Quick check in to say hello. I will have to cuop a little at a time when I can.
I haven't had much time to myself since the end of last week. Friday was normal as ever with daily/weekly routines, etc. Saturday mid-morning ds#2 stopped by with paint to do the windowsills outside. I knew he was going to paint, so I washed all the windowsills with bleach and a little bit of soap water. I also did the front of the house about five feet high to the ground. The white looks nice and bright again. The sill color is nice, a deep aqua on the blue side. He worked till about 4 pm, then went home. He and ddil are working with their local Arts Center in preparation for the Highland Games this coming weekend. Anyway, I had just settled down to take a break before supper when the doorbell rang. Turned out to be dfam#3, ds, ddil, dgs16 and his pal who is also 16. Wow! Dh had talked to ds a couple of weeks ago and suggested they come in June when school was out instead of now during spring break so that dgd20 could come with them and ds said, ok, sure. And then he did just what he wanted to do...come on spring break! What a surprise.
So Sunday morning we got up early and went to Sunrise Service, which was very nice. Ds and ddil went shopping and brought a ton of groceries. Monday ddil wanted to go strawberry picking. We ended up at a place called Favorite Farms, Inc. Dee may have heard of them. We picked six full ice cream tubs. They are so delicious. On the way home they made a detour to the big airport across the bay and surprised me by picking up dgd20 who had flown in to spend the week with us. Tuesday was a real work day: ds#1 and ds#2 came in and the three guys worked outside. I knew they were coming, but did not know what they would do. Turns out ds#2 had picked up 6 ft. tall sections to replace the fence on both sides of the house. Dgson16 and his friend painted the mailbox post and swept all the pine needles off the roof. I raked all the pine needles from the side to the front yard and later ds#1 helped me bag it all up. There is at least 12 large trash bags by the curb, along with the broken fence pieces. Oh, they also replaced the overhead shop light in the carport. I was glad to see all three of my dsons together.
Today dfam#3 spent most of the day with ddil's dfather. They went fishing on the old skyway bridge pier and are going out to dinner with him and ddil's aunt. Tomorrow we will go to Busch Gardens for the day and Friday dfam wants to go out to the beach in the morning, then take a trip to Tarpon Springs so the boys can get their girlfriends something. They also want to make some strawberry jam for their girls, too. They will be leaving for home sometime Saturday morning.
I got caught up on some ordinary things today; paid some bills and did four loads of laundry. The boys had taken their clothes out and put in the washer, so I started with that and got them washed and dried. They can fold it all and put back in their suitcases. I need to finish getting ready for tomorrow so that when dfam comes home from spending the night with ddil's ddad we will be ready to go.
Hope everyone has a good evening; I'm going to cuop a little.