As many Americans are already aware, we're halfway through a 3 day weekend. We're having a family cookout today in honor of Labor Day. It's going to be hot out and the kids are probably going to be a handful when we get home but we don't get to see everyone all that often. I have to make it to the store before we have to leave because I need to buy a new hat. The one you've seen me wearing in all the pictures literally fell apart like paper when I tried to wash it last night. Being among those who sport a shaved head, I need the protection from the sun. Anyway, I don't think I'm going to end up walking today but I will in the morning.…

The boys are off to their Grandparents for the afternoon and we have some time to ourselves for the first time in awhile. They won't be gone too long and we're pretty much broke, so we aren't doing much. We did go walking though and that's important. At least we got to do something without the kids. I know so many familes that can't even do that. It's important that we not take even the smallest thing for granted. ☺ That said, I would have really liked to take Lizze to dinner and I've been craving Chipotle but it is what it is. At the end of the day, we got a small break and you can't put a price on that.

The kids woke up this morning and all was well until they learned that Spectrum had to come back out again because there's an apparent problem in our lines somewhere. I didn't think it was a big deal and that as the person dealing with this directly, I was the only one frustrated. I was wrong. Very, very wrong. Elliott and Emmett have been stressing out all morning since learning another service person was coming by to fix the problem. We didn't know about this peoblem until we were told last night and so they were long asleep before an appointment was scheduled. Emmett is in a horrible mood because he doesn't understand why it takes so many tries to get something done correctly. He's such a logical person and…