When It Rains In The House With A New Roof

In my life this week...
You know how we assume that men are born with the "handyman gene"? Well, my husband is just NOT that man. He is very technical and knows his way inside and out of nano technology and can fix computers, do electrical work and fix most computer type products but fix a pipe, hang a shelf, repair drywall he cannot. It all started with a trip to home depot to buy weather stripping for our back door. When he arrived home to get to work on the door and promptly put his hand through the glass window at the top of the door. He thought it was plexi glass. Sigh! We were able to get all the dogs and kids away from the glass safely and Papa bird was not hurt (just a small cut)but now he will have to figure out how to replace the glass. I don't think the weather stripping will work now that the door is missing glass.

So much for the new roof that we just had put on last week. It was raining BAD the day they were supposed to put the gutters up so they didn't come. We did however notice the water POURING INTO OUR HOUSE from the roof that is BRAND NEW. Of course the roofing company we used (Home Depot) was unavailable. After many towels, buckets, and cloth diapers the rain stopped. We then had a very soggy house. The
I'm reading...

This book was suggested to me by a fellow homeschool friend, Holly as well as a great art project that we will be finishing up this week. I am only on page 17 and this book is amazing. I already feel like a bad teacher but am ready to incorporate some new and great ideas to become a fantastic teacher. Again thank you to Holly for telling me about this book.

outside my window...
I see maples hanging on to the last few yellow leaves of the fall, blue skies and the woman across the street raking her leaves.

I'm cooking...
Apple cranberry crisp

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