Vacation Day Three

My vacation is now one-third over, and surprisingly I have not
received even one phone call from work yet. How nice.

Today was a bit less eventful. My boy and I smoothed out the dirt we
moved yesterday to fill in some uneven spots in the yard. Then we
brought in the new refrigerator and moved the old one out to the
garage. Though the old fridge had an icemaker in it we never hooked it
up after moving to Indy. Tonight I got to enjoy an icy glass of Coke
Zero.

The rest of the day was spent setting up the kids monstrous trampoline
in the back yard. I took it down two years ago when someone tried to
steal it by hauling it out of the yard with a belt. That was so long
ago my daughter doesn't even remember jumping it. They didn't get to
try it out before the rain hit, but there's always tomorrow....

When we'll also be going to see "Toy Story 3" in 3-D, and hopefully
just enjoying a little R&R for the day.
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Vacation Day Two

Today was a very full day. The fence crew arrived before 8am to
install our awesome new fence (pictures on my Facebook page). After
walking the plan with them, the family and I headed out to some yard
sales while they got to work.

Six hours later the fence was complete, with 40 or 50 piles of dirt
(from the post holes) waiting to be moved. That was how I spent the
next six hours, shoveling dirt into a wagon and moving it to fill in
uneven spots in the yard. Thankfully, my boy Jaden grabbed an extra
shovel and helped. He hung in with me to the very last shovelful -- an
amazing feat for someone not quite seven years old. The job would have
taken me past dark without his help, but more importantly, he kept me
motivated to get the job done.

I'm immensely proud of my boy. I have employees at work who don't work
half as hard as he did for half as long. After we were all done I sat
down at the table with the checkbook and said, "I go to work every day
and work hard to bring home a paycheck to pay all the bills. You
worked hard today, and here's your paycheck." I handed him a check for
$25.

That's a great kid I have, and tomorrow we're going to set up his
trampoline in the yard and have some good old-fashioned fun.
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One Down, Eight To Go

Vacation Day One is almost over. We filled up the kids pool and let
them splash around, set up the canopy swing in the backyard (getting
ready for our new fence tomorrow), and picked up our new (to us)
stainless steel refrigerator.

After spending half the morning tracking down the seller of our
refrigerator and looking for a truck, we finally rented a truck from
Home Depot that had a bed so high it was almost impossible to load and
unload. In fact, the refrigerator started to get away from us
unloading and it got a couple dents in the side and one of the door
handles. Now we're trying to find a new handle and figure out how to
get the dents out of the side (and no, Ding King does not work).

Tomorrow morning our yard will finally be fenced in (after 2-1/2
years). We'll probably hit some yard sales after the fence crew
arrives, then come home and set the kids trampoline up (I haven't put
it out since someone tried to steal it two years ago and I almost hit
it in the middle of the street). It'll be nice to let the kids and
dogs run free in the yard for a change.

As bad as the dings in the refrigerator may be, it's a lot less
stressful than going to work would have been. And to end the day on a
positive note, the Reds smashed the Indians 10 to 1.
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Vacation Day One

Nine glorious days of vacation begin today. We have a couple small
projects (a new refrigerator today, our fence being installed
tomorrow, setting up the kids trampoline) and a few small outings
(Indy Zoo, the Creation Museum) planned. Most importantly, no work for
nine days. Man have I needed this break!

Think I got this all set up, mobile blogging to multiple site at the same time.

post@posterous.com Mass mobile blogging?

Just set up mobile posting with Blogger from my phone. Now I can make short updates to my blog -- maybe a way to post more frequent snippets.