Even Husband Gets the Blahs Sometimes

This past weekend was really good for us in that we had no plans. Zero. That happens almost never. The boys were invited to have a sleepover at their friends' house, so that left Husband and I with a nice quiet night to ourselves, which we ended up sharing with Joe and Lori at the bar in their basement, enjoying some good conversation and laughs without the constant interruptions we are typically used to.

Husband was nice enough to take on the task of painting our upstairs hallway, which we've been putting off for at least three years - and with good reason. Poor guy, there is so much edging and trim work involved that he worked all day Saturday and never even got to pull out the roller. I have to commend his patience though, as he let Kirby and Connor "help" him paint. Armed each with a paintbrush and a Home Depot apron (thanks Uncle Nick!), they were turned loose on their own walls. I sat in my office with the door shut just listening to the dialogue and alternately cracking up and admiring Stephen's patience as the boys plied him with questions. Not surprisingly, Connor never ran out of things to talk about and I don't think his mouth shut during the entire project. The boys each painted their walls and it ended up looking like this:




While it was nice to not have any plans, Husband and I found ourselves feeling a bit blah by Sunday night and the boys were wired! (why does it always work like that?). My eyes hurt from spending about 16 hours in front of the computer over two days, and his nerves were a bit raw from dealing with the boys and the painting project. A highlight for both of us was giving the boys a little scare on Saturday afternoon:




I know, it's a little sick, but I just love scaring people (I hate to be scared!). It's always nice to have a willing accomplice (Husband filmed).

The worst part of the whole weekend was that we got off by a day somehow and thought Saturday was the 6th and Sunday was the 7th. Why is that bad? Because my mother-in-law's birthday is on February 7th. It's bad enough that we are late sending cards for all occasions, and we knew she wouldn't get her cards until a few days after the fact, but then we got off by a day! Thankfully, I think we have the whole unconditional love thing going with her...that and she knows how flaky I can be and still loves me! So - here's a shout out to Jane...HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I couldn't have asked for a better mother-in-law!