Good Morning, All!! It's a bright and sunny day here, with the temperature predicted to be somewhere between sizzle and broil by mid morning. I'd hoped to load the kids in the van and head to town to pick up some mulch for the flower bed but can already tell that it isn't going to happen - it will be too hot by the time I can get them all around and headed in the same direction.
We went with plan 2 with a twist yesterday. Since CVS hadn't had any good sales the past couple of weeks, I had some extra care bucks that were about to expire - couple that with the fact that I'd rather sit in a chair than on a blanket and that CVS had summer clearance 50%.... One folding lawn chair and a three pack of small play balls (small boy soccer size), one $12 Extra Care Buck and $1.28 cents later, I was headed to daughter's to grab some kids to head for the soccer game.
Ended up we had TWO soccer games, not one; but at least they were back to back. Unfortunately, some of the parents didn't read the schedule beyond seeing the time of the first game, so 4 of the kids left after the first game. We were able to round up one of them at his sister's game on another field, but played the 2nd game with only 5 kids. The game ended a bit before 2 pm, then it was time to load the car and head to the pool - luckily in the same park and just down the road.
I met a lady at the pool to pick up a pair of soccer cleats in the next size up, plus a pair of school sneakers for older grandson before we went in to the pool. Couldn't pry the kids out of there until 4:30, so the next stop was DQ for supper. I did go to the grocery store after supper but they had only 2 pkg of chicken out and my request for more didn't get answered before my patience ran out, so I left with just my 8 bags of sugar. Hubs texted that he needed milk and I knew I would need some for the kids, so I popped into CVS again. I still had $29 in Extra Care Bucks (and soccer games until October!) so I picked up 3 more folding lawn chairs plus my two gallons of milk; paid $6 out of pocket and got back $2 in ECBs for buying the milk.
Little grandson zonked out in the car and would not wake up, so I toted him in and and put him on the couch; at bedtime he was still asleep, so I held him on the toilet until he pee'd, then put pj shorts on him and tucked him in bed - he slept all through the night and didn't wake me up until 0630 - a record for that boy!! I had to laugh at him this morning - we were looking at something on the internet and he told me that his brother (who started kindergarden this year and has to be on the bus at 0730) has a Batman alarm clock, and so he needs - NEEDS! - an alarm clock too - HA! That kid has been the alarm clock for the entire family since he was a year old! (Which, of course, does not mean that Grandma won't get him an alarm clock lol!)
Hubby had gotten up early, so had baked the meatloaf that I had mixed and ready to go then; after he took out some for his work lunch, the rest went in the fridge and will be lunch today. He also picked enough grapes to run a full batch through the steam juicer, so that was a help!
I'm not sure what we will do today before I take the kids home. I'd like to run another batch of grapes through the steam juicer, and I need to wash up the jars of chicken/etc... that I canned the other day. I should probably wash out more buckets for sugar so they can dry; and I know I need to do a ton of laundry - how 4 people can go to the pool and come home with 8 soggy towels, I do not know! I also need to clean out the van, shake out the blanket that everyone but me sat on at the soccer game, empty the bottles of water out of the cooler and get it ready to go for next Thursday's soccer practice, get the last 3 loads of towels that I'd washed folded and put away, get the clothes for the boys washed and sorted into closet or tubs for later, find older grandson's size 6 jeans that I put up somewhere, pot up some mums, water the porch flowers, clean out the kids swimming pool and fill it and, and, and.... And now I'm ready for a nap again lol!
Take care all; have a great week!
We went with plan 2 with a twist yesterday. Since CVS hadn't had any good sales the past couple of weeks, I had some extra care bucks that were about to expire - couple that with the fact that I'd rather sit in a chair than on a blanket and that CVS had summer clearance 50%.... One folding lawn chair and a three pack of small play balls (small boy soccer size), one $12 Extra Care Buck and $1.28 cents later, I was headed to daughter's to grab some kids to head for the soccer game.
Ended up we had TWO soccer games, not one; but at least they were back to back. Unfortunately, some of the parents didn't read the schedule beyond seeing the time of the first game, so 4 of the kids left after the first game. We were able to round up one of them at his sister's game on another field, but played the 2nd game with only 5 kids. The game ended a bit before 2 pm, then it was time to load the car and head to the pool - luckily in the same park and just down the road.
I met a lady at the pool to pick up a pair of soccer cleats in the next size up, plus a pair of school sneakers for older grandson before we went in to the pool. Couldn't pry the kids out of there until 4:30, so the next stop was DQ for supper. I did go to the grocery store after supper but they had only 2 pkg of chicken out and my request for more didn't get answered before my patience ran out, so I left with just my 8 bags of sugar. Hubs texted that he needed milk and I knew I would need some for the kids, so I popped into CVS again. I still had $29 in Extra Care Bucks (and soccer games until October!) so I picked up 3 more folding lawn chairs plus my two gallons of milk; paid $6 out of pocket and got back $2 in ECBs for buying the milk.
Little grandson zonked out in the car and would not wake up, so I toted him in and and put him on the couch; at bedtime he was still asleep, so I held him on the toilet until he pee'd, then put pj shorts on him and tucked him in bed - he slept all through the night and didn't wake me up until 0630 - a record for that boy!! I had to laugh at him this morning - we were looking at something on the internet and he told me that his brother (who started kindergarden this year and has to be on the bus at 0730) has a Batman alarm clock, and so he needs - NEEDS! - an alarm clock too - HA! That kid has been the alarm clock for the entire family since he was a year old! (Which, of course, does not mean that Grandma won't get him an alarm clock lol!)
Hubby had gotten up early, so had baked the meatloaf that I had mixed and ready to go then; after he took out some for his work lunch, the rest went in the fridge and will be lunch today. He also picked enough grapes to run a full batch through the steam juicer, so that was a help!
I'm not sure what we will do today before I take the kids home. I'd like to run another batch of grapes through the steam juicer, and I need to wash up the jars of chicken/etc... that I canned the other day. I should probably wash out more buckets for sugar so they can dry; and I know I need to do a ton of laundry - how 4 people can go to the pool and come home with 8 soggy towels, I do not know! I also need to clean out the van, shake out the blanket that everyone but me sat on at the soccer game, empty the bottles of water out of the cooler and get it ready to go for next Thursday's soccer practice, get the last 3 loads of towels that I'd washed folded and put away, get the clothes for the boys washed and sorted into closet or tubs for later, find older grandson's size 6 jeans that I put up somewhere, pot up some mums, water the porch flowers, clean out the kids swimming pool and fill it and, and, and.... And now I'm ready for a nap again lol!
Take care all; have a great week!
