but looking back on it it seems kind of sad that I have to do that.
We were then off to the nursery to go tree shopping. At first we didn’t think we had time to plant anything, but we opted to walk out with three crepe myrtles anyway. I had them in the ground in a little over an hour, leaving me just enough time to eat lunch, pack my bags, and make my flight out here. So here I am.
Now, its bedtime. So long!