Busy Monday, June 15

To Do List

• Write this Blog
• Lunch with Peter
• Grocery List
• Work on laundry
• Mow front Lawn
• Put away shoes (yes this has to hit the lists there are like 8-10 pairs floating around scattered throughout the house)
• Clean up my closet (I've just been yanking and my closet is so small you never know what you yank you just kind of reach in blind and pray so my closet has thrown up)
• Vacuum
• Spot clean the carpet (it really needs a full cleaning but I just don't think I will have time so I will get the bad spots)
• Clean the bathroom counter
• Dishes (this actually should be pretty quick)
• Give Blacky (the dog) a bath. (It has been much needed but time has been so tight.)
• Put away my winter clothes (... remember my closet up I pulled out so many winter clothes in attempts to get what I wanted that I need to vacuum seal these away for the next few months)
• Clean the kitchen stove and counter

Menu

• Um... still need to figure this one out. Just myself and Peter so it should be too hard. The hard part is cooking in the correct proportions. 

This Week's 'To-Do' List

• Tuesday 
• Work
• Wednesday
• Work
• Thursday
• Work
• Friday
• Work
• Saturday
• Botanical Gardens in the Afternoon/Evening for Balloons over the garden
• Sunday - Father's Day
• We plan to go out to the Ren Fair on this day. 

Last Week

 I'm starting to think I should start working on this blog daily just so I can easily remember things. Anyways last week I just worked a bunch. It was extremely stressful and irritating at work which is what made it seem like I was so busy last week to myself but I won't go into all that stuff. 

I did finally finish Katherine's shirt this past week. I may have mentioned that because it was at not this past Sunday's but the Sunday befores S'N B. I have pictures now though of the shirt I hope she likes it.

Peter also decided that he wanted a mask for OMG Con that was this past weekend. He 3D printed off the mask then worked on the bondo and such so we were driving all around town trying to find paints and supplies during last week. The house fell to pieces during this time and then of course during OMG Con everything fell apart around here as we'd wander in 1-2am and drop everything and pass out.
I'll have some other pictures later as things get uploaded but I've got a pretty big 'To Do' list for today so I'm going to hop off to that before it gets so hot I can't breath.

The Con was okay this year not as good as last year a lot of panels didn't start until really late so you stood around in the hall forever. They had technical difficulties up the wazoo! One of the key speakers had family issues and was not able to come out and then Saturday there was a bomb threat so we all had to evacuate. It was... interesting.

But until I have more pictures to post here are a few. Hope everyone had a wonderful week and has a wonderful week to come.

Duck Hunt! Classic! There was a large video game room. 

The Rave.

Me before the rave with my light up head band

Day 2 and so tired

Getting ready for the Ball.

Peter at the Ball

Some Cosplayers

The mask Peter was working on not fully done at that particular point. 

Busy Monday, June 8

So not the traditional Busy Monday post as it's getting close to being Tuesday.

Today I went to work so that threw things off... It was a long day at work just due to the content of work but I did take my lunch break to go have my normal Monday out to lunch with my hubby date (if you can call it a date since we are always with his co-workers).
I got hit by a sudden wave of tiredness and fell asleep in construction driving 55 mph... well fell asleep may be harsh how about a prolonged blink with a sudden swerve. I haven't been hit that hard by tiredness since before my B-12 problem was found out. They did switch one of my medications when I went to the doctor last week since it wasn't working as well now. I don't know if that had anything to do with it or not but it was scary so I came home and sent my husband a text apologizing but I was going to bed. Even after an hour of sleep I was very drowsy and just not myself and then my husband and I went to the grocery store where I continued to be out of it. I'm not sure what it was but I dislike it quite a bit and hope it doesn't happen again.

Last week was eventful. I had my doctors appointment, Brielle had her final Orchestra Concert of the year, Katherine had her Elementary School  Graduation and I found out on short notice that a friend of mine who moved away some time ago was in town just for a few days so I went out and saw her.

Last Thursday was the last day of school for the kids and it was eventful. Pete and I got the kids and loaded them up after we got them from school along with their luggage and then it was straight to Nashville with a quick stop at KFC for dinner along the way. I got through the check in and security pretty well but they didn't put down the gate numbers so that frustrated me. When the plane did start to load I wasn't sure how to handle it since Brielle was the 'adult' for the trip and normally Southwest does pre-boarding for people with 'young' children. I went up and asked though and they had the girls pre-board to make sure that they sat together.
Now when we left the airport I called my parents... they didn't answer. Hmmm...
Brielle was suppose to call when they landed in Denver to do their plane transfer. We were very clear she needed to call us because it was so late at night we were worried... No call.
So by this point we're calling my parents and still no answer and we don't know what's going with the kids and we're pulling our hair out. Later that evening Brielle calls their plane got diverted to Albuquerque! Apparently there was a large storm over Denver so we were worried what was going to happen with her connecting flight. She told us they said they were making arrangements.
So then I am calling my parents and still no answer so I call my grandmother to see if there is another number for them but she was asleep (rightfully so!) and I'm totally freaking out and getting ready to try and call a friend in Oregon to see if they would be able to get up to the airport if my parents weren't up there.

I pass out on the couch with my phone set for 2am which is when the flight (about 12am PST) would be landing and finally get through to my parents to tell them what is going on. They end up sitting there for like 4 hours to get the girls and apparently at 2am I accidently put my phone on silent so yeah it was a mess.
The girls are safe though and that is what matters.
Though when I realized I fell asleep and suddenly wake up at 5:50 am and try and get off the couch which rocks it scares the cat and she slices into my hand so then I get odd looks at work Friday... Oh yes after all that Thursday night I still had to go into work on Friday.



Friday was nice though while Peter was out playing cards I ended up going out later in the evening and meeting a friend who introduced me to another lovely lady.

Saturday we went to a friends birthday party and he got way too wasted so we stuck around and helped clean up after the party and make sure he was alright... there was a LOT of drama associated with that one but I won't go into other people's dirty laundry just not my place...
Though I did have to tell myself "Not my Circus Not my Monkeys" a few times.

Sunday I had Stitch N Bitch again which I finally finished Katherine's shirt I just wish I had finished making it before she left out for Oregon but I'll see her when she flies to North Carolina to see my husband's family.

Pretty rough down and dirty posting and I apologizing for not having some inspiring craft or recipe or some such. It seems like I haven't for a long while now just I've been pulled in a lot of directions. I hope one day life settles down a bit more again.

Busy Monday, June 1

To Do List

• Get kids off to school
• Write this Blog
• Work
• Lunch with Peter
• I have a doctors appt for my B-12 shot (still haven't found another facility to do it.
• Grocery Shopping
• Start going through the kids luggage to make sure they are packing enough for their 6 week vacation away. 
• Work on laundry

Menu

• Monday - Chicken Curry & Rice
• Tuesday - Tyson Chicken Bites and Fries
• Wednesday - Create your own Pizza
• Thursday - Eat Out
• Friday - Unknown
• Saturday - Unknown
• Sunday - Unknown

This Week's 'To-Do' List

• Tuesday 
• School for kids, Pete & I have work
• Katherine has Water Day at school so I need to make sure she has items packed in the morning for that.
• My annual doctors check up.
• Brielle's Orchestra Concert 5:30 (? - not 100% need to contact the teacher to make sure... will send out an email today) to about 8 o'clock
• Wednesday
• School for kids, Pete has work I plan to take the day off.
• Katherine's 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony 11am-1pm at the school
• Goal of after the ceremony if I've had time to pick up more bias tape I'm going to try and finish the summer shirt I was sewing for Katherine.
• Thursday
• Kids have school, Peter & I have work
• Pick up kids after school and drive down to Nashville to put the kids on their flight.
• Friday
• Pete & I have work.
• Peter has his Friday Night card game.
• Saturday - Nothing I know of off hand.
• Sunday 
• I have Stitch 'N Bitch with the ladies for our June meetup. 

Last Week

Hmm last week is a bit of a Blurr.

Sunday was Camping

Monday was Memorial Day and I pretty much just spent the day dealing with my rash that I got while camping and cleaning sleeping bags (which I have yet to put away I have some repairs to do to them before I pack them up for the  year.

Tuesday I went back to work and Peter invited me out to lunch so I went out with him.

After work that day I ran down to the craft store to get the other pillow form and then took the kids down to 4-H. I didn't take pictures of them with their pillows I was expecting the 4-H page to post it up but they haven't sadly. I'll have to see about taking pictures later they did a good job on them. 
We ended up having Sandwiches that night since 4-H makes things weird. 

Wednesday it was more work. Then there was 4-H for Project club that evening. Peter gave me a present for our anniversary a day early it was insanely thoughtful. I was also a bit pieved though because I didn't want to do presents this year because I didn't have a single idea for him which sounds horrible but I really didn't. I didn't want to get him more dust collectors. I found out he was going to do this like the week prior so it didn't give me a lot of time to come up with something so after work that day before getting the kids for 4-H I stopped at the grocery store and had decided to make Peter a cheesecake. There are a lot of foods I used to make but I'm just so busy these days I don't do a lot of baking anymore and I know he really likes cheesecake. 

Thursday morning I found out that Katherine threw up during the night, that she woke up Peter and he sent her back to bed (found that one out a few days later) and that Brielle had cleaned up all of Kat's sick (such a good big sister). I still ended up sending Katherine to school and she had an upset stomach for a few days but no other signs like fever or anything. It sounds horrible but there is really only so much a person can do and it was that once and she kept down breakfast fine so I figured if she's real sick again they'll send her home. Again it sounds bad but for attendance at school it works out better that way and it lets me get into work for a few before Peter and I have to scramble to find out who is taking time off. Plus Katherine had a field trip that afternoon she really wanted to go to and it all worked out and she got to go on her trip.

Thursday was also mine and Peter's 15th wedding anniversary! My word how have I put up with him for so many years?
We weren't able to do anything that evening though so instead I asked him out to lunch and we had a nice lunch together before going back to work.
After work that day I rushed home and started making the cheese cake. Mind you work held me late for meetings so Peter was already home when I pulled the cheesecake from the oven and then it had to cool that evening. I did try though but it shows why I don't bake any more. 

Katherine wasn't getting back from her field trip until about 6:45 so Peter opted to eat something at home and then go get Katherine.

Brielle had her Orchestra Banquet which we went and wandered around the wrong school before I was smart and checked the notes on my calendar on my phone and got ourselves to the right school where we sat with one of her classmates and I met her classmate's mom and we had a nice chat to pass the time. Brielle got her letter too. 

Friday Peter opted not to go play his card game though I told him he could and we instead went out to a nice dinner and had the kids stay home and make sandwiches and then Peter and I went out to the movies to see Mad Max. Right before the movie started Brielle texted me and told me her swimsuit was not fitting from last year so after the movie Peter and I went to walmart and went swimsuit shopping for Brielle because she needed the suit for Saturday.

Saturday was busy also. Peter had All Pro Dad breakfast hosted by the PTO at Chick-fil-a at 8am and I had to have Brielle down to the drop off point for her Orchestra field trip to Holiday world by 9am. I worked a bunch that morning outside and then I picked up Johanna and we went and grabbed some subway and I drove us out to a park I wanted to show her to consider for her wedding and we had a picnic out there and thankfully left just in time before the storm hit. During this time I was out Peter was out with Katherine for Pokemon. That evening Johanna, Peter and I played cards together and took a short break for Pete to go get Brielle. It was an enjoyable evening but then again I did win a lot. :)

Sunday... I had Stitch 'N Bitch with the ladies that day and I have so many outfits I wanted to have sewn for the girls for the summer that I haven't had time to work on so I started working on Katherine's shirt. I need the pattern multiple times so first I had to trace it out and then I had to get the fabric cut and then I started working on the shirt I was hoping to have it done on Sunday but it didn't work out like that. From 3-6 I was at Stitch 'N Bitch and one of the ladies there showed us some awesome wedding invitations she found at Dollar Tree (she was already married but she's super crafty so she picked them up to use for other things) so that kind of started a chain of events. At 6 o'clock when we left there I went to Aldi I had $3 off any meat purchase there that expired on Sunday so I hurried down to Aldi before they closed, then I went to Dollar Tree and bought out their stock of invitations and the lady that showed them to us, Courtney, was also there so we wandered the aisles and looked at things then stood around like silly people and chatted for a long time about weddings and different stories because she used to work in a bridal shop. After that I swung through a drive through for dinner then contacted another friend who had an old dress she wanted to give to Brielle and I told her I'd pick it up this weekend to get it out of her way so I then went down to her house and she was gone but her husband chatted my ear off for awhile and then I rushed home because remember I have groceries in the car! 

Wrapping Up

That was last week... this week is busy too... I'm already dreading putting my kiddos on the plane though. On the last day of school we are sending them off so we don't get any free time at the start of the summer together. I'll see them again in July for a week and then of course at the end of July.

It's been a whirlwind of events the last few weeks and I'm really hoping for some breathing time soon. I can feel just my whole self getting worn down keeping this pace.

Hope everyone has a great week!! 

Recap

RECAP!

So I have a lot of weeks to catch up on let's see if I can recap things.

So last I left you I mentioned there was a 4-H project that week and I didn't know what. Well the post was posted to the wrong Facebook page so I never did find out until we got there but thankfully they had extra fabric. The project was creating quilted squares and we'll be sewing them together with a backing to make a quilted pillow. Incidentally we'll be finishing that up today (5/26).

Schools so hard with all the testing so Katherine came home and climbed up in a tree one day and started reading.

 Was up really late one night (4/30) making California rolls for Brielle to take with her on her orchestra trip. It's kind of turned into a yearly tradition for this trip.

 5/2 - Free comic book day. The girls enjoyed getting comics and seeing all the people dressed up. They also tried out some new to them games.







The week of 5/4-10 I don't have a lot of excuses. The kids had a dental appt that week (there were also several Orthodontist appts made because a spring kept popping off Brielle's braces) and that weekend we had new gutters put on the house. Also, that weekend we went to the Barbecue Festival which is our big event for the town and we drove to the next city where they have an i Max and saw Avengers in 3-D.

The week of 5/11-17 I worked that Monday so I could take Wednesday off. Tuesday night I drove out to Louisville with my friend Allison and met some other friends to go to the Nightwish/Sabaton/Delain concert.

The Friday of that week I had to have Brielle to school by 5am so she could go on a field trip to Huntsville, AL for her engineering class. I didn't pick her up until quite late that night.

That Sunday my friend, Johanna, was having a birthday party for her daughter who just turned 1 so we spent all day out at the park with them.

 Week of 5/18-24 I requested to work that Monday so that I could take Friday off for our annual camping trip.
Tuesday of that week was State Primary so the kids were out of school which I think is silly because turn out for voting in the state primary is only 12% which I complained a lot about because I wish people would get out and vote instead of complaining with doing nothing. I of course voted after work that day.

I've also been having to spend a lot of time traveling lately because of so much construction going on in town. I actually have to drive a mile in the opposite direction (which feels longer than it sounds I think they are lying about the distance) and then turn around and get onto the bypass which is also under construction half way through so I have to divert to another road if I don't hit my time just right otherwise I'll be stopped in total gridlock. It's made getting to and from work a real pain in my rear and I can't wait for all the construction to be done this fall.
 Oh work got me a bigger monitor I was pretty stoked about that one.






Then we had our annual camping trip from the 22nd-24th. It was actually shorter than we normally do because there was going to be rain moving in Sunday night/Monday morning and we didn't want to stick around for that.

 Here's only a few of the 114 pictures I took. We took a lot of hikes this trip

Lots of other random running around but that should pretty much catch things up for the big events the last several weeks.
The next few weeks are going to be hectic too but that's another posting all together.

Busy Monday, May 25

Still around... hope everyone has had a great Memorial Day weekend with friends and family and remembered the fallen for which is why we have this day.
While still around I'm still unsure of when a post will go up and I'm sure it will be massive when it does.
I'm aiming for next week to get something up hopefully sooner but I'm not putting pressure on myself.
What would this busy monday outline for this coming week?
Tue: 4-H - Sewing
Wed: 4-H - STEM Club (catapults)
Thurs: 15-anniversary, Orchestra Banquet, Kat has a field trip that overlaps the banquet so Pete and I are splitting duties.
Fri: Pete either plays cards are we go out for a date night since no time to celebrate our anniversary it hasn't been decided yet.
Sat: Brie has a field trip
Sun: Pack the kids for them leaving late next week for 6 weeks, Stitch 'N Bitch Meeting

Meals:
Tue - Sandwiches and chips
Wed - Spaghetti w/Chicken
Thurs - Kat eats at field trip, Brielle and I eat at the banquet, Peter picks up something for himself
Fri - Pizza (possibly Peter and I eating out)
Sat - Chicken Nuggets/Fish Sticks French fries/ Tator tots
Sun - Tacos

Have a great week! Hope to do a true post on my blog soon! Got to skip off to the grocery store tonight though.

Oh and let it be known I got into something camping this time and have a nasty itchy rash all over *sighs*

Busy Monday, April 27

To Do List

• Get kids off to school
• Write this Blog
• Go to work
• Go to supervisors house, bringing lunch with the other ladies from work because he's still laid up injured at home. -- This is the plan at least I haven't heard back if Monday works for him or not I'll know when I get into work.

Menu

• Monday - Tacos
• Tuesday - Eat Out 
• Wednesday - Spaghetti with Chicken
• Thursday - Crockpot Royal Round
• Friday - Pizza
• Saturday - Chicken Bake
• Sunday - Burgers, beans, chips and other BBQ type stuff

This Week's 'To-Do' List

• Monday - See above
• Tuesday - Brielle Orthodontist, 4-H Project club -- Still no clue what the project will be.
• Wednesday - All clear! 
• Thursday - CLEAR!!
• Friday - Get Brielle to school by 5am for her all day Orchestra competition.
• Saturday - So far clear!
• Correction Free Comic Book Day! so something fun!!
• Sunday - Woot no plans! 

This week so far is not shaping up to be overly busy and I'm so glad of that!

Last Week

Do I have to cover last week? I'm tired thinking about it. 

Monday we went to the last Homework Diner of the year. This was a new program they were trying out and we really enjoyed it and I wish it would have been started years ago since this is Katherine's last year at the elementary school (my word I can't imagine her in middle school!).

Thursday we went to the 4-H Awards Dinner. I ate entirely too much and got my 4-H shirt for this year along with the kids. It was an enjoyable evening if for nothing more than I didn't have too cook!

Friday I got out of work early and came home and took the plants outside to take care of them and get them staked. I've got way too many tomato plants and I really should sell some! 

After taking care of that I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning the backyard up and getting things ready for the storm front that was moving in on Saturday. I ended up tossing out whatever plans I had to drive a friend down to the ER thankfully it was nothing too serious but it did toss a wrench into things but that's okay just glad I could be there for them.While my friend was going through the ER stuff there wasn't really a reason for me to stick around the hospital I know how the ER goes so I went ahead and did some running around and got myself a table ironing pad.

Later that night after I got my friend home I went out to visit my husband at the game shop. There are benefits to the kids being older I can leave the house for longer periods of time. Mind you I was stopping in through the evening because I am over protective. I ended up going out to eat with my husband and another one of our friends for a snack and just to BS and talk for a little while. By time we got home, sat dinked around the house and got to bed it was after 12:30am! I had to be back up at 6:40 the next morning.Oh! And I got myself a little friend that evening! She's just absolutely adorable!! (Little mousy)

Saturday I picked up a friend and we dropped her daughter off at my house and then my friend and I went to the botanical garden and it started sprinkling on us so after I got way too many plants we left and I went to the swap meet but my silly butt didn't pay attention to the time so we drove around it and no one was there and I thought it got canceled but really I was like over 30 minutes early. So then we drove out to the farmers market where I bought honey (which is what I wanted at the swap meet) for way too much from a local farm because local honey is best. After the farmers market we drove out to the public library and I showed my friend the seed library since my friend is trying her hand at gardening for the first time ever this year so she got some seeds from the seed library and loaded up with books then we came back to my house and I let her go through all of my information on gardening. 
I got to rest a little bit at home after taking my friend and her daughter home but then it was back up and going to take Brielle to one of her orchestra events. (Katherine was at Pokemon League)
I went over then to Hancock Fabric I was on a hunt for an adjustable temp mini iron and I struck out but I did find sewing boxes on clearance and I had been wanting to get the kids their own sewing boxes so I got them each one, each a set of pinking shears and this cute little lipstick case one for each of them and one for me for about $28 and if you've ever looked at the cost of sewing boxes alone you know that's freaking awesome! I used a gift card I had from my birthday and paid a lot less out of pocket so I was happy! 

Bitch 'N Stitch was Saturday evening too so I went out to that and got there thankfully before the storms hit. We were very lucky that in our town it was more just a big bark and no bite to the storm but other towns weren't as lucky. So there we are doing our crafts (mine was sewing) and listening to the building rumble it was quite humorous really. I was able to get two pillowcases sewn together though. I had them cut out but that was it when I got there I even had to re-iron them. I was quite proud of myself.

After SnB I went over to Starbucks (the storm had blown through at that point) and had coffee with friends until the shop was closing up. It was a lot of laughs and I was happy to see all the ladies and really have a day out/evening out.

Sunday I wasn't feeling too well my neck was out so I ended up tossing out all my plans other than grocery shopping for that day which I did so late in the afternoon Peter started calling me asking me what he was suppose to do for sides for dinner we were kind of just throwing things together we had around the house. I didn't even realize it was near 6 I had spent most the day resting because I was in a lot of pain. It all worked out though and was for the most part a good day.
Katherine had a friend spend the night Saturday night so they were still playing all Sunday.

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Oh there was other running about and stuff past week but my mind is quickly trying to forget last week as I move into this week.
Hope everyone has a great week!!

And I need to come up with an idea for another project to post up on here. I haven't been taking on very many projects lately of any sort so if you have anything I've done in the past or anything you'd like to see me try give me some ideas I might be able to fit it in on the rare weeks like this one where I'm not constantly running around.

Busy Monday, April 20

To Do List

• Get kids off to school
• Write this Blog
• Lunch with Peter
• PTO - Homework Diner - We've really enjoyed this program and I wish we would have started going earlier this school year but we were always 'busy'. 

No grocery shopping or menu planning I've been doing that on the weekend because I've been taking Johanna out shopping with me since it means we get to hang out but also we can try and make healthier choices together over all and watch our budgets. AKA have someone around to slap our hands when we reach for candy bars in the checkout area.

Menu

• Monday - Homework Diner
• Tuesday - Breaded Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Peas
• Wednesday - Lasagna
• Thursday - 4-H Awards Dinner
• Friday - Pizza
• Saturday - Subway
• Sunday - Grilled Chicken, Pasta & Corn

This Week's 'To-Do' List

• Monday - See above
• Tuesday - Nothing so far thank goodness
• Wednesday - Also nothing woot woot! 
• Thursday - 4-H award dinner
• Friday - Peter goes to All Pro-Dad's breakfast at the school with Katherine and Peter has FnM at the game shop. 
• Saturday - I go to the botanical garden for their annual plant sale in the morning, Katherine has Pokemon League in the afternoon, I go to Bitch 'N Stitch that evening and then after BnS I'm suppose to go have coffee with some friends. 
• Sunday - Blacky finally gets down to the groomers it's been way too long and I ended up giving him a silly hair cut a couple weeks ago just so the poor dear wouldn't be so hot while his groomer was gone on vacation. I will probably go grocery shopping again Sunday. 

Last Week

Ah... Last week. I worked a bunch and never did get down to the gym... again. 

Friday I said, "let's cook out!" because it was going to be a hot day so that is what we did. I invited Johanna to come over with her baby Nora because her fiance wouldn't be home until late from work and then one of our other friends and her daughter came over too and we had a cookout and then started a fire and made smores!

Saturday there was the OMG Convention preview. They had a little cosplay competition, video games, board games, etc. I really didn't get to be in there for very long.

See what happened is Friday, remember Friday? Well it bled into Saturday aka I slept in as did Peter. By time we got out the door it was 10:30 which was no real biggie since the convention hall is only like a 5 minute drive but on our way there Katherine went full on exorcist in the car... Just BLARG!!! all over the back of my car because she had spun herself in my computer chair right after eating breakfast so we had to turn around and I dropped off the family so they could get Katherine cleaned up and see if she was feeling any better later and I went off to the car wash where I gave my car a good scrub on the inside. Katherine did feel better though so we loaded back up in the car but by that time it was time for lunch so we took the kids to Feta Pizza and then Peter and the girls walked over to the convention and I went back home to meet a lady I know for my massage hour... always nice to know someone going through massage school. Afterwards though I did go back by the convention just to check it out for a few minutes and play a few video games in japanese so we never knew which option we were choosing.
It was then time for Brielle to start getting cleaned up and for us to have a quick dinner (and the parents a quick nap) and then I took Brielle to her orchestra concert at the performing arts center. 

They were the lobby entertainment for the cities professional orchestra.
There for a little bit I got to join the orchestra during practice because the bass player was sprinting there just having come from a play and she forgot her music so I got to be a page turner because I actually am or was a musician... I played for a lot of years but I'm rusty but I got back into it. I found it entertaining to be back in the orchestra again.  

That evening we left the kiddos to their own devices for a little while and went over to a friends to hangout around the fire and talk for a little bit. It's nice when the kids are old enough you can leave the house for a little bit (mind you with everyone making sure they had cellphone charge and going over the rules and locking everything up and generally being a bit over protective). Pete and I stayed and talked for awhile then came home to tackles the next day.

Sunday I picked up Johanna and we went out grocery shopping that was about the extent of the day. Peter went to a play later that evening and the girls hadn't gotten all the dishes done yet so I ended up taking the girls out for Taco Bell because I didn't want to mess around in a kitchen with dirty dishes in it. I nagged the girls a bit but overall we came home in a better mood than when we left because I wasn't happy about the state of their chores when we were leaving.