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On Tuesday I folded so much laundry, and I didn’t start a truck

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Today I took a squinty picture of myself first thing in the morning, because I was going to take pictures of all the things all day long! And then I didn’t take all the pictures, but I did do a bunch of other stuff.

About the time I sat down to write about The Other Stuff, though, my mom — who’d left her truck here while she visited my brother — came back. The friend she rode with dropped her off, and a few minutes later she hopped in her truck to go home. And the truck wouldn’t start. We spent a bit trying to get the jumper cables to do their magic, but it didn’t work.

That adventure pretty well sapped my will to write, so here’s a little listy-list about our day:

  • I took my loratadine (generic Claritin. Generitan!) and my daily vitamin.
  • The misbehaving cat got out, and I just let him go.
  • I cleaned the kitchen, because it was clean-the-kitchen day on my list of cleaning things.
  • The kids did their schoolwork.
  • I did a lot of laundry, and I watched “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” while I folded it.
  • The kids spent a ton of time outside.
  • The kids had tae kwon do.
  • Poppy had soccer practice right after tae kwon do.
  • The cat came back and meowed at me through the screen. So I let him come back in.
  • Poppy had an American Heritage Girls meeting.
  • We had omelets for dinner.
  • The kids went to bed.
  • I watched TV.
  • I tried and failed to make a truck start.
  • I folded more laundry.

    • This morning I’ll be trying to figure out how to remove a battery from a truck so I can take it to the auto parts store. Can I do it? Will the truck ever start? Did I ever finish folding all the laundry? Tune in tomorrow!

    Bandwagons, Family matters

    On Monday I spent a lot of time thinking about the cat

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    In 2011 we went hiking and played some board games. Last year I had a cold and we went to Dollywood. This year? It’s been an eventful week thus far.

    This is the third year I’ve participated in Adventuroo’s Week in My Life linkup. It works like this: I do some meticulous record-keeping and take lots of pictures, and the next day I tell you all about what we did the previous day. Except that some days (most days) my record-keeping is somewhat less meticulous and I only take pictures for about half the day.

    Which is, coincidentally, exactly what happened yesterday.
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    Bandwagons, menu plan Monday

    On Sunday I was a hermit

    I didn’t leave the house at all yesterday (nor did I take any pictures), so I don’t have all that much to report.

    I got up and got ready for church in the morning, then decided to just keep my cold at home. Rockford took the kids to church, and I did a little laundry, watched several “Good Eats” re-runs and napped until they came home.

    After church Poppy spent a good part of the afternoon out with Rockford’s mom, and Pete took a super long nap — I’m hoping that isn’t a sign that he’s going to be coming down with my cold — while Rockford worked on a presentation he has to do tomorrow. Meanwhile, I napped some more, watched “Thor” and started dinner.

    The kids had been invited to some friends’ house to decorate Halloween cookies, so Rockford took them over there after dinner. If I were to wager a guess, I’d say he watched football while the kids decorated cookies. Surprisingly, I did not take a nap while they were gone.

    Rockford has a lot of dinners out this week, and our menu plan for the week reflects that. In that it’s mostly kid-friendly standby meals.

    Monday: Spaghetti

    With Texas toast! I like Texas toast.

    Tuesday: Fish sticks and mac & cheese

    This is not one of my favorite meals. I’ll probably have an Amy’s vegetable pot pie from the freezer.

    Wednesday: Chili

    We trick or treat and have dinner with friends every year on Halloween. I’m 99 percent sure we’re having chili this year.

    Thursday: Omelets

    Poppy loves eggs, and she loves cheese. So why won’t see even try an omelet? I don’t know, but chances are I’ll be making fried eggs on Thursday, too.

    Friday: Pizza

    I’m already looking forward to Friday.