Feels like we have been just running all week. Monday started out with taking Rob's car into Bredemann for the 60,000 miles oil change appointment. Even though we make an appointment, it never seems super speedy. The kids forgot to take their Nintendo DS games out of my car, so they were entertained by 2 pens and found all the paper cards in the magazine rack and made mounds of airplanes. It was rainy out but they still washed the car. Rob met us up in Glenview to exchange cars. We stopped in at Trader Joes to pick up a couple things. We had a bagel at Einstein's and then cruised to Aldi on the way home. The kids wanted to see Mom and Dad so we went to their house after we unloaded groceries at home. Mom and I assembled a fan and the kids played on the porch with Dad but it was stinking hot. We came home and got our swimsuits on and headed to the pool. It was super refreshing and Rob met us over there when he got home.
Tuesday morning we had an appointment for Nick to get his haircut. Yvonne did an awesome cut and Nick looks so cute. It is much shorter than we normally go but it is summer and it grows so quickly. We went to Michael's afterwards to pick up some craft supplies for some projects. We collected a bag full of rocks on the beach at the cottage and we are going to paint them. We ran over to Target to see if there was any good clearance. Summer stuff was on clearance and I was able to pick up 2 planters for the garden. The kids got a couple craft kits that were reduced. We headed home and to the pool. We were going to try to beat the rain. We ended up staying at the pool for 4 hours. We met some friends there and Ellie was a great sport and watched the boys. Rob met us after work just as I was trying to rally the kids to leave. We gave them another hour.
Today we spent the morning cleaning the house. This weekend is my 20th reunion but I am not going to the event. I am hosting an alternative get together here for friends who also aren't attending. We went to the pool after lunch, again spending more time than we planned. We came home and showered and the kids packed for their overnight at Mom and Dad's house. I took them over in the afternoon. Nick wasn't sure if he wanted to stay overnight or just for dinner. Tony arrived and the party started. Rob and I went out for dinner to El Jardin. It was great to talk without interruption. We went to Abt after dinner to look at refrigerators. I replaced the seal on the freezer last year but I have noticed a lot of water on the freezer door when I open it and it looks like the fridge seal needs to be replaced too. Unfortunately, our choices are limited - we want a bottom freezer and white color. I guess all bottom freezers are now drawers instead of doors. We walked around and looked but left without making any decisions. We went to Target to look through another clearance section. I called Mom because the grill they had been looking at was on sale. We ended up picking that up with the accessories they had. We came home and took a walk and enjoyed the evening.
An amazing number of fireflies out tonight. I think they needed the heat to go away to come out. Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree
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We had a great evening...lots of laughs and no tears! The boys are on a really nice, level playing field right now. After dinner, we cleaned up and darkness approached. Dad took the boys to the yard to begin the firefly capture. Ellie and I watched the finale of the Bake Off...very disappointing! Then she joined the boys. They went down to the park with an already overflowing bug cage. They captured some more fireflies and heard and saw the bats. After the teeth cleaning, a book and a few stories, all are asleep. In all, I believe that tonight will go down as a good memory! They each have very different and specific plans for the morning...so don't come too early! Glad you had a good night...hopefully Jo and Ole got some sleep! Love ya, Mom
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