Auntie Sue and Uncle Stephen are back from England

Auntie Sue surprised us with a visit this morning. As usual she played with Nicole. She even seucceded in putting Nicole up into a ponytail.
In the afternoon I went out to the patio to do a little cleaning up and planted a few bittermelon seeds in the big flower pot. Then I moved on to clean the front of the apartment. When I went down to dispose the garbage, I couldn't stand the dirty floor any longer. I started sweeping the dust and the dirt. I took me forever to clean out just a little part. When Stephen returned, I took the opportunity to ask if there is a water hose in the garage. He came down a little later to hook up the hose for me. All I wanted was to clean the outer area where we parked and walked upstairs, but he started cleaning from the far side and we ended up cleaning the entire big, big garage with me doing the hard work - sweeping the dirty water with the big broom he found for me. Boy, was I tired. However, I still had to hurry to clean myself up and then started cooking. Nicole was crying and wailing for one thing or other around me. She had a bad afternoon, not being able to fall asleep for her nap, plus falling off the stool and broke her lips. Becky invited her friend Anna for dinner, and Auntie Peggy was waiting for dinner too, so I had to cook more food. My back was killing me. I hurried to wash all the pots and pans after I finished cooking. Poor Nicole was so tired, she even refused to take any of the nice dinner I worked so hard to prepare for her. They had to put her to bed on an empty stomack. Well, she was still a little sick. Her nose kept running and we kind of adding irritation to her by trying to wipe her nose. Sure hope she would feel better tomorrow.