Ah, bad choices. Nat has lost her Kindle privileges for bad choices. She's been on her phone or Kindle at night and lying to us about it. And we check up. And caught her. So, no Kindle for Nat for a while.
On the Mom's business front, we may be nearing steady state. I got notice that Dad's IRA re-titling to Mom is now finished and funding...in other words, money is available from it, should it be needed. The estate sale was this weekend, I hear it was very successful. Lots of foot traffic, beautiful weather, and there really wasn't that much stuff unsold. We got $10650 for the truck alone. So, we'll soon be out of the house in Tempe, although we still have no title for the Prius. Should have had that long ago, so not sure what's going on with that. We do apparently have interested buyers for it, which I'm a bit surprised by, since there is no way I'd have bid on a car at auction that didn't have a clean title. But I'm glad someone did. 3 bids for around $10k. So I hope the title comes in very very soon.
In other news, Mom has not been feeling well. She had an appointment Friday with the local doctor for an apparent UTI, but by Saturday it was getting worse and she was really uncomfortable. Had to call the doctor back...she was saying she wanted to go see the doctor again.
Beth and I and the kids went to Fort Wayne Saturday to do some shopping. THe kids needed a lot of clothes so we went to Old Navy, then we hit the mall but mostly to go to Barnes and Noble, and finally to Furniture Row where they have the most wonderful massage chair that I thought we weren't going to get Beth or Natalie out of. But we were there for a drop-leaf table for Mom, because it is just the sort of thing she needs in her room at the home. Hopefully it gives her a place to do something like a puzzle, maybe.

Last Wednesday we had the most horrible visit with Mom at her place. It was family night, so there was dinner served for everyone, and since Nat has counseling, she and Beth were not there. I took Alex and Missy, but since they weren't serving anything that Alex would eat, he was bored, hungry, and out of control. I could not keep him from yelling back and forth with Missy and acting crazy. Finally Mom spoke very sharply to him about how rude and obnoxious he was being, and how her kids never acted like that. The she got up from the table and left to go back to her room. Alex felt bad but he was really out of control and I couldn't get him to calm down. Now he's upset because Grandma is mad at him. Well, we knew it was coming, because Mom has been very impatient with the kids when we've gone to visit her the last few days. They're too noisy for her.

In other news, Revolution went to Sky Zone this weekend. Nat didn't go, she hasn't been feeling well lately and jumping on a trampoline does not sound fun to her.

This past weekend Beth and I had the garage sale redux. Everything the had that did not sell in the last garage sale, plus a few odds and ends we found. Sold a bunch of frames and a few things, but overall only made a little. Better than nothing, I guess

Things are looking up for Mom's stuff, finally...and all the rest of her business. Monday her new bed was delivered. Beth and I were kind of afraid that she wouldn't remember that she was getting a new bed, and that the bed she's been sleeping in is only a loaner, and that once we got her new bed installed she wouldn't like it. We went over to her room in the evening and I assembled the new bed and got the new mattresses in place, and disassembled the loaner and carried it away, and Mom didn't seem to notice. She never said anything about the bed, anyway. Thursday, after days and days of delays, during which the moving company kept calling me and telling me "the truck didn't arrive, so it'll be tomorrow" every day, the truck finally arrived. We had a huge pile of stuff delivered and, fortunately for us, wheeled into the garage. I was afraid they would leave it at the curb and I'd have to lug it to the garage myself. Friday I asked a bunch of guys from work if they could come over after work and help me move that humongous table from the garage into the dining room. Trey, James, and Bruce showed up and it was about all we 4 could do to lift the thing and carry it around the back and through the sliding glass door. I was also afraid I was going to have to reinforce the floor to hold up the table but Beth got an area rug at Menard's to protect the vinyl, and the rest seems to be just fine. Friday night Laura came to town, ready to get down to the business of Mom's business. Specifically, getting the Wells Fargo accounts un-frozen, then paying off the car and getting the accounts all closed. We got an early start (we'd asked the assisted living place to have Mom ready to go with us by 9) at State Farm, got everything signed to fund Dad's life insurance policy (which we're planning to use to pay off the credit cards and such), then headed to Rochester where the nearest Wells Fargo branch is. They tried hard to thwart us and told us first thing that I was supposed to come back Monday because they were so busy...OMG Laura and I were pissed. But, a helpful agent worked with us, and we had an answer for every question and a piece of paper for every requirement. After a couple-few hours there, the Prius was paid off in full, we had the receipt for it, and all the bank accounts were cashed out and closed. I almost expected someone to come running after us with one more thing we needed to do or provide in order for us to be done, but we made it out the door with the check and have finished with Wells Fargo forever. Never again. We then visited PNC to get me added to Mom's checking account, only to find that since it's an account that social security goes to, and I'm not the primary POA, we can't. But we can get me an ATM or debit card for it, so that's what we're going to do. Anyway, we dropped off Mom at her place again in the late afternoon, then Beth and I and Laura went out to dinner without the kids to Rua. Laura was gone early this morning.

Things are finally starting to get straightened out with Mom and Dad's estate. The bed that Beth and I bought for Mom's new place arrived at our house on Monday, and I was able to get it over there and get it set up in the evening. Now I just hope she doesn't decide she doesn't like it as well as she liked to borrowed bed she's been sleeping on. She still has a borrowed dresser and sofa...the shipment of household goods was supposed to arrive Tuesday, but after 3 days of calls about how the shipment didn't come in again and it'll be tomorrow, repeat, it finally arrived at the curb on Thursday. The shipping company guy was nice enough to wheel it into the garage instead of leaving it at the curb like they said they would do, which was nice because there was a lot of heavy stuff. Especially that table, it weighs a ton. And a desk that Thomas wants, and some other stuff. So many picture albums. Anyway, the table was impossible to move without help, so Friday I asked several guys from work if they could come by afterwards and help me carry it into the dining room through the back sliding door. I got 3 guys here, and we were able to carry it in and get it set nicely on the area rug that beth had bought for it. Did I mention it weighs a ton? I hope the floor can bear the load.

Laura arrived in town Friday night, with the original death certificate in hand, so Saturday morning early we got to work. We collected Mom and headed to State Farm, where we got the papers signed for the checking account for Dad's insurance money, then on to Rochester where the nearest Wells Fargo branch is. They started by telling us they were too busy and to come back Monday. Laura responded by telling them to get with the program, now. Anyway, we found someone helpful who went through everything with the process of unlocking the account and adding Laura as a primary account holder via the POA, then withdrawing all funds, paying off the Prius, and closing the accounts. We had a check in hand and were headed for the door, and I was almost expecting someone to come after us with another big obstacle we had to do before we were done. But no, we left with a check and no more WF accounts. Unless they opened some in Dad's name without his knowledge, of course, but still none we know of. Then on to PNC, where we found I can't be added onto this account because it's a social security deposit account, and there are some rules or other about that. Anyway, no matter, the big stuff we did get done and by the time Mom was getting worn out, we were able to take her back home. In the evening we all went out to dinner at Rua, which Laura liked a lot. Early Sunday morning she hit the road again after breakfast.