Mundane Monday

What a Day

Enjoy the Ride

Last night, while we were at El Tapatio, Stroker got a text from Briana about a last minute cookout for  today to celebrate Libby's birthday. Five minutes later, Bucket sent us a similar text. We hoped to be there, but our schedule was pretty full for today. I had just mentioned to Brookelynn yesterday morning that Libby must be having a party some other weekend since we had not received an invitation for this weekend.

Today, around lunch time, Darlene, Gary and Trent stopped by our house as they were in route to Memphis. They asked Brookelynn to ride along and she decided to take them up on her offer.

By 3pm, Stroker and I had a little over an hour to spare, so we headed straight to Libby's. We brought in her gift, had some lunch and hung out for while. Time flew by and it didn't seem like long until it was time for us to go, but I am sure glad our schedule worked out to stop by. There are not many parties before these kids are all grown up. We would sure hate to miss one.

Brookelynn mentioned last year that she thought it would be her last party since she was turning "double digits". I have a feeling she might hang in there for a couple more parties. I sure hope so.

I am not sure that I am ready for my kids to grow up just yet.

Gas

Buying gas makes me want to puke. We have put $182 in our tanks so far this week. At least it has gone back DOWN to $3.67 per gallon.

April Happenings

The last few days have been cold and dreary. It has felt more like fall weather here lately. We had to turn our heat back on tonight because of the temperature dropping into the thirty's.
 The happenings for the past few days have been...
1. Stroker has been battling a cold for the past week. At this point, the cold is winning.
2. Taking Mom to the doctor.
3. The usual Wednesday evening with Brookelynn and three of her friends coming home from school with her.
4. Brookelynn recited the books of the old and new testament at church Wednesday evening.
5. Friday was "wear red" day at school, because they are "red"y for the TCAP tests next week. Brookelynn won in her class for wearing the most red.

6. I went to a womens retreat with the church and spent the night at the Holiday Inn Express (Didn't sleep much).
7. We drove to Moss.
8. Stroker and I had a quiet lunch together Saturday (just the two of us).
9. We received our certificates of baptism at church today.
10.We went to visit daddy for a while this evening.
11.Cletus is getting a bit better from whatever caused his sickness for the past week. His bark is a bit stronger and he is moving around a little faster.
12.I finally got around to painting the bathroom ceiling.
13. I decided to knit another scarf this weekend. It's finished.
That's about it...in a nutshell.

Silly Sock Day

This week is TCAP test preparation week at Brookelynn's school. Every day has a different theme to get the kids pumped up for TCAP tests next week. Today was "Silly Sock Day".
Brookelynn was upset that she didn't get the most votes for the silliest socks, but she sure got my vote.

Stroker had to work another long day today, so after I picked up the kids from school, I spent the afternoon putting more stuff in the shed. I will have it junked back up again by this weekend LOL. Everytime I get it organised and make more room, I find more stuff in the house to take to the shed. It's a never ending cycle.