The Weekend.

Chad and I had a really nice weekend. We actually roughed a whole basement. Chad has taught me a few electrical things so now I can help him and earn money while we are with each other. Its pretty cool. It was a huge basement too. I am pretty proud of myself. I earned alot of money over the weekend. My feet hurt but that is cool. I will be alright.

I started a new job last week as well. It is pretty nice. I help make eye glasses, so if any of you need eye glasses, I get a killer deal on them. I will just need your prescription and the frames and I can make them. I like the people and the job and it is only 4 miles from my house so that makes it all worth it.

We didnt have the kids this weekend but we get them next weekend and I think we will take them to Lagoon. They have been bugging us to take them but have not done so yet. Since we did that side job we figured we could do it. They will be happy. I am hoping that maybe we will be able to get Hayden to go on the Colausses (sp). He is terrified of them. We did get him to go on the white rollercoaster last year. Hannah is our little dare devil. She will ride anything. I may even get her on the "WICKED".

We sold Da 'getter (ford escort wagon) to Shayne. We gave him a really good deal on it so we hope it helps him out. We also would like to wish him the best of luck with all the fury that is packed under the hood. We figured we didnt need 4 cars, one motorcycle, four bikes and one pair of skates, when there are only 2 drivers. And for those of you who have been to the downtown area, or possibly to our house, you would know how the parking situation is, so, I'm sure our neighbors are thrilled as well.

Just a thought!

Its funny the things you learn in a day. Such as I just relearned how to do a cursive capital Q. Its been a long time since I have had to do one of those. Wow!
I also find it funny when you hear that someone who doesnt want anything to do with you anymore read your blog. Interesting. You would think they wouldn't care what was going on in your life. Just a thought!

"Big Pimpin" P-I-M-P

So exciting news for us, we just bought a new Lincoln Navigator. Its a 2000 and it only has 89,000 miles on it and we got it for only $6000. I know with the gas prices it seems absolutely absurd that we would purchase such a beast of the blacktop and the small fact that we already have a SUV that takes you on a scenic tour of all the gas stations in the valley, but, for the price, we couldn't pass it up. I love it. It is so nice and comfy. I checked and it gets from 16 to 18 miles to the gallon. The kids love it as well. The best part is the third seat in the back (of which the kids insisted upon sitting in the WHOLE TIME.)



This weekend we also had a yard sale. It was pretty fun with the kids. All they wanted was the money so they were selling things that they like for it. It ridiculous the power of money with them. We did pretty well, met some interesting characters along the way, and got rid of unwanted things. Now its off to the DI with the rest of the stuff we couldn't sell. All in all we did pretty well. The kids wanted to do it all day but after we didnt have any customers for 2 hours and you could faintly hear someone whistling and tumbleweeds were rolling down the block (come on people, think old westerns here) we figured it was time to pack it up and get on to other things.



Not much is happening with us. Things are very boring at the Wheelwrights. One thing that is constant here at the Wheelwright house is the fact that Hannah is always cracking us up. I had a really nice cake dish with a lid out for sale. It was glass and turned into a punch bowl. Hannah was dusting it off and asked us if it was one of those "Cookie putter in ers". I thought I was gonna die. She cracks us up.

Wonderful whirrling weekend at the Wheelwrights'

So this weekend was a whirlwind of excitement and edge of your seat anticipation as we were determined to catch the small four legged creatures that roam the night in the nether reaches of the house... Yes folks, we are talking about MICE! Ever since our recluse neighbor Tom, (I use the term recluse only in the sense that but only one person on our block has been in his house, other than that he is more than willing to tell you all the dirt, or percieved dirt that is), had to move all the "hording" crap he had piled up against the side of our house because we were having trees cut down, and since that fateful day, we have been waging war against the squeaky little ones that strike fear into the very souls of the strongest amongst us. We, as you may or may not know do not eat nor kill living creatures, so the problem was; "what can we do to rid ourselves of our unwanted house guests and still maintain our moral bearing?" The solution seemed obviouse (after a half an hour search at the local home improvement warehouse that is), yes, live catch traps. Seemed perfect, you lure them into a tunnel and the weight of the mouse pivots the trap and....WHALLAH! the mouse is trapped inside, unharmed. This worked for a while and though we caught about 12 mice this way, there were those recon mice that were too smart for the tunnel. Back to the drawing board. Glue traps were the next method, because anyone who paid any attention in chemistry class knows that common household oils breaks down the properties of the glue, so this weekend we caught the recon mice.........SIX OF THEM! Yes folks, you heard (or should I say read it right, six) We now have six extra-virgin olive oil covered mice roaming the back alley of our neighborhood. The kicker in all of this was that after we caught Mum and Daddy, we caught two at a time....Twice. I think we are done with the little freeloaders as we have not seen the flashing black blurrs running across the wall as we have so many times before. I guess next we get a cat...................

A really good book!!!!

For those of you who would like to know of a really good book than here is one. I just finished it and I absolutely loved it. It is # 4 of a series and it is her final of the series. I cant wait till the movie comes out.

This week in review!

So Chad's hand is doing alot better. He can now use his two fingers again. Lucky for him there was no damage. We decided to keep the dog since we just couldnt let them take her and put her to sleep.

Chad has been doing a side job for a while for this guy and I have been going with him and the other day we were talking to Gordon and found out that he is Porcia's nephew. It is really a small world.

We decided that we wont go on vacation again since work never stops. I got back to work and its been 2 weeks and I am still not caught up on all the work I had missed. UUHHHHGGG! I am reading a new book. Its Stephanie Meyers new book and it is fantastic. I am almost done with it. I should be done with it by tonight. I cant wait to see how it ends. I am trying to get my mom to read them but she says she does not like Vampire books.

We have the kids this weekend and we stopped at the Hare Krishna Temple and ate. They have really good food. It is really a beautiful building. The kids always ask what we are gonna do the weekends we have them. Its hard on the weekends when we have them and I have to work graveyards. I am thinking of getting a different part time job but I really love working with my Dad. Anyway, this weekend we have Chads work party and then a birthday party at 6. I can say I will only be able to go to one event and I think it will be the work party. Next weekend is my work party and then we have a festival the weekend after that. This month is really busy for us.

The kids start school in a couple of weeks so its time for back to school shopping. We cant believe how fast this summer has gone by. Hayden will be in 6th grade and Hannah will be in 4th. I cant believe it. They are growing so fast. We have to buy them backpacks and lunchboxes and jackets too. I love Wal-mart!!!! (just not the one by our house) For those of you who have not had the "downtown Wal-Mart" experience...... You just have not lived. It's like a walking freak show on each isle. It's always good for a laugh.
Well folks, that's all for this week in the life and times of the Wheelwright clan.
SEE-YA!

Mr. Lefty

So poor Chad had a really good day at work until he got home. Our dog Linna had pooped in the house AGAIN! So she ran to the laundry room cause she knew she was in trouble. Chad cleaned up the mess and went to the laundry room to let her outside and he reached down and she bit him on his right hand. He now has a big gash and a gapping hole in his hand. He cant really move his index finger or his middle finger. The doctor said the swelling is probably making it do that so once it goes down it should be ok. They cant close the hole cause it would get infected and they would end up just reopening it anyway. So now chad has a cute purple bandage on his right hand. :) and as we all know, that is his favorite color. Anyone needing a one handed electrician? Half off on pricing!