“I figured out what I’m going to buy you,” my husband said as I walked in the door, holding a piece of paper in his hand. A present for me? Squee! It’s my tenth anniversary in seven months and there is a three stone ring coming my way; my husband is a far-ahead planner so I thought maybe, maybe….
I was a little crestfallen to discover the paper was a Lowe’s flyer, and the item indicated was a high-efficiency toilet. Oooh, baby. I’m-a want you. Nonetheless, all four of us went to Lowe’s and, after what was possibly the world’s longest discussion about different toilets and installation methods between my husband and the incredibly helpful plumbing department guy, we were the proud owners of a new toilet. It rode around in the back of my van for a while, then took up residence in the garage for a couple of weeks, and yesterday, my husband installed it.
Suffice it to say that if you want to bring extreme joy and excitement to a household with children, introduce them to the concept of “choose your own flush”. I am now the unhappy recipient of an extraordinary volume of details regarding my children and their toilet habits.
But you didn’t come here to read about toilets! Perhaps you would like to know what I did on my summer vacation? Mainly I read novels on the beach, occasionally becoming enthusiastic about building sandcastles and then going back to reading. I drank a lot of beer with my father-in-law and also quite a bit of wine. I read novels while my children swam in the pool, I swam with them, and went back to reading. I ate a lot. That pretty much sums things up.
My favourite moment of the trip was this one. Reading novels by the pool is fine and everything, but so much more fun to jump in. The boys were swimming to me! Both of them! I am amazed at how quickly they learn swimming skills while just having fun with Mom and Dad. Sigh. Is it too much to ask for a pool in my backyard? And hot weather to go with it? Sigh.
I’m sure you enjoyed your summer. =)
No no – I came here to read about the toilets.
Who needs a pool when you have a dual flushing toilet?
LisaDay
What a fantastic sounding vacation! Sound similar to mine actually…I drank a lot of beer…thank goodness for Sublime 67…only 67 calories!
I love your pics too! I love summer!
PS. Congrats on the new toilet! 😉
HE toilet?
SexAY.
It’s so great when they can swim.
Toilets! Love them.