February 3, 2017

Friday

I got up and was trying to leave at 10:30 to see my favorite accountant's secretary, but things kept slowing me down. I went to see her about two weeks ago and she gave me some things to do, but when I got home and tried to do stuff, I got stuck every way I turned. So I quit for a week and said to myself that I'm not doing this anymore. The band can find someone else. After a week,  though, I decided to give it another try. I asked Terri if I could come see her, maybe every Friday, and just work there so that every time I got stuck she could help me. She said yes! So today I went. She helped me so much. I worked there till a little after 2 and went home. I stopped at Walgreens and then got a sub and ate it in the car. 

My to-do list was a mile long but I don't think I got much done. I wanted to get some schoolwork done but only got to go over Tommy's wrong math problems.  I made a vegetable lasagna for supper and we ate late. I cleaned up and can't remember much after that, except that I was up till about 1 AM. Oh, after supper and clean-up I went to Kim's for help weaving in my ends on my sweater. I had one spot where I didn't like how it looked.  She fixed it. All the knitting is done. Yay!!

February 1, 2017

Wednesday

I slept in a little today, till 8. After my devos and breakfast I started cleaning for the arrival of Grandpa Bob and Helen. Tommy and Garrett are moving into the camper so Bob and Helen can stay in their room. Garrett helped for a little while and then had other commitments and Tommy had school till 2:30. We had to take down the bunk beds, change the bedding, and clean the room.

I also cleaned off the porch, which meant repotting a Bougainville and moving some pineapple plants downstairs. Tom came home with Helen and Bob and I realized I hadn't cleaned the bathroom yet so I did that next. I was counting on Garrett's help but that's the way the cookie crumbles. 

We went to church for supper and Bible study, came home, and then I took Tommy and Charlie to WD for groceries. Came back home, put them away, and remembered Charlie had a drawing he needed to finish for his art class and hand in, so he did that and we handed it in. Garrett did dishes, Tommy did homework, Tom watched hockey, and I went to bed, and this little piggy cried wee, wee, wee all the way home. 

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?