October 28, 2025

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• It was so incredibly dark this morning, and I loved sleeping in for a little bit longer while it rained. I had a little bit of extra time, but there was already a mess for me to start working on. Last night, Robby asked if I was awake, and then explained that the boys were sleeping in the living room. 
• The boys have an air conditioner in their room which vents out of the window. We had this problem last year, but this time of the year brings a certain type of bug which enters through that not so sealed window. I think that last year we were more on top of it. 
• They had seen a few bugs, but last night they found lots-Whitman kept pointing out while Graham used all of the paper towels in the house. It must have been quite the ordeal, but they didn't even come and get us. Robby just heard them in the living room-they weren't sleeping in their room again.
• After a thorough spray last night, this morning I started washing all of their sheets, blankets, and comforters. (Graham has about 7 different blankets on his bed and wanted to keep them all) Later in the morning, I worked on vacuuming behind the beds, and by the end of the afternoon the boys room is cleaner than it has been in a very long time.
• This urged the girls on as well so they vacuumed, washed sheets, and even cleaned out today some as well. I have a goal to clean and straighten most things in the house within the next 30 days so I guess this was a good start.
• This afternoon Grannymom came over, and we made lotion for Christmas gifts. Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman all helped for a little bit. We made almost twice as many as I had planned, but I guess that is a good thing. It was a fun project, and now we are a little bit more ready to Christmas.
• Tonight I made (heated up, actually) butter chicken from Sams-and it was absolutely delicious. Unfortunately, Keaton didn't even try it, Campbell and Whitman didn't really like it, and I'm not sure what Graham thought. Robby and I did like it though!
• When Robby came home, we ran to Costco to buy some paper towels (see above) and a few more things. Now, Campbell is doing school, Keaton is working on making a sweatshirt to sell, Graham is watching baseball, and Whitman is ipading!