What a Week!

Busy, busy, busy. I finally have a few moments to sit and blog. The boys are asleep, and I am home. Wow! I haven't really been home with nothing to do for over a week. Well, I have things to do, but they can wait. I already did 5 loads of laundry this morning, so I think I deserve a break. Last Tuesday Tony needed to do a report for the state and needed me to sub for him. It went well. It was the same class from last year, so I knew them all and what they were supposed to be doing.
I was actually glad to get in the classroom and redirect them a little. I had graded their math and English papers, so I needed to remind them of some mistakes they were making. Minor things. I miss teaching English. We got a new English curriculum last year that I loved. It was so new and different though that it was slow going. I wanted to see how they were doing this year. It was great to see that they remembered a lot and were able to move through the first 2 chapters fairly quickly. Hopefully they will get a little more covered this year. It was actually a pretty easy day because the kids had music, religion, and P.E. with other teachers so I didn't have to teach too much.

Wednesday was spent getting the van fixed. A light had been on for a long time and I needed to get it in the shop. So at 9 o'clock on a fairly chilly morning the boys and I went to Midway. I thought about taking the Yanney walk, but it was chilly so we walked to Burger King. We had breakfast and Asher played on the equipment. We were there for almost 2 hours. I never have been in a fast food restaurant that long but it was fun. No word about the van so we went on a walk to Orschelns which I remember as Wheelers as a kid. Actually looked almost the same. I bought burnt peanuts as I used to do with Mom. We walked by Fairbanks. I remember stopping in there in high school to pick up parts for Dad. We into Tractor Supply and Earl May. At 12 I decided to call Midway. No luck in figuring out the light. The tech was going to go to lunch will know more at 1:30. Seriously! I thought a 9 o'clock appointment meant they would look at it at 9. I called Tony; I didn't know what to do. He suggested a movie since we were right there. I didn't know if there were 12 o'clock showings in Kearney or not. I didn't think Asher would like The Help so we went to the Smurfs. Surprisingly it was good. Definitely will buy it. It was now after 1:30. Midway called and told me everything that was wrong. I almost fainted, but knew it all had to be done. I was going to try to walk to school. We stopped at McDonald's for a late lunch and then headed North. The wind was blowing right in our faces. I didn't want the boys to get sick so I called for help. Liz picked us up and took us to school. Later Shirley took us all home and then took Tony to Midway to get the van. Long day!

Thursday I spent cleaning because my Aunt Judy and Uncle Doyle were making a spontaneous trip through Nebraska. They hadn't seen our new house and the basement was dirty because Tony used the table saw and left quite a mess. It was nice to get the house back in order again. They arrived around 3 and we had a great time seeing them. Aunt Judy is a retired teacher and brought some boxes of books to donate to the school library. She also gave the kids some special books and fun things to play with. They stayed with Dad that night.

I had to sub again on Friday because Tony had a principals conference in Grand Island. No music, no religion, and no P.E. Friday was a little bit longer of a day, but I made it to the end.

Saturday I had things to get done. I had a ton of bananas to do something with. I made some banana teething biscuits, and I wanted to freeze some for Levi but bananas tend to brown. I mixed in some milk and strawberry yogurt and froze up about 8 servings. They don't brown and Levi likes them. I visited the Farmers Market on the way to soccer for Addison. I got $3 worth of squash. After lunch, I froze up about 18 servings of squash! During nap, I canned 7 quarts of tomatoes from Dad. Then I watched the Husker game.

Sunday was the school/church golf tournament. Tony was leaving with Pastor and Nathan for a conference in Ainsworth. I took all the kids to the Jones for the day. Dad and I golfed and tied for first. We won last year. Next year they all will be gunning for us. Dad said we would practice a few times next summer!

Monday and Tuesday I subbed since Tony was still gone. No religion but had music and P.E. Pretty good days but glad to be done and back to staying home!

Wow!