Hodge Podge

Whew, It's been a while! I don't even know where to begin, therefore this post will be a hodge-podgy one. The house building process is in its final lap. Our finish trim carpenter finished-up Monday morning and we await countertops Thursday morning and floors next Monday. GG and Papa visited over the weekend and worked like mules through the heat and manual labor of getting this house done. Grandpa and Papa Boyd supplied showers, food, beverages and childcare services.

The July heat is in full-swing and the kids have begun fighting like cats and dogs. I was on the phone with the Home Depot Rebate Customer Service man (who was difficult to interpret anyway), when Maisie began bawling about Ross throwing something. I made a quick escape to the basement where I could hide behind the dryer. Before long, I was discovered and had to make another attempt at hiding in the yard. Lets just say the Home Depot Behr Paint rebate had a few snags in it. I managed to jump through the hoops regardless. I can only wonder what the customer service man must have thought of my whispering. Not only does the heat have the kids attacking each other, but they eat like hungry lions. Maisie's had a hankering for hamburgers lately. I'm not about to fire up the grill for each craving, therefore I discovered a shortcut. Our ground beef comes frozen in log shapes. I barely defrost the meat enough to slice a 'burger patty' (think slice-n-bake cookies), fry it on the skillet, cut sandwich bread with a cookie cutter and top with ketchup. Just call me Ronald McDonald.

We went to the mall to ride the rides. My kids don't have an appreciation for amusement parks, but show them an escalator and you'd think they were at Disneyland. Go figure.

If this heat wave doesn't end soon, there's no telling what my next post may bring.