Last night was difficult due to Brinley and Cohen coming into our bed in the wee hours. I gave up trying to sleep around 3 a.m. and went to sit on the couch in the living room. I couldn’t get to sleep for quite a while though because the cut on my forehead (long story) was aching a lot for some reason. Then when I woke up I had a really severe headache that I have spent most of the day trying to get rid of.

The past weekend was pretty nice because we did some fun things and then some other things that weren’t fun but needed to be done. On Saturday afternoon we went to Lamb’s Farm to see their pet store and resale shop. The kids loved it there. On the way back home we drove through Independence Grove to see the amenities there. I think we’ll definitely go back to go for walks and bike rides. They also have a nice beach for swimming. Best of all, everything is free.

Sunday afternoon the kids and Michele spent outside playing. I went to Home Depot and picked up an electric leaf blower, a carpet cleaner, and a few other things. Keegan then used the leaf blower to finally clean the gutters and Michele used it after that to clean off the driveway and gather the huge amount of leaves in our yard into big piles. While they were busy at that task I cleaned the carpet in our family room downstairs and also the living room, hallway, and stairs. I am really pleased with the steam cleaning system I purchased. It was expensive but worth it. When you have four messy kids and two extra messy dogs who often have “accidents” then you can imagine just how gross and dirty the floors were before I cleaned them. I think the steam cleaner I purchased already paid for itself when compared to the cost of hiring a professional company to do the cleaning.