A Ton of Fun in 2021: Week 9 Recap

This week found us on our own.  Maw and Paw (who live just a few miles away) were away on vacation. While they were gone enjoying sunshine, we were scraping all this snow and ice off of...well everything!  We also volunteered to go check on the house and see if they got any packages while they were out of town. One night after swim, we crashed their house and took some pictures. Olivia is acting like Paw and Isaac like Maw. Then they both stole ice cream out of the freezer. LOL. Then we sent the pictures to the homeowners and turned ourselves in.  😂

Wednesday is typically my work remote day.  Today a builder finally returned and followed up with the addition we are trying to get done for our backyard.  We have been searching for someone to come put up a storage/bathroom and outdoor entertainment area for about three years now. We have been given plans by first guy, second guy came and said he couldn't fit us in, and third guy ghosted us. We are on the fourth builder. He came with a plumber this week to see about running the bathroom pipes to the tap. This required someone coming out and marking where everything is.  Good news- nothing in the way of putting it in.  Bad news, our tap is outside the front of our house or across the street.  Neither is an affordable option to justify a bathroom. Waiting for the estimate now to see if we can move forward. With COVID, the cost of everything is three times as much as it was when the first guy came out.  Stinks!

The weekend was packed. I mean chucked full of action. Started on Friday night with a drive to my parents house. We got there late, but the morning started early with waking up to watch Olivia swim at her first Champs. Apparently it's all different this year because of COVID. The 8 and under's went this weekend by themselves at Putnam County.  Girls went in the morning and guys in the afternoon.  Olivia had to be in Ottawa at 7:30 a.m. and she does mornings about as good as her momma.  LOL. However because they were so young, they were allowed to choose one parent to take with them. Since Jerm swam in high school and knows more about the sport, Olivia chose him as her plus one. She did amazing. I mean, we were impressed. Of the six events she was in, four were just her and two were relays.  She placed 2nd in the breaststroke with like 50 competitors and 5th in the 25 free with like 62 competitors.  Her butterfly would have been better most likely, but there was a mix up and she ended up in the first (slowest) heat instead of the last (fastest heat). She literarily beat her competition in the first heat by 30+ seconds. She was out of the pool and drying off at the other end when the others finished. So had she swam against those who would have pushed her, I think she would have done better. It took her all but 30 seconds to fall asleep this night.  She had worn herself out for sure!

 

After we watched her kick booty, my dad wanted to get his walk in.  It was mid-50s, which felt like spring after all the weather last week so Isaac jumped on his electric scooter and I put my running shoes on to take a nice 3-mile jog. Nothing is better than the smell of fresh air and the skinny backroads that you need to get in the ditch when a car comes. Dad just had shoulder surgery this past Wednesday so he needed some help with carrying some things and lifting some things around the house.  Because the ancient old downstairs tv went out (it's like 15-17 years old people!) they got a new one and also needed some help programing it with Netflix, Prime, Disney+ so I got to help with that stuff too.  I so loved every minute visiting and even snuck in a trip over to meet Megan and Ben's new little Coy! 

Sunday we were back home and going out to lunch for Paw's birthday. Since they had returned from vacation on Thursday, we wanted to be sure to see them before another week got busy.  We met them at Texas Roadhouse for lunch to make sure he got sang to "This is your birthday song....it isn't very long 🎶🎵🎶🎵 See ya!" Isaac loves embarrassing Paw, so this was right down his ally! Paw turned 72 this year! Still just a young pup 🎉🎂