It's Tuesday Again

If you read Christy's blog you know she took Patrick to the neurologist yesterday. I went with her to watch the other kids while she was in the appointment with him. I worked about 2 hours in the morning, then left to go up to her house. In spite of the fact that it was mid-morning, traffic was still pretty awful. I got there just in time to help her get shoes and coats on the kids, then off we went. The appointment was with an extension of CHOP and was about 45 minutes away from their house. When we got there, the 3 oldest kids and I stayed in the outer waiting room while she took Patrick and Asher with her to an examination room. There was a TV in the waiting room and just as we got there, a video started: Peter Pan. Because the kids rarely watch TV, they were mesmerized through the whole movie. So there really wasn't much for me to do except watch it with them. I could have left and I don't think they would have noticed! That's how tuned in to the movie they were.

After the appointment, I came on home, then went in to the office for another 45 minutes before calling it a day.

Andy worked today on the front porch. It's looking good. He finished the siding, put in the lights and hung the shutters again. Then this afternoon he prepared to put the railing up. He dug and poured concrete for the posts that will hold the railings at the bottom of the steps.

So what did I do today? Well, my house needed a good cleaning and laundry needed to be done. I also took the Thanksgiving turkey carcass, put it in a pot, covered it with water, added an onion and a couple stalks of celery and cooked it about an hour. I was able to get more meat off the bones, as well as 3 quarts of broth. So we'll have turkey for a couple more meals.
The rest of the week promises to be busy, so I don't know when I'll be back.