Thursday and Such

I finished my library books yesterday morning.

We've been getting ready in increments for Grant's birthday barbecue. Today, we brought the necessary grocery items. At least, that was the plan. Naturally, we are going to have to make a second trip.

Tomorrow, Molly is going to come over and save me from a moderate panic attack of the I Don't Know How To Make Kabobs!! type. We are going to prep food together. Well, after I bathe the kids and clean the bathroom and accomplish some other housekeeping tasks.

Grant and Abbie's toys were making marriage proposals today:

"Hey, come back! I wanna marry you!" says the stuffed alligator.

"I don't want to marry you. If you marry me I'll tell my friends to bite you up!" says the plastic alligator.

Should I tell Grant that this "proposal" was the result of Abbie deciding that she wanted to eat a wedding cake? Who needs love when you can have gluttony? It was pretty funny. Abbie's turtle was dressing up in a crown and dress and Abbie was looking everywhere for another turtle to be the "prince". She settled for a lizard with a hat on his back.

Yikes! It's after 2 already. Tonight I'm going to taiko, but first I will need to drop the kids off at Josh's mom's house. I might pick up Michelle, too, if she decides to come along, but she just got back from France today. Plus, it's her birthday. She might stay home.

Josh says that second shift is slow, and that third shift is probably slower. He's still hoping to get on the permanent third shift (however, if first shift had an opening, we'd love it). He still likes work, work still likes him.

Well, I hope you are having a good week. The secret word of the day is parsnip. If you have, in fact, read this blog and are about to leave a comment, please begin by repeating today's secret word.

Happy Thursday!