Walmart Run

 

I had planned on going shopping right after school Friday, but my plans fell through. So at 9:30pm, with George and Forrest in bed for the night, I asked Sadie if she wanted to ride with me to Walmart to go shopping. She was up to the challenge. We get there and starting looking around, getting all of the non-food items first. After 45 minutes, we were starting to wear out fast. Sadie had asked if we could just go home and do this tomorrow. It was very tempting and we almost aborted this mission, but we continued and endured to the end. As we were checking out, we put all the refridgerated/frozen items first because those were the only foods we were going to put up tonight. We pushed two full carts around the store and after checkout, and $350 later, we left the store with three carts. You should have seen us try to push threes buggies out to the car. We loaded the groceries in the back and front and anywhere they would fit. It would have helped greatly if the car was cleaned out to begin with! On our way home, Sadie said she was happy and proud of us for finishing and not quiting. It was a great experience for Sadie and I to have this time together. We talked about the seven years of fat and seven years of lean and how the Prohets have asked us to put away for a raining day. It was a teaching moment for Sadie that she will remember for a long time. We arrived home at 11:45pm, unloaded the gorceries, took a picture of our adventure and went to bed. It was so nice to get up in the morning and have food for breakfast! So was it worth it? YES!( right before we arrive home, we flipped through the stations on the radio and "Paradise City" by Guns n'Roses came on. It is one of Sadie's favorite songs, so we both rocked out together! What a great mother and daughter adventure we had tonight!)

Homesick for Mom

I just found out yesterday that Forrest gets homesick when he leaves the house over night. How did I find this out? Yesterday, I had asked Forrest if he could choose any place to serve his mission, where would it be. He sorda hesitated and said, "I don't know mom, but I just know that I am going to miss you really bad. I'll be homesick". My heart broke in two! He then told me that back in July when the Boy Scouts went to Camp Daniel Boone in North Carolina for a week, he got really homesick and sick to his stomach because he missed me so much. What a huge compliment! I had no idea because boys normally do not express their feelings like us girls! I ensured him that I would write to him everyday on his mission and to not let homesick get in the way of doing the Lord's work. ANd besides, he still has five years before he turns 19 and by then, he'll want to leave the house! He then said, "What if I was called to be a missionary in Fayetteville?" I told him it would never happen!

Captain Forrest

Forrest came home after his first middle school soccer practice of the season and said he had made captain of his soccer team! WOW! We are so excited for him! I can already sense a change in him since then, an increase of team spirit and responsibility. When we congratulated him, we told him he comes from a family of leaders and to just expect to be in leadership positions and learn from the position and to help others. So, soccer season begins as well as the hours of after school practice and several ballgames a week along with buying the gallons of gatorade and snackbars. We love to watch Forrest play! We will sit on the side ines and cheer "Run Forrest Run!"

A Day of Deep Cleaning

A day of deep cleaning is exactly what we did today. It took some sweat and some complaints, but we we were able to get done with the most part of chunking junk out of our house. How and when did we accumulate all of this junk? In between shortness of breath, I chunked my bedroom where you could actually see the floor. We have a stack of junk we (can't throw away yet) to go into the attic latter on. That's George's job. The house looks way better after we cleaned than before. It's funny the good feeling we all feel once the house is cleaned. I"ll have that feeing better when I can get to chunking when no one is loooking! That's how I like to chunk. No strings attached! I love to chunk. I feel I am reviving my square footage back from the house! I told George a while ago we needed to rent one on of those big dumpsters for construction sites. I bet I could fill it up with no problem!

From Verizon to Rolodex

 
With the reality of our journey setting in, the time has come for us to cancel our cellphones. As you can see, both phones have seen better days and why continue to pay over a $100.00 a month when we can't use the phone anyway? How did we ever live our lives without our cellphones? We'll soon find out! With Forrest in sports, I'm sure we are going to have to get some kind of plan. We just do not want a $100-120.00 month bill each month like we have had for the past 3 years. The saddest part of turning off our phones is that I can't retreive any of my contact numbers because my phone is in two pieces. I have lost so many numbers... George can still retrieve his, but that doesn't help me at all!. Please email me your contact numbers and I'll put them in our new rolodex!

Tired of being Sick and Tired

I noticed early Saturday morning that I wasn't feeling up to par but ignored the feeling and went along with my Saturday rituals. After doing some chores, I laid on the couch and took a nap. Bad idea. I woke up to fever and chills. I crawled back to my bedroom where I have been for the last couple of days. I called school today and let them know that I will not be able to come in till next week. I can't get a Dr. apt. till tomorrow at 1:45pm. Good thing I'm not dying cause I'd have to get an appointment to do so. The Dr. would have to "work me in", right? I feel like I have pnuemonia. I am so exhausted. I've had it enough to know how it feels. I hate being sick. Here I am at home, all by myself and I can't scrapbook or even clean. I can barely type this blog. I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired. I didn't even see this one coming. One day I am fine and the next I'm on my sickbed.

Carharrt

 
 
 
I wanted to share these pictures of Carhartt with you. We went to feed the ducks and decided it would be fun to take Carhartt with us. We had never taken him into town with us and I was a little nervous to how he would react to being out of his "yard". He rode just fine the 25 minutes into town. Just before we arrived at the park, it began to sprinkle. As soon as George turned on the wipers, Carhartt began to bark. We had no idea what was upseting him so much. Then I noticed he was trying to climb up on the dashboard and moving his head side-to-side. We quickly figured out what he was barking at-the windshield wipers! He was in attack mode! When the wipers were cut off, Carhartt was quiet. This was a hilarious site to see, but not to hear. We would turn on the wipers just to see Carhartt try to attack the windshield. When we arrived at the park, I had George turn the wipers back on and put Carhartt on the dashboard. I wanted to take a picture of what other drivers were seeing as they passed us driving down the road. Thanks to Carhartt for a great laugh and memory!