May 20th

This weekend was a little crazy.

Eddie went down to southern Indiana to help his sister clean out their childhood home so it can be sold. He said it was really disgusting. The people that were living there (his half brother and family) didn't have running water or trash pick up, so they literally filled rooms with garbage bags. They were heavy smokers and they let their dogs, cats, rats use the restroom in the house. Eddie's sister is pregnant, and neither Eddie or his brother in law would let her in the house. It was that bad.

While he was gone I was very productive. I thought that I would surprise him with a freshly painted bedroom. So when Vallerie woke up that morning, we went shopping for paint. I also got her some light up shoes and a few other goodies (because she's so stinkin' cute) I got the room all painted (purple... Plum Legacy to be exact) while Vallerie was napping. It was pretty unbelievable actually. I thought she would wake up hen I was 1/2 done and I would have to finish when she went to bed for the evening. After I was done painting and Vallerie was up from her nap I re-arranged the living room. It looks much more open now.

After Vallerie went to bed I put the bedroom furniture back where it was supposed to go and made the bed. I went to the living room to sleep because I didn't know what time Eddie was planning on coming home Sunday, and  wanted him to see it with the bed made. Well, he surprised me and came home Saturday night around 1am! I was so happy that I got it all done! I was thinking of leaving some of it until Sunday morning, so I'm glad I didn't.

Throughout the whole thing, Vallerie kept saying things like "We're buying paint" and "Mommy's room is purple". I was so scared she was going to spill the beans when she talked to Eddie on the phone. Luckily she didn't. WHEW!

Sunday we popped over to my uncle's house to see if there were any lawnmowers over there that we could snag. Ours is broken. There weren't any there, so we went price shopping. There are a couple that we like. It'll be Eddie's decision though because he's the yard man. We still have a couple other places to go and check out before we commit to anything.

All in all, it was a very productive weekend, but I would have liked a little more relaxation in there. Oh well. There's always next weekend (which is a 3 day). I actually think we're going to the Indy Zoo. Eddie's (other non-pregnant) sister bought a family zoo pass, and she actually got one free, so she gave it to us. It covers 2 adults 3 kids and 2 guests. So we can bring my mom when she visits, or my aunt when she's home and it'll be free admission for all of us. We were pretty happy to get the pass. It was really nice of his sister to give it to us.