Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Work updates and house updates and kid updates

We know for certain now that Cascade is no longer in our plans...they called for interviews on Friday, and sent out emails to the applicants that they weren't considering. Kind of a bummer, but even though I was optimistic about the whole thing, we both knew it was a total toss-up, as there were quite a few good guys that put in for it. So, we were kinda sorta halfway bummed for a few hours, but now we're making plans for fall/winter projects around the house that we wouldn't have done had he gotten the job. Among them is finishing framing the basement bedroom that was started last Christmas, painting the cabinets, possibly replacing the range hood over the stove, tearing out the remnants of the garden and tilling everything under to get ready for next year, setting up Tanner's "shop" in the garage, making the basement generally more livable, etc.

You thought our outdoor list was long?! Ha! Well, actually, it is. But in general, we tend to be overzealous when it comes to home "improvements".  Of course, then this little pesky thing called a "budget" comes into play and I get all frustrated with the slow progress, so I think up a million other, smaller, affordable projects to do in the meantime. It just never ends, but it keeps us occupied! And one of these days, it'll actually make this place start looking nicer...for now it just looks like we're in the middle of three dozen projects. Which would be true.

By the way, you know what's really incredibly cool? Since Wade has finally figured out how to put himself to sleep, I'm no longer an imperative part of his bedtime routine. I nurse him (or not, as of late...he just doesn't care about it much anymore, which means weaning is going to be super easy, although maybe a little earlier than I had planned...) and pass him on to Tanner who gets him all ready for bed, reads him a book, and tucks him in with a sippy cup.

This made life a whole lot easier when, after a work thing last weekend, Tanner's ride forgot him and I had to take off at the last minute to pick him up in Helena. I begged a favor of my incredibly sweet neighbor, and she watched him for a few hours while I made the trip so I wouldn't have to deal with a screaming child that was in the hated car seat two hours past his bed time. She was miraculously able to put him to bed with nothing more than what she called a "little tiny tantrum" when he realized I wasn't there. Ah. Life is good.

Also, our spawn is officially kinda-sorta-half-way-when-he-feels-like-it walking. It happens more and more frequently every day, and I keep catching him taking a few steps before plopping down and crawling the rest of the way to his destination. It used to take a whole lot of coaxing and a bribe or two to get him to take two or three steps a day!

Also, he likes to bite toes. Not his own, mind you. Ours. and now that he's got four very efficient teeth with which to do so, you can't just smile benignly at him as he amuses himself. Instead, there's usually yelping involved.

1 comment:

  1. Oh, well. Now you can wait for Lewistown to come up.
    Have fun improving things! :-D

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