Well, hello there. How are you? Did you have a good day today? The weather wasn't bad at all. Did you eat your lunch outside? Next week might be even better for that sort of adventure. I didn't look at the wind predictions, so keep hold of your napkin, just in case.
I believe last you heard from me, I was veneering the reality of my moody and disobedient children with stories of their charm. They got better, of course. They're not nearly so crazy this week. Over the weekend we did some cleaning, and Grant and Josh got haircuts.
HAIRCUTS! I can't forget that I have an appointment for mine on Friday.
Well, anyway, while the sheep were being shorn, Abbie and I went shopping. I like saying that. It sounds so cutesy and suburban. Here's the reality: Abbie loves dresses and it's not worth the fighting to get her into pants. Often she wears the dresses I wore as a child, but several of them aren't so washable and so Josh and I decided that maybe I could check out the dollar store next to his haircut place. Well, that particular place doesn't sell clothing of any kind. Happily, a Wal-mart was a few doors down, and dresses were on sale. I got her 3 for under 10 dollars. I am so good.
That was Saturday. Sunday, we were supposed to borrow a truck from Josh's dad and take a few mountains of old stuff to Goodwill. I am a fan of donating. However, Little Chris wanted to play, and we ended up having a picnic with him and his 3 girls, and then we went to his house to watch the first half of the Rams pathetic attempt at playing football. Josh gets zero sympathy from me for not having his homework done. Slacker. And I still want to donate that stuff. It was fun, though. Our kids get along really well, so we can really send them downstairs and just check on them every so often and it works great! And sometimes the little girls come up and make Chris help them get Barbi into her biker shorts, and that's always funny.
The theme of this week is, "Rosemary, can you do me a favor?"
I've watched a house already, and today I spent the afternoon at my in-laws' place while the glass repair guy installed the replacement windows. Well, at least that was the plan. One of the windows was the wrong size, so I get to have a reprise next week-ish. I drove all the way home and was just getting comfy with the last of a bag of sour cream and cheddar Ruffles (Not usually a big chip fan, but those are way yummy.) when I remembered that I hadn't gone to the grocery store. Woops. So we did that. By the time we were done shopping, I was just done. And so were the kids. They've been pretty rotten since we got back. Though, I should tell you, they were perfectly charming in the store and the entire day until then. When I was cutting up Abbie's super gourmet Totino's triple cheese pizza, I knocked it off the counter and caught a hand full of hot cheese trying to rescue it. It's still red, but not too bad for a burn.
The Parents As Teachers lady was here yesterday. I have to re-do a lot of paperwork because her new supervisor said they've been doing it wrong. (Kind of a relief to me. Seemed funny before.) She is also doing the petting zoo at the Pirate Fest this weekend, and she gave me some comp tickets. At first I thought we'd all go, but I think Josh would rather get some homework done, so I'm gonna try to find someone else to come. I'll have to get directions, too. I'll probably get lost.
Then comes the first beginner class. (Help!) Then, the next weekend, apple picking! Yay for apple picking!
Did I tell you I bought a squash today? I've been looking at this Pioneer Woman butternut squash recipe so often that when we were at the store Grant said, "Mommy!!!!! A peanut butter squash! Please, can we have one?" How could anyone resist? So...I'm going to try the recipe. Maybe it will be Thanksgiving-worthy.
And yes, I told him it wasn't a peanut butter squash...after some deliberation.
Grant: Abbie, today we're going to learn about Sperm Whales.
Abbie: Oh!
Grant: I think they blow bubbles out of that hole right there. It measures 7 feet.
Josh accidentally ran off to work with my cell phone. I think maybe I dropped it in the car. So, if you've been trying and trying to call me.....
I bought a chocolate bar at the store and haven't eaten it yet. Hope I'm not coming down with something!!
Requests for LWW!!! *Insert mommy victory dance here* Have a pleasant evening!
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