Playing in the mud
Good morning Buddies, I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend.
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Mine was spent at my mother’s house trying to repair the damage done to her yard after having the pool installed. It truly looks like she has been testing land mines out there.
rn
The pool is wonderful and a lot bigger than any of us expected, but they had to dig up half the yard to get it in, not to mention the enormous tire tracks that started in front and went the whole way along the property.
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The only part of her yard that wasn’t hit by the plows needed to have a trench dug in it on Sunday so the electricians could run the wires for the filter.
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Weather permitting the pool will be swimable by next weekend.
rn
Of course we got hit with a ton of rain Friday and Saturday so the dig site became a swamp. Never in my entire life, have I been so covered in mud and muck.
rn
The work was made even more diffucult by the fact that Friday afternoon I broke my right index finger.
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I swear the contractors that installed the windows in my house ( before we owned it ) were drunk. Three of the windows open from the top, which I always forget about. Anyway, I was trying to chase a bee out of the bedroom and opened one of those windows.
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I saw it start to quickly slide down and like an idiot tried to catch it. My finger got caught between the two windows and snap!
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It’s a lovely combonation of black, purple, and green and hurts like hell. I guess it could be worse, in High School I broke my middle finger. Because of the splint I had to walk around flipping everyone off for a couple of weeks.
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Actually, that was kind of fun.
rn
I haven’t yet bought a pregnancy test, it’s still too early to get an accurate reading. It was fun though watching Ethan’s face ever time I lifted a bag of stone or mulch at my mother’s.
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He kept giving me ‘the look’ and I just kept on rolling my eyes.
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Yay! THe pool is in!! Cool!!! What a fun summer you and the boys will have!!
Sorry about your finger girl!!!!
OUCH!!!
Ouch, sounds really nasty! Hope the pool is ready for a swim soon, great exercise and great fun, what more could you want? x
Oh no!! And I bet you’re right handed, right? Well now, there’s your excuse to get the guys to wait on you hand and foot for a change!
If it’s a girl, are you gonna name her after me????
OMG, that sucks with your finger!!!! Poor Ethan must be suffering with the finger, the heavy lifting…..try to take it easy this week.
OUCH. I felt the pain as I was reading your blog. Sorry about that.
Enjoy the pool!
—Valerie
Sorry to hear about your finger, the pool sounds like fun. Go get the test, it worked when I used it at only 2 weeks pregnant 18 years ago. Probably even more acurate now.
Hope your finger gets well soon, it makes you appreciate all of your body parts that work efficiently all the time, and you only notice them when one part is hurt. Does that make sense? lol
Take care.
Mud. Sounds like fun. I’m surprised you and the kids didn’t roll around in it!! There’s a Marine Mud Run in San Diego, I did it when I was a teenager and it was a lot of fun!! Reading about your muddy experience makes me want to do this run again!
Hey girl, I’m sorry about the finger. That really sucks! Hope it heals soon! How’s the working out coming along?
My boobs are hurting and I’m feeling “funny” but trust me….a pregnancy would so ruin my marathon plans!! Argh!! Hahaha! I am sure you will keep us posted about TOM’s arrival, OR the arrival of the stork!
when you are ready to find out.. you will
All that work to get the pool ready will be so worth it!
Keep us informed when you do your pregnancy test!
Have a good day!