AN UPHILL BATTLE

SO YESTERDAY I WENT TO CLEAN MY GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE AND I SWEAR IT IS AN UPHILL BATTLE--I JUST CLEAN AROUND THE CLUTTER. I TOLD HER NEXT WEEK THAT I WOULD BE UP TO CLEAN HER DEEP FREEZE OUT. SHE HAS A HUGE DEEP FREEZE AND IT IS PACKED FULL AND NEED TO BE DEFROSTED. HERES THE WAY IT WORKS--WE USUALLY HAVE ONE GARBAGE BAG FULL OF STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE THROWN OUT AND THEN I HAVE A GARBAGE BAG FULL OF STUFF THAT I GET TO BRING HOME AND USE--AND WHEN IT IS ALL PUT BACK IT DOES NOT EVEN LOOK LIKE WE TOOK ANYTHING OUT. WE FIND STUFF IN THE BOTTOM THAT SHE FORGETS ABOUT AND BUYS MORE USUALLY 5-10 BAGS OF THE SAME STUFF-SHE KEEPS A COUPLE AND I GET THE REST. IT WILL BE LIKE GOING TO THE GROCERY. WELL WHEN I GOT HOME AND WAS UNLOADING TRASH AND SUCH OUT OF THE CAR--I HEARD AIR LEAKING OUT OF THE BACK TIRE. WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WAS A NAIL IN IT AND EVERETT WENT DOWN TO GET IT FIXED. THEY TOLD HIM TO COME BACK IN 25MIN--WHEN HE DID THEY HAD ANOTHER CAR IN. SOO-I CALLED A FRIEND AND SHE BROUGHT UP HER CAR FOR ME TO USE FOR THE EVENING--THANK YOU SHARON.

I HAD TO WORK LAST NIGHT AND FILL IN FOR A GIRL THAT IS ON VACATION SO I AM DEFINATELY LOOKING FORWARD TO SUNDAY OFF. WHEN I GOT HOME LAST NIGHT THE OLD MAN WAS TRYING TO FIX THE SATELLITE--JORDAN HAD IT BUT WE ONLY GOT A FEW CHANNELS. HE WAS AT IT UNTIL AFTER 11PM WHEN I TOLD HIM TO GIVE IT UP TIL DAYLIGHT. SO THIS MORNING HE WENT AND FINALLY GOT THE TIRE FIXED AND WORKED MOST OF THE DAY ON FIXING THE SATELLITE. IT ENDED UP BEING ONE OF THE WIRES THAT RAN INTO THE HOUSE. I PERMED SUSETTES HAIR FOR HER THIS MORNING AND THEN MOM BROUGHT MY 3 NIECES OVER AND THEY GOT HAIRCUTS AND WE HAD LUNCH. THEN WE TOOK THEM UP TO THE RIVER AND THE PARK. WE THEN STOPPED FOR ICE CREAM AT THE DAIRY QUEEN-YUM-HOW DO YOU KEEP 5 KIDS QUIET IN THE CAR? STOP FOR ICE CREAM OF COURSE. BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME AND I FINISHED PUTTING AWAY THE LAUNDRY AND ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER-I DIDNT GET IN THE SHOWER UNTIL 4:30 AND WAS A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATE. I JUST AM SO BAD ABOUT PROCRASTINATING ABOUT GOING TO WORK. RILEY TOLD ME TO JUST CALL THEM AND TELL THEM I WASNT COMING IN AND THEY COULD JUST DEAL WITH IT. GOTTA LOVE THE CHILDS WAY OF THINKING. TOMORROW ON THE AGENDA WILL BE ONE HAIRCUT AND THE USUAL AROUND HERE--MAINLY I THINK I AM JUST GOING TO RELAX AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SPEND TIME WITH THE KIDS, AND GET A GOOD MEAL ON THE CROCK POT IN THE MORNING--PROBABLY DEER ROAST, POTATOES, AND CARROTS. YUM! I KNOW WE ARE SUCH HILLBILLIES!