Crumbs

You know you’ve been eating too much food at your computer when you pick up your keyboard and  it sounds like one of those rain sticks from all the crumbs that have fallen between the keys.

Ding dong the concrete's gone!

Well, the concrete isn't all gone, but it's nicely smashed up.

Coming home today I pulled up behind a construction van that was parked in front of the house, then noticed the huge mound of rubble in the alley between our house and the neighour's. Still not sure if the neighbour was having work done, I plunked my stuff on the porch and came across a young guy walking out from the alley.

Are you working behind my house?" I said. "Yes" he replied.

So, the water proofing has begun! It was just one guy today and he did and nice and neat job of smashing up the concrete platform that ran along the back on the house.  I'm glad to see it go. It was ugly. He did leave an awkward stump though because it doesn't interfere with the work that needs doing. I wondering if we can get it removed as well if we offer more money. It's worth a shot seeing as they have the tools and will be hauling it all away anyways. Could also be cheaper than getting someone else in there later on.

The guy will be back tomorrow along with someone else to do the digging. Hopefully the rain will hold off until the weekend so the major work can get done this week.

Rain rain go away...

Actually, I was happy to hear the rain pouring down this morning. Not so happy to be woken up from a very peaceful sleep mind you, but whatever. I'll forgive Mother Nature this time.

The waterproofers were scheduled to come today to work their magic on our basement, but had to postpone due to rain. I imagine they'll be back later in the week after the ground has a chance to dry out.

We still haven't had the AC cleaned because two appointments were postponed do to rain back in May (or was it June??). There are so many work from home days that C can or is willing to take, so I have a feeling the AC will have to stay grubby until next Spring. Fingers crossed that it doesn't conk out on us now.

In the meantime I am positive that my poor parched garden is thankful for the dousing, because I sure haven't been paying it any attention lately. Some of the wild flowers popped up in the front yard, which I'm pleased to see, but I don't know what happened to all the sunflowers I planted in the back. Couldn't take the heat I guess.

Sleeping dry

Hey, have I mentioned yet that Lauren has been completely diaper free for at least a month?

The daytime diaper wearing has been done with for almost a year now, but we didn't try the overnight training until a few weeks ago. I suppose C and I were a little lazy and could have tried earlier, but it took us a while to get organized to go to the store and buy a water/liquid-proof matress cover for her bed.

Anyhoo, we did eventually, and after only two accidents, it's been dry sleeping ever since. Yay!

Heartbeat

Music to my ears.

Snoozer

Sometime during the very very early moring last Saturday Lauren ended up in my bed. Soon after that C took up the empty spot in her bed. There's only so many kicks to the groin by her little feet that he's willing to tolerate.

A few hours later when the sun was up, she rolled over to face me and said casually, "Good morning Mommy. I'm just going to snooze for a little, alright?" Then pulled the sheet over her shoulder and rolled over again.

"How nice", I thought. "I get to snooze on a Saturday morning!" Didn't last long though. She turned over to face me again about a minute later and was ready to chat and start the day.

Her father's daughter

Ever since Lauren graduated to her big girl bed, her sleeping routine has been a bit out of whack.

It took a whole month before she could make it through the night without waking up crying, and now we've gotten her in the habit of leaving the hallway light on and bedroom door open  so she can look at her books after we've said our final "good-night".

Lately the book "reading" has been lingering longer than usual, and now it's 9:39pm and I can still hear her digging into her bag of books by the bed and chatting to herself about kitty cats and cars and Robert Munch.

C is a night owl too. I like my beauty sleep, but he likes to stay up late doing who knows what and still wake up to face the day 5 hours later. He may not be a cheery fellow in the morning, but he will be up. I really think Lauren's nocturnal side comes from him.

A few moments ago I warned her that it was late and if she wasn't going to sleep she is not to wake up cranky tomorrow morning. Believe it or not, this condition has actually worked the couple of times I tried it. She's pretty good at sticking to a "deal", and she has a great memory so she will wake up remembering that she's got to be nice even if she feels tired.

The reality of course, is that she's still only three. We'll see what what mood she wakes up in tomorrow.