Week Three of Single Parenthood begins.

Hubby left today for his third week of working. Today was less dramatic with out crying by Sonny Boy and only a little tearing up by me. After Hubby pulled out the drive way the two of us made a pact not to cry this time though I could tell he was on the brink as well. A promised trip down to playground made things a little easier I suppose.

This weekend was fairly busy. We had a house showing on Saturday morning but I haven't heard news from that yet. I did find another contractor in my yard on Friday measuring more for the same guy that has sent by 1/2 dozen other contractors. Since I hadn't heard anything from him or seen contractors in a couple of weeks I figured he had written us off but I guess not. That's good news however, I wish he'd fish or cut bait.

Friday was a crazy day around here. My neighbor had a tree trimming crew ( yes the same neighbor as before, different crew due to power line issues) come in and remove two BIG trees and trim some other trees off of his house. It was LOUD inside and out all day long. Boom trucks, chain saws, limb chopper/shredders, dump trucks all made for a considerable racket and so much sawdust in the air it looked like we were getting light snow. Thankfully it was still cool outside and I could have the windows down so the house didn't get full of dust. I was really impressed with the crew as they worked hard and did a very good job of cleaning up the really big mess all that tree cutting made. It's amazing how different my neighbor's house looks over there, really opened things up a lot. Both of us complain about getting grass to grow and removing those trees will help both of our lawns get more light.

Other than the tree trimming operation going on next door I managed to paint our mailbox and put up new house numbers, and put a new welcome mat by the front door. Can you tell I've been watching "Sell this House" too much?

Saturday after the showing we basically hung around the house all weekend. I went to the store and bought a few groceries and got a couple of steaks for the grill and some speciality beer for Hubby as an anniversary present. Twelve years ago today we were married, below are a few pics, when I look at them I can't believe how young we were, and looked!

I apologize for the quality of the images, I don't have a scanner so I took a picture of a picture. Of course there was no such thing as digital photography then. An interesting tidbit of info - for those in the central Arkansas area it's old news, the place where we were married - second photo is in the movie Gone With The Wind very early in the opening credits. Now it's a public park and there are tons of weddings and brides there all summer. Unfortunately I don't believe it's kept up as well as it used to be, the last few times I was there I was disappointed in it's appearance.

Strange coincidence as well that my half sister was married yesterday. I didn't attend the wedding due to all the craziness of our lives. I would have like to have gone, however with the job loss issues, money and time it didn't fall at an opportune time. I also can't say I know her all that well, having only seen her twice, once when she was but a toddler and another time when she was in Jr. High. I did see some pictures of her on facebook though and she was a beautiful bride - takes after her mother as our father's side of the family has some interesting features to put it nicely.

This week looks as if it will be a busy one. Safety Town starts up and it's sponsored by our civic group. The girl that usually handled it all is on a cruise (lucky her) and I'm filling in. I have no idea what I'm doing but I'm going to show up and try to put out fires if I can. Sonny Boy is enrolled for the second time. He attended last year as we expected to put him in kindergarten and then decided to hold off a year. It's good he's attending this year as it sure doesn't hurt to drill how to cross a street safely, don't talk to strangers, and don't drink bleach into his head. It will also give me a couple of hours break in the afternon and relieve his boredom. Sadly with the move it will be something that Igor misses out on in the future though I know some communities have it as well.

We are also trying to schedule camping again for the weekend, we will see how the weather goes. I suppose that's all the news that's fit to rattle about.