December 18, 2016

Sunday

I woke up nice and early and woke Tommy up to work at church. I had lots of time to read too, before we had to leave for church. The Denali wouldn't start so we had to take the GMC.

Tom's sister, Becky,  and Dan got here yesterday. After church they went to the flea market. I tried to put stuff away in my room. It is very cluttered. Ed rearranged the living room while I was in NY. The room looks great, but he moved stuff into my room, which is already a small room. I can hardly walk in here now. My quilt frame was taken apart and its pieces are laying on the floor at the foot of my bed. It's a mess. 

Yesterday, Charlie was disappointed because he missed the church baptism at the beach so I took him to Deb's house to swim. We weren't there long when TJ called and needed a babysitter, so I had him bring the kids to our house. We met him there and then Callie and Violet helped me put the decorations on the tree. 

Back to today...Tom drove the band to Schooner Wharf. I rode with Mikki and Deb. Ed had me take his van to church so Meghan could drive it down to Schooner when they got into town. 

It was a fun night but I am so tired and there is so much to do this week. I'm going to open up my calendar book in the morning and try to see what needs to be done. 

 
 

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December 13, 2016

Monday

We are too busy. I am too busy. This week was crazy.  Doug Yeomans was with us this week helping us out because Ed and Ben were in Nashville. 

My dad passed away this week. He is with Jesus. Anita's words, "Forever happy hour." I am sad that I won't be picking berries (or Japanese beetles) with him in the summertime anymore, but it's ok. I know he loved me and he knows I loved him. I wish he could have been here longer, but it's ok. Right now Tom and I are driving to Lauderdale to fly to Buffalo for the week. The kids are staying home. They have gigs and one more week of school until Christmas vacation. 

We were back to our old car troubles this week. On Wednesday I was at Kim's and when we went to leave for church my truck wouldn't start, and I was blocking  her car from leaving. That was a big pain. Tom got it home the next morning and thought he fixed it but when I went to go out the next day, same thing, it wouldn't start. Tom had it towed to the shop. Friday I brought it home from the shop and we took it to our gig. At around 10 at night a trolley driver said she couldn't get past it. All the other trolley drivers got past it. It was a tight squeeze though. So Tom went to move it and it wouldn't start. They had to push it down the street and call a tow truck again. Then, during the gig, Tom got a ride home from our neighbor who was at the show and he drove the GMC back to Key West in order to get the band and trailer home when they were done. 

Also, TJ and I rode to the gig a little later than the band with Mikki and Randy. When we were halfway there Joe called TJ with news that they had forgotten the in-ears and they were in TJ's van. So we turned around. Just after that, I got a notification on my phone, that there was an accident blocking both lanes of traffic just before TJ's house. We did not want to get stuck in traffic. Tommy and Garrett were at the movie night at church, so I had Garrett ride his bike to TJ's, get the in-ears, and then ride through all the chaos and meet us on the other side at the Shell Station. It all worked out, and then we had the trouble with the truck later. 

Tom worked at home this week. He and Garrett screened in the downstairs and then put in a sliding glass door. It's starting to look nice down there and give us some more space. 

 

December 3, 2016

 
 

Saturday

I have a little bit of a cold and slept horribly last night. So this morning I went downstairs and sat in the hammock chair and read for quite a while. Kim texted that she and the kids were going to stop in  so I cleared of the kitchen table and tried to pick up a little.  Yesterday a neighbor gave me a turkey so I made some stuffing, stuffed the turkey, and set it to cooking in the roaster pan. Charlie and I went to Kim's and I threaded more heddles on the loom. One more day threading and that part will be done. 

After that we stopped at Winn Dixie and picked up a few things. Then I worked on supper for quite a while and made a big mess. I went ahead and ate. Tom and Ben were downstairs working on installing a sliding glass door. Joe was there too and Charlie ran upstairs while I was doing dishes to say that Joe was having a seizure. 

A few of the boys went to play hockey. Joe stayed with me and fell asleep on the couch. I did a Spanish lesson and the boys came back from hockey.

 Tom watched hockey on TV and Ben, Ed, Tommy, and Charlie played Risk. I put the leftovers away and did dishes again. 

Tom sent the boys to the church after midnight to move the Saturn, which is broke down in the church parking lot, so it's not in the way for church tomorrow.  I told them to go see Bob on their way home.