Birthday Pedicures!

 Love my girls.

Love that we've made this an annual event.

Happy birthday to us!

Mommy Love

Our gift to Grammy and Grandma:

 (I also made one for me!)

From my kiddos to me:

And Matt let me pick out a light fixture for my newly painted kitchen:

On Mother's Day Sunday, we made a surprise trip to Brenham to have lunch with the Cothern family. 

 

"Superbowl Saturday"

Logan and the Lions had 2 games to end the season. First they played the Browns again.

 They didn't win, but Logan played great defense. He also showed off his quarterback skills.

 In game 2, they played the Texans and won!

 Logan had an awesome season of football. Not only is he a speedy little man, he's become a flag pulling machine.

 Already looking forward to next season when Coach Daddy and Coach Patrick will coach his team!

 Great Job Lions!

Noah and the Ravens had a buy in the first round. They were then set for a rematch with the Raiders. It was a close defensive battle, but the Ravens came out on top at the end of the game, 7-6.

 Guess who was pulling flags?

 Championship Game: Ravens vs. Broncos

The team we lost to the very first game of the season.

 Got it!

 Another one!

 I think he pulled 5 flags in this game!

Unfortunately, the Ravens couldn't get any offense going, and lost a heart breaker 6-2. It's been a great season watching these boys grow together, and really learn to play as a team. One more weekend of football to go, as we take a shot at the CenTex Tournament!

Dryer Saga: Part Two

Picking up where I left off a couple weeks ago......

• We thought the electrician would come out to replace the wiring to the dryer, so Matt went to Lowe's and bought 50 feet of wire. Not cheap.
• Never did hear back from electrician 1.
• Friday morning, call electrician 2. He worked us into his schedule. Coming out at noon.
• Matt raced home from work to meet him. He tested everything he could think of. Volts. Wiring. Cord. Plug. Breaker.
• Let's change the breaker, just in case. 
• Can we test a load on the breaker?
• We can turn the dryer on, but it won't run. Or will it?
• Hurry quick, wet down some towels and throw them in.
• IT'S WORKING!!!!!!
• Quick, do 5 loads of laundry to put it to the test.
• Call Sears and cancel delivery for Saturday morning.

So far, so good. I have a brand new working Samsung dryer. What isn't good, is that we are still trying to get them to fix the tile. 

I Promise.....

I'm still here. And I do have lots to blog about. It's been crazy around here. Hoping to carve out a few minutes to catch up tomorrow........

In The Meantime.....

.....the kitchen is coming together nicely. I have a new light fixture picked out, but it wasn't in stock today.

Sears, You Have A Bigger Problem.

Remember when this happened?

Well a week ago, Sunday (4/29) this happened:

• I put a load in the LG dryer, turned it on, selected my cycle, pressed start, and the dryer shut off.
• Called Sears.
• A repairman can come on Monday, May 7th. Here we go again.
• Repair man didn't call my cell to tell me he was on the way. Sears left a message that I needed to reschedule. Um. No.
• Someone needs to come to my house, today.
• Matt gets involved. When his wife is in tears, he's not happy.
• Repair guy comes. Must order the part, will be here in 5 days. Then you can call and get back on the schedule for me to come back, which will probably be 10 days from then. Um. No again.
• Matt gets involved, again. Watch out, people, heads are gonna roll.
• Matt goes to Sears. Fix it. Make it right. Make us want to shop at Sears again.
• New Samsung dryer will be delivered on Wednesday.

In the meantime, this happens:

Not to mention the fact that I've been redoing the kitchen, cleaning like a madwoman, and creating more dirty laundry. Oh and I have 3 kids, 2 of them stinky boys! Back to the story......

• Yay, delivery men come. Bring it in boys!
• Um, not that way.

• OK, thanks guys. Dryer works, running the test cycle. Throw a load of towels in the washer.
• Turn the TV on for Mattie girl. Nothing happens. Really?
• Monster Power Surge Protector has failed.
• Matt involved. Headed to Best Buy. 
• Throw the towels in the dryer before leaving to meet Matt.
• Power on, cycle selected, press start. 
• THE DRYER POWERS OFF!!!!!!!

Have to interject here that I saw the Avengers last night. I felt pretty green about now!

• Call Matt in tears.
• Google electricians in Austin. Call electrician. Maybe it's a faulty plug.
• Matt comes home. Fixes TV.
• Calls 2nd electrician. Calls PEC (our electric company). They are coming tomorrow to check the power to the house.
• Calls 1st electrician again, maybe it's the plug, an easy fix. We go to Lowe's.
• New plug installed. No go.
• Maybe it's a faulty power cord. Back to Lowe's. Nope, that's not it.
• On the phone with Sears. Another new dryer to be delivered on Saturday.
• 1st electrician, come on out tomorrow, just to be sure. We'll see what PEC says tomorrow, too.
• Wet pile of towels on the floor. Ugh.
• This.Momma.Is.Done.

To be continued........