This Week

The weekend seemed to fly by quickly, and seemed to be very busy, but there's not much that we did. On Saturday, I got away for an hour to recharge. I went to Barnes & Noble and just browsed. It was nice not to have kids climbing all over me for a little while. Baby Nick has a real hard time teething, even from the earliest point in the process, so for weeks he is more difficult to deal with. When Baby Nick gave me a hard time on Friday, Nick said I should get away for awhile on Saturday to have some peace and quiet.

When I got home, we ate lunch and then got started on some cleaning. Nick went out to clean out the van. He got it washed and vacuumed and it looks like a new car again! He also replaced the mats to the ones that came with the van instead of the snow mats. That was also a nice change, because it is nice not to need the snow mats anymore. The streets, driveways, sidewalks, and half the lawns are all clear. There are still the big piles around, but for the most part, the snow is gone from the important areas. Parking lots have lines again! It is such a treat to park between the lines. It's funny what little things you miss when they are covered by snow. Joey finally feels comfortable walking outside again. He usually says, "It's not too slick anymore."

After cleaning, we did the grocery shopping. That is always so much fun! (None of my mother's daughters like to shop...like mother, like daughter.) Baby Nick was starving by the time we got home, so I fed him while Nick unloaded the groceries. Then we made dinner, which because of the grocery shopping, wasn't ready until eight o'clock. After dinner, I spent the rest of the night, until almost midnight, making chocolate eclairs. They turned out well, and were easier to make than I thought. I made eclairs because we were going over to Randy and Cheryl's after church.

On Sunday, the boys and I went to church. I brought a few eclairs with me for the office staff, which were very appreciated. I was able to sit and visit with Sarah for a few minutes before church started. She didn't have her husbands schedule with her, so she said she would give me a call and set a date for us to get together for dinner. I can't wait. It will be nice to have another couple, more our age, and Christian, to be friends with. I like Randy and Cheryl, but they are not a couple we have a lot in common with. Nick has more in common with them because they work in the same field. Most talk is about work or the kids. It's fine, but it's not what I would call a friendship, it's more of an acquaintanceship.

After church, we picked Nick up and headed over to Randy and Cheryl's for a barbeque. It was delicious and nice to see them again. They have a spare bedroom at their house where they keep toys for Cheryl's grandson, Jack. Cheryl showed Joey where the toys were and the rest of the day, he kept calling it 'his dreboom.' He would say, "Wanna go to my dreboom and play a me?" Or, "The cat is in mine dreboom." It was quite funny.

This morning, we all got up early to take Nick to work. He has to go to Fairbanks this week. So we dropped him off at work so he could pick up the work van and drive it to Fairbanks. It is a six or seven hour drive, with no cell service for much of the time, no radio signal, no tape or CD player, and no one but himself to talk to. Now if it were me, I'm sure I could fill all that time talking to myself, or at least the people in my head! But Nick is a different story. He won't drive home until Thursday, so we will be by ourselves for most of the week. I just hope that Baby Nick takes it easy this week, or I will be a basket case by the time Nick gets home.

Well, I better get Joey lunch pretty soon. I'm hoping to put him down for a nap a little earlier since he was up early this morning, and didn't have a nap yesterday. I will keep you posted on how the week is going.