Catchin Up ... Again

E had her first clarinet lesson of the year at school on Monday.

Tuesday I took F with me when I left work since she had an appt at the health dept for her kdg shots. She also got the flu shot, which was actually a mist inhaled through her nose, and, since S was with us, I had him get that, too. F did so well when she got her actual shots though. She received 3, and she didn't cry at all for any of them.

I had to work concessions Tuesday night.

E had musical practice Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

S and I went grocery shopping on Friday after I got done with work.

Josh and I watched Knowing after the kids were in bed. I thought it was alright til about 3/4 of the way through. It started out with a supernatural bent, but then it switched to a Biblical and alien combo that was odd. I wouldn't recommend the movie.

I had to work concessions again on Saturday. I started at 7:45 am and finished just before 3:00 pm. While I was gone, Josh got cleaned all the remaining toys that we're getting rid of out of the family room. It looks great!

While shopping on Friday, I'd forgotten to buy a gift for a baby shower on Sunday, so on Saturday, Josh, the kids, and I went to Target so that I could get the gift and look for some new tennis shoes for myself since mine are falling apart and are worn down to no tread on the soles. (I didn't find any new ones.)

Then we all went to Chili's for supper. I had a gift card for the restaurant, and none of us had ever been there before. We really liked it!

After supper we took our time getting home and visited two furniture stores and looked at reclining couches. We're thinking of getting some for our family room. It won't be til next year, but it was fun to see what there was and get a better idea of what we like and want. We realized in doing so that some couches don't work well for Josh since he is so tall and some of the backs are too short for him to sit or recline comfortably.

Later at home Josh and I watched Taken. The movie was interesting, but I'll admit I fell asleep for the last 15-20 minutes of the movie just because I was so tired. Josh told me how it ended though, and I don't feel any real need to watch the part I missed. The movie was okay, but not anything to get too excited over.

G and his second grade class sang in early service at church this morning, and they did a really nice job.

This afternoon I went to that baby shower I mentioned earlier. It was for a friend who is one of Josh's co-workers. She and her husband are expecting their first baby, a girl, in October.

After playing a Scattergories-type baby game at the beginning of the shower, the guests were asked to make an 8x8" scrapbooking page for a book for the baby. One of the hostesses scraps, and she had her supplies there. She'd set up about 16 spots at some tables where there were coordinating papers all according to a theme like "Baby's First Christmas", "Baby's First Bath", "Baby's First Birthday", "Baby's First Valentine's Day", etc. She had all of her stamps, stickers, embellishments, and papers there for people to use. I don't scrap (other than the pages I did of my family for my grandparents' 60th anniversary book last year), but it was fun. There were some people there who'd never scrapped before, but those who had were helping those who hadn't. I thought it was a neat idea.

I stopped at Kohl's on the way home from the shower. E needed some new pj's for the cooler weather, and they were 50% off at Kohl's. I found some for her, and I also got 15% on the scratch-off card at the register for an even better deal.

When I got home, Josh was hard at work cooking up tomato soup to freeze, using the tomatoes from our garden.

I'm really going to try and update my blog a bit more often so that I don't have to do these long recaps on the weekends.