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leah777 -> RE: A new week, so let's chat! September 29-October 4, 2008 (9/30/2008 11:07:26 AM)
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Good morning, Barb . . . sounds like we're having the same kind of weather! It's all of 54 degrees now, and a bit chilly in here, so I just turned the space heater on. I'd already put a sweatshirt on Garrett cuz his arms were cold, but then I decided it was simply too cold in here anyway . . . . yep, fall has definitely arrived. I got my decorations out last week, and some of them in place already. Others need a bit of straightening up, but I'll get there. My one day at home last week was spent taking care of my injured ankle. I managed to get one outfit done in my sewing room, and that was it. Now I need to try to get back in there.
Yes, I'm so thankful my ankle healed so quickly. Yesterday I was on it a good part of the day, and it did just fine all day, and still is doing great. After the boys got home yesterday, the two neighbor kids came down, so they all sat at the kitchen table & had milk & cookies, then we went out to play. The boys wanted to play with the football, so I mostly just chased Garrett to try to keep him out of their way. Then we picked up walnuts for a bit. Garrett chased the ball, the two dogs (the neighbor's and mine), then chased me around when I tried to water the flowers with the hose. He was trying his best to get under the hose. He finally discovered that I was leaving mud puddles in my wake, so he sat down in one of those & splashed for a bit [:D]
He thinks it's funny to run off from me now . . of course, he can't really run, but he can move pretty fast, so I know better than to let him get too far away. But he gets so tickled when I have to chase him down . . . ornery little stinker!
Anyway, after my 9 y/o charge left, the rest of us wandered to the front yard to finish watering the flowers, and the neighbor boys started tearing apart an old, rotted tree stump. It's been needing to be pulled out for a long time, but Bill nor I wanted to tackle it. Well, tackle it they did!! Those to skinny little runts had that thing tore apart in no time at all, and a big mess on my lawn [:D][:D] . . . so I retrieved the lawn tractor and trailer from the shed so they could pick up their mess . . . . they were more interested in getting the last tall piece of tree trunk down, but try as we might, even with a rope & the tractor, we couldn't get it. It was really looking like rain, tho, so I told them to hurry & get as much of is as possible into the trailer so as not to leave the yard in too big of a mess for Bill.
While we were busy with the tree, Garrett was busy checking out the lawn tractor, climbing on & off of it, which he thought was pretty cool, so he'd cheer himself on with each accomplishment [;)] . . . he's such a BOY! [sm=biggrin.gif]
Finally, the rains came, the neighbor boys headed for home & we came inside, which Garrett didn't like at all! So I had to fuss with him to get him to let me change his wet shorts (where he'd been sitting in the puddle), and get him ready to greet his daddy, who came before we were quite finished. I told him Garrett had had a great time chasing kids & balls & dogs & water hoses, and playing in mud puddles and on the tractor . . . I think he is really pleased when Garrett has such a good time here -- last night he wasn't sure he wanted to go home! Really, even tho the older boys don't pay a whole lot of attention to him yet, I think it is good for him to be with them. Eventually, they will get used to him and include him more, I'm sure. Right now, I think they are not quite sure how to 'play' with him. This afterschool babysitting is working out well. I only really have the one, but the neighbor kids seem to have adopted me, so it's like I have 3 plus Garrett.
Oh! . . when Bill came home, he takes one look at the tree stump mess & the lawn tractor sitting in the front yard and says, "Tell me you didn't drive that tractor!" [&:][8|][8D] . . . . . well, one of the kids sure didn't drive it! -- of course I drove it . . . Oh! My foot is fine! Good grief, I chased Garrett all around the yard for a good hour before I got on the tractor, not to mention the shopping I did! [sm=shakinghead.gif] . . . . he teasingly accused me of just wanting to be waited on all weekend [:D] . . he actually did an excellent job of that, as I said yesterday. And I'm planning a good dinner for him tonight to thank him for that [:)]
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