Murphy's Law - Alive and Well!

Per normal for us, nothing ever goes quite like we think. We ended up staying at home with the 'sick one' - Hayden - Sunday evening so Mom (DeAnna) could go with Hunter for the Christmas music. Hated to miss it, but she had been inside with him for 3 days - and sick herself - so she needed a break. He slept most of the time and when he wasn't sleeping, Grandma was rocking. He was one sick little boy. By Monday morning he was broke out in a rash; didn't look like chicken pox - but Russ had already decided to take him back to the doctor. Turns out is was roseolla (?) The fever is finally gone and he's a bit itchy, but the smile - and his voice - is back in full force. That's good!

Monday was painting day - a second coat on the living room and hall. Roger had me call to schedule carpet, thinking it would be at least a week or so before we could get on the schedule . . . NOT! Turns out it was a slow week - and our carpet comes this morning (Wednesday)! We had to do a bit of scrambling to be ready.

Tuesday morning I think we were both so excited about the carpet that neither of us could sleep. We were 'up and out' by 6:30 a.m., headed to breakfast, for the rest of the house was still sleeping. Back home to put in a very full day of work. Roger stayed busy putting a final coat of paint on the master bedroom and reinstalling the baseboards. About 3:00 p.m. he had 'hit the wall' and was so tired he could hardly function. So we decided to 'switch' to clean-up mode and just do the necessities to get ready for carpet.

And then . . . my newly installed dryer quit working! It was just one too many things to deal with - so we didn't. It's not a new machine (it came with the house) but it's a nice one and had been working great. And, of course, the washing machine has to be moved to get to the dryer! Have decided to call our old friends from the campground days (Terry's Appliance) and just let them fix it. We have enough on our plates at the moment - and we learned long ago that appliance repair is not Roger's talent! :>) Now that's another story!

Today (Wednesday) we have decided we are going to catch our breath and watch someone else work - the carpet layers.