Wow, today did not end up as I planned it to be!
After we got back from our trip, I had a very busy work week... And some late nights, that meant not getting anything done around the house. I did however make some family and friend and me time a little each day.. which meant even less house stuff getting done! So today, I had No Outside Plans!! It was a cleaning day.. Get the whole house straightened from top to bottom! That was my PLAN.. Catch up from last week, and look ahead to the coming week... I was prepared to be stuck in the house from sun up to sun down, getting EVERYTHING done!!...
HA ----And then hubby says "can you pick up the dog poop before I start mowing" SURE... I thought to myself... this is just one minor diversion in my plan, but it will go quickly! So I go outside...and from then on my day went like this:
"Mom Mom, can I play in the sandbox while your picking up the dog poop?"
<Yes, of course>
I pick up the lovely piles that I find, while Hubby is trying to start the push mower... It doesn't start... Nope, it's dead.... He's annoyed, tries to fix it, needs new spark plug... Nope, still dead... then he realized he put the weed eater gas in the lawn mower... OOPS! Thats bad!
So he decides to unveil the riding mower... Ruh Roh... It has a flat tire... Now he's really annoyed! So he gets the electric pump, and realizes the tire is not just flat, it is cracked! Yeah, so the pump wasn't working very well.... And he goes back to the push mower to try to fix it....
Very frustrated at the two mowers, he decides to cut some tree parts using his new Chain Saw that he got from a Thrift Store.... this will release some manly aggression... Power tools seem to do that! And out he goes with his new Chain Saw... It starts, its good, its happy! Until he puts a load on it by actually trying to cut a limb... and it dies! Yup Dead! Won't start back up!
I told hubby at this point he needed to give up power tools for the day, so he goes inside and checks on the Dishwasher... Guess what! DEAD!!! Yup.. for real !! Its not sucking water in and just spinning making an awful sound. We new this day was coming but funny that it decided to run its last cycle today after the power tool mess.....
Oh so now Hubby is fit to be tied! I'm laughing of course, because when this many things go wrong in a one hour period you just have to laugh..... But the best part was when our sweet little boy said he would mow the yard for Daddy... He heads out in to the grass with some hedge trimmers, and is cutting and clipping (for the next two hours) He was sooo proud of himself and had the best time...
REWIND: Back to the poop picking up... while I was back there I saw that some shrubs have gotten to high, so I started trimming them back... which led me to find some Ivy, so I have to remove the ivy from the house, which led me to find another shrub... So I begin cutting that away from our A/C Unit... which led me to find some more stuff on the ground..... TWO WHEELBARROW Loads later, I'm finally satisfied with the back yard....
Hubby, now decides since he can't use power tools today that he will cut tree limbs with the long telescoping tree cutting thing... Which leads me to find more things to cut... Soon there are tree limbs and shrub guts all over our yard... Which of course need to be picked up.... (Veg is still mowing with his clippers) And while that is all being picked up and put in to neat piles, Hubby gets the mower started! Not sure how.... but it worked... He decided to remove all the tree limbs from the property, while I decided to mow... WHAT WAS I THINKING???? Its a big freakin' yard! But I mow... Great exercise! And I mow, and mow some more...I finish the front yard, Hubby does the back yard.....
4 hours later, we are back in side!! All of us showering, and eating soy ice cream.... drinking tons of cold water, and then OFF we go... Ate lunch at a restaurant.... stopped to get Veg some Crocs (yes I finally caved).... And then OFF to look for a Dishwasher.
Do we find a Dishwasher? YES! Could I leave the appliance store with JUST a Dishwasher? NO!!!
I leave the appliance store with a Dishwasher, and a Clothes Washer and Dryer! (Nope won't be getting a Vitamix and won't be going to the beach *smile*) But I will be doing TONS of laundry, in my new Uber Huge Capacity Washer and Dryer!!!
I've never been so excited about appliances in all my days! This thing will wash a KING SIZE Comforter without even straining... And if a King Size Comforter can fit.... then can you imagine how many clothes it will take? I'm going to be a washing fool!!! Not to mention the Dishwasher that claims to be quiet. We shall see if that is true!!
They are being delivered tomorrow and Monday! Yes, delivery on a Sunday! Is that cool or what?
Why, you may ask do I need a Washer and Dryer... well because mine our 17 years old. The washer works great as long as you only use the setting on the left.... All the others, not so much! The Dryer still works great too, as long as you complete three full drying cycles per load.... I'm pretty sure, my new fancy shmancy machines will be a tad more energy efficient, then my 17 year old dinosaurs.. not to mention the time savings!
Soooo, At 6:30pm we get back home and I begin making dinner... It is now 9:40 and I'm typing this post, but have not done a SINGLE bit of inside house work!!
Isn't it funny how plans change?