The "Joy" of an older house - day out with thomas

After the second flooding of our playroom we decided to have a camera run down our sewer line to see what was causing it to stop up so easily (we needed to have it roto rootered four times in the last three years). When we got the camera down we saw that the bottom of the 40 year old cast iron pipes were gone. Fortunately the sewer line comes out diagonally across our front yard so the plumbers think they can run the kitchen line outside the house and connecting it in the front yard (as opposed to jackhammering up the floor across the entire length of the house).

I took Nate to a day out with Thomas Friday and he loved it. I posted pictures in the photo gallery - enjoy.

Kids are doing Better

After I did my last post Lexi got sick with a stomach virus and could not keep anything down for a day. Once she started to feel better Nate got sick and could not keep anything down for two days. Lesson learned: when you child has not had anything for a day and a half no matter how bad the cough - cough syrup is a bad idea! Poor Nate went instantly drunk.

Fortunately I was able to work from home to help out with the kids.

This weekend my mom and dad came up and Me and Chris went and got her a new computer: A 15" MacBook Pro. I am currently working on getting all of Chris information off of her old computer and on to her mac.

floor flooded again

The long story: about 18 months ago we put in laminate wood floor in the house then last year the air conditioner condensate line clogged up (our AC unit is in the middle of the house and drains into the sewer line) and then the water fell down into the air intake area and under the floor. We ended up replacing the floor in the play room.

Well last week the sewer clogged and while we were doing the laundry and the water came up the condensate line and flooded under the floor again. Well we got the condensate line fixed and the insurance adjuster came by and was very helpful. We got some tips on how to keep the air intake area from flooding under the floor again (spray insulation - I will try and do that today) and when to run the soaker hoses outside (twice a week for one hour).

Hopefully today I will get to work on cleaning the wood fence - we will see.

It has not been a stellar week for the wife's side of the family

Last week both Chris' mom and step mother had falls that resulted in broken bones and if that was not bad enough her Aunt Gail (who is undergoing treatment for cancer) had to be rushed back to the hospital with double pneumonia.

Everyone keep them in your prayers.

On a happier note we finally gave Nate a guitar that Grandmoo got for him last year. We figured he was old enough to take care of it now. I posted some pictures of him with the guitar in our photo album.

Had a fun weekend

Carol came over for the weekend so Saturday I was able to take Chris to Cowtown Sushi for a belated Valentine's treat. Then Sunday Bobby and his friend Matt dropped by (I have not seen him in a looooong time) and the kids had a blast with him.

I have uploaded pics of the weekend and hopefully tomorrow I will have the video of Bobby chasing Nate while carrying Lexi. Matt had a an Olympus digital camera (I believe it was the Stylus 810) and the video quality was AWESOME! Matt boasted that he was able to go through the video frame by frame and see a plane's moving propeller without blur - after seeing some of the video he took in the car with Bobby driving to Dallas I believe him.

Nate better - Chris and Lexi not

Nate's still coughing but has not had a fever since Wednesday. We thought Lexi was getting better but Friday she started running a fever again. At least she is sleeping through the night. Last Tuesday night was horrid - Nate and Lexi woke up twice each and I had to get them each time because Chris wasn't feeling well (though she claimed Nate woke up a third time and she took care of that). Chris isn't running a fever but she is achy so this morning I am going to work from home and take Lexi to her three year appointment this afternoon.