Here we go, another week has begun. Yesterday we opened the box to begin to put together our Ikea dresser for the little guys bedroom and were floored. The instructions were not clear or understandable and it was obvious this was going to be an all day project. We decided to have a cocktail and see if that would change our outlook. Well, no such luck, we could not understand which dowel was which among all the other parts. So without hesitation we hit the computer, found a better dresser for the same price at American Furniture Warehouse, called them to make sure it was already assembled and when the answer was yes, loaded up the car and off we went. Today we’ll be taking the two boxes requiring two Swedish craftsman back to Ikea. One added bonus was while picking up the new dresser, we also found a large inexpensive ottoman that the misses has been wanting for a long time. She’s thrilled with it now that it’s sitting in front of the couch.
The morning started off with us showing up at our friends home at 9am to take the boys tubing and water skiing on his lake. The boys started off on the tube being pulled around the lake by the ski boat. They had a blast! After this, the oldest decided to give water skiing a try. We borrowed some skis from a neighbor on the lake and after getting him geared up, he was set to go. Mom jumped in the lake to get him positioned right and ready for take off. Joe (our friend), hit the gas and off we went. His first try didn’t result in him getting up but on try number 2, he was up! Now none of us adults remembered to tell him to stand all the way up so he remained in a crouched position as if he was almost sitting on the back of the skis. Joe joked that now his butt was really clean. So our big guy on try number two, was water skiing! The little guy was also going to try but we couldn’t find any skis small enough for his little feet. Joe and his wife invited us to stay for lunch be we passed as we had a lot to do. The boys had a blast also playing with their 18 month old daughter and she was thrilled to have two boys to play with as well. We stopped at the grocery store for more food (almost a daily ritual) and Mom made yummy lasagna for dinner. To our surprise, both boys gobbled it down and the oldest even had seconds on salad! It was nice to have dinner together as the last two nights we weren’t able to all eat at the same time.
Today our car goes into the shop for probably the whole week. I have calls starting in 45 minutes and need to shower first so we can head straight to Ikea when I’m done. We need to be back by 11am to drop the little guy at his school teachers house for the first of his two weekly refresher sessions before school starts. We have great relationships with our teachers and they’re always more than willing to spend a little time with the boys. He’ll spend an hour each Monday and Wednesday for the next two weeks getting a head start on his studies. He’s working with the oldest guys 2nd grade teacher (who’s great) and we’re all hoping this will be his teacher for the coming 2nd grade year!
Time for me to run as we’re burning daylight! I had a pretty revolutionary idea that I think can transform our business and the wine business in general, that I’m excited to get going today. Can’t give you any details but I’ll let you know if it works. Still hot here but now with no rain so we’re running the sprinklers daily. The dogs and fish are fine and school starts two weeks from today, woo hoo!
Oh and thanks Grandma Annette for your comment via email, too bad we didn’t get it before we went to Ikea on a weekend!
Take care, God Bless and have a great day,