Monday, August 17, 2009

What A Chore!

We spent this past weekend house and dog sitting for my brother-in-law. And let me tell you, it was such a chore!
It was a chore to sit inside the house and have to look out on this view.

It was a chore to watch our oldest two children play together in the lake.

It was a chore to watch our youngest two children build intricate rivers and roads in the sand.

It was a huge chore for Eric to lose at least 30 years worth of maturity and become a kid again.

It was a chore for Gracie to trail the dogs all weekend long and imitate their every move.

It was a chore to relax as a family on the couch while watching a movie on the 5 foot flat screen tv.
It was a chore to build a bonfire and sit around said bonfire while roasting marshmallows and telling ghost stories.

Now if I could just figure out how to make all of my real chores as trying as these chores!

What a wonderful, mini-vacation weekend we had.

Stop by Heavenly Homemakers for more Gratituesday and 5 Minutes For Mom for more Tackle It Tuesday.

12 comments:

Judy 8:46 PM  

What fun!!!
I could use some chores like that ; )

Katrina 9:40 PM  

What Bliss!!!!!!

MamaMia 12:56 AM  

Sounds like rough weekend!! Also sounds like you family had a great time!!

peta 2:04 AM  

Sounds like you need a holiday..lol

Goat Gal 2:33 AM  

Wow! What a great gig to score.

Mikki 6:59 AM  

Yes, looks like it was rough job.LOL. But you did a great job making the best of it!

Amy Lynne 7:22 AM  

Bummer you had to go through all that! What a nice break!

Andrea 7:35 AM  

Ooh! I wish I had a relative with a house like that! Glad you had fun on your mini vacay. :)

Buffie 8:46 AM  

What a rough weekend! I could use a weekend like that.

The Woodall family 9:40 AM  

WOW! What a beautiful place!

Susie 12:14 PM  

How horrible for you:-) Hee, hee, hee. Look's like a great tackle:-)

Kelly @ Wisdom Begun 12:29 PM  

I LOVE those kinds of chores. What fun you must have had! My husband and I have decided our family needs a break so we are discussing where to go and what to do. Your vacation looks exactly like what we need to do!

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