- I walked once again in the chilly weather this morning While I was gone, Robby left for his outing with Grannymom and Dana to Memphis. The rest of us hung back home and did a full day of school. Well, I did skip one bit of reading this morning plus tonight after 5 when Whitman was still working, I let him skip one or two things.
- On days that Campbell and Graham do not have work, things are a little bit slower and a bit more happens. Graham and I were able to get around to applying to a scholarship that we had been putting off.
- Campbell would have had more time today, but her alarm clock didn't go off this morning. I thought she had told me that she was going to wake up at 11, but Keaton thought it was 10-she was right, and it was near 10:30 when I did text and call Campbell to check. She had already finished most of her school so her only real project was working on his sourdough bread that she made today.
- After lunch, we all loaded up and went to get our flu shots. Our first stop was the gas station to fill up the suburban for its trip to Arkadelphia tomorrow. Then we all went into Sams-we didn't have to wait too long, and it was incredibly easy but a bit expensive. The shots weren't expensive, but the coat, pair of pants, jacket, slice of pizza, two pizza pretzels, and a slushie.
- The kids ate their snacks while I ran into Walmart-I found most of what I needed, but my list-I dropped my list. I had written out a list with a zillion things on it for all of the next few weeks-and its gone. Thankfully, Robby took a picture of it so there were just a few things missing from my list when I rewrote it today. (And don't worry, I took a picture of it myself-I know I should just do a digital list, but that's not me.)
- When we came in, Whitman and I worked together, and then I scurried around making manicotti for tonight (I had class meeting). I was barely able to get it in the oven in time. Then I hurried to class meeting, Robby came home with supper, and Graham left for his ACT class.
November 11, 2025
November 10, 2025
- It was pretty chilly this morning as I went on my walk-I did move pretty quickly and even had to unzip a few layers. I came back in and soon started waking up the kids. No one was moving too quickly this morning plus there were lots of complaints about it being cold-I couldn't sympathize too much since I was still warm from my walk.
- We did the school thing this morning with Whitman finishing later this afternoon. Keaton had to hurry a bit because not only did she have to make her muddy buddies for tonight, but she also had to babysit this afternoon. She was there for about 2 or 3 hours, and the kid was asleep for most of that time.
- Campbell and Graham went to work this afternoon which just left Whitman and me at home. I walked again while he finished school, and then I quickly made dips for tonight before jumping in the shower.
- I took the girls to their Mother's Day Out teachers party while I went to eat with my momma group. They had fun at theirs, and I had lots of fun at mine. We both did have chicken tortilla soup which is a soup that I never make. I came home fairly late, and the kids were all in bed when I did make it home-no one was asleep though.
November 9, 2025
- Keaton had to be at church super early this morning. I made sure that she was awake and finished getting myself ready. I thought for sure that Campbell would want to go early with us, but she waited to ride with all of the boys.
- Keaton drove down Lawson this morning and did very well-of course, it helped that there were no other cars on the road. She went in to go and stand by her door while I stayed in the warm car for a little bit longer.
- When everyone else arrived, I went to my worship care room-we only had 3 kids. Campbell was also working worship care and had bigger kids. There were some babies that were pretty upset on that side of the building this morning, but thankfully, they were not in our room.
- Sunday school was next, and then Campbell and Graham stayed afterwards to practice for the Christmas Sunday coming up. They had pizza and even made it home before they thought that they would.
- The rest of us went to Nonna and Pops' house to eat chili for lunch. We enjoyed a warm meal and stayed around visiting for a bit. Pops and Robby both took their blood sugar with quite different results! (Robby's was excellent-Pops' not so much)
- We came home for a little bit before all leaving again-Robby took Keaton to her life group, Campbell and I took Whitman to his life group, Graham went to his dgroup, and then Robby and I met up at our Sunday school fellowship while Campbell hung out with her friend.
- We all made it home at different times too, but now we are all snug in the warm house and ready to start the week!
November 8, 2025
- Robby left decently early this morning to run some errands and to work on my grocery list. I have created a fairly long list lately of things that we need for all of the holiday happenings that seem to have already begun.
- While he was gone, all of the kiddos slept-Whitman was the first one to get up. He came down about 10; he thought it was it was 11 though. Graham has not changed his clock since time change, and Whitman told me that he would have gone back to sleep if he had known he was actually "up so early."
- By this early time that Whitman was up, I had washed our sheets, cleaned the downstairs bathrooms, dusted, cleaned the windows, straightened the school room, unloaded the dishwasher, and folded this morning's laundry.
- Soon the other kids started waking up-probably because I started vacuuming. Campbell had worked some on her decor for her party tonight while Keaton started making something for her shin dig next week.
- Robby came home, and after unloading his groceries, we hung lights and sat our chairs around the new fire pit. When we finished that, I worked on making potato soup-I was a bit worried when I started, but it was absolutely delicious. That recipe was definitely a keeper.
- I then made some hot chocolate and put it in the crock pot so when Campbell's 11 (I think) friends came over, I really didn't have to do anything at all. It was wonderful-last time Keaton had friend's over I was racing around like a crazy person trying to get everything warm at the same time so today things went much smoother.
- Graham went to play basketball tonight which worked perfectly because he also left at the same time that Keaton needed to go to her party. Robby was able to watch the bitter end of the basketball game before going to pick up Keaton.
- Now we have some party clean up and then the rest of the night can be spend on the couch!
November 7, 2025
- I don't really have too much to report from today. I left the house at 7:30 to meet some Sunday school girls. We loaded up and met another car full of people in North Little Rock and then headed to Des Arc for the Guess Warehouse sale.
- It is a huge warehouse of Christmas things-beautiful Christmas things-beautiful and expensive Christmas things. There were lots of things that would look super nice, but nothing that I had to have. I enjoyed walking around and seeing everything, plus there were even some samples that I enjoyed.
- After everyone was finished shopping, we went to Nicks to eat. It was fine, but our service was a little bit slow-that was also fine too because there were lots of visiting happening.
- While I was gone, all of the kids had a pretty lazy morning. I would bet that no one really woke up until around 11. Keaton babysat this afternoon so Robby took her there. Campbell and Graham had work all afternoon.
- I made it back into town around 3 and headed home. When I came in, I chatted with Whitman for a bit and then straightened some. Then since I was kind of in the Christmas spirit, I put up on more Christmas tree.
- This Christmas tree used to be prelit, but I guess it is not longer prelit-so I had to untangle and then put lights on it. It makes me sad though because what I really should do now it cut the old lights off so there are not light bulbs that are not on everywhere on the tree. As you can imagine, this made me lose my Christmas spirit.
- When Campbell came home, we left with the girls to go out and eat. Then we picked up some pizza for the boys and came home. I made some chocolate cobbler-I had been wanting to try out the recipe. The Wilsons came over and visited some, and now it is almost the end of this Friday night.
November 6, 2025
- I walked upstairs to make sure that everyone was awake this morning at 8:30. I could hear Campbell from the hallway saying, "Keaton, we leave in 10 minutes." I was quick to open the door and tell them that they had 15 minutes, but there was still some panic.
- The girls always wake up without any help from me-except they didn't today. They seemed fine though and had time enough to grab to their lunches before they left. They were not going to eat meatloaf made at church for sure for lunch.
- I did school with Whitman and then Graham today. Whitman took forever to finish his school-forever! He is just not in any hurry at all-he is that way about most things in life too.
- I picked up the girls from Mother's Day Out, and we ran to Crumble, but they were out of their free cookies. Campbell drove to that store, and then she drove us to the Wilson's street. From there, I let Keaton drive the rest of the way home-even on Lawson. I did very well-I didn't panic, I didn't raise my voice (well, I did once...or maybe twice), I didn't even pray (probably should have.) The girls did fine too driving, but gracious, this having little people drive is not good for the stress levels.
- When we made it home, Robby and I left again to run some errands tonight. I even did some of my grocery shopping-I mainly bought non refrigerated things for Saturday night. Then I even had some extra time and started on Anderson's birthday box and even bought some of a Christmas gift. It was quite fun.
- Robby and I ate out and then went to the Wilson's house to visit. We didn't get home until 10-usually I might sit on the couch, but I've straightened the kitchen, wrapped some boxes to mail off, and now, I'm possibly going to bed or putting up a Christmas tree.
- Graham is upstairs on his xbox, Whitman is on his ipad, Keaton helped me get the kids' care packages ready, and Campbell is painting-everyone is pretty busy right now!
November 5, 2025
- This was the last school day of the week for Keaton and Campbell. That does make me happy since I am able to pull out all of their school which makes me happy. Another thing that will make me happy is getting another box of books in the mail which I think should happen soon.
- We did the school thing in the morning, and it was quite a busy morning. Soon though Campbell and Graham went to work this afternoon. While they were there, I ran over to Nonna and Pops' house to help Pops figure something out.
- When I came back home, I helped Robby make a fire pit for Campbell. Then I baked some bread which Graham and I ate a whole loaf of right before church.
- Before church I ran to the library and then to Old Navy to pick up new jeans for Graham. We made it to church in plenty of time-the girls jumped out of the car, but I was able to sit for a few minutes. I could have taken a nap or read a book!
- After church, Graham and Campbell went to ChickFilA while Keaton, Whitman, and I drove through ChickFilA. They just made it home in time to help Robby unload the groceries. Now, I'm once again on the couch with my hot chocolate.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)