what a day

Oh what a day. I woke up still feeling ill- I've had horrible sinus issues starting on Sunday and gradually am getting better. I signed paperwork for the bank going on the crazy hope of a miracle that things will work out for the house. We have less than a week to go, and they are not willing to give another extension... I really wish Gunnar could just get hired on beyond his temp work. To add to the fun, I have not been able to find my driver's license, and it is required for the paper work, so as I had crying, grabbing babies this morning, I was trying to figure out what I needed to do to get one.
On a good note I was able to sort through the kids' clothes and pick out the things they had out grown- wow did it reduce Gage's tops drawer!! I just got him two new long sleeved onesies, I am wondering if I needed to get more.
I did some cleaning and laundry, got the kids down for naps, and made a sock puppet while I talked to Jennica. Avi woke up from her nap a bit grumpy- she didn't like the sock puppet :(... but then we played outside, fed a horse, and went on the swings- and she liked the sock puppet out there... We came inside when Gage woke up, made a delicious
berry spinach smoothie
1/3 c* plain greek yogurt
1/3 c frozen berries
1/3-1/2 banana
1/3 c milk
1/3-2/3 c spinach
*generous 1/3 cups...
It was fabulous! I wish we had made more! Avi loved it and got her vegetable in for the day. Gage had corn baby food, not his favorite. We played outside some more- Avi climbed the willow tree (easy climb). There was some cat poo on the front porch (do you see why I don't want pets...) so I pointed it out to Avi and told her not to step on it. After she had climbed in the willow tree (there it a wide area to walk around in the tree) she said "Mama, I step on the poo." bewildered and a bit worried I looked in the tree- it was a bunch of mushrooms! I thought she was rather cute.
Now onto some disaster... while the kids napped, I got a call from an insurance guy- we are looking for insurance right now (again I would love for Gunnar to get hired!). I talked with him for a long time. Avi had woken up and we were about to get off the phone, when I was going into the garage to look for more bread, when I saw a snake in the garage!!! I have a huge phobia for snakes. I flipped, and embarrassingly got off the phone. I was really upset, so I tried calling Gunnar- no answer. I needed to ask a question about dinner, and still upset I called Gunnar's mom. So I could talk to someone. I told her about the snake, she laughed- I guess I deserved it.  Avi said "mama go doctor."- she could tell I was really upset... thankfully she was fine. Unfortunately when we went to get some cat food, I hadn't closed the garage door- so I saw it again, it had not moved because it was dead-partially eaten by the cats. So I was very traumatized...
then to add to the trauma...
I was hacking through summer squash (it is crazy hard to cut up- and peel) to make some soup- I had started later than planned, because Gage had needed to be fed. So was I was really wanting to get dinner done, and Gage was fussing in the family room. Avi was wanting to be held, so I sent her in to entertain Gage. That worked well for a bit, then he started crying again. After a few minutes, I call to Gage to ask him what is wrong. Avi responds, "Gage's eye". Nervously I went in to investigate. Avi was standing with a little metal hook that had a screw one side. She said "Gage's eye". Went to Gage- he had little scratches around his eye and a red eyelid- no blood, just inflamed. I checked his eye- thankfully no cuts and he calmed quickly when I picked him up. OH BOY was I upset!! I was soooo frightened! Once I knew Gage was okay- Avi to spanked, and time out, then I not so lovingly told her never to do that again... I was soooo upset. I called Gunnar and ranted at him that we are in an unsafe house, and then Erin happened to call, so I got to talk to her too- it was good to get it out.
In the meanwhile, I realized I forgot an ingredient in the cookies and I was making and my summer squash soup with a basil pesto turned into a basil summer squash pesto- I mixed it all together!! Avi did not like dinner, so she had to wait for me to make spaghetti. Dinner was way late. but it did turn out to be a pretty good sauce for the noodles (thought Avi just had cheese on hers). I wouldn't mind making the "sauce" again, and I do want to try the soup- I think it would be great.
It was Gunnar's lab night, so he comes home early- ten pm- but he wasn't home till 10:30 last night. It was nice to spend some time with him, even if it meant going to bed late.
We found out HUD is not willing to work with us... oh well.