After sending my dear ones off to school, I checked the mail, and sorted it in my car. My next stop was to pick up some potting soil, because I woke up several times last night worried about my wilting outdoor, but currently indoor plant: Ward. His new leaves are browning and a few of his shoots were wilting. So, I bought some rich soil, and moved him to a bigger pot. I hope he makes it through the winter, because he was thriving outside all summer!
Once I had the soil, I headed to Meijer for Billy's ice cream cake, but we decided to meet for coffee, so I stopped by the bank and then went to a thrift store to bide my time. = ) I spent almost two hours shopping, but only ended up buying a handful of books. One of them was a Geronimo Stilton, a series I hadn't found a supplement for since May!
I went by Burger King to redeem the last of our 'prizes' a freebie chicken fries! Then on to Panera to order some real lunch. = ) I had a gift card from my mom, so I splurged and bought an iced cookie to go with my sandwich.
Billy and I spent a nice lunch at Biggby (since we'd both already eaten) before he had to go back.
When I got home I started in on my plants (because I knew that once I went inside, it would be hard to go back out in the cold. Also, I tried out the new mower key that came yesterday.
While I was moving Ward (far left) into his new home, I also mixed in some fresh soil for my other plants.
While I was working on my 'gardening' (lol) Sarah called to see if I wanted to take in my mower. I was excited to do so, now that I had the key! It took us a bit for just the two of us to maneuver my lawn tractor into the bed of her truck, but we made it work.* After checking it in, it took him a lot less time to take it out, than it did for us to get it in. Hopefully it's something simple and cheap to fix. At least if it takes them a while to look at it, I have the time.
After we left the repair shop, we went to Carl's to pick up an Ice Cream Cake for Billy's birthday tomorrow!
I had just enough time to sort through my catch-all (Texas) bag that had the mail, trash, receipts, thrift store purchases, etc. before running to collect my dear ones.
Fridays are a shortened piano practice time, and since Grace and Emily had both worked on their time this morning, piano practice did not drag on as long as it normally does.
Billy went out to celebrate one of his co-worker's retirement news, so for dinner we had a choice of a hot roast beef & swiss or PB&J. Most of my children chose the peanut butter. Even going out after work, Billy was still home by 7:30, but the kids thought that was "so late. It's dark!" lol
I also had to fill out the annual forms for the kids' supplemental medical insurance. I never regret having it ready to roll for when we file our taxes, but man is it a pain to fill out. Luckily, I had the foresight to keep last year's so it was just a matter of copying all the information that never changes. x3.
later days
*After clearing it out of the shed, naturally I had to sweep, and much to my dismay found the missing key in the leaves that were underneath the mower. The safety pin was closed, which probably means that when I had 'attached it to my shirt' after my final mow, I had missed my shirt and it had fallen under the blade. = /
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