In just the past few days I have seen a new women appear before me. I know I have seen part of her at her mother’s house when we go over, but since Erica has started to make baby food for Phia, and pluck apricots from trees that belong to strangers. She has started down a road that I saw glimpses of and really did not think about before. It is fun to sit down and be able to pit apricots and then the next night to crush their backs so that they can dry faster in a dryer. I still have to get over my strong feelings of my likes and dislikes so tat my son can grow into a large variety of food they he will eat. I have to try new and different things. Erica’s new found talent that she had learned from his mother as a little girl is now starting to come to a new light. I just have to thank her and her mother for the new things tat I have to try and the great things Erica will accomplish.

This past week has been bliss. NO KIDS AND NO WIFE. The only thing is that I missed them dearly. I cannot complain when I got off work at 7 in the morning and did not have to share my bed with my son even though I love laying down with him. I did not have to endure the forty five minutes of playing that he does before he lays down. I was able to sleep for a whole eight hours and I loved it.
If you do not know about little kids you can enjoy the times when they are gone. I had to do dishes TWICE this week. Not the two or three times a day when my kids are home. No nipple to wash, no bottles to make or diapers to change. The garbage pail for the diapers has been empty since Monday afternoon. What a joy to be able to sit down and eat a meal in peace without someone wanting to come over and beg for food. But you know what I miss doing nipples, making bottles, and changing diapers. Sophia and Sidney are a major part of my life and not doing those things for them is unthinkable to not do. It is nice to have a break from time to time. But after a while the house is way to quiet, you do not wake up to a little boy trying to get into bed with you that makes you want to get up with him, some of the times. It is really nice to hear Sophia scream and yell at the top of her lungs because she is happy. The house is too quiet without the noise of toys being dumped out for the fun of it and to see my daughters face smile after she is ground into the ground.
Yes I even miss the constant nagging of my wife. Without her I ate macaroni and cheese and hot dogs all week. At least when she is home I get a good wholesome meal with vegetables. I hate them but I eat them for the good of my son and my health.
I even tried to keep the house semi clean this week. While she was gone away at her mother’s with the kids for a week. I hope the meager effort I did put out is at least ok with her. I know there will be hell to pay when she does get home at the awful state of our home. But I hope she knows that I did try to keep the house clean. The dishes are done and are put away or drying. Anyway I have to get read for my queen, prince and princess to come home to our castle.

Brain fart

For over a year now Erica and I have had a new vacuum cleaner, we thought that we knew how all of the parts of the vacuum worked but that is not true. Today I decided while I was asked to vacuum the living room that I would clean out the track for our new screen sliding door. I took out the extension and started to clean. I was having a grand time as I saw layer upon layer of dirt disappearing before my eyes. The vacuum was doing its’ thing when I stopped and told Erica that I did not need the tool that she was trying to hand me to clean out the rails. That is when Erica and I, especially me, figured out that the head to our cleaning tool with the triangle shaped head and bristles on one side and teeth on the other actually moved. It moved and I looked at Erica and asked, “Did you know that it did that,” her response put me into a fit of laughter as she responded, “me either!” We have had that vacuum for over a year now and we finally fond out that that one of the attachments actually moves to let airflow pull dirt and grime into the hose that is then deposited in a bucket in the vacuum after a long drawn out process that makes vacuums do what they do. I would tell you about the process but I do not want to bore my friends ad family who may actually follow this post that I started about a month ago. Anyway that made me laugh and even though I am kind of shy about telling people about things that I should have known about but I just had to tell anyone who will listen about it. it made me laugh and I hope it makes you too.

P.S.

This will make you think twice about how much you think you know about your household appliances. I found out the hard way and it was quite funny.