Where to start...so why do people complain about living in Seattle. Let's talk about rain folks. It RAINS, I mean really rains in Houston. Check out this map if you don't believe me. (You have to change it to look at the rainfall for the past 30 days.) Where we live received around 15 inches the past couple of weeks. Do you know that Seattle only around 35 inches a year? If you click on the past 365 days in Houston, you will see numbers like 75 inches, 90 inches, 101 inches.
I love rain. It is really not a problem for me (I don't mean to sound like I am complaining.) We had several days last week where Cal and I would lay on the couch next to the windows, with the lights off (sometimes by choice, usually by consequence of the storm) and watch the storm. He learned some new exciting words like thunder and lightning. I told him how much his Papa loves to watch storms. How he would wake me up as a little girl, just to go sit and watch the storms. We watched the water fill up the street and then start to creep closer and closer up our drive way. (This was the day we got 8 inches all at once.) While we were watching the front, we forgot about the back. As a result, trouble #1 happened! Doug has spent most of this weekend redoing the floor (wood laminate from IKEA). Trouble #2 would be that my camera has been dead and the cord to charge it has vanished to Mars or something. So no pictures of our floorless floor.
On to troubles #3-6. Almost-two-year-olds get into everything! This week alone I have walked down stairs on difference occasions to find an empty spaghetti box, spaghetti all over the floor, an empty cereal box, cereal all over the floor, an empty jelly beans bag, not too many jelly beans left all over the floor, and upstairs an empty Comet can, green powder all over everything (beds, clean pile of clothes, carpet, rungs, toys, books, etc.) Again, no picture to document the proof, but I am sure you can imagine it! (You might ask what are Doug & I always doing? The answer is always house projects, new gutters, taring off the last bathrooms wallpapers, talking to the tile man, insulation man, handy man about their respective projects, and my latest skill: recaulking the bathrooms!)
Doug finished block 5 on Wednesday! It was so fun to have him around...and to help. We stopped working long enough Saturday morning to go to Surfside beach (about 45 min. away).We planned to go Friday, but trouble #7 came and our car had to go see the car doctor and rack up a nice bill. We had a wonderful time! Callin was not so sure about the waves after he got knocked down in the first minute of his brave exploration. But the sand, buckets, shovel experience was a success. Good times cannot last forever. Trouble #8 happened when Doug and Callin took a walk down the beach while I tried to read for a few minutes. Callin stepped on a wood board and ended up with 2 nail "bites" in his feet. Sand and cuts don't really mix, so we packed up a little early. (Don't worry, Cal recently got his 2nd Dtap vaccine, that includes tetanus. Those who know me, know this is a big step!)
All in all, we know these troubles are nothing to complain about. We are staying busy, grateful for all our many blessings and having a great time!
7 comments:
oh ann! the "comet episode" made my heart sink for you. i know that feeling all too well of seeing the disaster before you and not really knowing where to (or wanting to) start.
i think 2-year-olds should come with a personal house elf.
I had no idea how much rain houston got! That's amazing. And that little boy of yours is amazing too, the way he can get into everything so fast. hope you find your camera cord soon!
Comet? Seriously. That is miserable. I have learned to seriously tape up my spaghetti boxes because Grant and Audrey love dumping those and then breaking them in little pieces and eating it. Yuck. Dried spaghetti is gross. Have kids, have nothing. I really like Lacinda's motto.
Oh my goodness, I love the Seattle comment!! I have been telling people for years that Seattle rain is nothing like the torential down-pours we get here. When I went to NYC as a teen and saw my first 'east coast' rain storm, I realized the Seattle-rains-every-day folklore and no wonder people think Seattle is completely water-logged if it rains like that every day. But believe it or not, it doesn't! 1) if it rains at all, morning/evening showers are common, then technically it's rained that day and 2) the rain is a light mist that everyone goes out in without problems--you can always tell the tourists by their umbrellas. Growing up, I can only remember a handful of thunder storms. Sorry about the Seattle rambling, but I just have to defend my favorite city and I'm glad to see some truth out there. Thanks Annie!
I'm so sorry about such an expensive and annoying set of problems. Please let me know if there's ever anything I can do! Even if it's come pick up Callin so you can clean up after the next Comet mess or keep him over here so he doesn't make another one. :)
By the way, dragging him out of my car today totally broke my heart! I'm so glad he likes us!!
Wow! Wow! Wow!! What is it about boys? My sister's boys do the same thing. They have flooded the toilets and the most recent time forced Katie and Kevin to move their bedroom to the living room and re-carpet their room. Oh, the things I have to look forward to when Turner gets bigger. What a Trooper you are to deal with all of those "troubles" gotta love the expenses of a house.
Great point about the rain. Here's my thing with the rain. People say here that they would never live in a place like Salt Lake because they couldn't stand driving in the snow. Let me tell you, I've driven in the snow and I would take it anyday over that miserable storm I had to drive in the other day. I couldn't see a thing!
Wow! When it rains, it truly pours!! In every sense of the word for you guys!Man I wish I was there to help! I bet that Doug's call for James was some help with your poor floor! And I'm sorry James never called back. Call again if James' expertise can be used:)
And know that I'm suffering the disaster stage of "almost 2 yr. olds"! Awful!! I always try to explain to James that my entire day consists of cleaning up spilled water, granola, and anything else "spillable", then taking crayons out of Braden's mouth, changing poopy diapers (5 times a day), ok, I'll stop there! This is your post, not mine! Anway, just want you to know that I FEEL your frustration! Good luck with all the expenses!
Love you!
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