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...I've decided I can juggle anything this house throws at me! 
The kids and I were outside playing in the yard yesterday afternoon and I'm thinking - jeez this yard needs mowed when is DH going to get around to that? Then I went in the house to get something and the smoke detectors were ALL going off - they are wired and when one goes off they all go off. I immediately freaked out and started looking everywhere for smoke - nothing. I checked the CO detectors they were fine. So I tried to find the non emergency number for the fire department and couldn't find one so I had to call 911. What else was I supposed to do? The dispatcher was a jerk but the two firemen that came out were fabulous. They tested them and figured out that one was bad, they were very very nice.
So the kids and I climbed in the car and went to the hardware store and bought 3 new fire detectors, of course the plugs weren't he same so I had to unwire the old plugs, rewire the new plugs and install all 3 of them. So while R was in his highchair eating dinner I did that and then after putting him to bed and feeding A and putting her to bed I changed two light bulbs high in the garage that had been out for quite some time and then I mowed the lawn.
I was never more grateful for the way my parents raised me and I called and told them so.
Monday night, DH got home around 9 and went back in around 10. Last night he got home about 11:30 and left about 6:30.
This year is going to be a challenge but I'm bound and determined to figure it out and do things for myself because its obvious DH won't be around.
The kids and I were outside playing in the yard yesterday afternoon and I'm thinking - jeez this yard needs mowed when is DH going to get around to that? Then I went in the house to get something and the smoke detectors were ALL going off - they are wired and when one goes off they all go off. I immediately freaked out and started looking everywhere for smoke - nothing. I checked the CO detectors they were fine. So I tried to find the non emergency number for the fire department and couldn't find one so I had to call 911. What else was I supposed to do? The dispatcher was a jerk but the two firemen that came out were fabulous. They tested them and figured out that one was bad, they were very very nice.
So the kids and I climbed in the car and went to the hardware store and bought 3 new fire detectors, of course the plugs weren't he same so I had to unwire the old plugs, rewire the new plugs and install all 3 of them. So while R was in his highchair eating dinner I did that and then after putting him to bed and feeding A and putting her to bed I changed two light bulbs high in the garage that had been out for quite some time and then I mowed the lawn.
I was never more grateful for the way my parents raised me and I called and told them so.
Monday night, DH got home around 9 and went back in around 10. Last night he got home about 11:30 and left about 6:30.
This year is going to be a challenge but I'm bound and determined to figure it out and do things for myself because its obvious DH won't be around.
This really is a huge accomplishment! 
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