Yesterday was another "adventure" in our family. We got up and the older two girls had school so I dropped them off there. Then I went to go get the oil changed in our car at our local Walmart. Unfortunately, they didn't have the filter to change our oil there so after wandering around for about 30 minutes and then going back to the Auto Department, they informed me of this. He said he paged me, but I didn't hear him. So, I need to put that back on the list of things to do for next week. Aaaagh!!!
After that, I went home and got ready for the day while Sammy started school. I had to pick up Alyssa at 10:30am from school (this is the week her class had "enrichment" time and so I pick her up a half hour later than usual). We went home and I checked the week's schoolwork to make sure it was done and found that my email address on my yahoogroups was "bouncing" so I had to fix that. It has bounced three times this week and I am getting very tired of it. I have had to read all the email at the website and that is very time consuming.
We had lunch and did some more laundry...we always seem to be doing laundry...did more school and then I took Alyssa to meet some friends to go "slack-lining" with some friends. They just tie the rope between some trees in our local park and do it so they don't fall very far (maybe 2-3 feet). We picked up Jenna from school and went to the bank and grocery store. Tim needed more money to pay the workers on our house and I had to deposit a bunch of checks for the girls from work and babysitting. Of course, after I had left the bank, I went to Walmart (because our local grocery store doesn't take credit cards and I realized I had run out of checks and hadn't grabbed a new book) and received a call from the bank that she hadn't given me enough money so back to the bank we went. Then we dropped off money and batteries to Tim at the house. He was putting in our new door knobs/locks and needed batteries for the electronic combination lock on the garage. It was somewhat muddy at the house because it had rained some during the day so everyone got mud all over their shoes (except Tara because we carried her) and we had to take them off to drive home. Fortunately, I keep extra tennis shoes in my car so when I have to bring stuff to the house and have nice shoes on I can switch them before I walk in the dirt. Of course, the door lock was a fascination for everyone so everyone was playing with it to make sure they knew the code and could work it.
After that we went home and had chili dogs for dinner with leftover chili from the night of the Harvest Party. We all sat down to watch something on TV and I started to fall asleep so I went to bed. Tim couldn't sleep as his neck was really hurting and the girls watched a movie for a little while. I don't think Tim came to bed until really late (I didn't look at the clock) and he got up early this morning to work on the house. They are supposed to be putting in some drains today and trying to get the base ready so they can lay our pavers next week. Woo Hoo!!!!
Today I really need to get Jenna and Sammy's room cleaned out. I did Alyssa and Tara's last week and am trying to do the whole house so we are ready to just pack stuff up when it is time to move. I also have to run to the store to get lye for a chemistry experiment of Alyssa's...she couldn't do the experiment last week because she didn't have lye and red cabbage and I got cabbage for her yesterday, but couldn't find lye. I will have to go to another store today for that.
Alyssa and Tara just came into the bedroom with their red "princess" dresses on them and Tara's Bitty Baby doll.
Plan for today:
1.Go to store to get stuff for experiment
2.Catch up on the week's laundry
3.Go through stuff in Jenna and Sammy's room
4.Do "big cleaning" (or "Weekly Home Blessing" as Flylady puts it) with girls
5.Leftovers for dinner
6.Plan closet organizers so we can pick up what we need next week and Tim can install them before we move in
