May 8th, 56th Day of Quarantine, 33rd Day of School at Home

The expected high today is 42F.  Soooooooooo tirrrrrrrrrrrred of beiiiiiiiiiiiing coooooooooooooold.

The kids had to get dressed today so that I could take a video to send to JLC for a mother's day something or rather.

I made a long Sam's run.  The kids worked on their school work in my absence.

For dinner Emily helped me make pizza and Bueno nachos, so that we could enjoy them while we watched Kim Possible.

later days

January 12th

Today is icy and cold.  The expected high is only 27F, brrrr!  They haven't re-plowed the roads in the village yet, and normal traffic has been exceptionally light!

I haven't felt well all day, making for a slow morning. We didn't venture out at all on the slippery roads.  Though the plow must have come through at some point, because the roads looked much better this evening.

Our normal Sunday afternoon routine flew by, as Monday approached.  I ran the dishwasher 3 times today!  Which is crazy, because we had soup for lunch, and I made a chicken & rice casserole for dinner, so we didn't make many dishes cooking. = /

I also finished up 3 loads of laundry, which is one more than planned, so that I could add some snaps to Emily's unicorn pajamas and repair the tail.

The twins spent over an hour playing in the tub, and they are so fun to listen to while they play (anything really) until they start to fight. = (

Also, I started on end of year teacher gifts.  The kids wrote out their teachers' names and signed their own.  I cleaned up the file in Paint and moved the files onto the computer I use when embroidering.  Each of my little ones also carefully selected fabrics, and I helped match the lining and zipper to their selection.  I hope the teachers love them. <3

Today is the first day of our 21 day fasting for the book of Mark with JLC.  I'm fasting from candy.  Tomorrow, hopefully, I will remember to print off the booklet so that I can intentionally focus in a meaningful and Biblical way.

I'm still not feeling great, even after a day of taking it so easy.  Hoping for a healing sleep tonight!

later days

January 5th

Today was cold, the expected high was 33F.  It was grey and cloudy and lots of snow flurries were flying, but not enough for a daytime accumulation.

I felt like I had overslept, but when I opened my eyes it was 7:11!  Poor Billy was up and down ill all night, so I attempted to quietly wake up my children to get ready for church (since they've all moved back up to William's room.) But Emily was the only one who actually got up.

We went to my preferred 9am service at JLC.  It was nice service.  Dr. Pastor Jared is tackling the book of Mark, and this was the second Sunday of the series.

After church Emily and I redeemed a couple of our Burger King coupons, stopped by McDonald's for dollar drinks, and headed to the thrift shop.  We stopped at an estate sale along the way, but didn't find anything.

We spent hours shopping, only finding one thing for the party, but brainstorming other things we could do. Emily picked out a magnetic stick & ball set to share with everyone, and we found Grace another member for her Hello Kitty family.

Since Joann's is in the same plaza, we went by for some gold paint.  It was on sale, but not really, so we got back in line so that I could download the app and try to remember my log in (ew.)  I finally got in, and the lady in front of me was writing a check, very.slowly.  Poor thing though, her card was declined, hence the check writing, but the check (was presumably) on the same account, and also did not work.  The line was lone enough that they called in a second cashier.  Our transaction was super fast since we were buying a single item, had the coupon ready, and paid in cash.

It was already well past noon when we left, so we stopped in at Wendy's and bought four of the 4 for $4*s for the rest of the family, and headed straight home.

At home the kids were hungry enough to eat straight away, even though they exhausted our oatmeal packet supply while we were shopping.

While they were eating, Emily and I sorted the magnetics set into piles so that everyone started with an even amount.  It was a good purchase, for $4, everyone played with it all night!

Since it is a Sunday, It was an eye therapy day for Alice.  She only has to do 20 minutes a week now, 10 on Sunday and 10 on Wednesday.  Sadly, it's for the next 4 months. = /

We also had bath time all around!

Also, I had the saddest of calendar reminders on my phone.

Once our dinner, one last round of leftovers, was cooking in the oven, I had time to work on my project!

I only had green napkins, so that's what I used, just to make sure it worked before I bought the red ones that I want.  It took me four attempts, but I finally have a working sample. = )

So far, I've only spent $3.16 on this project, which is much cheaper than the $42 I had priced it out at Yesterday.  Hopefully I can keep costs to a minimum.

We finished off the ice cream sandwiches for dinner, they were all very good.  Now it's time to fight my very not tired children to go to bed the Sunday night at the end of a holiday.

later days

*Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, Chicken Nuggets with Honey Mustard, French Fries, and Root Beer