January 28, 2017

A new pineapple growing

 

January 28, 2017

Saturday

This morning Tom wanted me to go with him, Joe, and Tommy to the health fair here on Big Pine so I went. Joe and Tommy had their eyes checked. Tom saw a dermatologist about some dry spots on his head and arms that never go away. 

When we got home I ate breakfast and did a Spanish lesson. I finally took down the Christmas tree and put the Christmas decorations away. I till have too much stuff and have to get rid of stuff. There is pretty much no storage in this house. The Christmas ornaments go under my bed. No basement. No attic. No garage. It will definitely keep us from collecting too much junk.

I did laundry and folded laundry for the rest of the day. We had leftovers turkey, gravy, seeet potatoes, and salad for supper. The older boys played at Sunset Pier. I was going to go out with a friend but she had car trouble. Bobby stopped in and he, Charlie, and I watched a few episodes of Alaskan State Trooper, or something like that, and I knitted on my sweater. I'm on the second sleeve and getting close to finishing. I would love to get it done tomorrow. We have a cold spell right now. The nighttime low for the next few days is in the 60s. I folded more laundry and did dishes and cleared almost all of the kitchen table. 

Ben and Ed are leaving for Nashville in the morning. 

January 26, 2017

Thursday 

I got up at 7 to get ready to take Joe to his doctor appointment. I woke Tommy up just before 8 for school and then borrowed Kurt's car and picked up Joe. It took us about an hour to get there. On the way home the car in front of us was doing the speed limit but the truck behind us didn't like it. He passed me, cut in, and then ran the car in front of me off the road. I wish Joe was quicker and would have taken a pic of him a we could try to read his license plate. It was a big white truck with big mirrors sticking out the side, and he had a "check twice for motorcycles" sticker right in the middle of his tailgate. After that Joe and I stopped for breakfast at the Galley Grill. It was a beautiful, sunny day.

When we got home I did school with Charlie. We sat downstairs on the hammock chairs for an hour and a half reading. We had finished Robinson Crusoe and started the further adventures. We are also reading Kidnapped, Abigail Adams, George Washington's World, This Country of Ours, The Story of Science, The Book of Inventions, and a book of Myths and Fables. I think reading is  our favorite part of school. He enjoys his art class too. I'd like to put some of his art work on here, if we could get the photo thing to work.

Tom worked at Kim's house today, putting in a new hot water heater.

Later, the boys went to youth group and I practiced fiddle. Then Mikki called and she picked me up and we went to Kiki's Sandbar for supper with Deb. I've been going out quite a bit lately but Deb will be going home soon and Mikki and I won't go out as much as we do when Deb is here. 

When I got home from that I did a Spanish class. They are 1 1/2 hours long. It was close to 11 when I finished. I was kind of bummed because I still had dishes to do, and I needed to pull all the meat off the turkey that I cooked in the roaster pan earlier. Did both of those and went to bed.

 

 

January 23, 2017

Monday morning: Ed FINALLY got me signed into my blog. It kept saying I didn't have one. Now, maybe he can get the pictures to work?