A Win-Win-Win Situation - Sunday, November 4, 2007

We cleaned up the garage at Ryan's Mom's place on Sunday morning, and then headed inside the house to watch the Packer game. We were meeting Mom & Dad at the house so that they could take all of their tools that we borrowed when installing the hardwood. We left the house during the fourth quarter of the Packer game, so as soon as we got into the car Ryan made me find the Packer's radio station (which I already have preset...just for this very occassion). Before we left, we set our PVR to record the rest of the Packers game, and to record the Patriots game until 5:00...I told Ryan that he should just set it to tape until midnight, just in case we didn't get home before 5:00, but he assured me that we would get home way before that.


WIN #1 - We got to the house and brought in a few tools, and moved all of Mom & Dad's tools to the front door so that when they got there we could load up the truck and then take off to go and watch the Patriots game. Kris was also at the house, working on the grout. He figured it would take him another couple of hours to finish the whole thing. It looks SO GOOD!!! I'm very impressed with everything in that bathroom.

WIN #2 - While we were waiting for Mom & Dad to show up, Ryan went out to the car to listen to the end f the Packer game. He came back in and was happy to report that they had won.

Another job we had to do was to mark out where we wanted the island plugs to go. I had told the builder that we wanted two plugs on the island, so he told us to go and mark out where we wanted them. We "discussed" that for a bit as well, and I said that maybe we should just have one plug, because the other plug would be hidden by the overhang of the countertop, but Ryan said that since we told them that we wanted two plugs, that we should mark out two plugs. We marked off where the two plugs were to go. By that time, Mom & Dad & Grandma showed up. They looked around at the house, we loaded up their stuff, and they went back home.

WIN #3 - We left shortly after Mom & Dad & Grandma...and got home at 4:50ish...WAY before 5:00...I made Ryan run into the house and start the PVR'd game from the beginning, but to record to the end of the game before he started the game from the beginning. He did, and we started to watch the Patriots game. An hour and a half later, the Patriots were down, and the first recording ended. I hit cancel, and ALMOST saw the score in the live game, which wouldn't have been good. I shut my eyes tight and plugged my ears, and made Ryan come in the room and switch everything over for me. We started watching the second recording. By the time that recording ended, the Patriots were still down, and I think the score was 20 - 17 for the Colts. When Ryan went to switch to the next recording, there wasn't one...I guess he had set it to record to the end of the game, it isn't smart enough (when you do it that way) to know that the game will go over the scheduled time, and it didn't record long enough. Instead, when we got to live TV, the Patriots were up 24 - 20...with under two minutes left. Ryan was upset that he didn't realize that it woulnd't tape that way. Either way, we watched until the end of the game, and the Patriots won.

That completes the Win-Win-Win situation...Hopefully there will be more wins in the coming week. The electrician is supposed to be out on Monday to hook up all the lights and plugs, and the plumbers are supposed to be out on Tuesday to start installing all of the plumbing fixtures. I can't WAIT!!

I was trying to kill the batteries in the camera so I took a bunch of pictures of Dexter. Here's one of them. He's getting so big! I think that he also thinks he's a dog, because he plays fetch when you throw him a toy. He'll pick up the toy and bring...well, I'm assuming I don't have to explain how fetch works...