boring after all

I'm getting tired of blogging all the boring stuff we do.

• Glenn has had a regular kid watching job, twice a week all summer. He is also learning to drive a bit.
• I want a quilt or two to be judged for a quilt convention and the deadline is coming up quick so I think I'll do that for a few days. This is the only time I would qualify as a "new machine" quilter so I look forward to the critic that will help me in the future.
• I will be giving a talk in Sacrament meeting on Aug. 8 and I'm reading and preparing for it now.
• Hubby is starting to work with some political campaigns and the primary is soon. I'd like to help him, help others.
• Scout camp is next week.
• Hubby and I have been married for 18 years this Sunday!
• Hope to start canning more this summer, just bought apricots. (26 pounds for $15)

I don't mean to be boring, I just like it this way.

Week 5 day 3

how about a day of all the screen time you want?

Week 5 day 1 & 2

Monday did not go well with chores. 'nough said.
Tue was "Movie Day" at home with DVD's. We finished watching "Regarding Henry", "Tuck Everlasting", and finished with "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince".

Week-end 4

Primary Pioneer Parade and Picnic, my presidency never had a meeting to organize this, to many vacations etc. It was easy to pull together though. We did an opening of singing as a gathering activity because we knew many families with small children subscribe to MST, especially when they have to load up a bike into the car. Then we broke up into small groups to rotate into 6 stations; pioneer games, paper sun bonnets & vests & decorate bikes, dig for potatoes and peel them, hammer and nails, letters to missionaries and military, kneading bread dough. After that we watched rope/whip cracking. Then a brief, short, tiny parade around half the parking lot. 11 year old's on bikes go different speeds than 3 year old's on plastic barbie trikes they just got. The parade fell apart and they roamed all over the parking lot, oh well. Then we ate hot dogs and potluck. The hot dogs got cold quickly, oh well. Some people hung around talking well over an hour after it was over. The next day when one of the kids showed up to primary wearing his paper vest I knew I could call the activity a success!

Thank you to my wonderful family for working so hard and being willing to do everything I told them or asked them to do!!

My hubby went out walking our neighborhood doorbelling with a political candidate for several hours.
Mark came home from his scout camp out, 2 boys and 2 leaders. I'm grateful for leaders who are willing to go even with such small numbers! He was happy.

week 4 day 5

Friday no chores
We went to the "Bite of Seattle", yes my kids complained and didn't want to go but had a good time anyway. Even they are now admitting that mom's idea's might not be so bad.
We drank mango lemonade, ate; BBQ pizza, catfish, hush puppies, cookies, dipped fruit, free salad. We got some freebies too; Geico t-shirt, tiles the kids made, jasmine rice, pencils, pens, Bicycle playing card designed by each of the kids, posters, key chains, slinky, recordings of kids doing the news.
We played a couple of games and had fun watching the dog dock jumping into water.
My hubby and I get to listen to a 90 minute presentation of high pressure sales so that we can receive a free vacation? We haven't done that in years.
Mark is going on a campout tonight.

week 4 day 4

caught up on chores not done this week (mostly)
ran errands for a couple of hours
Glenn drove to the first errand, did well
getting ready for Primary Pioneer Parade and Picnic
I took a 2 hour nap, I'm worn out
Jamie making dinner tonight

week 4 day 3

no chores got done
sew pioneer aprons with Rachel all day

week 4 day 2

mow or trim lawn
Free movie "Coraline"
sew pioneer sun bonnets with Rachel all day

Week 4 Day 1

laundry, ironing and library
boring all day

WeekEnd 3

No Saturday cleaning-its to hot
Kent Cornucopia Days
Jamie and hubby went and bought her a car!! Yeah Jamie!
Hubby had a gift card from "Restaurant.com" so we went to the 4th street Grill and Lounge in Renton (Highlands). It was ok. There was a misunderstanding between the 2 business, but they honored our gift card anyway. Very nice decor and cloth napkins but the desserts we ordered took a half hour, we canceled them and then they brought them out for free. Will give them a second chance.

Week 3 Day 5

no chores
Gene Coulon Beach was great! (I am slooowwly learning that when/ not if my kids complain take them anyway) Everyone was happy!

week 3 day 4

catch up on chores mowing, vacuuming and odd stuff
Costco run
Drug my kids kicking and screaming and murmuring and complaining to see the movie "How to Train you Dragon". They loved it! "Ok mom, you win. You were right." Everyone was in a good joking mood. Well worth it.
Went to SouthCenter mall for brief half hour of shopping for Glenn. Fight between brothers turned the mood again. To hot to cook so we ate sandwiches again for dinner.
Glenn and I stayed up watching "I am Legend". yuk, no bad dreams though.
Brian (nephew from NV) spent the night.

Week 3 Day 3

Mow yard, vacuum
we did nothing (I asked them) but they forgot that we spent 2 hours running errands and shopping for them and me.
They had over spent their 3 hours of screen time the day before so they had zero today.

Week 3 Day 2

Trash
free movie we had not seen before "Aliens in the Attic" with Lee boys
free concert (painful in the sun) for only 1/2 hour
skate park
after all that I read a lot "Pat Benatar" new bio

Week 3 Day 1

Laundry
library, Bath & Body Works sale
Day off for hubby and daughter so they went and spent some time together, car shopping and Toy Story 3.
Kids are bored.

Week-End 2

chore-Saturday cleaning, odds and ends around house
Emerald Downs fireworks
Not posting anything else because we are boring

Week 2 Day 4

Happy Birthday! She got her ears pierced.