8/25/04 BBQ, double-barrel boogie nose and beds

Elmo and Holly

8/25/2004

(letter to Mom - Deanna Laurito) 

I’m glad you wrote – sorry to hear you are not feeling too good though.  Darn medications.

I’ve been having problems with my court computer and just didn’t log into messenger last night – it usually logs in automatically but we had turned it on earlier in the day and then when I came in my office it kicked that one out.  Needless to say – I was working – just didn’t look like it!

My computer geek is looking into the virus situation.  He thinks we may have something network wide here.  He is not sure.  Hopefully he’ll figure something out.  It is a little annoying but not too much of a bother.  I almost deleted this message thinking it was just more crap!!!  

Grandma Laurito and Holly

That will be fun to see you this weekend if you guys make it down.  We have a ward swim party BBQ Friday night so if you get to our house before 9 p.m. that’s where we’ll be.  If you can get down by 6 p.m. or so you can come have dinner with us.  Saturday morning (I think it’s in the a.m.) our good friends are being sealed in the Temple – so it’ll be good if you are there.  I won’t feel so apprehensive about leaving Holly – we still don’t leave her home very often…ever…with the boys.  I think they can handle it but I worry too much.

Holly was up last night cutting teeth and screaming about it.  Poor thing.  She had double barrel boogie nose and sore gums and nothing would make her happy.  We finally – at 1 a.m. gave her motrin and Dimetapp (or something like that) and after about ½ hour or more she settled in and went to sleep.  I don’t know how she’s doing this morning.  So she should have 8 teeth when you get here.  She has 6 now I think.

Shelly and double-barrel boogie Holly

We set up a badminton game in our backyard and the kids have been out playing every night since.  Me and Andy go with them.  They love it.  I like it because they are not plugged into the stupid video games all the time.  We don’t let them play during the school week.  They are so much nicer when they are not “plugged in.”

We have the blender from Grandma that you gave me some time ago.  I don’t know if yours is better, worse or the same.  It is a very nice blender and we use it often – so you’ll have to make the call on that.  The buttons on ours stick but besides that I have no complaints.  .

I’ve looked and looked for some captain’s beds for the boys but they are really pricey.  They sell plans to make them but I don’t think we have the time, skills, equipment etc to actually make them.  I wish you were feeling better because I bet you’d be able to do it.  I will probably leave things as they are until I come across a good deal or they move out.  

Things are going to be crazy at work for awhile.  They hired the utilities manager to be the assistant to the city manager.  So they are not going to have a boss starting Sept 1.  Sept 8 the #2 girl in utilities is having another operation on her arm (she’s been out of work since January but had come back for the last couple of weeks).  I don’t know what they intend to do but I have a feeling I’m going to be picking up so slack until they do it!  

Take care, love you lots.  Hope to see you soon.  Shelly