five things on Friday

1.

Tyler has been gone all week.

Last night at dinner Lexi prayed,

 "Thank-you that Daddy is coming straight home."

soon...

2.

You know it's rained a good bit here lately.

You also know we tend to have toilet troubles when it rains.

Yeah.

Tyler convinced me that if I just plunged it

while various boys covered up various plumbing air holes

(don't ask)

all our troubles would be over.

I plunged that sucker for ten minutes straight.

I have a blister.

from plunging.

But I still have poop in my pot.

3.

We've got 3 sick kids.

Tummy bug sick.

Poor Lex' has just been miserable.

She asked, "what does miserable mean?"

I told her and she agreed, yes, she was miserable!

4.

My hand-quilting is improving;

I haven't bled on my quilt in three days.

And I've got it down to about 45 minutes per block.

I've also learned that I do a better job 

if I don't try to watch a movie while quilting.

5.

Maybe I didn't really learn that though,

'cause I've still been watching old Designing Women episodes

sometimes while I quilt, thanks to the reminder from BooMama.