January 30, 2026

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• It was an odd day for me because I did keep thinking that today was Saturday for most of the day. The first thing that I really started on this morning, after Marley went down for her nap, was making lemon poppyseed muffins from my new cookbook. They were actually really good, but they were a lot of work-there is probably a lemon poppyseed muffin package that would have been a lot quicker for sure though they probably would not have been as good.
• Robby left pretty early, and even swung by a place and bought a car. He didn't think that he was going to buy a car today, but I knew he would. He didn't have any luck with his people in NWA really, so he talked to an old buddy who now sells cars. They were able to get him into a car for a price that he could stomach having payments at.
• This is our first new car in quite a few years, and certainly our first car payments in a while. This new car will mainly be the kid car, but right now Robby thinks that I will drive it when they are not. Campbell has big plans for driving the new car around as well as Keaton. Graham isn't so sure about it and said that he still wishes the suburban was working. He is still thankful that he has a car that works though.
• Robby and I took Campbell and Graham to work today. While they were there, we ran a few errands before picking up the minivan, picking up Keaton, picking up Graham and Campbell. Then Robby took the girls to babysit while I brought Graham home.
• Babysitting was just enough time that Robby didn't know weather to come home or stay out so he decided to stay out. That left me at home with Graham, Whitman, and the dogs. I did talk to Graham for a good while plus I saw Whitman occasionally, but really, it was just the dogs and I. 
• I've been home for about 2 and half hours and have taken Marley out, taken Bentley out, taken both of them out, taken both of them out, taken Marley out, taken Bentley out, taken Marley out, and taken Marley out again-I KID YOU NOT! If we need to, Robby can confirm this statement with our doorbell footage. 
• ....It is now after midnight, and I pulled out my computer to do some school planning and saw that I never finished this post. I probably didn't finish because I got distracted with taking a dog outside to potty. Actually, since Marley didn't have an accident today, I will count it as a win.
• Campbell and Keaton ended up babysitting until after 10. Robby took the long way home instead of the back way since he wasn't sure about the roads. Then everyone was in the kitchen talking for a while before any of us went to bed. Keaton isn't even in bed yet because she is painting a banner for tomorrow.