Labor Day revistited
I haven’t posted in a while because we have been busy. Labor day weekend my husband decided to put a new roof on the garage because the old one was leaking. The game plan was to rent a 3 ton dumpster and clean out the garage and take the old roof off and replace it. When I called about the dumpster they didn’t have the size we needed so I upgraded, figuring that we will just clean out the basement and attic while we are at it since we have the dumpster a week. The dumpster is delivered on Friday and after work we start on cleaning out the garage. We have a single car garage that was absolutely full of shit that my husband brought home from work because he couldn’t believe they were throwing out a perfectly good (fill in the blank). We didn’t even get the garage completely empty because if we had we wouldn’t have had room for the roof in it.
The next day Brad starts taking off the old roof and it turns into a bigger job than expected so he calls his father who lives about 2 and a half hours away and he offers to come on Sunday with his brother and 6 year old nephew. Now I am trying to get my house company ready and help Brad. The phone rings at 6 and it is his brother. He says that he is just getting in the car and going to be here in a few hours. Now I am really cleaning! So his brother arrives and we are sitting outside with the neighbors and we decided it was time for an alcohol run. Us gals decided to drink old school and drink Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill. While the men went for beer and rum. I wasn’t feeling great so I only had a tumbler of Boone’s while my husband and the other men are drinking rum shots and beer. My husband was a shade on the shitfaced side. He spent the morning in the bathroom waiting for his dad and nephew to get here.
The next day Brad and his family are on the roof and he is feeling like hell but they got most of the work done so it was time to celebrate. This time us ladies had daiquiris and the men had their beer and rum. We remembered last Labor Day weekend when it was the women who were shitfaced and the men sat back and laughed. There is one important life lesson from last Labor Day that bears repeating – When having a drunken cartwheel contest, there are no winners unless you count the person who pukes last!
We finally have a water tight garage and I finally think I am getting myself back into the swing of things.
Update- I forgot about the latest round of “the game” that was played this weekend. My poor neighbor, Ana got a triple play when she walked out the backdoor and her husband was in my driveway with his pants down, my husband was in her backyard with his pants down and my brother-in-law was in my yard with his pants down! Once again if you don’t know about “the game” rent the movie Waiting. BTW we amended the rules when it comes to members of the opposite sex mooning is okay since the ladies are at a disadvantage. I was gotten by Ana’s husband in my own backyard so the ladies are plotting revenge! It’s on!
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September 11, 2007 11:41 am
Kevin Lowe, September 11, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
Again with this . . . “game.” I’d order “Waiting” from NetFlix, but . . . I don’t think I really want to know. Really.
eastbluffbarbie, September 11, 2007 @ 4:27 pm
Waiting is an awesome movie! If you have ever worked in a restaurant in any capacity you’ll enjoy it.
jenjw4, September 12, 2007 @ 11:05 am
Okay, I’m curious, I’ll have to get it from netflix as soon as I get done watching “Weeds.”
Kevin Lowe, September 12, 2007 @ 6:55 pm
Yeah, I’ll have to break down and order Waiting. I use to bartend, so I’m sure I’d be entertained. Plus, I like Dane Cook. Okay, we’ll figure out this game thing.
“Weeds” is a lot of fun. Too bad I recently canceled the premium movie channels in favor of NetFlix. Watched every episode last season. Perhaps I’ll have to re-add Showtime just for Weeds.