Its an odd day, because I have a lot of things I’m excited to share with you guys, but just about all of it needs to wait. They need to wait until the next series post, or just next week in general, or just down the line. Some of the things feel a bit repetitive, but I’m amped about them, so I’d like to share them again. But maybe thats weird? I don’t know. My brain is buzzing but there isn’t much to share just yet!
Something I can tell you is that we got Brady his Father’s Day gift today! Its a week and a day early, but thats perfectly acceptable, according to him! We FINALLY got this man a barbecue!!! Rather than him having a surprise gift, I told him a while ago that I wanted him to get a barbecue for Father’s Day so he could begin his search for exactly what he wanted. Being that our life is as busy as it is, he hasn’t poured too terribly much work into researching, and we decided just yesterday to spend this morning going to a handful of different stores, weighing our options, and finding a good, simple, biggish grill for our family. We did a tiny bit of digging online to see what was out there, read some reviews, and picked a route of where to go and in what order.
The kids were amped to go out and run errands, so besides one ridiculous meltdown from Laela based around her apparent need to wear Solly’s shorts and not her own, we had a pretty smooth morning.
Brady and I both are bad for buying the first thing we see that we like, so we made a point to NOT do that, and to hit a good handful of stores. Once we had seen what was out there, we lunched and chatted and finally laughed at ourselves as we headed back to the first store and purchased the first barbecue that we had liked. It was just the obvious winner.
So. Awkward. Brady was SO excited to set his grill up, but he opted instead to go run the carpet cleaner over our living room rug once more before bringing the thing back upstairs. So I have no picture for you! Sorry, guys! But, I can tell you the basics.
We bought a four burner grill, with a side burner, and a little cabinet underneath to hold the propane tank. Its stainless steal, pretty, with rose gold accents, so you know I also love it! Haha! Seriously though, of everything we saw that was even remotely close to our price range, this was the very best! Brady is psyched to get his grilling game on, and I’m psyched to participate in eating everything he grills.
Post-barbecue, we hit Superstore and Costco for food. We also (sadly) dropped off the guitar that Brady had rented from Long & McQuade for the last two months. We used it for our little “gig” the other day, we’ve used it in church, and he has really really enjoyed it! Maybe down the road, we’ll be able to foot the bill for a guitar like that, but not today, anyway. So he said an efficient, mournful goodbye and that was that. Hopefully the barbecue helps with the sting…
We’re keeping these little dears inside on such a hot, sticky day, and they’re even getting some tv into them, which weirdly happens very little these days! I never meant to phase tv out, but its kind of happened by accident?? Anyway, they’re all solidly entertained little zombies at the moment, Brady is washing that living room carpet, and I’m ready to be done blogging and find a position to sit in that allows me to breathe. Thats a luxury these days.
Have a lovely evening, friends, whether you’re in the sun or the A/C!!