Monday Morning Musings - Apocalyptic Style

American Idol down to the last two! For the record, I predicted long long long ago that these two would be in the finale. We just finished watching last weeks episodes the other day. At one point, when Scotty (Addy's fav) was back in his hometown, he was crying. Zac said, "Real cowboys don't cry". And Addy got up in his face and gave him the evil eye and said, "HE IS A REAL COWBOY!!!"

Addy loves going to story time at the library every week. It is something she looks forward to all week long. And it is a bonus day for her because her best friend Auntie La La comes with us and spends the whole day with us on library day. Last week it was pig day at story time. There's Miss Addy in the pink and black coat (yes we are still havin' stinkin' coat weather!) and pig get up she got to make.

Saturday was the big Old Navy $1 Flip Flop Sale. My girls have been looking forward to it for over a month now. We were up at 6:20 AM, in line outside Old Navy at 6:50 AM, doors opened at 7 AM, we were loaded up with 20 pairs of flip flops (there was a limit of 5 pairs per person) and were in line to pay by 7:15 AM, and back in our car by 7:25 AM. Here's what we came away with:

The thing about it is, my girls think it is awesome to go out and pick out that many new pairs of shoes at a time, because when does that ever happen? NEVER. And now they have shoes to match everything all summer long. But really, the best part about it is when it is time to go somewhere, when there are this many pairs of flip flops in the house, everyone is bound to find some kind of shoes and be in the car in under 2 minutes flat. Except Addy. Who on Monday morning (2 days after buying these shoes) could not find one pair of matching shoes. Serious.

Saturday was a marathon day for us. The girls and I left Old Navy and went straight to pick up our food co-op. We went home, ate breakfast, showered and got dressed, and went to the church. We had a Mother/Daughter Activity Days Spa and Luncheon. Activity Days is a program in our church for 8-11 year old girls. I was just recently called to serve as an Activity Days Leader, so the girls and I were there early to set up and late to take down.

Steve and Zac were at work all morning and afternoon so Addy came to the Activity with us. When we got home I left to go buy plants for my garden since Saturday was to be our only non rainy day in who knows how long. I got back and went to work in the garden. In the meantime Steve and Zac came home and then Steve and Aubrey left for a Blaze football game and Zac went to mow my mom's lawn. I was so determined to get that garden planted before nightfall! I sent Emily in with Addy to make dinner and get Addy ready for bed. I worked until it was dark outside and almost had the garden ready to be planted. I was so sad. But I did as much as I could that day. I hit the ground running at 6:20 AM and didn't stop for a minute until after 9:00 that night. It has been raining ever since then, but cleared up this afternoon. So hopefully tomorrow I will have the garden in!


On Saturday, my sister Lauren participated in Regionals for Special Olympics. That girl cleaned up! She came home with 2 Gold Medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze! We are so proud of her!

On Monday morning in between rain storms, Addy and I went for a walk. I told her to go and get dressed and once again she came up with a most fabulous outfit.

I am determined to get the city to put a fence up between my yard and the trail. What I haven't put on my blog since my last chicken attack post is that only a few days after that attack, we had a chicken killed by an unleashed dog. Or really, 3 unleashed dogs. I can't stand it anymore. I can't go all summer worrying about my kids and my chickens and my garden. I was planning on going to the city with only my chicken sob story. But then Steve reminded me about all the many runaway horses we have had in our yard. And not only the run away horses, but all the horses with riders who ride right straight through our yard. When the trail is RIGHT. THERE. HELLO! So Sunday I just happened to be walking back from my neighbors house and spotted some horse tracks right there in the mud in our yard. I took a picture and showed how far off the trail and how far into our yard they are. I also took a picture that same day of a kid riding his bike through our yard, but I just took it for fun- not evidence, kids in my yard don't bother me. I wouldn't want to be like Grumpy Old Shirtless Lawn Mowing Man, now would I? And just pretend like my yard isn't just a bunch of weeds and dirt. We actually planted grass seed here last fall but the only thing coming up is weeds. But the other side of the yard looks great!

On Sunday night, Zac informed us that even though the world did not come to an end the day before, there was going to be a Zombie apocalypse the following day. Emily and I both looked at him like he was crazy and said, "WHAT?" at the same time. Then he got all exasperated and said, "WHY DOESN'T ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS WHEN I TELL THEM? ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A ZOMBIE IS? AND DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT AN APOCALYPSE IS?" And then were were like, "Dude. Calm down. People aren't looking at you like they don't know what a zombie or an apocalypse is. They are looking at you like you are just plain weird."