THIS N THAT
The day began with Stacia and me going on a 3.5 mile hike. I’m nervous about taking her in the bike trailer since I was hit a few months ago…but Mike says to stay off the busy roads and take her. I may try that tomorrow. I’m still dealing with blisters so walked the 3.5 this a.m. in sandals…now I have shin splits. :::snort::: I was having such a pleasant day, so thankful once again that I COULD be out walking with my baby. It was all the retirees with their dogs and me with Stacia. About a mile from home Stacia began screaming and would not be pacified. I walked as fast as possible home….I briefly considered leaving the stroller at the edge of a field and walking quickly off…but I’d never really do that…just a moment of insanity. We may try the bike tomorrow. LOL
Emma, a dear lady from PWOC, invited the kids and me to attend the Concho Valley Quilters Open House. The girls, Nolan and I headed over there around noon. They have a house that is dedicated to quilting. They have some really nice quilts in there. Emma introduced us around and took the time to explain a bit about the history of quilting, patterns, how to quilt etc. They had cookies and sandwiches too.
Since we were in the neighborhood we decided to try to find Marty and Mandy’s future home. Marty is our new chaplain. I remembered the address as 506 H and we spent a good hour driving up and down H looking for the house. The problem was that the new loop (hwy) goes right over where the 500 block would be and I was quite sure they weren’t planning to live under the bridge. We eventually found it in a very nice residential area. It’s a charming home.
I spent a bit of time on our Shop Natural co-op again today. Sarilyn dropped by to pick up her order. I called SN about how to get a credit for a bad item. Cool – they sent me the link so I could do it online…easy….we collected the bad honey from Dana and refunded her money. I’m sure I’ll use the $10 credit next month. :::snort::: Sarilyn dropped by to pick up a gamma seal.
The late afternoon was spent with our treasure hunt (instructions below – and some pictures too). The evening was spent with games…and Krista and I have been working on the computer. I uploaded photos to the blog so she could copy them to her jump drive…I KNOW there is an easier way to do this. We uploaded the photos from Bre’s camera right to her lap top. Krista’s creating a slide show complete with music. We plan to burn a DVD and send it to Mike (shhhhh). I hope he can find a way to watch it. :::Snort:::: Our personal goal; now that we have an address (no phone or email yet), is to be sure he gets something every day (or we at least mail something every day).
I bought 5 lbs of organic Pleasant something or other blueberries at co-op. The lady insisted they are wonderful. I realized when I saw them that no one in my family cares for blueberries. :::snort::: I tasted a handful though and they ARE YUMMY! I made a smoothie with them…and will make some muffins soon….we’ll see what else I can do with 5 lbs of blueberries. They’re in the freezer now.
It’s really, really late or very, very early now and I need to think about going to bed….Hey, Mike, if you read this far…we LOVE you.
Summary of Treasure Hunt
SHEW - what a lot of time it took to upload those pictures. I never did get "Team B - Part 1 done". {G}
Scroll down to see the instructions.
Team A - the Eagles got back first. We raced. We also did things like one parking lot and four photos.
Team B - the "whare" wolves took 2 hours. Bre took a zillion pictures. They had a blast but missed the part about it being a race...they drove to all different areas of town.
This would be fun to do again with a couple of other families joining us and then a big party at the end.
AND.....I know I spelled pyramid wrong - but it's late and I don't want to edit AGAIN.
SHEW - what a lot of time it took to upload those pictures. I never did get "Team B - Part 1 done". {G}
Scroll down to see the instructions.
Team A - the Eagles got back first. We raced. We also did things like one parking lot and four photos.
Team B - the "whare" wolves took 2 hours. Bre took a zillion pictures. They had a blast but missed the part about it being a race...they drove to all different areas of town.
This would be fun to do again with a couple of other families joining us and then a big party at the end.
AND.....I know I spelled pyramid wrong - but it's late and I don't want to edit AGAIN.
THE UPS MAN
We love the UPS man around here. Today he arrived with 4 boxes. We received: bent pizza screens, 40 lbs of rapadura, a dozen RED gamma seals, a new lid to our Wondermill and two filters for the Wondermill. Our lid had been dropped on the tile and split. I was thrilled to find that Bread Beckers sold just the lid for $11.99 and filters for $1.99 – after 7 years you could see light through our filter. :::snort::: Oh – and somehow we seem to have bought a French Bread pan. {smirk}
We love the UPS man around here. Today he arrived with 4 boxes. We received: bent pizza screens, 40 lbs of rapadura, a dozen RED gamma seals, a new lid to our Wondermill and two filters for the Wondermill. Our lid had been dropped on the tile and split. I was thrilled to find that Bread Beckers sold just the lid for $11.99 and filters for $1.99 – after 7 years you could see light through our filter. :::snort::: Oh – and somehow we seem to have bought a French Bread pan. {smirk}
FAMILY FUN – Treasure Hunt
Are you looking for an activity besides movies and popcorn for Family Fun Night? Krista made this up for us. Yesterday, the younger ones made team flags.
Today when Josiah got off work we divided into two cars and went out to find our treasure – or act like fools while having fun!!! It was a blast. Photos will follow…..lots of photos.
Here are our instructions.
~Make a three person pyramid a block from home. The person on top has to drink a can of pop.
~Eat a bag of bunnies (or goldfish – you know the CRACKERS).
~Get a picture at Chick-Fil-A.
~Get a picture in front of 4 restaurants that each represents different food nationalities.
~Climb a tree and take a picture (2 people have to be in the tree).
~Get a picture with a movie star.
~Take the goofiest picture you can.
~Take the best looking picture possible.
~Soak you head in water of some sort (can’t be from home).
~Sing I’m A Little Teapot in the middle of the side walk.
~Get a picture within 5ft of wildlife (live).
~Get a coin from the 80’s.
~Collect 10 pieces of litter.
~Take a picture on a horse.
Are you looking for an activity besides movies and popcorn for Family Fun Night? Krista made this up for us. Yesterday, the younger ones made team flags.
Today when Josiah got off work we divided into two cars and went out to find our treasure – or act like fools while having fun!!! It was a blast. Photos will follow…..lots of photos.
Here are our instructions.
~Make a three person pyramid a block from home. The person on top has to drink a can of pop.
~Eat a bag of bunnies (or goldfish – you know the CRACKERS).
~Get a picture at Chick-Fil-A.
~Get a picture in front of 4 restaurants that each represents different food nationalities.
~Climb a tree and take a picture (2 people have to be in the tree).
~Get a picture with a movie star.
~Take the goofiest picture you can.
~Take the best looking picture possible.
~Soak you head in water of some sort (can’t be from home).
~Sing I’m A Little Teapot in the middle of the side walk.
~Get a picture within 5ft of wildlife (live).
~Get a coin from the 80’s.
~Collect 10 pieces of litter.
~Take a picture on a horse.
Cy’s the Man!
Josiah picked up his pay check today. This isn’t that miraculous. The GREAT thing was the note his boss had written on the bottom. “+$1 raise on your next check. Thanks for all the hard work and great attitude!” WooHOO! He’s been working there 7 months and is already one of the top paid employees. Cy ROCKS
Josiah picked up his pay check today. This isn’t that miraculous. The GREAT thing was the note his boss had written on the bottom. “+$1 raise on your next check. Thanks for all the hard work and great attitude!” WooHOO! He’s been working there 7 months and is already one of the top paid employees. Cy ROCKS