September 24, 2007

• Monday Hello

  We had a quiet week end.  Jesse worked Saturday and I stayed quiet with the girls.  Eventually they sat in their bedroom watching "I Love Lucy" dvds and belly laughed over and over again!  I did some online shopping: bought a gift for a baby shower for a girl at church;  bought some long skirts from Old Navy for the older girls and me;  bought some navy school uniform jumpers, blouses, & cardigan sweaters for all three girls; and, bought a gift for Rissy (Josef ceramic girl figurine from 1950's) to be given in December or her February birthday.  No, we don't wear school uniforms in our homeschool, but I've found them to be durable and easy to clean jumpers that are modest and look nice.

  Yesterday, I was looking in the garage for clothes to hand down to JanaLyn and found two sacks of clothes for the 2 older girls I had bought this past spring from thrift stores!  A treasure trove for me, since I have been wondering how I would be able to quickly pull warm clothes together for them.

  Jesse was gone longer than he had hoped to be - cutting down a tree and cleaning up another person's yard.  He felt really yucky from his chest congestion and came home feeling less than well.  He ate dinner and went to bed to lie down.

  Stephanie came by Saturday evening with JanaLyn and Jesse got up to visit.  She asked if she could take Annamarie to the state fair on Sunday.  We decided to let her spend the night with Stephanie since she rarely gets to do special things (we worry about her behavior due to her developmental problems).   Annamarie didn't sleep well, so got very little rest, but they went to the fair on Sunday and had a great time.  They came home (here) just in time for dinner on Sunday evening.  We ran up the street and got 99cent Burger King Jr. Whopper burgers.

  We went to church Sunday morning.  Jesse was still feeling lousy and having to really suppress his cough during the service. We left and went to a Mexican restaurant on the way home where Jesse ordered fried jalapenos and onions AND extra, extra hot sauce, which he proceeded to pour all over his dinner (Yoweee!!!!).  His cure for anything ailing him is to "burn it out!"

  He took a long nap Sunday (I think it was the narcotic cough suppressant he took after lunch!!!) with Luci.  Rissy and I watched a movie together - the play, "Into the Woods."  I haven't seen it in over a year and forgot how much I liked the story and the music.  Rissy knows ALL the lyrics to the songs and lines to the play and cracked me up as I watched her whispering the lines for each character!  Jesse and Luci were on the king size bed in Luci's room and Rissy and I ended up lying on Luci's twin bed.  The family might have been doing different things, but we definitely spent our Sunday together in one bedroom!

  My tiny, green, cherry tomatoes are getting bigger and it is entirely possible I'll have one more crop of them before things permanently dry up, as the days become cooler.  I only have to water the plants every 2 - 3 days depending on the afternoon high temperatures.  They are kind of self maintaining themselves right now and doing beautifully.  I'm convinced if I wouldn't try so hard to grow things, I would have more success!

  Today, I'm washing all of my clothes (how did so many pile up in one week's time???), the new found fall clothes for the girls, and some towels.  I have a pot roast, potatoes, & carrots in the crockpot for dinner tonight and will serve red cabbage and green beans with it.  Later this afternoon, I'm going to fix a couple fresh apple cakes in little loaf pans.  This morning, Emily was here to clean.  It feels like my house is under control for right now. 

  A good feeling!

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