help

It is so nice to have a family that is handy and comes to help when asked. I  knew we couldn't get the house ready to sell on our own so I asked my brothers and parents and Autumn and Jaron to come help us. They were all generous with their time and agreed. Its super hard to ask for help. There is a lot we need to do to get the house ready and get the best price out of it. Rich had some larger trim we got for free a few years ago and we trimmed out the living room, dinning room, and bathroom upstairs. It is crazy how much better big trim looks. Autumn and I painted my bedroom with some paint I had bought but wasn't crazy about for the basement, It has a touch of green in it but is a neutral color. I don't mind it for the bedroom. We got the laundry room cleaned and painted, the master bathroom shower sheet-rocked, some dents and dings and a  few holes in the wall patched and primed and ready for paint. My mom got some of my kitchen cabinets cleaned out. Overall I feel like we accomplished quite a bit in on day.

Rich was really not happy with me that I asked for help. To the point we got in a HUGE fight. We rarely fight. I can probably count less then 10 times in 25 years that we have really fought and been that mad  at each other. I refused to cancel them coming because we needed the help and he had his darn male pride in the way. We didn't talk for 2 days. it was stupid. He admitted Sat. that he was glad everyone was here. Considering he woke up this morning and could hardly walk I think he realizes we have to have he help.

I just wish the weather had bee nicer so I could have sent some people to work in my yard. It also needs some serious help. Oh well we will get it done. At least we are now on our way.

I also sold my china hutch today. I wasn't even sad to let it go and one less thing I need to move. Hooray!

Holidays

Wow Thanksgiving and Christmas are sneaking up fast. I am trying to get most of my shopping done on line where possible. I hate the crowds. We already have the older 2 their main gift. I think they will love it.

Dang it has been so cold. The wind is just yucky. It is going to be a long winter I think.

April showers bring...

dandelions. Yuck. We have had weird weather this month, well I guess not to weird for Idaho but I am sick of the snow, rain and wind. Holy cow the wind. The grass is starting to green up and the lawn needs mowed. Lots and lots of yard work to do and who knows if our garden will work out or will just be a weed patch again. Everyone around us has beautiful fruitful gardens and us... beautiful weeds. I curse morning glory like no other.
So I haven't updated and April is almost gone. Hard to believe school will be out end of May. Autumn and Tymber are excited for the trek in July. We need to start walking the greenbelt to get them ready. Autumn is doing well in school, she is keeping her grades up and working hard. Tymber still struggles. I'm not sure what else to try to get her to remember her homework. She makes me want to pull my hair out. I really worry about her going into 6th grade and having all different teachers several who will not care if she does the work or not. She has been doing a huge state report on Washington and it is so not fun. (I hate it (sorry Mrs.B) It is a lot of work and really overwhelms her so Autumn and I have been helping her a lot. More then we should but it's the only way she will get it done. She is such a good girl and so artistic she just struggles so much, my heart often breaks for her.
Hope is a crack up. She has been taking her doll bed and riding down the stairs in it. I think she is going to kill herself or break something. She just laughs and laughs. We got her registered for kindergarten (whaaaa) and she loves preschool. She has a crush on this boy named Dillon, she would marry him but he wants to be a power ranger when he grows up and she wants him to be a dad not a power ranger. Therefor she will not marry him. What a nut.
Easter came and went and my parents got home. They were not happy to come home from warm Arizona to snow. They think next year they may sty until the end of April. I would to the place they camp at is beautiful. Other then that just daily life work and school, nothing exciting.

Appliances

Things just are not made any more like they used to be. I bought a new washer last May. One year and one month latter the stupid thing was not working. It was making the worst sound ever. Think nails on chalk board plus 100 times worse. Rich was able to fix it some what but all of the sound was not gone. I remember when I bought my washer I paid the $ 50.00 for the extended protection plan as I had so many problems with my last washer and the repair man told me they make everything to last no more then 3-4 years now. Nice huh. So I called the protection plan and they came out on Friday. The guy told Autumn ( I was working so I was unable to talk to him even though I was home) that we put to big of loads in and that the left panel was installed upside down. He ran it and it sounded fine so off he went. Umm yeah he ran it without any clothes in it just water. So when I got off work I started a load I was way behind on laundry plus Hope had a tummy bug and really needed clothes to be washed. It sounded worse then when we started. Not happy. Called them and of course it was 4 pm on Friday are they going to get anyone out nope. Rich fixed it again for me but the guy made it worse so he was only able to do so much, I did a few loads we were desperate here, then another guy came out Mon afternoon. Got it fixed. Turns out something bent and a bolt was scraping against the drum, he pounded the bolt back out and presto all was great. So glad I had the protection plan. Most times I will not get it as I feel like it is a waste but I am rethinking that as things are not made like they used to be. The day of having an appliance for 20 plus years is over.

Garden time

We are all finally better. Yeah. Now if the weather would be nice (yeah right). We had a party for my parents the day before Mothers Day for their 50th anniversary. I know it was in Feb. but we wanted to wait to have it when everyone was home. We were supposed to do family pictures but that just didn't work. Kade was off to prom & Heather had to leave for work. We were pretty sneaky. Caralyn told them we were having a welcome home party for Brandi and Darren. We invited Deb and Terry and Rock & Linda and Dan & Angela and we had dinner at Caralyns. We brought salads and ordered a sheet cake with their picture on it. All of the kids and grand kids were there. It was a really nice day so we set up tables outside and the kids were able to play and have a great time. Caralyn has a little park right next to her house with a play set so they all went over there and we easily could see them. Aunt Perk and Pat were there and Lynn and Alan also. Mom and dad were the first to arrive then Deb showed up. They were shocked. It was great. They also got a lap top. My dad really wanted one to take to Arizona so now we get to teach them how to use it. They know very little about computers.
Rich got the garden tilled up so my dad is coming today to make rows for us and bringing tomato plants. Rich and I have been trying to decide what to do with our yard. We have too many flower beds and way to many weeds. I think we are going to kill the big berm out front and get rid of all the weeds and grass in it. We are slowly going to get river rock to put in it and the other berm by the ditch and not worry about flowers and plants in it. The berm by the front of the house we will keep flowers in. This year I think my tomatoes are going there to help protect from the wind. Then we will just have the berms out back for flowers. Hopefully it will be much easier to keep up on. We will see I guess.

Blah

So I guess Spring is NOT in the air. Snow and wind and crappy weather. Where are you spring and sunshine? It is time to show yourself. Bring on the birds,flowers and green grass, sun and warm days. I know this is normal for this area but everyone is ready.
I still need to get my taxes in and my Easter decorations out. Hope saw the eggs on Grandma Zoey's trees outside and came home and told me we needed to get our Christmas tree out to decorate with Easter eggs. So funny.
The kids are back in school after Spring Break. I was ready for them to go back. Tymber had missed 2 full weeks of school. 1 for being sick and then break. Hopefully she will stay healthy the rest of the school year. Autumn was off and about with Katie most of the week but that is normal for her. They are lost without each other.
I am in a slump. No motivation and depressed. Hopefully it will pass soon.
On great news Rich got the shower done downstairs. Very excited to have 3 full baths and it will be so nice the kids can shower down there now. For cheep tile the shower turned out very nice and is huge. They will be able to use it now. Yeah