Day 269: It's curtains

Another child's eye view. I suspect taken by Exile #4. I spent the morning at at Lowes (our local hardware/home improvement/DIY shop/store). My shopping list was: freezer, curtain pole bracket, filter. The filter is for our heating/cooling system, the bracket to support these lovely curtains that Exile #2 is working on, they were both quite easy to pick up. Freezer purchasing is a bit more complicated. There is the chest/upright question and just how many cubic feet or pounds of food do we need to keep frozen? Then there are some 'Energy Star' rated ones but they're all huge so that the amount of energy they use is actually higher than the smaller less efficient ones. It pays to keep your wits about you on these occasions. Hopefully our new box of cold will do a reasonable job.

I am writing this with the lights on for the first time in months as E5N1 is no longer sharing our bedroom/computer room. This afternoon we moved him in with Exile #4. Exile #3 is now in a room of her own. I wonder how the night will work out.

At tea-time we headed into the city for a play-date with a family who have children in both Exile #3 and Exile #4's classes at school. It didn't start out great, as we turned into their driveway a large thunderstorm started up and we sheltered in the car for a while to avoid possible drowning on the 20 yard dash to the front door. Our hosts spotted us and came to our rescue with umbrellas. We had a great visit, a very nice meal and the kids had fun (until they started to get tired anyway). E5N1 ate a whole tub of food - hopefully that will help him to sleep through the night - even in his new room.