I never did post after our weekend with company. Had some folks come in, we rode and had lunch, and just hung out here for most of the weekend. Great weekend with great friends!

Letting Go

Giving up control feels really good sometimes, and though I hate to admit my kids are growing up, I have to realize they're not babies anymore.

I have company coming in this weekend, and with being busy this week and being sick earlier in the week, I had a lot to get done. And it needed to get done TONIGHT. I picked up the kids, took them to get haircuts, then went to the grocery store. We got home and I put them to work bringing the groceries in from the truck and putting them away while I cleaned the kitchen and got dinner going. That has become a regular occurrence here.

After they finished putting the groceries away, they asked if they could go watch TV in the bonus room. I told them nope. We have company coming in and a house to clean, and they were going to help. Their daddy was late coming home from work, which is the case more often than not, and was stressed this evening. I'm not the best housekeeper, but am usually pretty particular when I do get to cleaning, so I usually just do it myself, or the hubby and I do it, and just encourage the kids to stay out of the way. Not this time. They helped me straighten the living room, got their mess cleaned up out of my dining room, and took care of cleaning their rooms, the bonus room, and vacuuming most of the upstairs for me.

They were such a big help, what would have taken me all night was mostly done in a couple of hours. And I think they enjoyed helping me.

What a Pain!

The hubby decided that he wanted to change the paint on his Electraglide yet AGAIN. So he has spent the better part of the last couple of weeks getting the bike ready to paint and actually painting. He was mostly finished this weekend and started getting it ready to put back together. He goes TDY tomorrow and has yet to decide whether he's going to ride or take the car.

A few months ago, he got a new taillight assembly for the bike and while he had it taken apart anyway decided that now would be a good time to put the new lights on it too. He stuck his head in the house shortly before lunchtime and asked me if I could come give him a hand. Wiring is not his forte', and with my logical mind, not to mention the patience I have that he doesn't, I'm usually able to help him trace wiring diagrams and figure this stuff out.

This time was different though. I was looking at the instructions that came with the light. The biggest problem is the motorcycle has 6 wires coming out of the main harness, where there are only four going to the new light assembly. Biggest issue is figuring out which are not supposed to be connected, and what to do with them. What a pain in the ass!

Mind Your own Business!

I find myself saying this over and over and over to the boy child. That and worry about yourself...not everybody else. He thinks he has to have his nose in every aspect of everything that is going on around here. The girl child has been sick and we finally convinced her this morning that she needed to eat something or else she wasn't going to feel any better. So when she came back to the couch from the kitchen table, I asked if she had eaten some breakfast. Before she even had a chance to answer me, boy child decides to take it upon himself to answer for her. I reminded him, sternly, that I was NOT talking to him and his sister could answer for herself.

Then I was reading something funny from my favorite blog to my husband, and the boy made comments about who he thought I was talking about. Again...mind your own business. I was NOT talking to you. Kids!

Sign of Spring

We're about to get a doozy of a storm. The hubby was out in the garage working on his bike, and I've been sitting here listening to the thunder roll. The satellite just went out. He came in to look something up. I told him that I had been sitting here listening to the thunder, and came to the realization that we don't get storms like this in the winter time. Spring is here!

End of the Week

Finally! It's Friday! I'm so glad we're at the end of this week. Unfortunately, I'm home with my daughter again, as she's sick. I have a good friend who lost her dad earlier this week, so my mind has been on that as well. It has also kind of surprised me the emotions that has brought back for me, knowing how she's feeling right now.

The hubby will be leaving Monday to go TDY for the week. In the meantime, I'll be trying to get ready for company to come in that weekend. Going to be a busy week for me, and hopefully a better one.