The sense of balance has been restored to the McLaughlin household.  It was a bit rocky there but we have managed to right the ship.  Kevin and I are both happy now which is a very good thing.  It all started, you see, with the Wii.

Yes, the Wii.  Kevin got this bonus from work.  He could log onto this prize site and pick a prize as a thank you for all the crazy hours he worked this summer.  He took one look at the list and jumped for joy when he saw the Wii system.  I looked at the same list and my heart was all a-flutter when I saw the Dyson.  There ensured a rough hour of cajoling and bartering and pleading of cases.  In the end, the Wii arrived and Kevin was ecstatic.  He loved playing and playing and playing.  Me?  I mopped about bewailing my dirty carpet situation.  The boat was threatening to capsize.  It wasn’t pretty.

Then my dad gave me a gift card out of the blue and Kevin galantly added a gift card he had as well to my stash.  Suddenly the Dyson of my dreams was within reach!   Add to it a random clearance sale and voila!  My Dyson arrived and I was esctatic!  I vaccumed.  I cleaned.  I was happy.

So if you were walking you dog past our house yesterday and decided to peek into our front window, you would have seen a touching domestic scene.  Husband playing Lego Star Wars on the Wii while wife was vacuuming every square inch of carpet she could find.

The kids?  Huh.  Good question.  I’m not sure what they were doing.  They were probably escatic to have a few hours of unsupervised time to themselves.  Although, that would explain why Artie had pink marker all over his head.  Poor thing.  Yes, it was good all around.