Well, I hope everyone had a fun and romantic Valentines Day! As for us, well....let me tell you about it!
So since it was Valentines day I decided ot try to make it a little special for the kids. We had pink heart pancakes for breakfast, which they still ate even after digging into their goody bags when they first woke up!
We then got ready for the day and Daddy left for school while the kids and I headed off to a thrilling trip to Wal-mart! An hour and half later we came home and Rich was actually back home already (which was a surprise).
So since it was Valentines day I decided ot try to make it a little special for the kids. We had pink heart pancakes for breakfast, which they still ate even after digging into their goody bags when they first woke up!
We then got ready for the day and Daddy left for school while the kids and I headed off to a thrilling trip to Wal-mart! An hour and half later we came home and Rich was actually back home already (which was a surprise).
For the rest of the afternoon Rich and I worked on scholarship applications while they kids napped and entertained themselves. And since Rich was actually home for dinner I decided to cook something really good instead of the frozen pizza we were going to have. And this dinner was definitely restaurant quality. Little did I know however, we would have a dinner guest for dinner. We recieved a knock on the door...a company offering free carpet cleaning. Now, sometimes I forgot that things are never free...I know, I know...you really should know better. So I (thinking, "yeah! Free carpet cleaning!") let this guy in and of course we then had to listen to his demonstration and selling pitch. He joined us for dinner since he hadn't eaten anything all day long and then started his pitch. By the way, I should mention, he entered our house at 6:15 or so.
By the time he was finally finished with his demonstration, which included getting cobwebs from the ceiling, vaccuming the living room multiple times, our kitchen floor, and yes, even our mattress...each time showing us how filthy we are, it was a quarter to nine! He finally packed up his stuff and after we assured him that no, we could not buy his $3000 vacuum at this time, he went outside to wait for his boss to come back and pick up him. (There was a group of these guys down here from Salem).
So, I apologized to Rich and we got the kids in bed. I then decided to go out and check the mail. And guess who was still outside waiting in the cold...you guessed it! I told him he could come back in a wait, but he said it would be just another minute or two. Five minutes later there was a knock on the door, and we welcomed this complete stranger back into our home. His ride would apparently "be a while". His ride finally came at 10 pm.
Then Rich went back to the computer to finish up his scholarship applications while I watched TV, waiting for my side of the bed to be cleared of all his paperwork. I finally gave up after the carpet cleaning smell made me sick to my stomach. So I then said "good night" and "Happy Valentines Day", while Rich continued working until 3 am. But hey, our carpet is clean!
So, while some of you went out and had a romantic evening spending money with your spouse, just think...you could have stayed home and got your carpet cleaned for free! What is more romantic than that?!
So, while some of you went out and had a romantic evening spending money with your spouse, just think...you could have stayed home and got your carpet cleaned for free! What is more romantic than that?!
Anyways, here are some cute pictures of the kids.
6 comments:
Thats a funny story. You are very nice to feed him dinner and let him hang out with you. It makes me wonder how many vacuums he really sells for $3000...poor guy!
Hilarious. I wonder if Greg got that knock on our door too. I wouldn't know because I was sick with strep that day. It was a crazy Happy Valentines Day for me too but I'm glad I didn't have to share it with a carpet guy.
Oh, Jackie. That is classic!
I wish I could've been there. Seems like you handled things very well. We had a guy come to our house in Colorado, but he only cleaned our smaller set of stairs!
I've been looking for the other family's blog post about how their valentines night was similar to yours except that the guy didn't leave until 10 - aka this guy's ride home! Thanks for sharing - Jeremy and I both got a kick out of this story. :) Happy late Valentines.
Jackie, this is Stephanie (High) DeCremer. I found you off Katie's blog and hope you don't mind I added you to my blogroll. Your children are so cute; and I'm glad you enjoyed your Valentine's addition- you would think they would take that day off, but at least he got fed a good dinner and kept warm!
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