Ok, so apparently last week wasn't enough! I have the pleasure of hosting Bunco this week, which is fine, I do not mind one bit, when I'm not sunburned. We took the kids to the lake on Saturday and camped that night, then played all day Sunday. The boys had a blast. Even Nicolas, who I thought was scared of the water a little. At first, he tried to stay in shallow water, but couldn't when we decided we wanted to swim in the middle of the lake. This turned in to me or Jason holding him. Not much fun. Finally late in the day, he decided he didn't want help any more and wanted to swim by himself (with life jacket of course). He of course decides this right as we are getting on the boat to head to the marina! We plan on taking them back this weekend, so we shall see what happens.
Back to the story. I have to back up. On Wednesday of last week, while I am still recovering from that sunburn, I decide to wash clothes. I forget they are in there until much later. I go to put them in the dryer and the washing machine is full of water. I think I accidentally hit the knob and turned it off so I pull the knob so it will start. It starts, and I forget about it again. I go back later, there is water in it still. Guess what? My washing machine is broke! UGH! Oh well, like I care I can't wash clothes. I will just wait for Jason to get home and fix it. Thursday rolls around and we aren't really doing anything. I went to the bank and dollar General. We get home and it feels a little warm in the house. At first I think it is because I am hot because I've been outside and the door was open for awhile because my kids cannot just come inside, they have to hold the door wide open. Later, I notice it isn't cooling down like it should. I check the thermostat. It says it is 80 degrees in the house. Why is that high? I keep it on 68. As it gets later, it keeps getting warmer. I check the vents, they are blowing, but the air is warm. I decide to just turn it off. I try to go to bed, I did not sleep well. I got up early and called Middleton, because they just installed that unit the day Nicolas was born. They tell me they cannot come out until Monday. MONDAY?!?!?!? I call Jason and tell him what they say, he calls them and they say they will have someone out that day. I wait forever for someone to come. They finally get here at 4:45, when the temperature in my house has reached 96 degrees. It takes this guy no more than 5 minutes to fix it. The part he replaced can go out without warning. GREAT! He also said they can go out due to power surges and since my washing machine ceased working also, a power surge probably got them both.
Back to hosting Bunco. Since I have had all of this wonderful luck lately, my house has been severely neglected. So, I have been trying to clean my entire house in 2 days. It has been so much fun! I plan on having a good time tomorrow though. My kids will be spending the night at my mother in laws house and my husband isn't home, so I will have no worries at all tomorrow night!
June 24, 2010
June 15, 2010
Ever have one of those days where everything goes wrong?
I had one of those weekends!
Well, it was actually a few days of things going wrong...
Last week we sold the Suburban so Jason could buy this old Bronco he wanted. I had to drive the thing home. I stopped by my in-laws house on the way home, and the battery cables came loose and I couldn't get the thing started. My father-in-law was there, so he fixed and everything was fine. A couple of days later, on Thursday, Jason found a boat he wanted to buy. We went to look at it Thursday night. He checked it over and thought every thing was fine. Friday, he took the boat to his dad's house, they were going to check it out and take it out on the water. They start to take it apart and see that the floor of the boat is rotten. UGH! Jason calls the person that sold us the boat, and he said he would take it back and give us our money back, but he couldn't until Saturday at 11. We were supposed to be on the road to go camping by then, we weren't! We finally got the boat taken back on Saturday, got everything loaded up and got the kids to their Granny's for the night. Jason and I go to Hot Springs to look at a boat. This takes forever! The boat we went to look at was not in good condition, but they had a party barge for sale also. We decide to look at it. The idiots at the dealership cannot figure out how to start the thing. Finally they get it started, and realize the battery is no good. We decide to buy the boat, so they send some guy to buy a battery for it. We get everything signed, insurance bought, and the guy isn't back with the battery. He finally gets there, but cannot figure out how to get the battery back in. I could have done it, it was 2 wires! We get the boat hooked up and see the pigtail is broken, and we know we will have to replace it before getting too far. When everything is hooked up and we think we are ready to go, Jason thinks the brakes on the boat trailer are locked up. We have to get out and see what's going on. It turned out that the emergency brake in the truck was on, we figured it out 20 minutes later. Finally on the road. We have to stop by Wal-Mart to get the stuff that has to be in the boat, and go to the parts store to get a new pig tail. We get all of that done, sitting in the parking lot to wire the pig tail, everything. One more stop though, the trailer tires need air! Finally on the road. It is around 6. Did I mention there is no air conditioner in the Bronco? I am dripping sweat the entire time. To make our ride better, there is a hole in the floor board letting exhaust in, making Jason and me sick! We were on our way to Lake Chicot, so there were many more stops since we had to buy gas a lot! Finally around 11 or 11:30 we make it there. I was so hot, I wanted to get on the boat immediately. After we got back to camp, Jason set up our tent and got stuff ready to go to bed. I did not sleep much since I was so hot. The next morning, we got up and started packing up all of our stuff so we could spend our day on the lake. There were 4 other people having to pack their stuff up too. Everyone finally got all of it done and we were ready to get on the lake. We get on the boat, Jason parks the Bronco. We pull up to get him, but have to keep letting him get off the boat to go get stuff out of the truck. First he needed tape, then it was Cd's, then he had to go get his wallet because it was sitting on the seat. Finally out on the lake! Everything is fine for awhile, everyone is having a good time. Well, almost everyone starts drinking. They were really drinking. Some guy, that I had just met, gets SUPER drunk. He starts throwing up over the edge of the boat. Everyone tries to make him eat so he will feel better, but he wont, and he finally just passes out. The rest of us decide to swim. After we all get back in the boat, I keep smelling some horrid smell. We cannot figure out what it is. I finally figure it out, the guy that passed out pooped his pants while passed out. It was all over him and in the boat. He acted like nothing happened when he finally woke up. We get the boat loaded up and get them all dropped off at their cars, and we start our journey home. First, we stop by McDonald's on the way. Jason likes plain burgers, so they made plain burgers, ALL of them were plain. My burger was plain! We didn't realize until after we were gone. We also had to stop at a gas station. Jason got gas and had to get me some cigarettes. We do not realize until later that they gave us the wrong ones. Oh well, we were going home. We had to stop a few times on our way because of the exhaust leak. Jason was really getting sick. We finally see the Woodson exit and the Bronco breaks down. We sit there for what seemed like forever, but he finally go t the thing started back up. Thank Goodness! We finally made it home. That was the longest weekend of my life. And, I forgot, my bathing suit cover blew off the boat somewhere in the lake.
It just seemed like anything that could go wrong the past few days was going to. It is a trip Jason and I will never forget! We are ready to take the kids out to the lake this weekend. They have never been on a big boat in the lake before, so this should be fun.
I had one of those weekends!
Well, it was actually a few days of things going wrong...
Last week we sold the Suburban so Jason could buy this old Bronco he wanted. I had to drive the thing home. I stopped by my in-laws house on the way home, and the battery cables came loose and I couldn't get the thing started. My father-in-law was there, so he fixed and everything was fine. A couple of days later, on Thursday, Jason found a boat he wanted to buy. We went to look at it Thursday night. He checked it over and thought every thing was fine. Friday, he took the boat to his dad's house, they were going to check it out and take it out on the water. They start to take it apart and see that the floor of the boat is rotten. UGH! Jason calls the person that sold us the boat, and he said he would take it back and give us our money back, but he couldn't until Saturday at 11. We were supposed to be on the road to go camping by then, we weren't! We finally got the boat taken back on Saturday, got everything loaded up and got the kids to their Granny's for the night. Jason and I go to Hot Springs to look at a boat. This takes forever! The boat we went to look at was not in good condition, but they had a party barge for sale also. We decide to look at it. The idiots at the dealership cannot figure out how to start the thing. Finally they get it started, and realize the battery is no good. We decide to buy the boat, so they send some guy to buy a battery for it. We get everything signed, insurance bought, and the guy isn't back with the battery. He finally gets there, but cannot figure out how to get the battery back in. I could have done it, it was 2 wires! We get the boat hooked up and see the pigtail is broken, and we know we will have to replace it before getting too far. When everything is hooked up and we think we are ready to go, Jason thinks the brakes on the boat trailer are locked up. We have to get out and see what's going on. It turned out that the emergency brake in the truck was on, we figured it out 20 minutes later. Finally on the road. We have to stop by Wal-Mart to get the stuff that has to be in the boat, and go to the parts store to get a new pig tail. We get all of that done, sitting in the parking lot to wire the pig tail, everything. One more stop though, the trailer tires need air! Finally on the road. It is around 6. Did I mention there is no air conditioner in the Bronco? I am dripping sweat the entire time. To make our ride better, there is a hole in the floor board letting exhaust in, making Jason and me sick! We were on our way to Lake Chicot, so there were many more stops since we had to buy gas a lot! Finally around 11 or 11:30 we make it there. I was so hot, I wanted to get on the boat immediately. After we got back to camp, Jason set up our tent and got stuff ready to go to bed. I did not sleep much since I was so hot. The next morning, we got up and started packing up all of our stuff so we could spend our day on the lake. There were 4 other people having to pack their stuff up too. Everyone finally got all of it done and we were ready to get on the lake. We get on the boat, Jason parks the Bronco. We pull up to get him, but have to keep letting him get off the boat to go get stuff out of the truck. First he needed tape, then it was Cd's, then he had to go get his wallet because it was sitting on the seat. Finally out on the lake! Everything is fine for awhile, everyone is having a good time. Well, almost everyone starts drinking. They were really drinking. Some guy, that I had just met, gets SUPER drunk. He starts throwing up over the edge of the boat. Everyone tries to make him eat so he will feel better, but he wont, and he finally just passes out. The rest of us decide to swim. After we all get back in the boat, I keep smelling some horrid smell. We cannot figure out what it is. I finally figure it out, the guy that passed out pooped his pants while passed out. It was all over him and in the boat. He acted like nothing happened when he finally woke up. We get the boat loaded up and get them all dropped off at their cars, and we start our journey home. First, we stop by McDonald's on the way. Jason likes plain burgers, so they made plain burgers, ALL of them were plain. My burger was plain! We didn't realize until after we were gone. We also had to stop at a gas station. Jason got gas and had to get me some cigarettes. We do not realize until later that they gave us the wrong ones. Oh well, we were going home. We had to stop a few times on our way because of the exhaust leak. Jason was really getting sick. We finally see the Woodson exit and the Bronco breaks down. We sit there for what seemed like forever, but he finally go t the thing started back up. Thank Goodness! We finally made it home. That was the longest weekend of my life. And, I forgot, my bathing suit cover blew off the boat somewhere in the lake.
It just seemed like anything that could go wrong the past few days was going to. It is a trip Jason and I will never forget! We are ready to take the kids out to the lake this weekend. They have never been on a big boat in the lake before, so this should be fun.
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