A Fun Kind Of Busy

It has been a busy couple of days here. Miss Sassafras has been keeping the fly population to a zero here in our home! She gets worn out easily and must rest often.....she is now an even 10.0 pounds. My mother says her head is too small for her body. I say she is fluffy and has lots of hair!

Thursday my mom and I took Zach birthday shopping and look what we found at WalMart..... A GRANDSON!!!

As we were leaving the store, there he was with his Mommy, Daddy, and sister. Of course he HAD to come home with us. I did not even know he was in town. It was a nice surprise! He is playing Zach's Nintendo DS and new game....a birthday gift from Grandma, Aunt Debbie, and Aunt Robin combined.

Friday it was Emerson's turn at Grandma's. TJ went to see Toy Story 3 with his parents, and Em stayed with Grandma. She loved my new rocking chairs. I got 2 for 10 bucks at a garage sale. Well, I tried, but my mom beat me to them and then gave them to me!!! They are like new and very comfy. I sit out on my porch in the mornings with my coffee and Bible. Quite the spot now!

Today we had more company. I looked outside and this is what I saw along my front curb....There were TEN boys, all playing football in the yard....Kyle and Zach are in there somewhere. The tallest and the shortest of the crowd!!! This is only a portion of them. The others are out of camera shot.I had my hand quilting group today, but all the ladies were either out of town or busy today. Instead I made Zach's birthday dinner for tomorrow.....he requested Homemade Lasagna.Funny, all my boys request a home cooked dinner and homemade birthday cake, but Charlotte and I both request dinner out and Charlotte always wants an ice cream cake. I made Zach a chocolate cake, and while mixing it up, I splattered batter all over!! It hit my automatic soap dispenser on the counter.This is IMPOSSIBLE to clean. Every time you try to clean it off soap comes pouring out. You can see the mess running down the front of it. It is driving me nuts!!! As I am typing this, it is coming to me that there is an on/off switch on the back!!! DUH!!!!!

I also worked in my binder this afternoon.

I made a new Master Schedule and included quilting time for myself. If I don't, these Christmas quilts will never get done! I am so anal about a schedule that if I don't have one, I accomplish very little. My kids thrive on a schedule also! Zach asked for his own copy! :pThe little kids also got new chore charts.Monday morning they both will start a week of VBS. Kyle will head to work and Sweetheart will be with his mom (say a prayer for her....she is having outpatient surgery). I WILL BE HOME ALONE FOR 3 HOURS!!!!!! I have planned and re-planned those few hours over and over again!

I was going to tell you all something else....oh yeah! Funny story. My mom got a facebook page. She is a riot, let me tell you! I put this pic on for her profile....she can change it to a more current one on her own. So....an old friend of hers left a comment on the picture something like this,

"You look nice in this picture. How old are you? lol"

My mom was a bit upset.....she said, "Why does she think I am 101????? AND she used L's and an O instead of the numbers!"

I tried so hard not to laugh. I explained what lol meant....she still does not quite get it! So if you are a friend of my mom's on facebook, don't lol her....she will think you are calling her old!!!!

Here's another funny.....