Holidays

Holidays.  I thought they were set aside as days of fun and rest.  They always seem to be code for:  More work than you would have done, and you don't get paid for it!!!!

Our holiday weekend has begun pretty well.  First off, my brother-in-law came over Saturday afternoon and spent the night with us, we took him home after lunch today.  Since he lives in the big city, we did some shopping while we were there- off to Menards first to get a couple of things - and ended up buying a "Yard O Gumballs".  Yes, folks, that is a 3 foot long tube filled with red, white, and blue gumballs.   All the males in the house like to chew gum, Me?  Not so much.  I did try one today to see if they were any good, and just like I remembered gumballs, they were simply very sweet.   Yuck.  I jokingly asked Pete if he wanted my ABC gum (for those of you wondering -Mom- that means Already Been Chewed), and he took it!!!!!  That even grossed Mike out.  Then off to WalMart to pick out Pete's bike we were getting him for his birthday.  He of course, picked out one with ridiculously big tires (29 inches) telling me that this way I won't have to buy him another one.  I could not convince him that 26 inches is the normal full size bike and after this bike, I will not be buying him another one anyway.  Well, we got him the 29 inch (barely fitting it in the back of the Trail Blazer with 3 boys in the middle seat row).  When we got it home, Pete got out the Allen wrenches, to adjust the handlebars which he noticed were a bit loose.  He then took off on his ignauary trip around the yard on his new bike.  He did not even make it a full time around when a pedal fell off his bike, almost causing him to wipe out.  Mike was not happy and called WalMart to tell them whoever they had putting bikes together was not doing it properly and thank goodness our son did not get seriously hurt when that happened.  We don't think the pedal will go on properly now, after a closer look, so it will go back to the store tomorrow.  What a let down. 

Yesterday the boys and I cleaned out the garage.  It was a bit stinky from the kittens, so we swept, mopped, and deck scrubbed with Lysol and Odoban..  It smells much better now.  I even got my side of the garage cleaned out (again) so I can park in there and keep my car cooler this summer- that will make a big difference when it comes to putting Molly in the car.  Let's see, tomorrow is the actual holiday, I think we will all sleep in, then off for another day of hard work in the yard and the in-law apartment.  Whoooo, Hoooo.  Can't wait for everyone to go back to school and work on Tuesday so we can all get some rest!