Friday: Happy Anniversary!

Well, Ben and I were together today but he had a back procedure yesterday and isn't moving much today.  So here are some pictures of us from a long time ago.

New York - I think.  It looks like Watkin's Glen, so 2008?

After Joe and Dee's wedding (2003)

Joe and Dee's wedding (2003)

Graduation! (2004)

Honeymoon (2004)

Engagement pictures (2004)

Thursday: I forgot

There was something interesting to talk about today, but I've forgotten it.  I thought the interesting thought while I was at the kitchen sink.  Hmm.  I guess next time I should write it down.

I did a lot of running around today.  It did mean that I had a lot of time to read my book, which was excellent.  I'm really enjoying the series (Dungeon Crawler Carl) I'm reading right now, and it makes it so much easier to pick up the book instead of playing a game.  

Besides that I did a lot of normal chores.  I'm hoping to get a bit more on top of chores before the end of school, but I don't know if that will happen. 

Wednesday: flowers

Once again, I attempted to save my flowers over the winter.  It went better than previous years, but still not amazing:

The strawberry plant lasted until about February.

The succulent bucket lasted until early April, with the exception of one that is still alive

The big succulent lasted until early May, when I think I left it outside on a cold (but not freezing) night.  It might survive, but it is not looking good.

Anyway, we went to the greenhouse today to get some flowers.  The kids always enjoy this more than I expect.  I got some dragon leaf begonia because they are a hardy flower that can take some abuse.  We got some marigolds, snap dragons, two succulents, and a few small miscellaneous things.  I gave both kids about $20, and ended up with unexpected plants.  Isaac got something that is hopefully a pineapple plant and Joshua got a tall spiky cactus.  We'll see how it plays out!

Tuesday: semester finished

Grades are in!  It took a bit longer to finish up than expected, but they're done.  

Most of my graders are seniors (which is too bad), but two of them wanted more work during exam week so they graded almost all of the final exams.  It was lovely.

Monday: happy 8th birthday

Today was Horizon and Tornado's eighth birthday.

We got a screwdriver for Tornado.  He is always stealing Ben's.

Horizon just got some normal toys.

Sunday: Mother's Day

After church I had a few lovely presents to open, and then Tornado jumped into be a present too.

After my nap we went downtown to grab some food from a food truck for snack.  Joshua (and everyone else) tried Deep Fried Oreos and we all decided they were ok.  They were yummy, but not something that we would get again.

Joshua wanted to see the tulips, so we walked down the street and then up a street, and then we were at Centennial Park.  I'll be honest, I wasn't feeling it this afternoon.  But the kids kept being excited..."Let's go to the Gazebo and the Wizard of Oz book!  Oh! Let's walk around the statue!  We need to see the fountain!  Don't forget about the flags!"  "You really want to see the flags?"  "Yes!"  By the time we talked about the flags, Joshua was pulling my leg a bit.  I was a bit surprised about how many landmarks they wanted to see in a block of park.  Anyway, we ended up being lucky to only go around the park once - they also wanted to see the tulip windmill after we passed it but I told them it was mostly dead.  They said they still wanted to see it but I vetoed it.

 

Joshua made a fort at home, so we all read for a while once we got back.  Tornado was feeling extra cuddly and went back and forth between me and Isaac.

Saturday: bike ride

I had the kids bike to Lowes with me again today.  We needed to get a screwdriver, but I also wanted to look at curtain rods.  The hardware to mount the curtain rods was surprising expensive, so we just got a new one instead.  I thought this might happen, so I brought velcro to mount it to Isaac's bike.  He was a bit scared it would fall off, but I mounted it well.