It has taken hundreds of hours, thousands of euros and a million calories burned, but I have finally earned enough daddy points within the family club to qualify for recognition for doing the work.
The sticks in the picture are lavender. My favourite.
The prize will be a massage.
Totally worth it.
I would add a picture of the patio, but the electrician was here today and wasn't able to finish, so things aren't quite ready. It will take a couple weeks from now because he is going on holiday with his kids. And this is not much of an issue for us, as the nights are long. The only thing we will not have that would be nice, is an outlet to plug in a speaker.
My wife goes back to work tomorrow and while she doesn't want to, Smallsteps is upset because she has had such a great time with her, and now she thinks it is all over. We still have a few things on the cards before school starts in a few weeks though - nothing too big, but maybe a little different for her. But to mark the end of the family summer vacation, we went into the city for a bite to eat. Nothing fancy, just a short time to be together today, since they were at the beach, and I was working in the yard and helping the electrician - like sliding on my back and belly under the deck to secure cables.
And then we got a deal.
We have been looking for a sun umbrella to cover part of the terrace, but also hoping to get one on a deal, since the summer is coming to an end and the sales have started already. And the restaurant we went to is in a shopping centre and has a furniture place just across the walkway from it, so I wanted to go in just to have a look. And there, standing at the door, was a decent umbrella in the colour we wanted, on sale at 50% off for 300. But they were selling the floor model for 170. And after my small business discount applied, it was under 160.
Almost 75% off. Score!
Since we are getting one anyway, getting it for a quarter of the price of what we expected we'd have to pay is great. The only thing is I will have to pick it up tomorrow and take it apart myself. I have read the instructions online and it shouldn't be too difficult. But I am a bit unsure how I will get it into the car :D
But I will find a way. Otherwise I lose Daddy Points.
I got the card at dinner from Smallsteps and it felt really good to be acknowledged like this for the work around the house. And, on the way home from the city we stopped at the shops to buy some ice creams and then we sat on the patio together eating and talking about how nice the garden looks. The weather has been hot and for tonight at least, even the mosquitoes were hidden away and we could just enjoy the company and then water the garden together.
I don't often collect enough Daddy Points to qualify for anything, so I will savour today for a long time.
Taraz
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