My weekend so far...

Well, it is going to be one of THOSE posts,

so hang on!

Keep in mind the 100+ degree heat

that runs throughout this entire account.

Also keep in mind that there are two small

window air conditioners

in this house

that work

really hard,

but just don't keep up.

So with that said....

of course

I did get this rug finished.

I had hoped to get these done...

but...

well there is still today.

Twenty of these to do,

and I have five done.

So,

much of the weekend has no pics,

you will have to use your imagination.

Friday night

after work

Wyatt arrived.

Keep in mind

that while we have called the two oldest boys

a couple of Rotties,

this little boy

is wilder than they ever were.

He is 18 months of constant motion.

I am talking

"batten down the hatches"

wild.

From 5:00pm

until

8:00pm

he

emptied my spice cupboard

and I was getting him out of that,

I didn't notice that he had a

small container of

blue food coloring.

Blue hands, blue legs,

blue mouth,

blue grandma hands,

blue kitchen floor,

blue clothing...

A picture would have been really special.

But who had time to get a camera?

While I was picking up some dumped furniture,

I lost the shift key on my computer.

Really?

How did he get that off?

So at this point,

I think that I will take him outside.

The Rotties are out there,

maybe they will run some of the energy off of him.

The boys are riding their bikes.

I put Wyatt on the tractor

and push him.

Please refer back to the 100+ degree heat.

Finally, he decides to push it himself...

right into my car.

Chipped and dented.

So

Blue everywhere

no shift key

wrecked car.

not bad for an evening with an 18 month old.

Still with me?

We will move on to Saturday..

after a really hot, non-sleeping night.

Get Wyatt up,

get him fed and dressed,

load the car seat into my MIL's car

load the same MIL into her car.

Drop Wyatt at home,

Drop MIL at dialysis.

Now...

try to follow.

On Friday,

after John was gone for the weekend,

I found out that my driveway,

which was to be sealed sometime next week,

would be done on Monday AM,

which meant that the driveway needed edged before Monday AM.

I borrowed an edger from friends.

I hate to borrow anything, but power tools are the worst to borrow.

We don't have regular sidewalks, so I normally don't need an edger.

So, after dropping said MIL,

I head to Sears to buy an edger of my own.

Here is how the next hour went.

Sears, not open.

Tractor Supply,

the clerk points randomly in the direction of the edgers.

no help.

Back to Sears.

The little boy there points to the weedeaters.

But he hasn't turned the lights on yet,

and I have to step over lawnmowers to get there.

Ace Hardware.

The clerk points to the area of the weedeaters

and

says she will send someone back.

No one comes.

Really?

So at this point,

I think that I will just use the borrowed one.

But I need regular gas for it and all we have is mixed gas,

so I have to buy a can somewhere.

Oh well, off to Shawnee's to visit those two cute little children.

But first,

a yard sale.

I find a cute little sweater and scooter for Gracelyn,

and as I turn around,

I see it....

AN EDGER!

$15!!!!

Unbelievable!

I snatch that up and off I go.

Visit with the kids,

Gracelyn takes me on her

Berry Walk.

For as timid as she is about everything else,

that little girl is sure comfortable in the woods.

Back to pick up my MIL at dialysis,

Get her lunch,

get her home,

change my clothes

and out to edge the driveway.

Again

100 + degrees.

and

pavement.

Five hours later,

the driveway is edged,

cleaned off,

and

I even got the campground mowed at the fairgrounds.

So here is the driveway,

ready to be sealed tomorrow morning.

I have sweated more than I thought was even possible.

But the whole time

all I could think was how fun those boys are going to have on a freshly sealed driveway.

They are going to be

just like

Mater and Lightning

in

Radiator Springs!

Off to Ohio to spend the day with my

Mom and Dad.

They were away for both

Mother's Day

and

Father's Day,

so

I am going to hopefully make it in time to go to

church with them

and

then

take them to dinner.