The kids winning their snakes at a carnival at the Kitsap County Fair!

It’s bad when your day wears you out so much you don’t even want to throw a picture up of your cute kids at a carnival. But man oh man. We started with our usual wild morning of running around squealing avoiding bathroom and dressing time. Then breakfast, then the county water guys showed up to continue their investigation of why our water is green (very pretty green when you fill the tub up a bit) while I was on the phone with my fifth emergency water/waste restoration service trying to find someone willing to come out and clean up the sewage that has been building up under the house for the past three weeks. I have not mentioned this yet because it is just beyond gross, even for me. Yes, I know that is shocking to many of you. TAMARA. ANGEL. APRIL. 🙂 So our main trunk line was broken when we moved in and we didn’t know it – long and mysterious story – but it has been fixed and now we need to clean up the horrible mess. Strangely, no one wants to see the pictures of our crawlspace to scope the work (go figure!). I am worn out from trying to get someone to come help us but it looks like tomorrow is the day. We plan to make the guys cookies. The boys split a gut tonight when I said maybe we should make them in little poo shapes and call them “POOKIES!” (I have been trying to eradicate the onslaught of bathroom talk but this episode is making it nearly impossible!) So after finally lining someone up to come out, I talked to the water guys once more on our way out to the FAIR for which Sam had earned a ticket by finishing his reading program lightening fast (a library program this summer that we just joined). So off we went down to Silverdale 30 min away. We wait in traffic to get in (it’s free entry day if you get there before noon), find parking, and make our way through the throngs to the carnival, get tickets and pick some rides. We survived the rides (Sam did a big guy one flying around like Superman while I watched and prayed nervously!) and went on to pet the steer and watch the sheep be shorn, hunt down cotton candy but end up with ice cream, and race home just 2 hrs later for a conference call I had with a doctor in Boston. Then I do some data analysis, write up some recommendations, and throw some kebobs on the grill. Then more fun with the water guys who haven’t turned our water back on yet – they are out flushing the line, watering our weeds basically. There’s going to be some major growth out by the road!  Boy oh boy. Tomorrow is Thurs already, that’s how insane this week has been. But I am thankful for all the fun and laughs mixed in, for our good health, family and friends. Check for new pictures by clicking the one above…