{click to enlarge} 1. Landon woke by his alarm and had emptied the dishwasher and was toasting bagels for breakfast at 3:59am, even though I had planned on waking him up at 4:00.
2. Randy and I stood outside the church with some of the other first-timer scout camp parents watching our boys buzz with excitement, be assigned their patrol groups and then gave them one last squeeze before they headed off for 6 days in Idaho.
3. I spent some quality time mowing the lawn (and trimming a few branches) and was surprised to find I'd been outside for two hours doing it .
4. The time went quickly because I was so engrossed in my audio book "Angle of Repose". It doesn't matter that I've read it 3 times, I'm still riveted.
5. Whitney spent an hour doing math workbook pages to earn $1.50.
6. I got 7 cards and 2 packages in the mail today...oh how I love birthday good mail!
7. I wrote a letter to Landon at scout camp and Whitney drew this picture for him. Apparently not having him on the couch watching TV near her is where she misses him most so far. Also funny to me is that she drew a dog and a cat in our family portrait; when I asked her why she said, "Because I like to draw animals."
8. Whitney talked me into going to D.I. (hence her desire to earn some money) and I scored 10 books for $12! (She bought a gorilla stuffed animal [yes, it's being washed] and a stegosaurus toy.)
9. I helped at the Activity Days obstacle course today (mainly I took pictures and supervised), but enjoyed a Popsicle with Miss Whitney.
10. We made haste to Cold Stone to spend the $10 gift card Melinda sent me for my birthday, woohoo for indulgent spending...we even brought a chocolate haystack (not tempting for me) home for Randy.
11. I read outside while enjoying the sound of my neighbor's lawnmower and the sprinklers nearby. (I'm almost done reading The Book of Mormon again!)
12. This is a blurry picture, but Randy and I caught up on a couple episodes of Leverage.
2. Randy and I stood outside the church with some of the other first-timer scout camp parents watching our boys buzz with excitement, be assigned their patrol groups and then gave them one last squeeze before they headed off for 6 days in Idaho.
3. I spent some quality time mowing the lawn (and trimming a few branches) and was surprised to find I'd been outside for two hours doing it .
4. The time went quickly because I was so engrossed in my audio book "Angle of Repose". It doesn't matter that I've read it 3 times, I'm still riveted.
5. Whitney spent an hour doing math workbook pages to earn $1.50.
6. I got 7 cards and 2 packages in the mail today...oh how I love birthday good mail!
7. I wrote a letter to Landon at scout camp and Whitney drew this picture for him. Apparently not having him on the couch watching TV near her is where she misses him most so far. Also funny to me is that she drew a dog and a cat in our family portrait; when I asked her why she said, "Because I like to draw animals."
8. Whitney talked me into going to D.I. (hence her desire to earn some money) and I scored 10 books for $12! (She bought a gorilla stuffed animal [yes, it's being washed] and a stegosaurus toy.)
9. I helped at the Activity Days obstacle course today (mainly I took pictures and supervised), but enjoyed a Popsicle with Miss Whitney.
10. We made haste to Cold Stone to spend the $10 gift card Melinda sent me for my birthday, woohoo for indulgent spending...we even brought a chocolate haystack (not tempting for me) home for Randy.
11. I read outside while enjoying the sound of my neighbor's lawnmower and the sprinklers nearby. (I'm almost done reading The Book of Mormon again!)
12. This is a blurry picture, but Randy and I caught up on a couple episodes of Leverage.
This was a truly great day, I loved all of it, even the getting up super early part (probably because I got to go back to bed).
**How was your 12th?**
Comment Window Tidbit: Randy and I are empty nesters for a couple of days, how about that?
12 comments:
Looks like a great day! I didn't even realize it was the 12th yesterday, so I'm doing it today...
It's weird sending your kids off for 6 days, isn't it?
Love that you always score on books at D.I.
I really enjoy Cold Stone and Leverage. And Angle of Repose.
Such a fun look inside of your day. I'm glad you loved every bit of it.
DI and Cold Stone--two stores I wish we had.
I spent all day wishing I knew how to take more interesting photos of my life, but I did it and hope to figure out Amy's template later today.
Cold Stone sounds so good right now!
I always love seeing everyones 12 on the 12th pictures. I haven't posted mine yet but man I wish I could be outside for 2 hours without melting into a puddle. Today is suposed to be 112! Yikes. I also took a picture of the TV screen last night while I was watching "The best thing I ever Ate" what are the odds?
Did you just get my card yesterday?? Holy cow that took forever to get there! I am shocked!
It sounds like it was a great day all around. My day was full of cleaning, honery kids and law mowing. I was thoroughly exhausted by the end of the day but got great sleep.
Landon looks so old all of a sudden! He is almost a man! Crazy!
And I love your Family night on Consequences. So great and especially the letter writing. Such a great idea. Thanks to your great influence I am TRYING to do better at this. I have been writing notes to our primary subs (who often get asked 5 minutes before we need them to teach) and even tot he kids giving primary talks.
how are you getting 10 books for $12? I can't find a book for less than $6 at our local di. crazy.
Man you got up early, but I guess I was up to, it's just you had a better excuse. I'm excited for Landon to get all our cards. I hope he's super surprised.
you reading and relaxing looks so peacful right now.
I love all of the life that is in your grids. And a girl talking her mom into thrift shopping? Heaven!
your day sounds delightful.
i can't believe landon is gone for 6 days, i feel like that would be freaky. i have left my children for vacation but they have never left me for that long. he is a cute boy making bagels early.
that stack of books looks great, i am in a reading slump lately. though i did just start calpurnia book and i'm enjoying it so far.
ps thanks for the compliment on my post
oh my goodness missy jill you are truly spoiled....I HAVE never gotten gift cards, other than the ones you send me for my birthday from B&N and the very one time I did (VISA), there was fraud involved and I never received a cent.........
oh man- so i've never read that book before. i gotta find it.
i love the 12 by 12 days...and i'm so glad your birthday goodness continues!!!
I do not enjoy emptying the dishwasher. I would almost rather not have a dishwasher. Well, I take that back. I don't mind dishwashers when I'm not sharing them with other people. When it takes years to figure out where this roommate keeps her Tupperware, and where this one puts her pizza cutter, and how you're going to fit this one's water bottle in her already jam packed cupboard...
I am so afraid of sending the children I don't even have off to scout camp.
I never told you that I read Angle of Repose. I thought it was excellently written, but I still haven't (it's been a year, I think) recovered from the storyline. The only way I can describe the impact the book had on me is to say that it put a light out in my soul that nothing has been able to reignite.
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