I hate mopping. Really, if there was one chore I could pick that I'd never have to do again, I'd pick mopping.

My arm is better, thank you for asking. :) I didn't go to the doctor because it cleared up on it's own after a few days of limited movement, and my Dr. was on vacation that week anyway. I think I just slept on it wrong and pulled something slightly out of place.

The situation with my Mom is improved, but only because she's not here. Haha! Last week, Richard's mother lost her balance coming down a ladder, fell, and broke her hip. She thought she was on the bottom rung, but was on the second one up, and she stepped down from it like she was on the bottom, then lost her balance and fell down. Ladies, take your calcium! But anyway, so there was brief talk about hiring my mom as a full-time "helper", so to speak. She'd live in their upstairs apartment and be paid to take care of them (Richard's dad has Alzheimers, so he can't be left alone), doing day to day stuff. So Darrell and I were happy about that, because she'd be moving out and no hurt feelings.

Then her children, most of which live in Michigan, talked her and her husband into coming up there and staying for a while. They had planned to go in July anyway, for some sort of church camp thing, and Mom was going to go with them to drive them. So now, she's staying there taking care of them for the next 6 weeks or so, then she'll still go with them to Michigan in July. My only beef with this is it's like another temporary job, and when she gets back from Michigan in late July, she'll be in the same boat she's in now - NO JOB. She'll basically be starting from scratch in her search, which prolongs her stay here.

But Darrell and I have decided to go ahead with the addition to the other trailer. We're going to build on two bedrooms and a living room. The new addition will be around 20 feet wide and 70 feet long. We'll have a 30x20 foot living room, a 15x20 foot bedroom, and a 25x20 foot bedroom. The two new rooms will be a master bedroom, which we'll be putting a bathroom in also, and a bedroom for the two little girls. We also plan to rip out all of the paneling in the old trailer and put sheetrock in. What is now the kitchen and living room will become kitchen and dining room. We plan to replace all the cabinets in the kitchen, and add some new ones, along with a pantry. We also plan to put hardwood (or laminate, more likely) floors in the old and new spaces. Yay for no carpet! Heh. After we do all that, we're going to brick around both structures (which will actually be one by that time), and voila! A house. :) But like I said, we are going to go ahead and start. We're going to be doing it all ourselves, and doing it as we can, so it's not going to be a quick task by any means. It'll take us a good while, but at least we have a place to live in the meantime, even if it is cramped. This way Mom has time to look for and find a job and get her own place. This will also let her know without a doubt that this is not a place for her to stay indefinitely. We thought we were clear to begin with, but we've got the impression from her that she intends to live out her golden years in that trailer. Not. We didn't buy it for her to live in. And the best part is, it'll all be PAID FOR when we're finished. A house and no mortgage, won't that be great?

The heartburn has really started to kick in with this pregnancy lately. I get it a lot for no reason. I doubt this child having a lot of hair though, none of my other kids did and I had bad heartburn with them too. So much for that old wives' tale.

I am so tired today. I had to get up early to take Darrell to work, because I had to run make a deposit at the bank. I didn't get in bed until after 11 last night, and I'm not used to that. I don't want to get in the habit of staying up late and sleeping in. I like sleeping in, but then it seems the day goes by so fast and is wasted.

Mackenzie has two more softball games to finish up the season. I don't know why they cram so many games in 6 weeks time and end the season so early in the summer. Weird. But she's had a good time, and she's gotten really good. They had a game on Saturday, and they won 11-4. I don't know how many we've won vs. lost though. It doesn't really matter though, she's had fun playing and that's the important part. I think she'll probably play again next summer. She wants to play soccer this fall, but I'm kind of hesitant. It's more expensive for one thing, and I've heard a lot about knee injuries in soccer. Plus they do all their games on Saturdays, which isn't really good for us. We've had two softball games on Saturday. Occasionally I can handle it, but not every weekend. Darrell is home on Saturdays and we usually use those days to do things as a family. She wanted to cheerlead too, for the Jr. Pro teams. Those teams are not school affiliated, our Ele. and Intermediate schools don't do football - football doesn't start in the school system until 7th grade. So this lets the littler ones play, and they put together a cheerleading squad too. But I told her no. It's even more expensive, you have to buy the uniforms, certain shoes, etc., and there is a lot of travel to competitions and such.