Labor day failed to deliver

Wow, looking at the last post date it has been a long time. What has happened? Not much. The days at work have been busy. This past weekend was a holiday one for many. Yippee for me! It, unfortunately, was not a good one. Wendy and I heard about several people who are suffering with ailments. Including our pride and Joy. It appears she is suffering from diaper rash. The act of changing her diaper puts her in the throes of agony. One night over the weekend, she had us up every two hours. The good news is that she would go back to sleep for an hour 59 minutes or until she had to go to the bathroom. It is somewhat getting better, but not healed. Last night she only got us up once. I did perform a home improvement over the weekend. It was time to replace the kitchen sink, well faucet. We went to Lowe's and saw one that should fit our need. I thought that the faucet exchange would not be too bad. I have seen someone install one in around ten minutes. Of course that person knew what he was doing. Like anything I do, I reached a few hurdles. First how in the world do I get out the out sink?! Wendy graciously Googled some instructions. Of course the instructions did not match our faucet. After wondering what I was going to do it came to me. I had to undo the bottom and pull it out from the top. Another part ot the drama was that the supply lines were connected to the faucet. I did not realize this while getting my supplies. So I had to go to Lowes and pick up new ones. Then I had to put in the faucet. That lined up alright. The sprayer was what gave me the most problem. To hook up the sprayer there was a connector with two plastic push pieces. I had to struggle with the first one, but it went one. The second one was a challenge. Of course I was under the sink where there was no room. I hit my head on something repeatedly. I even called the manufactured I was so disgusted that I could not get the piece to connect. They were closed for Labor Day. After twenty of minutes of banging, yelling, and overall malaise, I look down and there is a plastic sleeve. The connector piece is not exposed and the push piece fit perfectly. After the hookup I turn on the faucet. It works! But the handles turn the wrong way. I had put in the thing facing the wrong way! After a quick exchange it is running. One problem solved, next is replacing the faucet in the bathroom. That is for another day. Another home improvement I attempted was to install a baby gate to block off our unused stairs. Wendy and I have talked about getting one for awhile. Right now we have access blocked with an old stool and the play pen. We see a gate which looks like it work. The front of the box shows our setup. We think perfect. The price was reasonable. We get home and not so much. Another crazy design of our house. The rail extends too far, so we would not be able to operate the gate. Either that or the banister is not far enough out. It does not line up! The rail needs to be taken off, cut, or raised. I figure I can try and take it down. Of course the screws are stubborn. I take a few out and Wendy says forget it, that it is not worth the trouble. Besides where would we store the thing. It is about 20 feet long, bigger than our rooms. So another project we want to do that becomes a reject. At some point the gate has to go back to the store. I cannot say that I am glad to be at work, but this was one weekend that I am glad is over.