As expected, the week with grandma and grandpa went quickly and we enjoyed every minute of it. Surprisingly, we completed the honey do list and I had to go out and find more projects to add to it! This was not difficult to do, but now I’m thinking it’ll be all summer before I complete my new list. Al even built my parents a new Dell computer, which was long overdue! On Monday afternoon, Dad managed to squeeze a drive in when he and Al took a S. Dakota bound hitchhiker as far as Alliance.
On Tuesday, I left the kids home and went to Scottsbluff to meet Al for supper. He was on his way home from Morrill & we decided to have a sit down dinner without the kids. I left the house a bit early to get some errands done.
It really all started with a wrong turn. I was looking for the bike shop in Scottsbluff when I got on the wrong road, which led to a really great antique shop. Being kid-less, I popped in “real quick.”
A couple hours later, I ended up with a 6’ tall unfinished wardrobe, which Al will convert into a shelving unit for my excess kitchen ‘stuff’ and a pair of royal blue formal sitting chairs for the upstairs living room. The guy settled for $170 less than the asking price for all 3 items if I paid cash, so, being the frugal consumer that I am, it was a done deal.
We then headed over to Sherwin Williams with a beautiful fall painting that Chad & Marie got us for Christmas. It very much reminds me of Michigan and it’s going to be the focal point of our paint colors for the upstairs, which is currently all painted Parsonage white. After a lively discussion, we settled on the colors Cascade Green, Copper Wire, and Belvedere Cream. I’m very excited to start painting!
On Wednesday morning, we said “good-bye” to Papa and Grandma as they headed back to Denver to catch a plane. After Eden’s nap she said, “Grandma & Papa at church”. But when they didn’t come home for supper, she got a bit worried and said sadly, “Where Papa? Where Grandma?” I showed her the empty bedroom & told her we’d see them again at the end of the summer. She accepted that for now. 
Friday was a beautiful day and when I let the dog out, I heard rushing water. I immediately had thoughts of sunny spring days with the snow melting in the sun…then realized that that was way too much water for an early spring day. Instead, I looked to the driveway and saw Old Faithful spewing out the concrete, with small gysers bubbling up from several cracks in the driveway. A water main break. After a detailed inspection, I found a 6 foot patch of grass fully uprooted and looking like a giant tumor in our yard. The water was pooled up under it. Silky sludge was 8 feet in all directions. After the city came to fix it, the road was a muddy mess. I now have to dodge a blinking orange and white barrier when I back out of the driveway. Now spring seems even farther away.
Utilizing the 40 degree weather, Al started work on my wardrobe-turn-kitchen cabinet. I took a chair that I’ve been working on up for Ladies Night at church and re-covered it, and I managed to get to my scrap-booking stuff in the laundry room, which was really nice!
Saturday was a long day. Enough said.
Still no washer. Still getting the laundry list of excuses from the local Sears store. No surprise there, really.
Other than that, we had a great week. It’s a wonderful life.
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