WanderingAmylessly 2.0

I'm ready to have my house back. We started our little home-improvement odyssey back in early October when we found out Lowe's was having a sale on Pergo. Even though Tim had never done any sort of floor installing, he emphatically insisted that he could do it and save us the $1,500it would cost us to have Larry, Curly, and Moe from Floors-R-Us put it in. Fast forward to now, and I must say I am incredibly impressed. My guy can, indeed, lay flooring. It looks gorgeous. Unfortunately, in the process, Henry and I caught the flu and Tim got a nasty head and chest ailment, sans fever. Then we discovered we had a leak around the chimney in the living room that ended up requiring a couple days work by several laborers who, in essence, rebuilt the covering around the chimney. Good news: no more mold and rotting boards. Bad news: major delays. One of the subfloor boards had to be cut out and replaced before the Pergo went down, and the sawdusty and smoky-from-a-hot-saw mess had us slee

We bought H some Star Wars binoculars for his birthday. Last night, he went outside in the back yard and was out there for a long time. Tim stuck his head out to see what H was up to, and H had the binoculars focused on something and seemed very intent on what he was viewing. Although I wasn't there, Tim relayed the conversation to me: T: Hey buddy, whatcha doing? H: Using my binoculars. T: What are you looking at? H: I'm spying. T: Who are you spying on? H: The neighbors. T: Well that's rude. Why are you doing that? H: Central Command told me to. T: (Long Pause)So...what do you see? What are they doing?