April 2nd, 2008
Well, everyone went home, as of last night when we dropped Ruth off at the Boise airport. But not before we had several other events happen.
On Sunday morning, Ruth was standing at the kitchen cupboard fixing a bowl of cereal. She was holding Dasche in one of the little carriers called a SNUGLI, all safe and sound. He reached out and grabbed the handle of the milk bottle, and as Ruth stepped back a FULL gallon of milk (and 4% at that) hit the floor and spattered on three sides of the kitchen, not to mention about a quart on the rug.
Ruth stepped back and said, "Oh, my gosh!" a statement she repeated 9 times as she grabbed all the towels in the drawer and started mopping. I of course ran upstairs to get the camera----what else do Grandmas do? and we got some really good photos, one of the baby with towel in hand helping soak up the floor.
Baby's Uncle David ended up renting a carpet shampooer, saving the day. Can you imagine how a quart of sour milk would smell after a day or two?
I'll try my luck at posting a photo tomorrow. Whenever Ruth comes, she likes to do a project that lasts after she's gone, you know, hanging wallpaper, cleaning closets, that sort of thing.
This time she got me to agree to cutting down a tree that was blocking the front window (I'll admit it does look better) moved all the furniture in the living room and got a rod to hang up the quilt all my kids gave us for our 50th wedding anniversary. Sad to say, it's been waiting now for 4 years to get up on the wall.
David has agreed to paint the room (Ruth couldn't quite work that in to her 4 day schedule) and get the quilt hung. It really does need to be up, the blocks were made by all my kids of memories from childhood, and is just so pretty.
We just got back from Boise, after spend in the night with Elaine's family. Needless to say, the house feels and sounds empty and quiet.
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