Must It Always Be On a Holiday??

So, Ed was in the bathroom this morning getting ready to head out to the Summerlin 4th of July Parade, when he thought he heard it raining.. He checked to see since we had thunderstorms yesterday. Nope, no rain. He started following the dripping noise and discovered it coming out of the ceiling in our closet!! Not only water dripping but the ceiling about to collapse! He quickly moved his clothes (the only ones getting wet!), and put a plastic box under the leak. The water had been dripping into my pile of empty laundry baskets, but was then leaking out the holes in the baskets onto the floor! He got a ladder, some pieces of wood, and propped up the ceiling, and off we went to the parade and back home for swimming and bbq. We'll save the crisis till tomorrow when it won't be time and a half for whomever we call out!!

WELCOME HOME!!!

I have been gone for a week on a road trip to Washington to visit Chris, Erin and the Cox crew. I got home this afternoon and this is what I found when I walked in the door. Maybe I should leave more often if I get a welcome home like this!! (Not only the flowers, but a clean kitchen too, wohoo!!)

What Does It Mean...

when there's a crack in the street with water bubbling out of it? It means that I really hope my water storage barrels are full because soon there will be men and big trucks digging up the street and we will have no water on a hot Las Vegas day!! I wonder if I'm prepared?

WORN OUT!!

After a very long day having a yard sale and sitting in the spa to recover, Poppa was playing Princesses with Abby. He quickly fell asleep, and she quietly lined the dolls up to nap with him!! May I present to you.. Poppa and the Princesses!

OOPS!!

We stopped by our storage unit tonight to grab something. When I put in the code the gate went up, I started to drive through, and it suddenly fell down. i slammed on my brakes and it went down right in front of my car and was just hanging there!! Ed got out, lifted up the gate and held it while I drove through. When we went out the exit gate the entrance gate was still just hanging there. OOPS, SORRY!!

All in All...

This morning I picked strawberries from my strawberry patch and made freezer jam, then a loaf of homemade bread. While that was rising I found a second cousin on Ancestry.com I didn't know about. All in all, a very productive morning!!

It's your birthday!!

For many years Ed always sent his Mom a bouquet of flowers on HIS birthday. She would always call, wish him a happy birthday and tearfully thank him for remembering her role in his life. She is gone now, but still, when it's his birthday, my thoughts always turn to her. How grateful I am for the boy she (and his Dad), put up with and raised to become such a great husband, father, friend and, last but certainly not least, grandpa! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THIS IS YOUR LIFE, at least a few snippets of it.