Today's project.
Under the Sink
around the house
Summer Work
The summer work continues: we're installing a garbage disposal in our sink, but because of the way we plumbed it, we can't put the disposal on the side of the sink we want. No big deal: we'll just re-do a bit of the plumbing.
While I was looking for the parts we need, though, the Boy entertained himself.
Chatting in the Kitchen
The Deck
It's a job I tackle every other year, a job that takes days and days to complete because of the simple fact that I can only work a few hours each day.
This year, I have the added area of the lattice that encloses the lower deck. Today's accomplishment: all the exterior portions of the upper deck and all the lattice.
At least two more days of this await, maybe more.
Deck Work, Day 1
Awards and a Screwed Freezer
Spring Showers
We're entering the phase of afternoon thunderstorms, when the day can turn to near-night almost instantly and a deluge appears seemingly out of nowhere. (You know the saying about spring showers: April showers bring May flowers, and Mayflowers bring smallpox.) I get a little nervous this time of year: our basement likes to flood, and while it's never happened while we've been gone, I know it most likely will at some point.
Today, though, all we had to worry about was K getting in the house semi-dry.
Blooms
Lessons and Blooms
"I need to work on my Polish," the Boy recently declared, so he and K have been working on Polish lessons again. He doesn't look enthusiastic all the time, but he is (still) willing.
Almost as lovely as his effort were the azaleas blooming this morning.
Playful Monday
It used to be something we did fairly frequently in the spring: all four of us would go outside and do something together: swings, trampoline, badminton, or just a walk. I guess we all took it for granted, but soon enough, schedules shifted, kids grew up, calendars filled up, and these evening family times disappeared.
But we still have the net up from Easter; and we still have two kids who enjoy badminton. So all four of us were out playing, though never at the same time -- that schedule thing again.
First I took on the Boy. He's getting so much better, but he flubs some that should have been fairly easy. No pictures of that one.
Then K came out and played with the Boy. I snapped a couple of pictures, but not many -- not even one of K playing.
Then the Boy went inside while K and I played a bit. We're down to two working rackets, so options were limited.
Finally, the Girl returned home from getting crickets for her Australian Tree Frog -- I don't know that we have a single picture of her, but L has had her since eighth grade.
She plays with the Boy for a while, but then I suggest I take the Boy's part and the Boy take the camera.
And so I promptly have fun while making a bit of a fool of myself. L wins at everything -- it's time we face it.
K, for her part, was inside, studying.
When will the stars align again for such a day?
