Things I learned at my sons cubscout pack meeting...

  • Fruits have seeds.
  • Vegetables don't. 
  • Fruits are the ripened ovaries of flowering plants. (ok, I actually found this one on Google)
  • A large group of boys between the age of 6 and 10 can get out of control fast. (especially when painting pumpkins)
  • Paint, pumpkins and a 7 year old are really messy
  • Kids will never stop at one snack... 
  • I can drive home with one hand while holding a dripping painted pumpkin in the other

My New Front Door... Out Of Control

This is what happens when you open the flood gates. It started out with thinking about buying a little above ground pool. Then after edging up to a larger oval pool... Did you know they are more expensive because they require more structural support?!?! Well. A little in ground pool isn't a huge amount more... And then there is the heater... Just a little more to give us a longer swimming season.... Oh a three foit walk around the pool is to small, how about four foot for an up charge. Well the deck is really in bad shape... Maybe we should take it down and put in a patio... That back little bump-out has a single door that opens in, why don't we square it off and put in a sliding glass door which will give us more room in the kitchen.... The kitchen really needs a new floor which connects to the laundry room. We should have that closet taken out, it makes the laundry room more usable... How about new appliances and countertop to finish it off. They're between 15-18 years old and on their last legs. Patio guy says he can give us a good price on fixing up the front porch and walk also... Well since we have the workman coming for the back door and laundry room, why not have him put in that awning over the front door we always talked about.... Oh and replace that front door that was almost torn off in that wind storm last year....

So here are my weekends for the next three months...

When you have three kids in grammar school, your weekends are busy. Saturday morning soccer games and Saturday afternoon swimming. Sunday morning swimming with Sunday midday soccer games. I don't have the Cubscout schedule and other incidentals. But my weekends are shot until mid December.