Longest time...

So, I've gone and done it! I didn't meet my weekly posting goal of ONE post per week. I knew it would happen sooner or later. I am not full of any creative writing juices today so I'll just give you all a basic rundown since the last time I posted.

I'll work backwards since my memory is best for today.

TODAY~Saturday 8th:

We got up early and Az didn't have a fever and was feeling well enough to participate in his soccer game. In quite a harried rush we made it to the field by 8:25am. This is NO SMALL FEAT with so many of us to get ready and eat etc. (read SO MANY THAT MOM HAS TO GET READY)! I always feel very proud of us when we get out early and everyone is dressed and fed! Soccer was fun as usual then we ran by an ACE hardware just to pass the time and look around. That was fun. The things that amuse us when we get older, eh? After ACE we went to get Mark and Az's hair cuts. They came out looking pretty good. The girls and I went to Target across the street to browse for the short while they were getting shorn. After hair cuts we splurged by using our ENTERTAINMENT fund to go out to luch at a restaurant. That was a nice change but the children were very antsy and LOUD so it could have been a more pleasant experience. That said, compared to other kids they were really well behaved. We came home and CLEANED and CLEANED and CLEANED. It seems our big cleaning day is Saturday lately. Not the ideal because we should be enjoying our weekend without all the work to have to do. After cleaning I mowed the lawns and now I sit here taking a break and writing to whomever is reading this boring post. I did get an opportunity while mowing to test my new all NATURAL deodorant...guess what? It actually WORKS!!! I can't believe it. Body odor is pretty offensive to me and I just assumed that any product not loaded with aluminum, or whatever it is that's also dangerous for our health, would not work well. This is a Tom's Of Maine product that uses HOPS, of all things, to inhibit the nasty smells. Perhaps a good splash of beer under our arms daily would also be a good remedy? Seriously though, there's lots of other natural goodness in it as well and I would now highly recommend it after putting it to the test. I've been wearing it all week but today's the first day I've really worked up any sort of sweat. OK...now you know more than you ever wanted to know about my underarm health and hygiene. On to the present...we are awaiting the arrival of my brother and his family. Weather or not they will actually arrive is not known but he said he was coming...so we'll see. The kids are VERY excited.

The next day...NOW it's Sunday night. Shane and family DID show up around 8pm. We enjoyed their visit and the kids had a BLAST! They left around 9:30PM so then we all went to bed. Today was a busy day. Mark was sick with a headache. He and Az stayed home while Avi, the baby, and I did the library run. After that we went to get Avi's hair trimmed up again. It's SO cute. The little A-Line cut is perfect for her. Darling! We went back home and cleaned out the truck. We decided to head to Grandma Trudy's after all. Mark will be out of town for work for a night so we thought we'd have a little adventure, the kids and I. Oh, by the way, the deodorant is NOT as great as I thought. Too good to be true or perhaps I just needed to reapply after a certain time. I might just go back to aluminum. Ok...back to life here...Oh yeah, the truck is clean, we took Condi to the kennel, I've been packing and preparing and all that goes along with going away and it's now MIDNIGHT!!! I guess we should get to bed. I just wanted to finish this as it's been sitting here. I will never make it back to what happenend in the last week and a half so we'll start from this message now and work forward as I am able to make an entry. Heck, I can barely remember what happened YESTERDAY much less a week ago. All the more reason to write in here daily to have a record! Mom will be busy while we are visiting so we won't see much of her but I plan to hang out with my sister-in-law and an old friend or two in our short, unplanned, overnight adventure! Adios for now. I'll take some photos to post of our adventure in a couple days. Blessings and LOVE to anyone reading this scattered posting.
~Kimberly~