Need an earlier bedtime

I really gotta go to bed earlier. Last few weeks, I've been staying up late, and getting up early to do stuff around the house. Today was no exception. Got up with Goof, cleaned up the bathroom after him, did the dishes, cleaned the bedroom, started laundry, emptied the garbage. This was all before 8am. I had called the house warranty and had a few things repaired. The electrician came over at 9am, did his thing, left within 30 min. Waited around until 1pm for the plumber, thank God he showed up, Stinky's toilet was running! Then the appliance guy came at 4:30pm. He's got to order the dishwasher part. I really didn't get much done waiting around for them. I took a little nap on the sofa with the dogs while waiting for the repairmen. I'm sure it must have been interesting for nosey neighbors, seeing 3 different service trucks on my driveway.

I did notice that Eldest, Bug, and Fred were out playing the the cul de sac. When Stinky noticed them, I was yelling at him to call his friend. We are having another playdate tomorrow. I still don't like them. Interestingly enough the night we went to get Harry Potter, Fred's family were out in the cul de sac setting off fireworks. So is it the fireworks Eldest's mother and Kiosk man don't like? Or is it the lies and exaggerations that came out of his mouth?

I had a great conversation with Egg today about Harry Potter. He finished it Sunday afternoon. Just as I expected. Shark finished it before he did, but as he says, she reads for speed, he reads for retention. Some parts of the book, we pretty much expected, other parts, we were not expecting. Some disappointments, but all in all, we both enjoyed it. He felt the same as I did, the epilogue was for the women who need a happy ending. It would have been enough to end it, and let our imagination take flight. Egg, says that J K Rowling is stepping away from the books for a while, but is not against coming back and addressing the support characters. She won't write about the main three, but that's okay. I'm sure that they would pop up some how. There are some characters, I want more back story on, but now must wait. I've been taking the book, and letting it open where it may and reading from there. I find it's a great fun. Also pick up on details I might have missed.

I made banana bread today. I think I need to work on the recipe. There needs to be more moisture if I want to make muffins, the loaf itself was fine. Stinky felt that I did not put in enough bananas. I guess 6 wasn't enough, though I must say the bananas were a bit on the small side. It was easy enough to make, and I didn't make it too sweet. Perhaps that's what he meant by not enough banana flavor. Hmmm, well we are out of bananas, so next week, we'll try again.