Not dead... yet.

But I kind of wish I was. This has been quite a week... I'm quite stressed out today so please pardon any rants that come out of my fingers. We've been super busy and there is no end in sight so I thought I'd say hello to all of you in blog land before I get caught up in the rest of this crazy week.

Right now Shawn is attempting to read books to our kids, along with Addie (our Indiana neighbors' little girl). Addie is trying to read back to Shawn while he's reading to them so it's not going well. He had the choice between bath time and reading stories, however, so I'm quite enjoying this. It's nice having Addie here because she is quite entertaining while we deal with the current issue at hand.

Our patio.

Why, oh why, did we want to create a back yard oasis? Our little peace of heaven in the suburb? With (eventually) a place to sit with a glass of wine while we BBQ? Or relax with a good book on the swing? Was it really too much to ask?

Everything was going smoothly, with the exception of the lengthy amount of time it's taken to complete it (remind us, next time, not to pay cash.... in full... before the job was completed... to our satisfaction). So yesterday our patio was finally "complete" ... except for the sprinklers that needed capped and the rusted pieces of metal that needed to be put away. Today, however, when the sprinkler guy came to figure out why the hell we couldn't turn on our sprinklers, even though everyone else on the street's were on, a flood appeared in our backyard. Great.

Apparently, while they were prepping our patio to be poured, a pipe was cut. And not capped. So now, each time two zones of our system are turned on, water magically appears from under the patio. Shawn thinks he can tell where the problem is. The bad news is, it is under the patio. So somehow either a) our yard will have to be dug up or b) our patio will have to be broken up while the pipe is fixed and then re-poured. I am not paying for a dime of all this, but it is really stressing me out!

So thanks for listening to me bitch...

We did have a nice weekend, though it's hard to remember that far back at this point. We farted around with the sprinklers all weekend trying to figure out how to get them turned on, and did some yard work. Shawn got to go to a baseball game with his friend Jarrod. The boys and I played at the park... Shawn and I got to go to see Mall*Mart, the musical with Ria & her hubby, Thomas, where they were celebrating opening weekend, complete with hors d'oeuvres and wine. I drank a little bit more than I should have so I was sleepy. It was a good show and we went to get another drink afterwards but I woke up the next morning with a killer headache! Nothing a little water couldn't fix... We went to Goodwill because they were having a kick-ass sale - 50% off everything and 99 cent kids clothes! Sweet! Of course, we spent too much money as usual, but somehow it doesn't bother me as much when I come home with a whole trunk full of treasures for $55. One of which was a soccer goal for the backyard that the boys have not stopped playing with since!

In other news... Gavin's birthday is quickly approaching, as well as a visit with my parents and Jason. Amy, my Indiana neighbor, is having a jewelry party on Thursday that Erica and Ria are joining me for. I'm going to pick out my Mother's Day present for the boys to give to me. Which I find exciting. :) So things will pick up, hopefully, by the end of the week. Oh, and I sold a couple policies today, so that was a nice start for the month. Hopefully things will keep looking up.

Louie, the patio guy, is coming at 8:30a tomorrow to fix the flood in the backyard... Keep your fingers crossed for us. Once it's done I'll take a pic.

Have a great week!