rare evening outing

Last night was one of the rare occasions when we ventured out with the twins in the evening. That's their fussiest time, plus they are unusually fussy right now because of the teething. They did really well though and just thought they were on a walk in some strange places.

We went to the small Sears we have here to look at chainsaws and grills. Barry saw a chainsaw he wants, and we saw a grill that we might like, but we decided to do some comparison shopping at Home Depot.

This was our first and only good experience with Customer Service at the Home Depot here in Hobbs. Usually if you have to ask for help, you will wait forever and then get someone who doesn't even know how to help you... but that's just because it's Hobbs. Long term, drug free employees are hard to come by here. It's one of the few places in the nation where the employment rate is still low.

We found a grill we liked better for $20 less than at Sears, and they had it in stock. The service representative found it very quickly and loaded it onto a dolly for us and took it to the checkout. We picked up a few other lawn items we needed, and headed out. The twins were in their double stroller, and did very well looking at all the items on the shelves. They especially liked the flowers except that Mommy wouldn't let them touch. (They like to touch the flowers and leaves in our back yard.)

Then we went to Applebee's and they got fussy because it was about an hour past the time they usually have their dinner. We fed them their applesauce, but they wanted our food when it came. We cracked the ends off our french fries and pinched out the insides to put in their mouths. Not the best I know, but it kept them mostly satisfied while we ate. Now I know why my little brother Daniel never ate baby food at dinner time. We're going to have to start making sure we order something we can share with them.

When we got home we discovered they both had low grade fevers again. So it was tylenol, bottle, books, and bed. Hopefully the teeth will pop up soon so they'll start to feel better.