Published by JPLand on 22 Sep 2008 at 02:02 pm
The Results
Here’s the list and the results:
Friday Evening
-Cut the grass (Moved to Saturday)
-wire an attic exhaust fan (Didn’t even get close to it)
+ Worked late
+ Supper with conversation (My friends Rickie and Sheri had pity on me and let me eat supper with them.)
- go listen to my friend Rob and his band “Deacons of Disaster” at CJ’s (but I left at halftime because I’m old and curmudgeonly)
Saturday
-make a video for church to show on Sunday morning (This actually took much longer than I thought it would. Apparently my source video was in the wrong format, so I had to start from scratch and go take my own pictures. See the post below for the cinematic masterpiece)
-clean the past year’s worth of yard debris (It’s been there for a year…what’s another year’s worth of waiting?)
-construction project to fit a freezer in our closet (I didn’t get to start until about 8:30, but the Georgia game kept me company while I worked)
-yard work to remove pebbles and put down stepping stones (moved to Sunday afternoon)
-try to watch a little football when I sit down for a breather (I did watch a little, so that counts)
-repair a few random holes that I’ve put into walls (the holes are still around)
+ Eat Barbecue (this wasn’t originally on the list, but it is noteworthy.)
Sunday
-Rest (slept until 7:30!)
+ clean an entire room (granted, I only cleaned it by moving all the stuff into another room, but it still looked better than when I started.)
-Gather with some college friends for a birthday party (over 6 TV screens in one house for Halo 3…fun doesn’t begin to describe it.)
+ yardwork to put down stepping stones (I only did about 25% of this work, but I did do some of it)
- welcome Kelley and the girls home in the evening (check)
- watch the sunset on the perfect weekend (too cloudy)
While I enjoyed getting some work done, I did miss my girls. It was great to walk in the door and hear two little ones chattering away. Butterfly and I spent some time outside on Sunday afternoon just running around and being silly. At one point we “played a game” that involved her sitting in the wheel-barrow and me pushing her around. Somehow I lost a turn. Butterfly and Kelley headed off to choir at church while Ladybug and I stayed at home and played. We dumped out every toy we could find and messed up the one room that I cleaned.
At bedtime, Kelley allowed me to put both girls to bed so that I could squeeze in a few extra minutes with them. After they drifted off to sleep, we accomplished the rare feat of sitting and talking to each other. We might have to try that again in another couple of years.
Mr. Rickie on 25 Sep 2008 at 8:32 pm #
I too like running around in the yard with the girls and acting silly.
Thanks for having me over.