Good and Bad!

The weekend was good and BAD at the same time! Friday we went to corsicana to get a load of stuff. We packed and loaded the trailer friday and saturday. It took a long time on Saturday because we did lots of extra things like burn some trash, weed wack the yard for a path to walk, and we didn't start till afternoon so the heat was not so bad. It was still bad but not so bad. Then we left late Saturday night to go home so we could go to church the next day. We woke up normal time and started getting ready. At this point I had forgotten it was Fathers Day. Sorry Guys! I didn't remember till I got to church and saw some kid wish his father happy Fathers day. Anyway I got breakfast for Caleb and I. I woke up Eric and he said he was not feeling well. He probably dehydrated himself saturday. He soaked three towels with all his sweat from packing in the heat. So I brought him some water (does that count as breakfast in bed??? LOL j/k) Then I went to get Caleb dressed and I couldn't find his one sunday shoe. He took them both off last week in his room. I found one and not the other. I checked under everything three times! I then found some shoes that would work, not well but what could I do. Then I tried to get the trailer off the van so I could go. I could not get the trailer off the hitch. I went inside and I was frustrated. So I just took the car and I had to have Eric put in some gas so we could make it and back. Then I droe off. I was really late for church, but oh well. So then The first two hours of church were fine. Then came Sacrament meeting. The first part was fine but then the kids went to sing a Fathers Day song like always. Caleb went up there and did not act very well. He was whispering. and then after the first song the teaqcher told them to stay up there but Caleb did not listen came down and told the teqcher he did not sing because of stage fright. She told him to go back up and he did, but not to sing. The whole time he was walking around up and down the stairs, the stage, hanging over the banister, and then when it was over he did not come down. I had to go up and get him and he even tried to run from me. It was embarrassing. So I tried not to stomp out, which is how I was feeling at the time. Then I spent the last speaker time trying not to yell and to explain to him what he did wrong. He was sooo tired today I should have expected his behavior. So then church ended and I went home.

We had bacon, avocado, club sandwhiches for lunch it was very good! Then I got some bad news from Eric. I forgot to tell him I left the post down from trying to get the trailer off, and he drove the van trying to get to church for sacrament. So he bent the post. He couldn't come to church because he had nothing to make the trailer stand up to get the van out. Then we tried to straighten it out. Bad Idea. It would have worked in the movies I am sure. The principle was sound. But add in the human element and it failed. So the post broke off after we had decided to just park it attached to the van. Completely broke off. Gone. bye bye. Thunk to the cement! So now we have to get that fixed. Along with the bent light that happened a while ago, and the stripped tire from the trip down from Ohio, and the spare having little cracks in it from sitting on the trailer for so long, also on the trip down from Ohio. We didnt' know what to do. We were trying to leave to go to Dad's for Fathers Day. Then Jeanne and George drove up with the other van so we were saved for the mometn at least! Oh yes.... there is more to come!

We got to mom's and Dad wasn't even there. He had to make an emergency run to a Bishops house for some stake buisness or something like that. So we hung out with mom and talked to her. got the news and such. Then Dad came home and got his gift. We got him a golf ball retreiver. He loved it and the fact that it extended to 18 feet! So we just had to go try it out. We went golf abll hunting. I resally like it and it gives me exercise. I really need exercise right now. So we went and we tried it out and it worked great! We got lots of balls we would never had gotten and some that we would have had to splash through the water for. All with no fuss. So that was cool. We finished and went back to the house. We had dinner of barbecue and mashed potatoes and vegetables. Yes Mom had vegetables, I am shocked, I know!!! We all enjoyed it. Then we played some Catan. I didn't play the first game but I played and won the second. I crotcheted for the first game.

By the time we left it was really late. But we had a good time. And Mom gave us a barbecue and a lawn mower she was getting rid of. She is trying to get rid of things since her move and especially since she is doing the house exchange. So then she asked if we could store her boat at our house while she is gone. So we got that packed and ready to go and it wouldn't fit on our hitch. Then we got it to fit but we didn't have any lights. So then we decided mom would just go and drop it off with us and she wanted to see the changes to the house as well. so then we put it on and the lights were not working on her car either. So we got on the highway and there was a huge traffic jam. So we got off as soon as possible because of no working lights on the trailer. So we ended up taking the back roads and we got to our house just fine. Then mom backed up the trailer well and was almost done when we heard this Boom and felt the car fall a little to one side! We forgot to tell her and she couldn't see that the drive way was not that wide. So she drove her car off the concrete into the ditch. It is hard to explain But only one wheel was hangin off the side of the concrete. She tried to drive forward but she has front wheel drive aqnd it didn't work. So she got out and looked and she was scared that she broke her axle. But Eric said he didn't think so, it wasn't that hard of a fall. So we get out Mom's jack and there is nothing there to pump it up. So we go and get another car jack. We had then in spades! three cars and two trailers are in our drive way. it is so nice to have a round about driveway! So then we had a little bit of a hard time finding frame that was entirely on the concrete to get the car jacked up. But we got it jacked up a little bit and then jammed a board that we use at the back of the trailer under the wheel so she can use that to drive out. Then the jack broke and we couldn't get it out all of the way from the car. So we had to go get another jack and jack upthe car alittle bit more to pull out the first jack, then lower the second jack and she was able to pull out okay. No more accidents off the concrete. But she was backing around to try and pull into our driveway to get a good look at the axle and bottom of the car and stuff and her trunk lid was up where we had tried to use her jack, and she almost backed into the mail box across the street. So she looke dand it all looked okay. She didn't have a phone with her but she said she would call in about 30 minutes when she got home. If not then I should call the house and wake up dad and tell him what happened. I didn't get a call but I called the house and she was there Rachel had distracted her from calling. So then I was able to go to bed. Then an hour later Eric came in from trying to get the pictures for the tax appeal ready and printed. I told him where they were on teh dell and he asked me to get up and try and fix them. I was not very happy but I could help him by doing this so I did. I tried and tried to get it working but I could not get it working! I got half the assignment done but that was the easy part. So I worked on it for a long time. And then Eric showed up to the rescue. He worked his magic and got it working. I assume he did because he worked for a while and things looked like they were working and then he said I could go to bed. I was grateful, it was sooo early in the morning I was almost dead. Then I went to bed and I got woken up at 8 in the morning where Everybody had to leave. I just went and got Caleb some breakfast, got something small for myself and then laid down on the couch and slept while Caleb wached Cartoons. He kept waking me up with his running around and bouncing, but that is okay. So I slept for a while and then got up and made lunch for Caleb and I. I then debated going back to sleep but I got some phone calls and then I felt like I could stay awake for a while with no bad consequences.

Then this morning Mom called and said she took her car in to have it balanced and nothing was wrong with it from last night. So that was good. Then she asked my opinion on the wedding lunch she is trying to put together for Mike and Linda's wedding. She wants to go to Buca Di Beppos for dinner. It is a nice fun family place. She wanted to know what I would order for dinner with the budget she wants to have. I gave her some of my thoughts and she gave me her thoughts and we both agree that it is just a good idea. They have the family size portions so we would order a few and then all split it. It sounds sooo good right now. I love Buca's!!!!

Now Eric is home from school and we are talking. I can feel my eyes still tired and they have to really work to move and look at different things. I am going to go to bed early or take another nap soon.