It was a fairly uneventful weekend.  We had the baseball game yesterday morning and after it we went out to lunch with Wendy and Pat.  It got up to the mid-90’s in the afternoon and the kids went out and played basketball for a while after dinner and then I took them to eat ice cream.  Even Matthew who said he didn’t want ice cream ate his whole bowl. 

Money continues to be a big stressor these days.  I had hoped to use my tax refund to (finally) pay off some bills from Addi’s adoption 2 years ago.  With a bonus I was going to get this summer, I was actually thinking that I would be able to start saving for some repairs/renovations for the house.  But, alas, it looks like it will be another year…

…This morning it was still 81 degrees in the house – ugh!  Last year when the air conditioner conked out they filled it with freon but said I needed to replace it at some time.  A few weeks ago when a heat wave hit, it again didn’t work and I had them come and fill it with freon again.  

I am getting a quote for a new heating/airconditioner unit on Wednesday morning.  It is limping …keeping the house about 80 even though it is set for 74.  The good news it is going to cool off a little this week and into next weekend.  I was hoping I wouldn’t have to replace the machine until July – but now it looks like I will have to dip into my emergency fund/savings (what little there is). 

I spent part of the morning trying a couple of different recipes and cleaning up the downstairs.  The kids refused to stay outside so I banished them up to their rooms – lest they have to help me clean.  By lunchtime I had a couple of rooms swept and floor washed and the counters cleaned off. 

Logan was not happy about taking a nap and kept Addison awake.   Later this afternoon, Matthew comes running down saying that there is a hole in Logan’s wall – turns out she has been slamming her door open and the door knob has gone through the drywall.  Then, as I am inspecting that…I notice that she has – again – written all over her wall by her bed.  So now I have “mr clean erasers” and dry wall patches on the supply list.  UGH.  This is one of those times I wish I had a man living here too. 

On a lighter side – I finally replaced some of the light bulbs that have blown out around the house – like months ago.  I replaced the two bulbs at the front door sconces and Riley kept asking me if I wanted him to shut them off!  I was like…”um, no…we’re supposed to keep those on at night – just because we haven’t had light at our front door for over a year doesn’t mean it isn’t supposed to be light!”

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