Update

Things have been incredibly busy (as usual).
Friday- I spent most of the day (and night) dealing with Jo. We went to the doctor in the morning only to discover that she did not have an ear infection (despite pointing at her ear and saying "ow" repeatedly). She also choose to run her higher fever AFTER we went to the doctor and Jim sat with her in her room and then I ended up sleeping in the recliner with her so I could monitor her fever during the night.

Saturday- Major (cheap) progress on the house...or at least it felt like major progress.

• We removed (well...mostly Jim removed while I carried out waste) the fake ceiling beams from the den. Now, you may say that those are back in style. However, the ones from 1968 are a bit different from the ones from 2008. The ones from 2008 are likely to be thin, like maybe 2 inches hanging down from the ceiling. The ones from 1968 were massively constructed...about 5 inches wide and hung down from the ceiling about 8-9 inches. The 1968 beams were dark in color, and hung in a room with only a 9 foot ceiling and dark paneling on all four walls. It was amazing how much brighter and how much better the air flow from the fan is in that room.
• I also finished scrubbing the floor in the kitchen. I realize that I started this project like 3 weeks ago, but there were lots of other things that interrupted me in between. The floor looks much better. I was actually able to mop some of the sections I had scrubbed before and only end up with grey water rather than black water. It also feels better under my bare feet.
• We took care of a friend's baby in the evening. Mr. Aidan was of great interest to Doug and Andy. They were a bit overwhelmingly friendly to him. He is about 7 months old and is an only child. Doug and Andy were very excited to play and share with him. Aidan was fine for about half an hour and then I think the boys just got to be too much. After that point every time Andy would get close to kiss him on the head, Aidan would cry. Aidan did take a nap and woke up after the other kids were in bed. Then he was happy, watching the cat, and got into exploring.

Sunday- I'm not quite sure what to say about today. We went to church. We went to the covered dish luncheon after church (this is equivalent to a pot-luck for those of you who are in areas of the country who call it by a different name). Jim and I went to a baby-shower this afternoon. Josie is definitely better now. I'm probably jinxing myself, but hopefully the kids will continue to play happily and perhaps I can get some things done.