What a Weekend!

**WHEW** This was hot & hectic to say the least. We decided late last week that this would be the weekend no matter what that we would stain the back fence and deck. It's been on the few weekend that rain was not in the forecast and it was nice out as well! Well Nice wasn't quite the word. At 90 degrees with 88% humidity, we were dying out there! It was HOT and SUNNY! Not complaining, it's about time that summer comes, now that August is almost over. We did manage to get both the fence and deck done, in the heat, after some minor complications. We borrowed dad's power paint sprayer, which is great, if you have all the parts to it. LOL Dad couldn't find the paint bucket part. Him and Caden finally found the hose that you can attach to the sprayer and paint can and do it that way. It worked well most of the time. Mike kept forgetting that the hose was only so long, and clamped to the handle of the can ~ So he would move to far and knock over the paint can. The first time, we got the first 2 sections of the fence done and split over half of the 1 gallon can, so off to the store for another gallon. In the meantime, I used the pile of paint sitting in the grass, and did what I could of the top of the deck with what was there until Mike got back with the brush. So Mike gets back and for about 30 minutes has problems with the sprayer. I give up waiting, and started to paint it with the brush again. Finally got it working, got almost all the way done with the fence and our Wonderful (sarcasm) neighbors yell that there is paint on their grill. So another break, Mike has to go over there and clean/scrub their whole grill down. What a pain. While he is going that, we realize that we yet again need MORE stain to complete the deck. So off I go to the store yet again. Can you just see the $$$ adding up???

But Wait it gets better! That morning, we woke up to water all over the kitchen floor. The fridge had apparently stopped working during the night, everything in the freezer was thawed out, ice cream, food, everything! We had to throw so much food away, it's pretty depressing to say the least. I can't imagine having to replace all of that, I am dreading it to be honest. The stuff we could salvage, we loaded up in the chest freezer in the basement, 2 coolers in the kitchen and my neighbor's fridge for like salad dressings and eggs, things you don't plan to use daily. It was actually funny because we cooked dinner last night, then realized we have no where to store the left overs! So they are now next door as well. Unfortunately it wasn't worth it to fix the fridge, which is only 6 years young. We had to go out yesterday and buy a new one **sigh** $1400 was NOT something we had to spend right now. Life never lets you catch up let alone get ahead does it?

So needless to say it was QUITE the expensive weekend. We did alot and got alot accomplished as well. Even things that weren't planned. So the new fridge was delivered this morning, while our babysitter was home, and I can't wait to get home to see it!