- Last night when I finished this blog, we were waiting on Campbell and Keaton to make it home. They did and soon after we played a game around the kitchen table until about 11:30. I looked at the clock and knew that it was indeed Spring Break and college people (just one so far) are home because we have lost all track of time and schedules around here.
- The next order of business was completely emptying the inside fridge and freezer. It leaks if we do not defrost it occasionally, and it was past time. So with lots of help, we did all unload it to the garage. Robby worked on it today, and things looks to be working well-I haven't checked the ice maker-but I'm only going to bring things back into this fridge when we use it and maybe clean out some.
- I made scones this morning for the crew, and Keaton and Campbell left to go and babysit at 11 this morning. They are actually still babysitting-it is 20 til 12 so their paycheck should be pretty hefty.
- Robby ran some errands this morning, and I met him at Walmart to help him do some shopping. Then we came home and both fell asleep on the couch while watching basketball. We did eventually go out and shop a bit more-our goal was to pick up pizza for the boys' supper before the game.
- When we came home, we ate, and then we all went to the Wilson's house to watch the Hogs play their basketball game. I came home and updates our bracket-but I accidentally updated one game that hasn't been played yet! Hope I got it right!
March 21, 2026
March 20, 2026
- My house is happy tonight...well, almost happy. Anderson is home for Spring Break so that is exciting. However, Reagan will not get home until late Thursday night because she is going on a mission trip to New Orleans this next week. Currently, Keaton and Campbell are out shopping and on a Sonic run so my house and heart would really be happy if they were home right now too.
- Marley let me sleep in a little bit this morning so that was nice. I did a few things in the house, and then I left to run a few errands. My first stop was the library to pick up a book. I had one ready for me, and of course, I had another book become ready later this afternoon.
- Then I ran to the gas station before going and picking up Grannymom for a little bit. Robby and I then had a few errands and stopped to grab a bit of lunch. Lunch did not go well-it took forever-long enough that they were handing out free desserts (unfortunately, they weren't very good desserts-just a rice krispy treat).
- I went to Walmart next and quickly grabbed a few things off of my list. I was going to stay out and play longer, but I saw that Anderson was already on the way home. He had one class today at 1 and was going to come home after it. Of course, his class was canceled by email late this morning so he could have come home last night.
- He had some laundry and a tub of things that he brought home. He caught us up on school and all the details which made me supper happy. We caught him up on our March Madness brackets, and soon Nonna and Pops came over for a little bit to get their food out of our fridge. They came in and visited for a little bit.
- When they left, Campbell and Graham were almost home. They had been at work, and Campbell had started the day at breakfast with some friends so she has had a big day. It was pretty much on your own for supper, but I did make all of the boys meatball subs-well, I made all of the boys meatball subs and Marley one too. She only got about half, but her counter surfing is about to drive me insane. I tried spraying her with water the other day, but she liked it!
March 19, 2026
- When I went to bed last night, Graham wanted me to wake him up at 8:30 when I woke up Whitman to start on his school. Keaton and Campbell didn't have work, but I needed to wake up Campbell by 10:30 and Keaton by 11.
- It wasn't long after I woke up that I got a test from Graham that said not to wake him up. He had stayed up late studying for and then taking a test (he made a 90), so he slept in. Not too long after that Keaton wrote and told me to not wake her up either.
- That just left Whitman who I got up at the regular time to start on his school. He was done super quick this morning, and we were able to work together. We were working on some of his science and needed glue sticks, but of course they were in my amazon delivery happening later in the day.
- Campbell woke up on her own, and went to see about her small little spring break job. She is just watching some cats and chickens down the road. Keaton and Graham then woke up.
- When the games started happening, Campbell decided to make a huge March Madness bracket. It is massive and fun! It took us a while to make it and write all of the team names on it, but we are keeping it updated as the games are played. It is fun because everyone keeps turning around to check the bracket while watching basketball.
- Keaton and Campbell spent some time tanning outside, but everyone was inside to watch the Hogs play basketball. I did snooze just a little bit, but as soon as the game was over, Campbell had to start on her meal.
- She has been wanting to make steak forever, but we have been dragging our feet because we don't really know how to make steak to help. Robby bought the ingredients and sent her recipe, and that girl did it. Not only did we have steak, but also roasted green beans and mashed potatoes. (I also made some chicken because I wasn't sure that Keaton and Whitman were going to want steak-they did! And I ended up eating the chicken because I really don't like steak at all.) Robby and Campbell both said that the steak was like Texas Roadhouse so I guess that she did really good on it.
- It took a bit to clean the kitchen, but now we have watched some basketball. I figure that I just might read a little bit. Hopefully, I can finish my book this weekend.
March 18, 2026
- Another school day here. This was Keaton and Campbell's last day of school before Spring Break so the mood was high here. The kids are knocking out quite a bit of school work, but I have a long list of things that I want for them to finish this summer too.
- Campbell and Graham had work this afternoon so the house was pretty quiet. Whitman finished his work early again, but we did have to work together in the afternoon. We even had time to do some of his new science things.
- When Campbell and Graham made it home, Campbell and I headed to church. We had to stop at the library so Keaton decided to go to with Graham in hopes that he would beat us to church-he did! Campbell even made me run when I went into the library (well, she encouraged me to run, but I did not.)
- After church tonight, Campbell and Keaton went to ChickFilA while Graham had me stop there on the way home so he could get his free sandwich, and since we were there, Whitman bought himself a milkshake.
- Graham has a test tomorrow, but I think that he is planning on camping out in front of the tv to watch a few basketball games.
March 17, 2026
- Today was a fun day-first, Marley slept until 8. That isn't much later than usual, but it was still wonderful. There is nothing better than laying in bed knowing that you don't have to get up quite yet.
- We did our school this morning. The kids (Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman) took an ACT test a few weeks ago, and then Friday they took one subtest. We still have two more to take again, but I haven't been reviewing this test with them, so it has made our school day shorter. And for some reason, Whitman was finished with school by noon today-I'm not sure what happened!
- Campbell had an Accuplacer math test today-she needed to get a certain score so she can take college math next semester. She was pretty far off of it last time she took the test, but that girl has been studying super hard so today she scored higher on that test than any Dennie has before.
- She celebrated her test with a fun drink from 7 Brew. Unfortunately, she now has to start studying for the next test that she has to take (she has two more).
- Whitman was finished with his school early, but he still had to work with me this afternoon. That didn't take too long because we also played a game when we were done. Then I started working on my class meeting food-roasted green beans and sweet potatoes. It took me forever to chop all of the sweet potatoes and take the ends off of all of the green beans, but I was able to get it all in the oven in time.
- I then went to class meeting this evening while Robby brought home the kids a "mystery supper." It wasn't really a mystery since he let them pick it out, but it was a mystery for a while because Robby didn't know where he was going to stop when he first wrote and asked them if they wanted food from someplace.
- I made it home in time to sit on the couch with the dogs for a little bit before it was finally bedtime.
March 16, 2026
- It was super cold this morning so I when I heard Marley whining I laid super still until Robby got up and took her out. It is no secret because he knew exactly what I was doing since I made it clear last night I was going to do ignore the dog in the morning. Unfortunately, I still had to get up and go to the bathroom so I couldn't lay in the bed too long.
- I had forgotten to start the dishes last night when we went to bed. Our fancy dishwasher has a one hour setting which is normally what it is set to. However, when I started the dishwasher this morning, it reverted back to the default because the power had been out. The default is heavy wash so it took at least 4 hours to wash those dishes-I could have washed them quicker by hand.
- We did the school thing this morning. It all went fairly smoothly. I was excited because Whitman received some new science in the mail. We did one of the lessons today, but I really need more glue sticks to finish-and I should have gotten some more tonight when I was at Walmart. Oh, well, I'm sure we will be back tomorrow.
- Graham and Campbell went to work this afternoon, and they even had to call 911 on the way there. A car had been following Graham closely on Lawson, so after he turned on the next street he was looking at the car. The next thing he saw was the car flipping three times. They did stop and called 911 (I made sure that Campbell knew that she was not to stop at all when she is by herself.) The people were fine but a little shaken up. I hate that the wreck happened, but I'm glad that the kids saw it because it will be a good reminder for them to slow down!
- Campbell and Graham finished work early so once home, it didn't take too long for Keaton and Campbell to decide that they wanted to go shopping. They left the house, but I'm not sure they really bought anything except for some candy.
- Robby and I ate supper, and then we realized that I needed some veggies to cook for tomorrow's class meeting. We ran to the store and bought about 6 pounds of sweet potatoes and 5 pounds of green beans plus we delivered 3 people their groceries before coming home.
March 15, 2026
- I woke up pretty early this morning when I heard Bentley bark. I didn't look at my clock, but I knew that it was still dark outside. I did know that it wasn't too much later when I woke up again when the lights went off. I did look at my clock this time, and it was near 6:30.
- Hearing Bentley bark plus the immediate silence with our fans off caused Marley to wake up. Robby turned on a white noise on his phone in hopes that Marley would go back to sleep. I'm not sure she really did go back to sleep, but she did at least only whimper every so often for the next hour and a half.
- With the power out, Robby wanted to shave so he headed to the camper to get things set up for him to shower there. I had washed my hair yesterday so I was good. I had worship care plus I had to get food to Pops (their fridge is out right now), so the girls and I left fairly early. Thankfully, the light did come back on a little bit before we did have to leave so I was able to at least look in the mirror to make sure that I didn't look too scary.
- Robby's car stopped at the doughnut store on the way to church. He said that he felt like he needed a little something to wake Whitman up. After church we hurried on to Nonna's house so we could watch the Hogs basketball game. We watched the beginning, ate, and then watched the end.
- When the game was over, the kids come home to do their chores (not of their own free will) while Robby and I went out to run some errands. Since we stayed longer at Nonna's house, we didn't make it home for a good bit.
- When we came home, it was almost time for Campbell to leave for Rock Creek. I hurried her up telling her to leave earlier because it was about to storm. By the time she made it to the car, it had already started pouring and hailing. She came back in the house for about 3 minutes, and then the sun was practically out again and things were calm so she headed on. Once she made it safely there, we both napped for a little bit.
- Then we worked on supper for our Sunday night supper. We made sloppy joes which the kids have always abhorred-they have had them maybe twice when they were tiny so really, they don't even remember them. We like them though, plus we had chicken patties for them so no one went hungry tonight especially when we ended the meal with oreo delight.
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