August 12, 2008

• Quick Tuesday Update

  Our company is arriving today around 5pm.  Jesse’s sister, JoAnn, and her granddaughter (our great niece), Aolani, from Tacoma, Washington.  The girls are thrilled to see Aolani again, and I think it’s neat that the girls have bonded with each other.

  I washed sheets last night and they are in the dryer as I type.  Any other laundry I do will be done just because I have a few moments here and there.

  Speaking of typing . . . dropping the keyboard on the floor a couple of times DID solve the sticking keys problem.  I’m having a few problems, again, this morning.  I may have to drop it each day – but who cares? . . . it’s better than paying money for another new keyboard!!  Jesse watched me drop the keyboard and I was waiting for him to tell me I was crazy.  He said a friend of his, who owns a pawn shop, does that a lot with keyboards, DVD players, and even TVs!  And, he said, it works!

  Last night, I almost finished a short (easy to read) book called “Just Plain People – Tales and Truths of Amish Life” by E.R. Beachy.  What a humorous book.  He writes so well, telling little stories about himself and others.  He makes you feel like you are sitting right there as he spins his tales!  I sandwiched this book in between the last one and the one I’m about to start, “The Way She Chose.”

  Public schools are starting back this week.  JanaLyn will start tomorrow – kindergarten.  She is excited.  I’d like to get some schooling in today for my girls before Aolani comes.  I know she will be visiting her dad a lot while here, so that gives me more opportunities to school, but it’s been a while since we’ve covered everything in general and I don’t want them to forget what they’ve learned (i.e. American history, Science – the 5 senses, etc.).

  Rissy ran the vacuum yesterday and the light dusting needs to be done, today.  Annamarie swept the kitchen and our bathroom with a broom, but I noticed LOTS of places she missed, so she’ll be doing that again today.  It’s seems so much easier to just ask Rissy to do it (and she’s always happy to have a chore to do and be helpful), but that wouldn’t be fair to her OR to Annamarie – who needs to learn to do jobs the right way.  Luci has taken over Annamarie’s old jobs and Annmarie is doing some of what Rissy used to do.  Rissy is doing a lot of cooking these days.  I think she is motivated to learn for the same reason I was motivated to learn to cook . . . we like to eat good food!

  We didn’t use up the last of the turkey from Saturday’s “Thanksgiving dinner” because Jesse took us grocery shopping yesterday afternoon.  It was 3pm when we finished and everyone was starved.  So he stopped and bought 99 cent burgers from McDonald’s.  By dinner time, no one wanted much to eat.  Jesse made Ramen noodles for the girls and I ate a bag of popcorn.  It will be a tight squeeze to pick up JoAnn AND get dinner ready on time, so I’m making turkey tetrazzini with the last of the leftover turkey.

  We were thankful, again last night, that no damage was done to our Suburban when “whoever” went through it, stealing only some loose change and a penknife.   Annamarie was mortified when she heard that someone had broken into the vehicle and was worried they had taken her sweatshirt from the back seat!  I told Jesse I couldn’t believe they hadn’t taken my used tube of Lip Smacker chap stick!!!

  My arm is still a little sore, but improving.  Ibuprofen is all I need when I think it’s bad enough to need anything at all.  I’m trying to not use it, giving it a chance to heal completely.

  No interesting stories to tell.  Except for maybe one . . .

  When at the grocery store yesterday, I saw they had their frozen, boneless, skinless chicken breasts on sale for $6/bag.  That’s more like what I HAD been paying before they raised the prices, so I bought six packages.  Last week when I bought a package it was $8/package at all 3 Wal-Marts.  Makes me ill to see prices climbing on every single item in the store.  Not much I can do about it, we HAVE to eat.  That turkey was a good buy as it lasted 3 meals and cost around $15.00 for the whole bird.  A little more expensive than what you pay at Thanksgiving time, but still a good purchase.

  That’s the long and short of my day.  No pictures.   I bet, after our company arrives, there will be more pictures than you want to see!

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