- Robby was off on this President's Day, but the rest of us had to wake up and do school. Well, Campbell didn't have to wake up early because she did most of her school work last night. Keaton and Whitman were fairly awake this morning when we read, and then we moved on to their own work.
- I had a bit of time to work on things around the house while everyone did their school work. Then it all got busy as I was helping Campbell and Keaton finish their school work. Whitman was the last to finish today-he again offered to finish earlier for a payment.
- Campbell and Graham went to work this afternoon. While they were gone, I walked both dogs-not at once-we are not near there yet. It will be a while, but I think that Ms. Marley is getting a little bit more tolerable, but I don't want to jinx it by saying it out loud.
- I made manicotti for supper tonight, and Campbell delivered some supper to Nonna and Pops. I also made peanut butter cookies from my cook book. I have now made all of the easy recipes from the book!
- Robby ran a few errands tonight so I had a short nap and then text with Reagan for a little bit. She is pretty convinced that it is gluten upsetting her tummy-so maybe I need to be researching a few gluten free recipes.
February 16, 2026
February 15, 2026
- Our power came on around 1:30 last night which gave our watched and phones plenty of time to charge so that was good, and most importantly it allowed us to take hot showers before church. I had worship care this morning so I missed big church, but Robby said he and Grannymom sat right in the middle of all of the kids from Big Chill.
- After Sunday school, we loaded the van up with Whitman and his things from the weekend and drove to pick up the pizza for our Sunday lunch at Nonna and Pops' house. Nonna did say that having her knee done was the worst thing ever, but I think that she is doing pretty well. We tried not to stay too incredibly long because we didn't want to exhaust her, because the kids were exhausted, and because big church, Sunday school, and Sunday lunch is a long kennel stay for Marley still.
- When we came home, I jerked 4 laundry baskets out into the mudroom for each kid to fill up their own basket. I'm not sure why I have really just discovered this trick, but it is life changing. I do each person's laundry, quickly fold it since it all goes to one person, and then pile it back in the laundry basket for them to put up. It works splendidly. I still have Campbell's clothes in the dryer so they may not get folded tonight which is ok. I have a few sleeping bags to wash tomorrow too.
- This afternoon went by quickly-mainly because I was napping. Robby and I left a few minutes before Campbell. She went to Rock Creek for church tonight. Graham was going to go, but he was exhausted. Robby and I went to church for a good ole hymn singing night. It made Robby and I miss Sunday night church.
- We all met back up at the Wilson's house for our Sunday supper. The kids came for a little bit, and then headed home. We visited with the Wilsons before coming home and ending our weekend.
February 14, 2026
- Robby took Marley to the bathroom this morning when she started to whine. Then he promptly put her back in her kennel so we could rest a bit longer on this Saturday morning. When she woke up again, I started with a few chores.
- When Marley went to sleep the next time, Robby and I left the house. We ran a few errands before and after, but our first stop was the Croissanteire. We had to wait in line outside, but it was worth the wait...I guess. We still haven't yet eaten all of our food that we bought.
- We had scrambled eggs with all the meats plus a croissant and gravy. Robby ordered us an extra croissant so we ate all of that. The croissants were good, but honestly Sams' croissants are just as good.
- We also bought a cookie dough croissant, a turtle croissant, and a cream cheese danish. Our plan was eat them tonight but since the power went off at 8, we weren't able to warm them up. Do not fear though, Robby picked brownies and cookies at the Walmart plus we topped those with ice cream, so we were still able to have our snacks.
- This afternoon Robby and I were out a good deal, so we had to hurry back to let Marley outside. She was fine and happy to see us. We spent our afternoon sitting on the couch-I read and crocheted, and it was a perfect day.
- We had last night's leftovers for our snack, and later in the evening Robby ran a few more errands. While he was gone, I was watching the beginning of the basketball game when the power blinked a few times and went off. It had already blinked today, and I just kind of had a feeling that it would go off though I'm not sure why because we haven't lost our power in a long while.
- I lit candles and gathered all the flashlights. Bentley followed me for a little bit, and then she went to our room and laid on the my bed. However, Marley was a little spooked-she stayed right near me chewing on her toy.
- Robby made it home, and we had our snacks. Now, he is going to take a shower upstairs and I may do the same-we are hoping there is still plenty of hot water up there.
February 13, 2026
- Normally, we are able to sleep in a little bit on a Friday, but we all heard Bentley barking early this morning. I'm not sure if Bentley was upstairs with Graham when she was barking or if he had already opened his door so she could go downstairs. Either way, she was not happy about something.
- Bentley not being happy about something woke us up and Marley up. Marley started whining to go out, so I went ahead and started my day. Of course when I leave the bed, Marley can hear me so then she really fusses while I go to the bathroom and find my pants and shoes.
- I had plenty to do this morning so getting up wasn't that bad. Robby ran to ChickFilA to pick up our free breakfast sandwiches. When he came home, I text everyone to tell them that breakfast had arrived, and even though it was fairly early, all the kids trickled down stairs.
- There was lots of packing happening today plus we left at 11 to go and see Nonna and Pops. I took ham and cheese croissants and pigs in a blanket (which I burned) to make there. Everyone was able to visit and see that Nonna was on the mend (kind of since getting a new knee is no joke.)
- When we left there, we went to Walmart next. Taking boys shopping is never fun because they want to be finished very quickly. I tried to prepare them because I knew that Campbell was buying a birthday gift with many little pieces, but she showed up where we were just a few seconds after Graham and Whitman picked out their candy.
- When we all came home, Graham went with me to meet Robby and pick up the mini van since it had a little bit of work done on it. Then it was time for the kids to go-they did leave early so they could stop at Sonic on the way.
- This weekend is Big Chill for the middle schoolers (Keaton and Whitman), and the high schoolers help lead the weekend. Graham is one of the boys in charge of the 8th grade boys while Campbell is on the production team getting things ready and set up.
- Robby and I ran some errands tonight. Then we found supper at Chilis and even found some dessert in the ice cream section at Kroger before heading home.
February 12, 2026
- Campbell and Keaton went to Mother's Day Out this morning; they even left the house early so they could run by ChickFilA to get some free breakfast sandwiches. Plus they were all dressed out in their pink and red because today was their Valentine parties.
- Whitman and I did our work together this morning, and then he asked if I was going to pay him a dollar to get his school done before lunch. I told him that I would not be paying for school, and he finished around 5.
- Graham slept a bit late, and then he went on a run. Pretty much he did everything he could do except for his school work. He has a paper coming up that he hasn't started working on yet, so that will be a priority next week.
- Whitman and I were walking out of the house to take Marley to the vet when we realized that Robby just got home. He drove us to the vet, and it took us about 11 minutes for our appointment. Marley is now 24 pounds, and he said that she was fine to start going on walks.
- As soon as we came home, I took that little puppy on a walk to the end of our driveway. We have a lot of leash work to do though. She did really well walking away from the house, but then she just got plumb crazy on the walk back towards the house.
- I dropped her off and tucked her into bed, and then left for a real walk with Bentley. She enjoyed our walk so much that she didn't want to go up the driveway towards the house. Though when I did get her near the house, I quickly dropped her off also. My walks are a lot quicker with just me because I don't stop to use the bathroom on the side of the road.
- The girls got home with lots of Valentine's treats-Keaton even got a 25 dollar gift card. I never got my teachers a Valentine growing up-things have certainly changed. They were home for a bit, but then they left again to go back to church to work tonight.
- After Whitman and I packed for his Big Chill retreat this weekend, Graham and I picked up and left to meet Robby at Graham's basketball game. Graham's team won by 2 points-they had been ahead by 8, but lost the lead in the last little bit making the last bit of the game stressful.
- We ran to David's Burgers to get supper on the way home for two reasons. First, Robby and I had a burger from David's last week, and it was delicious. The other reason that we went to David's was because after last weeks game, Robby picked Graham up two burgers from Wendy's, and they were the sorriest, smallest burgers that we had ever seen. Robby felt like he needed to make up for those burgers!
February 11, 2026
- Keaton paid Whitman a dollar to finish all of his school before 12:30-it I had only known that it was that easy. He grabbed math first, and zoomed on from there. It didn't take him long to finish all of his things, and by noon he was even done working with me. We usually work together twice, but we just did it all in one setting, and it worked just fine.
- Campbell and Keaton finished their school work for the week, which let's me get things ready for next week which I do really enjoy. I spent a good bit of time trying to figure out how many things Whitman could finish before the end of February and the end of March.
- Graham was getting ready for work today when he got a text saying that they wouldn't need them until next Monday. There was much rejoicing for the unexpected day off today. Campbell ended up spending her extra time napping!
- The afternoon seemed to fly by for me because I was trying to register Graham for something, and I struggled to make it work. I was able to do half today, so that leaves half for tomorrow. Then it was time for us to head to church.
- When I returned my library books, Campbell asked if that could have waited until next week. I tried to explain that we should do today what we can, and not put things off. I'm not sure they were listening during that little speech.
- After church, Campbell and Graham went to ChickFilA for supper while Whitman, Keaton, and I headed home, I had leftovers from when Reagan came so they were delicious. Whitman had pizza, and Keaton had some cheese dip!
February 10, 2026
- We were back to regularly scheduled programming this morning. We started our day with me reading to Keaton and Whitman-neither of them could stay awake so maybe I should move bedtime up a little bit.
- Everyone did their school, and things went incredibly smoothly. Whitman even seemed to zoom through his school work today. He still had some things to do this afternoon, but he was still done much earlier than usual.
- Campbell and Graham had eye appointments this afternoon. Campbell went to another doctor today. He did a few different things, but still gave her the same prescription. This is not a glasses year for our insurance, but she is anxious to change things up a little bit. Graham's eyes are a little bit worse, but not yet bad enough to need glasses.
- After the appointment, we headed to Nonna and Pops' house to check on her. I think that Nonna was doing really well. She was moving around and certainly didn't seem as loopy as she did yesterday.
- We came home, and I laid down for 20 minutes-I have been exhausted the last few days. Then I hurried around making 3 pans of pigs in a blanket. I took two to my class meeting tonight and the other pan was devoured around here.
- Class meeting was a favorite things class meeting-so we all brought 4 favorite things, and left with 4 different favorite things. It was a lot of fun, and I got a few of the things that I wanted.
- Campbell spent the evening at a basketball game with some friends and is still out and about. Everyone else spent a quiet evening in the house.
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