Sick Day

We had a busy weekend. Keri had a couple of doctors appointments on Friday and a marathon NST again. I think it was 2 and a half hours this time. We met with Dr. Dickey and everything is still on track for Oct 9th. Keri's hanging in there. Her itchies are pretty bad. I can't wait until she has the baby just so she can get rid of that awful rash. I feel so bad for her.

Keri is still supposed to be on 'bed rest' but she didn't do much of that this weekend. She spent most of her time watching me work around the house. Saturday and Sunday were pretty much filled up refinishing the front and back decks. They were in sad shape. I cleaned both of them on Friday and Saturday and stained/sealed them on Sunday. Cleaning them wasn't much fun but they both turned out really nice. Tip: using a garden sprayer (pump type) really cuts down on staining time. I'd still be doing it if I'd used a brush or a roller. I painted the posts on the front porch too. It seems I got a bit carried away with my pressure washer when I cleaned up all the moss and mildew in the spring. I'd been meaning to stain the decks and paint the posts all summer. I think this is the last of the nice weather so I took advantage of it.

I called in 'well' yesterday and worked harder at home than I would have at work :) I washed the truck, Yukon and my Trans Am. I got the Trans Am all covered up for the winter which was actually pretty sad. I didn't even get to drive it this year. Speaking of cars, I also fixed the Accord on Friday. The overheating thing was my fault. I pinched the hose going to the heater core so it was spewing coolant into the inside of the car. I wondered where all that antifreeze was going :) The carpets were soaked. I got it all fixed up though. It's nice to be driving the Accord again today since I burned through $75 worth of gas in two days last week driving the truck. I'm also really glad the problem with the Accord didn't turn out to the the heater core like I suspected. I had a bit of a panic "uh oh" moment on Friday when I noticed all the coolant on the floor. That only means one thing... "bad heater core". I love how modern cars have the heater core tucked so far up under the dash that the only way you can replace them is to remove the entire dash! Yikes! In my panic I got an online estimate from a repair shop to replace the heater core and it was $1200! I'm so glad it didn't turn out to be that drastic. I wonder what would have happened if I'd have taken it in with what was really wrong with it. I bet they still would have replaced the heater core and charged me the $1200 even though it didn't need to be done. That would have been a good 'Dateline' investigation.

Riley's room is 100% done. Yay! We got that organized this weekend too. Now we just need a baby. Anyone know where we can get one?

Let's see, what else exciting happened this weekend? Oh, I mowed the yard last night just to top off the weekend. Chores, chores, chores. Did I mention that I did the laundry too? Anyone know where I can clone myself?

Writing this blog really brings to light how domesticated my life really is. The most interesting things I can write about are staining my deck and fixing my car. Wow. I'm a 30-something, suburbanite, family guy...