From December 9th

Saturday I woke up and had the usual Saturday urge to clean the house. The bathrooms were a must, so that’s where I started. I did 4 loads of washing, which I’m not sure how that happened. I did all of our washing while we are away. We were out of the house for Jamieson’s game at 10.30. They were a couple of players down and it was a great game. They did end up winning, even though they don’t keep score. Bruce found out from the bench, they were even with a couple of mins to go then we scored a couple of times and the other team didn’t. It was a great game. We came home and had some lunch and I kept with the cleaning. Bruce did some work and then a nap and the kids went into the playroom and played for a while. We were back at the basketball stadium for Conner’s game at 3.30. They WON!!!! They all played so well, and like a team, which was fabulous. They were all so happy after the game; they have some confidence, which is exactly what they needed. I chatted with Elise and Rhys on messenger, which was great. Sunday Bruce went off to Billy Bounce for a 9.00 start, with new t-shirts for everyone. He got home around 10.30 and I was in the closet wrapping. We just chilled out for the rest of the day. It was raining all day, so we just hung out and nearly drove each other mad. It wasn’t a very exciting day, but that was good for a change for a while. Monday Bruce went off to work early, as per usual. The boys were watching a movie when I decided to get my butt out of bed. We had some breakfast and I spent all the morning doing the usual, washing, tidying up. I forgot and got used to cleaning the small apartment. Going bigger takes some getting used to. I did some more washing; I have no idea where it’s all coming from. I rearranged some stuff, still figuring out what does better where. After some lunch I made some marshmallow squares and started on the Christmas cookies. Bruce got home from work and took Conner out to get some medical shots that he needed. While they were gone I cooked the cookies and started prep for dinner. Bruce and Conner got home and picked up Jamieson then off to basketball training. I got onto the laptop and chatted with Cameron for a while. Then the boys got home and we had some dinner. After dinner I filled up the big tub and chilled out in the bath while the boys spanked their father at Trouble and Pictionary. They went off to bed around 9.00 and Bruce went into the office to get some of the work done that he should have done this afternoon instead of sitting in a waiting room for an hour with Conner. Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Nothing much happened. The usual, the boys and I just chilled out around the house. I talked the Elise and Rhys on messenger, caught up on some email stuff. We did some Christmas shopping; it’s all nearly finished thank goodness. The boys spent Thursday decorating some Christmas decorations and Millie and Lexie came over for a visit. Friday Well, today pretty much was the same as the rest of the week. Bruce was out of the house early to get to work for a meeting. The boys and I got up and I did the usually tidying up and they sat around. Late morning we walked over to school and dropped off Conner’s immunization stuff, just as we were leaving Paula pulled in to drop off Jeremy’s kinder correction with Justin sick and home from school in the car. She dropped us over at Raley’s so grab the stuff we needed and was off to the video store so she could try and get some work done. We got what we needed from the supermarket and walked home, the boys let off some steam on the walk, which they needed. We got back and I made the brownies to take to the Charles tonight for after dinner. Bruce called and was trying to get home, things just kept coming up, he made it home around 4.30 then grabbed and couple of things for the post office and took off again. He picked us up and we were at the Charles at 6.00 for dinner. Dinner was beautiful as per usual (Kristin is a great cook), Cooper was having a great time, he is sitting up now, and very proud of himself, big grins, it’s just gorgeous. After dinner we chilled out in front of their new fireplace and TV entertainment unit, which was finished this week. It’s just beautiful. The house is all decorated and as expected it looks just beautiful, just subtle pieces everywhere, the tree is huge, and looks gorgeous, I got a photo of the boys in front of it. After board games and Bruce starting in (like he does) about how the Kings have never won a championship and the Lakers have etc etc, we left around 10.30. It was a fun night, with lots of laughs. Christmas is going to be fun!! I hope everyone’s week was more exciting than ours, which really isn’t that hard. Stay out of the heat and try to stay cool!