Follow up

Good news! I have clothes that smell fresh and slightly lemon-y. It took 4 cycles through and on the last wash, I let the suckers soak in Thieves household cleaner ( a whopping 3 capfuls of the stuff) and about 10 drops of Purification essential oil blend. I finished the load and it is now smelling poop-free. A glorious day for us all. The really sad thing is that I had washed it with Joshua's clothes. He had waited till he was seriously, all out of clothes before complaining. So I washed his clothes with Delaney's poop encrusted dress from Sunday. And when Joshua got ready for school yesterday, all he had that was clean was underpants and a long sleeve shirt. I should have made him wear the shirt, but it was up to 70 degrees yesterday and it seemed wrong. What was even more wrong is how poopy the poor kids smelled when he got home from school. Yikes! My kid was the smelly kid yesterday! I made Joshua change clothes and shower. Fortunately, he has clean clothes that really do smell clean, and not like poop. So that has a happy ending.

I know I was going to not complain, but I am a bit cross. I know that when the repair guy was here on Tuesday, he said, "I'll be back tomorrow at 2pm." To me, tomorrow means the following day. I believe I have mentioned that he never came. I called the management company last night to let them know. This morning at 8am, the repair guy called and said he be here today at 1:30. At 9:30, I had a message from the management lady saying I must have been confused, because there was a 1:30 appointment for today. Grrrr. Stupid lady.

That said, and now out of my system.... The man did actually show up on time today! Shocking, I know. He was able to replace the garbage disposal and it is so nice to have one again. Let this be a lesson to you, keep track of all small items in the sink vicinity that could potentially disable your garberator.

The nice man also fixed the problem with the dining room light. Yay! It turns out it is a good thing I did not try to do it myself. The light switch itself was probably just fine. There was a problem with the wires further back. So if I had done it, the flickering and buzzing problem would have still existed. However, now it is fixed and all is well! And to add to the joy, Delaney actually is napping and although she pulled off her diaper 3 times this morning, it was empty each time.

I shall now list 5 things I am happy about:

1. Joshua is an awesome kid. I told him to be home at 5:30 for dinner, and at 5:20 I looked out the window and saw his short little legs churning away as he ran down the street, through the neighbor's yard and over the fence so he'd be home on time! Is he awesome, or what?!

2. Marian came home with a bag of snacks yesterday and promptly started divvying it all up to share with her sisters. She can be so sweet!

3. When I picked Callie up from Joy School today, her teacher gave me 3 extra Valentine's things from their party, because Callie said she needed them for her siblings. I love that she thinks of them and wants to share what she has.

4. Delaney is starting to say the cutest things. Well, they have always been cute, but now you can tell what she's trying to say. "May-May" is Marian's name. So cute. "Kai-yee" is Callie. It is just adorable when she calls for her sisters. And I figured out she was saying "Backow" for Grandma the other day!

5. Survivor and The Amazing Race both premier in the next little while! Yay!