This pool is going to make me crazy. It isn't filling right, the top ring isn't inflated like it should be. I am not sure if it wasn't fully inflated to begin with or if it lost air, but while the kids were playing in the pool today water just kept on pouring out.
We live in a country in the middle of a huge water crisis, it was too hot for me to be outside for long and the situation made me snappy and ready to cry.
I hope my husband is ready to deal with it tomorrow.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Happy birthday
Today was my third daughter's sixth birthday. I made cupcakes and she frosted them and put sprinkles on. Chocolate with chocolate frosting, just like she requested.
My kids don't ask for, or expect, much but they appreciate these little things so much.
Stickers, water melon and chocolate cupcakes and her day was wonderful.
My kids don't ask for, or expect, much but they appreciate these little things so much.
Stickers, water melon and chocolate cupcakes and her day was wonderful.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Rash decision?
I bought a pool today. The kids wanted a pool and I had bookmarked websites that sold them, but never did it. It is summer and vacation already and we have been in the middle of a heat wave for weeks, but the decision was too big and no one was giving me an accurate measurement of the back yard space.
Someone advertised a used pool for sale, said they were asking 450nis, price new was 900nis. I got my husband to measure the yard space and it should fit. It is 8' (2.44meter) in diameter and comes with a filter and a cover. I called as quickly as I could, so no one else would buy it and only researched further than the "will it fit" issues after I had committed to buy.
It turns out that they retail for more like 500nis than 900nis, though the 500nis doesn't include the cover. I saved a bit of money, and a lot of aggravation on the research, but I am a bit annoyed. I am annoyed at them for misrepresenting this and for me for not being a more informed customer. I usually research first.
All in all, the wonder of it is, this forced us to make a decision. The pool is here and IY"H we will look at it more and figure out how to set it up and fill it tomorrow. That wouldn't have happened if we had stuck with it, researching the perfect pool. I would still be comparing the relative advantages vs the cost of each one.
Someone advertised a used pool for sale, said they were asking 450nis, price new was 900nis. I got my husband to measure the yard space and it should fit. It is 8' (2.44meter) in diameter and comes with a filter and a cover. I called as quickly as I could, so no one else would buy it and only researched further than the "will it fit" issues after I had committed to buy.
It turns out that they retail for more like 500nis than 900nis, though the 500nis doesn't include the cover. I saved a bit of money, and a lot of aggravation on the research, but I am a bit annoyed. I am annoyed at them for misrepresenting this and for me for not being a more informed customer. I usually research first.
All in all, the wonder of it is, this forced us to make a decision. The pool is here and IY"H we will look at it more and figure out how to set it up and fill it tomorrow. That wouldn't have happened if we had stuck with it, researching the perfect pool. I would still be comparing the relative advantages vs the cost of each one.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Days like today
when I don't leave my house are wonderful. I didn't pass the threshold of my front door today.
My kids ran to the store and got popsicles and apples, but I stayed home.
I did some laundry, searched for the warranty papers on my recliner (and will have to look again tomorrow) but other than that, it was a quiet day.
I am pretty numb, but hoping that resting up and taking my oral medications will help as long as I don't try to do much. My foot is still sore, so it is easier to remember not to do.
My kids ran to the store and got popsicles and apples, but I stayed home.
I did some laundry, searched for the warranty papers on my recliner (and will have to look again tomorrow) but other than that, it was a quiet day.
I am pretty numb, but hoping that resting up and taking my oral medications will help as long as I don't try to do much. My foot is still sore, so it is easier to remember not to do.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Reclining issues
In our house there are rules, like don't play on mommy's chair. My chair is my lifeline. When I can't sit on any other chair, since the pressure on the edge of my legs makes the pins and needles unbearable, my recliner is the only place I can sit without wanting to cry.
But like many rules, even if it should be, it isn't set in stone. So this evening the kids were all happily playing, giggling and happy together on my chair. I saw them, though I can't admit that, and let it continue since they were so cute.
Like most rules that are ignored, it didn't end well. While on (or more) child was reclining the chair another one tried getting off and bent the leg rest to the point that the chair won't even close. The whole chair is leaning a bit.
We spent more than we should have on the chair not all that long ago and there is no way we are going to be able to replace it. I really hope that I can find the warranty papers and that they get here quickly and are able to fix it.
Rules. We must learn to follow the rules.
But like many rules, even if it should be, it isn't set in stone. So this evening the kids were all happily playing, giggling and happy together on my chair. I saw them, though I can't admit that, and let it continue since they were so cute.
Like most rules that are ignored, it didn't end well. While on (or more) child was reclining the chair another one tried getting off and bent the leg rest to the point that the chair won't even close. The whole chair is leaning a bit.
We spent more than we should have on the chair not all that long ago and there is no way we are going to be able to replace it. I really hope that I can find the warranty papers and that they get here quickly and are able to fix it.
Rules. We must learn to follow the rules.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Infused
I got my calcium and used it all already. I should know that the IV doesn't mean a "do all you you think you can" is possible. I feel so good afterward that it is hard to remember.
We had company coming (they are here now, but upstairs resting) and I felt the need to do a bit more grocery shopping and a lot more cooking. Tomato salad, eggplant salad, coleslaw, chopped liver, and chocolate chip cookie bars were made during my lapse of judgment. That is on top of the challah, chicken soup, matza balls, chicken, fish, green salad, egg salad, and cake that we already had made.
We shall eat well, as I tingle and have muscle cramps even though I got IV calcium this morning.
We had company coming (they are here now, but upstairs resting) and I felt the need to do a bit more grocery shopping and a lot more cooking. Tomato salad, eggplant salad, coleslaw, chopped liver, and chocolate chip cookie bars were made during my lapse of judgment. That is on top of the challah, chicken soup, matza balls, chicken, fish, green salad, egg salad, and cake that we already had made.
We shall eat well, as I tingle and have muscle cramps even though I got IV calcium this morning.
Mommy Sir!
I said that I would bribe them, but they didn't bite. I even offered money, and they have been asking how they could make money.
9:30am I said they had until 10:30am to have the living room cleaned up or I would change from rewards for doing the work to punishments for not. They still kept their noses in their books so I made my grand announcement.
There will be no lunch and no other food until this place is cleaned up. It worked wonders, especially since lunch was in the oven and smelled really good. I feel much better and so do they now that the house is presentable again.
Lab test results didn't come back until very late tonight so I wasn't able to get my IV calcium today. I saw the doctor, but the nurse was already gone for the night so I have paperwork for IV tomorrow. Tonight would have been nice though, since my husband was home with my kids, and I wanted to feel better now.
9:30am I said they had until 10:30am to have the living room cleaned up or I would change from rewards for doing the work to punishments for not. They still kept their noses in their books so I made my grand announcement.
There will be no lunch and no other food until this place is cleaned up. It worked wonders, especially since lunch was in the oven and smelled really good. I feel much better and so do they now that the house is presentable again.
Lab test results didn't come back until very late tonight so I wasn't able to get my IV calcium today. I saw the doctor, but the nurse was already gone for the night so I have paperwork for IV tomorrow. Tonight would have been nice though, since my husband was home with my kids, and I wanted to feel better now.
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