I HATE packing, but have managed to box up a huge amount on non essentials and now have to side step boxes in every room so I guess that is progress although a tripping hazard and sorta makes a middle of the night trip anywhere in the house dangerous I suppose a good step. I finally picked a moving company and wow those guys are tenacious in trying to get your business. Went with Allied, a national mover with big trucks, and they are gonna pack some too....which I am really grateful for, since 2 days ago while I WAS packing Reid and Dale were occupying themselves wrestling and Reid bit thru his tongue....MOUTH 1:so I had a minor detour from packing to the urgent care....all is fine, tongue is fine, no stitches since it is in the middle and 2 days later you would not know it even happened....however point to story is kids with one occupied parent is not the best idea. So yea for packers....
... phone rings it is the kids dentist...a cancellation happened with their IV sedation appointments which is where we are at to have dental work for Macy since we have tried numerous times over the past year and she cannot cooperate and keep her tongue out of the way and not bite them...so we have to fully sedate her.....of course the most expensive option but a dentist I know and trust and I have seen firsthand the numerous failures....so I take the appointment and have to schedule a medial clearance from the pediatrician....ok they got me in the same day....all is working out well and now my Friday morning is booked at the dentist for her....MOUTH 2....and have to have Dale with me to watch her on the way home since they want 2 adults but my 7 and 9 yr olds will have to do as an adult.
...Mouth 3:.... Dale lost his retainer AGAIN....recap he lost it 2 times on day one..once in the yard playing catch, then at preschool graduation in a napkin, then Friday at the movies he left it on the seat. I call and low in behold they found it, we hop in the car go get the retainer and I am telling him over and over how lucky he is....fully aware it is not sinking in. Saturday we drive to Austin and back and as Duke and I are cleaning out the truck we find the retainer AGAIN. So we decide to hold on to it.....7 hours and 2 meals later he remembers....we let him fret and then give it back with a punishment. Monday we visit the urgent care, come home they eat lunch, and again 8 hours later he realizes he does not have it.....I have 3 large bags of trash that I have accumulated over the day of packing, and a car FULL of goodwill and he thinks it is in the trash, then the car. I bring in the trash from the curb that was to go out Tuesday morning and we dig....and dig....search the house.....I yell....we dig...we search....we take a break I open the fridge and FIND the retainer next to his tray of sushi! AHHHH found and hopefully a lesson learned as I was going to sell the ps3 to help pay for a new retainer.
CLOUD MOUTH: Final bit of fun is we had a HUGE crazy storm last Wednesday night....and we lost shingles off the roof....not a ton but enough to see a large section on felt paper, we see it on Saturday....so Duke from Mcallen called a roofer Monday who was to come on Tuesday and guess when it starts to rain....Tuesday, and is still raining today....nice so I am up in the attic numerous times a day looking for dripping water and if I had a way to get on the roof to put down a tarp you know I would but even our extension ladder is not tall enough....and a wet roof is not the place I wanna be in rain. So here's praying the felt paper holds water tight for a bit longer!
ROARING MOUTHS: Final bit of news is we have passed on the heritage of the Lions to the Corner Shoppe in Austin, TX. It is this cool eccentric hole in the wall place in Austin we love with everything bizarre and taxidermy....defiantly keeping Austin weird. We stop in a couple of Saturdays ago on our trip back from visiting Troy, Carolyn , Emory, and Sam and I randomly ask "Do you ever buy other people stuff?" "All the time!" was the response and we took a card and a few pics later had a come see from the owner. SO a couple of LONG hot afternoons of digging, looking, loading, unloading, unpacking, repacking.....he ended up taking the majority of the lion stuff and we kept the sentimental things Duke wanted and what ever we liked and also got in trade a Shoulder mount longhorn, raccoon eating cracker jacks, and an antelope of some kind....so all in all fantastic that others will be allowed to purchase and enjoy the items and we got something we wanted too.
......So I got that going for me which is nice!..........
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