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Shortest weekend ever...

...After the short but incredibly busy workweek, I was ready for a couple of days of rest and relaxation. What happened to the weekend? It's not like we did much more than normal...

Saturday
We went to the SuperMall on Saturday morning. The SuperMall is basically a bunch of outlet stores in a single-story mall setup - nothing special as the name would indicate. There is a little play area that the kids love though. They ran around for 1-1/2 hours or so and were exhausted...and, shortly after we left, very crabby. We couldn't get them in for a nap soon enough...

For the third time, I disassembled the elliptical machine so I could move it from my office/gym. The first one was plain broken. This one wouldn't incline. The movers were scheduled between 2 and 5 to pick it up and drop off a new one.

We took possesion of our house finally. Lisa met the realtor there at 1:30 on Saturday. Lisa came back reporting that there might be a little more to do than we anticipated before the house is where we want it to be. I'll be the judge of that...

To celebrate, we took the kids to BJz again. The kids played in the play area while mom enjoyed a glass of chardonnay and I enjoyed a Mac-n-Jacks Amber Ale. I got the rib-eye and Lisa got the strip steak. The kids got chicken nuggets and mini corndogs. It took a little longer than usual to get the food. The kids were starving (and so were we...). When the food finally came, Lisa put Aly in the high chair and I lifted Mitch over me to put him in the booster chair. When I had Mitch over my body, he decided to kick his leg an put his boot into my plate...I ate the steak anyway. Lisa's still laughing about it. The steak was pretty good.

The delivery people didn't come when they were supposed to but called right when we got home. So...Lisa put the kids in the bath and I helped the delivery guys get the 2nd elliptical machine out and the third machine in...

Sunday
We got out of the house pretty early to head over to the new house. When we got there, I did my own inspection. Lisa was right. There's a little more than we anticipated. No biggie. It'll just take a little more work. We dropped off some of the paint supplies and tools that we already had then took off to Home Depot....the kids do not like Home Depot....I love Home Depot.... We picked up some primer for the garage and some primer and paint for the laundry room. We also picked up some paint supplies - rollers, brushes, stirrers, tape, etc. By the time the paint was mixed, the kids were crabby again so we quickly paid and headed outside.

Luckily, they were cooking hotdogs on the grill outside of Home Depot. So we picked up a few and ate standing up (as usual) right there in front of the store. After eating, we headed home.

I packed a few more supplies and tools and headed back to the house to drop everything off. Then, I went back to Home Depot and picked up a garage door lock. As I was headed back to the house, I made a quick stop in GI Joes (Sports and Automotive). I picked up the Washington fishing regulations and a couple of books on fishing in WA. I spoke to Tony on Friday. If he makes the trip up here, he wants to do some fishing...I'd better know the rules and where to go...

I went back to the house, removed a bunch of hardware in the laundry room so Lisa can paint during the week, and installed the garage door lock. Then, I headed home. I stopped by Safeway on the way home and picked up a few things - including a bottle of Chandon Sparkling Wine. Domaine Chandon is located near Napa, CA. I love their sparkling wines. I opened a bottle when I proposed to Lisa also.

After dinner, I took apart the third elliptical machine, moved it into the room, and reassembled it. We tested it out. Looks like it's ready for the workouts... If this one breaks, we're going to get our money back...

Whew! I'm exhausted...and the workweek is going to be a busy one... I'd better get some sleep...

posted by Sam @ 8:24 PM