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  • It’s true, when you pick up two cute little kiddos from daycare, and one of them is still sleepy and lays her cute little head on your shoulder everything just feels better. Plus it’s just plain fun to run around like you’re five.

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    A little dark, but I can’t find any software on this PC that will change exposure. This is one area that Macs just totally kick butt, iPhoto is standard people. And aperture, swoon. I digress. A photo by Hogan:

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    It’s a little fuzzy, but so cute. I had the camera around my neck still and let him pull me around walking just in front of me. "Amber I can do it, I can do it, I can do it…. what button?"

    House wise things are still heading on the good road. Actually something really awesome happened today. My sheetrock guy, Duane (guessing at the spelling) finished up today and while I was out spray painting the natural gas line he talked to my mom. He asked her if all my hard work was for show or if I was always busy like this. She said I always was and he told her he was so impressed by my work ethic that he isn’t going to charge us for the work. I was so flattered when she told me what he had said. I am working my butt off here so it’s nice for a real tradesman to take notice. The dishwasher also came in today; more about that tomorrow when it gets installed. Also the gas man comes tomorrow, the inspection from the city went great today, got my green tag, so dare I hope second time is a charm? Hot water here I come!!!

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  • Even though I might be going slightly crazy:
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    Yeah, 2,812.40 dollars later. You do realize I only had one side done right? Now I really want to roll the side yard flat and put gravel and flowers and trees in planters there, but it will have to wait. Even Franklin looks pissed. I told the fence guy I had to take pictures of everything he’s all, "ya, I noticed that…"

    I have a pressure check for the gas tomorrow, then I have to paint the pipes, so I might have hot water very very soon. I am watching my little friends Hogan for until Sunday noon, so I might not be able to update as much as I like.

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  • I wish I could say I have better news, but unfortunately that is NOT the case. Yesterday when I was down in the basement obsessing over all the cracks in the floor I noticed that one of the beams under the stairs had newer looking termite damage. I called my mom down to look at it, but she thought it was old. She said to clean it all up and then look at it again later. Well I did clean it all up, and looked at it this morning. It was all dusty again and one side was eaten up further. When I kicked the beam gross white little termites came out and started squirming around on the floor.

    I have live termites. It’s being treated on Thursday. At least $600 for that and a sugar ant treatment at the same time (I would like my house to be a pest free zone, thankyouverymuch).

    The gas company won’t turn my gas back on. They say my pipe outside the house is too rusty. They say I need a pressure check. I had to go the city today to get a permit for that. $41.83 and I still don’t have hot water. No matter really since I don’t have a bathroom sink…

    I still can not find the bolts for the desk.

    The house is messier than ever even though I spent all weekend cleaning up and washing the floors. Dust everywhere, Bugs everywhere, Spiderwebs, Dirt, Paint, Sheetrock, and a whole pile of crap in the driveway that is making me feel like a huge piece of white trash. If I saw someone walking outside adding a trash bag to the pile of wood/sheetrock/dishwasher/metal crap out front of their house in old painting capris with their socks pulled up and no leg showing, big clunky hiking shoes, an old shirt, hair full of paint, and Cheeto dust all over her face I would run. Unfortunately that person is me. And you can’t run away from yourself.

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