The George Family Journal

Monday, April 07, 2008

Mulch!

Well, it’s springtime, and that means time for working outside!  Today we got a HUGE load of mulch dumped in the driveway and I began mulching with the help of one of the other members of the George family.  Guess which one??

(oh, and check out my new hairdo!)

In other news, we are eager for the little man to get over his cold/virus/cough/teething as soon as he can so we can get some sleep and actually get some things done around the house.

We are planning to tile our bathroom as soon as we can get around to making a big purchase at Lowes--maybe this weekend.

I’m looking forward to my all day trip on Friday with my 7th graders.  I’ll be taking them to Baltimore, Maryland to go to the Baltimore Aquarium.  They have a special exhibit on Australian animals and everything!  We’ll see the dolphin show and the 4-d movie, too.  We’ll leave school at (gasp!) 3:45am and return about 11pm.  Good thing it’s a Friday and Grammy is babysitting the boy all weekend so I can recoup!

Hope everyone is well!

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Some Pics

Here are some pics of Joys new car and our weird trees. We have four trees of the same type, except one things its not Autumn yet and wont change, the others are a beautiful deep ruby red colour. You can see the lack of rain has really taken its toll on our lawns.

The Saturn Ion is the same as the Chevy cobalt.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Gardening

The veggie patch is now knee high weeds and dry midget corn stalks. Joy and I did find one tiny bell pepper plant still growing in the weeds when we looked the other day. I really need to hoe it under, cover it in some straw + fertilizer and cover the top in black plastic and let it sit covered all fall + winter.

Our haning basket plants have withered up and mostly died off for the autum. Leaves have turned and are dropping all over the road, so all we need is a little autum shower and the roads will be very slick and slippery.

Temperatures have dropped. Wednesday it was 90’s (30c) and Thursday it was low 60’s (17c). Last night the heater came on so I know it dropped down low...Lets hope the unsually warm October weather is passed us now, we really need some rain/snow this year.

Joys rodeo is slowly dieing, its consuming coolant in vast quantities but nobody knows where its going, engine oil is not creamy so its not going into the engine.. no puddles on the ground. Garage did a pressure test and that was ok. We are going to get the radiator flushed and hoses changed and will just nurse it along with extra coolant every other day, as the option was to deplete our savings and look for another car, but we decided not to do that as having a savings buffer is too important right now.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Sleep anyone?

Oy vey!

Alexander has his schedule that I had worked on so hard for the past two weeks all out of whack.  When I say sleep, he says cry.  When I say eat, he says cry.  When I say change diaper, he says cry.  Basically everything’s all messed up.  So much so that I had to sleep downstairs with him last night so that Stu could get some sleep for his meeting today.  He’s been working very hard (Stu, not Alexander) on a project and today he has a meeting with the people he’s done the project for.  We hope there’s not lots to change/fix because Stu needs a weekend off, darn it, and he’s coming up to Harrisonburg this weekend come hell or high water!  The mamma has spoken!

Anyway, this morning, Alexander ate at 4:00 for about 20 minutes, 7:00 for about 20 minutes, 9:00 for 40 minutes, 11:00 for 20 minutes, and then slept until 3:00!  Now, I’ve just put him down and it’s 4:15.  Who knows when he’ll wake up again and want to eat.  I think I’ll wake him at 6:00 and feed him at 6:00, 9:00, and then have Stu feed at 11:00 to see if he’ll sleep for four hours during the night.  It would be so nice.  And it would really be nice if he wouldn’t make all these growling noises while he sleeps.  That’s what keeps waking us up.  Then again, he hasn’t pooped since Monday so the growling could be tummy problems.  If he doesn’t poop by morning, I will be calling the doctor.  Boy, the doctor is going to be so sick of me.  Can doctors actually make you stop being their patient?  If so, Alexander’s probably in the running!

Anyway, just a few photos from the day, and a photo of the hanging pot flowers I did in preparation for the Aussies arrival on WEDNESDAY!  Stu’s so excited to see his parents, but I may have him beat on the excitement front, just because I’ll have people around the house who want to hold Alexander and do things so I can sleep Can’t wait to see you John and Gayle!