Terrible Tuesday

We are having one of those days today - the terrible kind. The kind where you didn't get enough sleep the night before and the day starts way too early. Also the kind where your dog wakes you up from your nap right after you get to sleep. And the grouchy kind - we are all grouchy. And the cabin fever kind, with the weather too cold to leave the house and no car to leave anyway. And finally the kind where you don't feel good, but you still have to do everything you normally do because there is no one else around to do it.

This afternoon has to be better because it can't get worse!

And so that I don't have more of these terrible days, just a friendly reminder about the rules for calling our house.

1. Please try to avoid calling during nap times. They are always the same time of the day, every day, like clockwork. 10 am to noon and 2 pm to 4 pm are Abby's naps. Unless it absolutely can't wait, I'd appreciate your assistance in keeping her asleep by keeping our phones quiet.

2. After 9 pm we are all trying to get ready for bed and to get Abby to sleep. Unless the world is going to end if you don't call us right then, we would all appreciate our quiet, uninterrupted time for our nightly routine and Abby's bible story. One phone call when she is just about asleep adds 30 + minutes to our routine while we get her calmed back down and asleep again.

Now we know all of you, our family and friends, have watches and clocks and such, so if you want to avoid reading grouchy posts in the future, check them before you call!

We are going to make attempt 2 at getting the Buick back into our driveway. There was too much ice on the windshield for Steve to drive it last night, and, since it will be running straight off the battery and not recharging it, we won't be able to run the defrost on the drive home, so getting the ice off has to be done before the car is started. We will see if we can get it done tonight, otherwise we may be having it towed again. Then is the big process of trying to decide what to do with the poor old girl. If anyone wants a project and wants to tow the car away from here, let us know!