- Is this Wednesday? No, it is Tuesday still. Seriously, I have been super confused on my days this week, and the week has only just begun. I woke up twice in the middle of the night last night to go to the bathroom, and each time it was like super early in the night. Then I woke up once and thought for sure that it was 8 already, but it was just 6. It was wonderful!
- Of course all of my wonderful sleeping made me a little bit short on time this morning before school started. I can't believe that I used to walk before school began, and now I struggle to take the dogs potty before we start school.
- We still started on time even though I wasn't moving quickly. Everyone did all of their work, and at lunch time I had the little 3 do another subtest of the ACT. I would love to see those three in a real classroom trying to be quiet taking the ACT in a few weeks. They were pretty wound up today, but everyone did fine on their scores (Whitman is still in the lead, just barely though because Campbell is catching up with him.)
- This afternoon I was trying to get a few things done around the house, but I also made some dip and a cake to take with me to a friend's house tonight. I also helped Campbell fill up the dog pool to let Marley play. At first Campbell said that Marley didn't enjoy it, but she did eventually have a bit more fun. (We didn't even offer for Bentley to play because she would not enjoy it at all.)
- I left around 7 and didn't make it back home until late. Before I did leave, I made some of the kids a grilled cheese with the few slices of bread I had left. I had to do a little bit of creative work to have enough bread!
- Robby came home with ice cream for everyone, and when I did come home everyone was already in their rooms for the night.
March 31, 2026
March 30, 2026
- It was a little hard to wake up on this Monday morning. Reagan was already ready to leave when I went upstairs to wake up Campbell and Keaton to start on their school work. Reagan left the house around 8:30, but she did stop to get a fun drink on the way to school.
- I had some leftover biscuits so I made some mini monkey bread for the kids today-It was not a hit with them. I did just kind of wing it because I wasn't making a whole thing of bread. I thought it was good, but I was in the minority.
- We started on our school work, and things went pretty smooth. Whitman was still finishing his work late this afternoon. He was in no hurry so I guess that was fine.
- This afternoon I went through some of Whitman's clothes to see if I had any new ones for him. I might possibly have found him an Easter shirt so that was worthwhile.
- Then when Robby made it home, we went to work cleaning the bonus room bathroom which had gotten a little bad. Then we moved on to cleaning out the girls' sink drain which was horrible. This caused a bit mess so it took longer than the first project. Finally, Robby ended the working evening by cleaning our shower very quickly.
- We ate and then played a game with Whitman, Campbell, and Keaton. Now, we are sitting on the couch for a little bit longer before we head to bed.
March 29, 2026
- Church day, and I sure do love it when all of my people are there. Campbell set with her people, but we were still a row full of Dennies, and I loved every minute of it. After church, we all went to Nonna and Pops' house for Sunday lunch.
- We visited for a little bit there, but then we headed home. Reagan and Anderson started getting ready to go back, and around 5 Anderson did leave for school. About that time, Reagan decided that she was just going to go back tomorrow since her first class isn't until 1.
- Campbell took Keaton to meet some friends at Chilis tonight for supper. They also walked around Target for a little bit, and then arrived home about the same time that the Wilson's came over for supper and at about the same time that Graham made it home from his house sitting duty.
- We made poppyseed chicken for supper-I doubled the recipe so we will have poppyseed chicken for days. I guess that I was thinking I was feeding more than just who all was here. I also made sourdough blondies, but I struck out with them. However, the leftover oreo delight that we had in the fridge was still good.
March 28, 2026
- Robby left first this morning to run a few errands. I then left to take Keaton and Campbell to babysit. I was going to let Keaton drive, but since it was over 30 minutes away plus the car we were going to take was Anderson's car-she decided to not drive.
- That was fine so we just brought my big van instead. After dropping them off, I met up with Robby and did a little bit of shopping myself. This was actually my biggest shopping day-I made a decent amount of money.
- However, I made nothing compared to what Campbell and Keaton made today. They did babysit for 9 hours and made 4 times what I made. They were keeping 5 kiddos, and even though the day was long, they still enjoyed it, and they especially enjoyed the payday.
- When I came home, I made some sourdough snickerdoodle cookies. They were really pretty good. I had intentions of baking some sourdough something every day this week, but two times isn't that bad I guess.
- When the girls were finished babysitting, we picked them up while the kids from the house met us at Chilis. Graham came from his housesitting gig. We all ate and then went to Menchies for a snack. Now, 6 of us got Menchies, and I promise you that we have spent 60 dollars there before, and that is what we were expecting when we put our ice cream up there to be measured. However, it was just 30 dollars-we were shocked.
- The boys ended up playing basketball tonight so Anderson took Reagan's car and left from the ice cream place. So Reagan rode home with us. The girls wanted to stop at Target on the way so we did that, and then we stopped by Campbell's chicken feeding gig.
March 27, 2026
- I didn't do much from my list today. As soon as Marley went down for her nap, I left to run a few errands-my own. I fed some puppies, looked for a fan for Reagan, made a return at Walmart and bought a few things, got some free lotion at Bath and Body, and picked up a book from the library.
- Once I made it home, most people were awake-not Whitman though. He has been sleeping pretty soundly, but he did wake up around 2 today which is hours before when he woke up yesterday. It will be hard to get him back on a schedule. It will be hard for me to get back on a schedule too.
- I worked on my last Camp Geyer recipe. I have now made all my recipes plus written out exactly what I need. It isn't a hard task, but it takes quite a bit of time. Now I'm done until I panic in June because I don't really remember what I did back in March.
- Anderson said that Graham ran a half marathon in the neighborhood where he is dog sitting. It was his best running time too, but this was a messy and grey day to be outside.
- Whitman made supper for us tonight-Grilled cheese, homemade potato chips, and mac and cheese. Everyone ate, and the kid started watching some basketball. Robby and I ran some errands and came home with some candy.
- Before it was too late, most of us here played a game. Whitman had been ahead the entire game, but he lost in the final round. However, he still proclaimed himself the winner because he had the family game trophy in his pocket during the game.
March 26, 2026
- I am getting sad that our Spring Break is almost over. I wish that we had a bit more time, but in 6 weeks it will be summer vacation for everyone. (I love a short break, but I so enjoy the routine of the school days.)
- I worked on my third VBS recipe for my cooking track. I just have one more to do, but I can not remember to buy the ingredients for it. I was just telling Campbell that she needs a way to send herself a reminder...apparently, I need a way to send myself a reminder too.
- Campbell spent the night at a friend's house-actually in a tent. Robby took Keaton to babysit this morning, and she worked until the mid afternoon, and Anderson went to play basketball for a bit today.
- Reagan did come home from her mission trip. She has spent the week in New Orleans. She really enjoyed it, but she wasn't a big fan of the New Orleans food that they ate. I think that she was pretty tired when she came home, but we are glad to have her home.
- Tonight Graham came home to watch the ballgame, and this was the first time that we were all home together this Spring Break week. That will probably happen again on Sunday at church and at Nonna and Pops' house after church, but before too long on Sunday afternoon Reagan and Anderson will be heading back to school.
- When I think about it, I hope that us all being together wasn't what caused the Hogs to not do so well on the ballgame tonight! The Wilsons came over too so it was a house full which was fun even though the game didn't turn out like we had hoped.
March 25, 2026
- My first task this morning was making a meal for Graham. He is house sitting this weekend so he wanted to have a few meals to eat. We had made a trial run on this meal so he knew it was good-it actually smelled so good that Anderson requested me to save him some and not give it all to Graham.
- It was fairly quiet in the house for most of the morning, until about 10:30. That is when everyone had to move on outside to start on some yard work. We worked until a little bit after noon. and probably just need to work about 7 more days, and we will have it all done. Kidding, we really did make a big difference in the yard.
- Campbell ran to do her chicken duty, and then Graham left for his house sitting gig. Then Anderson and I left for a doctor's appointment. His asthma has been more frequent so I convinced him to go to a doctor's appointment. She prescribed him some new meds, so hopefully they will help...and hopefully, we can easily get them tomorrow,
- Actually, Anderson and I barely made it to his doctor's appointment. I couldn't find keys to the van. I searched and searched and finally convinced myself that I lost them last time I drove (yesterday). later I found out that Robby had the keys, but thankfully, Anderson was able to rive.
- We came home, and soon Anderson was leaving to meet Graham and play volleyball. Then Campbell left to spend the night at a friend's house, and I have already had my hot chocolate!
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