Or I could just “watch” myself and my thoughts and my words like that scripture in Mosiah says…that would definitely be the higher road. And the road I did NOT take when I got up this morning to make Tanner some promised muffins and there was Isaac on the phone, Cannon next to him -all ears -listening in because he was calling about a horse for sale on Craigslist.
I’ve since apologized but I assure you there was nothing patient long suffering or kind about my response. 😤🤯
I had asked him how serious he was about it a couple days ago when Cannon was nagging him to call and he said “about making the call? 100%” so I should’ve known but to over hear that conversation you’d of thought he was 100% serious about getting another horse. I flipped my lid.
We don’t own the one we do have.
Why doesn’t he just pay Jack for it?? Or give it back!
While we do have a truck now-we don’t have a trailer.
He doesn’t get it.
He didn’t worry about having someone check and make sure it had water the whole 2 weeks we were gone-I did! Oh and we’re leaving again so why would you buy a horse to then leave.
They don’t -they can’t -ride it - part of his reasoning for wanting another one.
And I don’t get it either.
I think he should buy a new (gasp) lawnmower!
Which gets me back to Friday and maybe back on track.
Friday Isaac re-injured his back working on the mower. I am so tired of it always being broken, he looked at new ones (not new he looked at ones on his favorite auction site) and “they don’t make money” so he doesn’t want to buy one —side note the “Golden” Goose hasn’t made him any money either we could at least be productive with a mower— Tanner had a little stroke of genius, though he told his dad he wants to start a mowing business. I was like oh yeah, why didn’t I think of that!
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good grief! I am interrupting this blog post to just insert the ridiculousness of the last 30 minutes. I had one job- get the baby to sleep- then I can do whatever I want. I can fold laundry I could do something else I needed to get done…or BLOG!….whatever! Potential naps long worth of mom free time!!! Isaac meanwhile I was taking all four boys to the neighbors to clean out their pond. It’s part of their pond business….maybe…they welded this thing together (and I love the boys learning to weld and getting to help him on things like that) but they made this contraption that is going to clean out the lily pads. Whatever, off they go right?? and I say “call me if you need me.” That was my mistake! So Tanner and Colton wanted to ride the motorcycles. Isaac told him he didn’t think it was a good idea, but he didn’t tell them no, so they don’t understand why it’s not a good idea and they-in true Isaac fashion- do whatever they want. Off they go on the motorcycles! presumably, following Cannon who’s driving the excavator, well Cannon stays to the left of the neighbors field and they go off on some trail to the right. Tanner finds Isaac somewhere or somehow I don’t even know but Colt has killed his and can’t get it started, so I get the rescue mission call. Leave the sleeping baby and get on the four wheeler and go find the missing kid! (now before you call CPS on me just remember we are really just talking about in the neighbors fields right next to us but still) so I jump on the four wheeler head down the driveway, take off down the gravel road and 150 feet past the mailbox, the four wheeler just dies -dead in the middle of the road. So I called Isaac back, no answer, but alas, this one was my fault. I hadn’t turned the gas back on so now I know exactly how far that machine will go with whatever gas is left in the system. 😏 I get it started -oh after I pushed it out of the middle of the road cuz initially I didn’t know what to do but I didn’t want it there, but ultimately I head back on my rescue mission. I find Cannon and then I find Tanner finally Tanner leads me to Colton. Along these different stops or “finds” I’ve called Isaac now four times and he hasn’t answered any of them! But finally, I get Colt started back up and Isaac called back, but I can’t talk to him right then- we’re trying to get this thing going! So we get his started -OK now they were going to the neighbors house, but Tanner got ahead of me and Colton so he killed his motorcycle because he was waiting for us but not going fast enough. Colton then gets up on the road and goes toward the neighbors house so I get Tanner started get him going and I’m headed back to check on the baby right? No, I decided I better follow them and thank heaven, I did! Colt didn’t stop at the neighbors house. He claims he didn’t even know where those neighbors lived. I said “why were you gonna ride to their house in the first place then? “ And he answered “I was just gonna follow Tanner” well Tanner watched him drive right by the neighbors house And so he sped to catch up to Colton. (I hope this sounds as ridiculous when you’re reading it as it felt when I was living it ) but I thought OK maybe they know a back gate into the pond that I don’t know about but… I just wanted them to go to the house so I catch up to them both (oh and I don’t know you have to manually shift that four wheeler so I am revved up like crazy in first gear, but I did catch them and I’m cussing that fourwheeler the whole time until Isaac calls me and tells me that I have to manually shift it and where the button is) but I tell Colt and Tanner to turn around and go back to “their house” meaning the neighbors and I thought I pointed right at it. Ditch the presumed back gate! …Well… they turn around and drive right by the neighbors house!!! AGAIN!! and now I’m so far past done I’m fix’n to implode, so I just caught up to them again, and said “go home!!” So I get them home and they’re both in tears!!! Colt -so slow -putted home cuz he was just upset about being “lost” twice, just following Tanner didn’t work out. Tanner cuz now he didn’t get to ride his motorcycle over there. I said “what? You just rode it clear over and back-and in all the mishap disaster and you got to ride way further than you would have!” He pouted in response “well it wasn’t useful” yeah-no kidding. Somehow this is normal for my life. I really can’t make it up. I was going to take them back in the car but Isaac came back in the truck and then they rode the 4 wheeler over. (Sigh)…. At least I got to blog vent a little but there’s the next crying kid.
1/2 hour disaster 1/2 of me writing it out and now she’s up. Addster-that was too short!
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So where was I?
He’s out puttering with the mower hurts is back-comes in (should’ve quit much sooner) and it’s spasming like crazy. He is in excruciating pain, and we couldn’t do anything to help him. But we did kinda laugh when he was bent over like a gorilla and yelping gorilla-ish noises. It was bad.
Saturday morning we went down to the freedom run our friends put on. They did it last year. It was a Fourth of July celebration but they’re gonna be out of town this year so they did it a week early.
I had no excuse not to run this year -except for that I’m fat and out of shape…that probably should’ve been my excuse- but Isaac was game to just stand in their front yard and try and walk around (like 90 year old) to loosen is back up and watch Addi
So we ran
And then we had a water fight!
It was pretty fun. He was the photographer for the water fight but he was getting too far away from the action. I’ll have to look at his phone and see if there’s any pics I want to snag.
That evening he was the crippled supervisor instructing us how to put the mower back together.
I was up to my elbows in grease at one point but really did fluctuate between happy to help -totally perplexed that having me help him that dirty that gross makes him so happy-and also muttering whatever you can imagine under my breath. It was both.
But Colt subbed in for me and the finished up and got that thing running again!
Works like a champ!
Sunday smiles! Follow the prophet! Go to church and read your scriptures. 😉
Oh and we missed our nephew Brandon’s homecoming because we couldn’t pull off Idaho but Cannon spoke in church on “preparing to become a diligent missionary” he did good. We enjoyed Elder Doman’s mission report too. I taught …errrr led the discussion….in RS on Elder Soares and President Eyring’s talks on Followers of the Prince of Peace and Finding Personal Peace-so it was a busy day.
But I’m not done cuss’n that mower yet!
When he was taking it apart Seth was playing all over and he paid the price in Poison Ivy! 😩 poor guy!!
He this little mini Isaac that never complains though-it’s pretty impressive.
Tanner had his last two baseball games this week.
I think he had fun, he had fantastic coaches and I think he got better so…👍🏻
His last game he hit the ball but not hard, after I asked him why he wasn’t swinging hard and he said because we were playing three strikes and I don’t want to strike out. Hmmm ok once you have two but until then-let it rip buddy!
Wednesday we had a fun little project.
I rode Isaacs bike with Addi in the seat in front and Seth on the tag along bike behind and we headed for the cemetery! Tan had trouble shifting which was kind of a disaster but overall it was a win. (And pretty good exercise too. I don’t know if I’d say I’m fully committed but I’m trying to not be quite so sedentary after that freedom run, but after a few days my feet were killing me so I needed a bike ride to give them a break.
I dunno what else-I’ve probably told enough stories but…this looks like a good sore back project right?
Cann said he found a stud 😆
This project was kinda my fault though. He’d mentioned the ceiling sagging then I was laying on the floor after stretching or something and saw it and I was like oh crud it looks like the whole thing is going to fall any second!
I mean we had good help though, the stud above and this little girl. Not picture is me standing on the arm of the couch (or that high stool) holding the ceiling up while he pounds.
So what else?
So what else?
Baseball in evenings, some crazy thunderstorms in the mornings (we just missed one the day we rode to the cemetery) the next day it flipped the tramp over and left us without power that for four hours. We were thankful the tramp didn’t blow into any vehicles!
I think that’s about it.
And I have “better” pics of her in the googles but this one shows the proud culprit brothers. Oh brother!
And I think we’ll end on that. 😉
