Katie gets to go to wearing her retainer nights only, I had NO CAVATIES...Kevin had cavaties and needs a crown....
bought new fridge filters.....forgot my note with #s.....and we got one wrong filter. (sigh). flea stuff arrived, got dogs dosed. dog stuff at Orshelins. supper El Napol. Hy-Vee. home where Kevin showed his guns to Katie, she is wanting to go deer hunting with him.
KJ is doing his 'week out' at a KC high school, so he is bunking with his big sister and hanging out with Josh & Val in his spare time. called him for a sec on our way home. our little boy is growing up....
stayed home. watched Nightmare Before Christmas, then gave ourselves the heebie jeebies watching Villica Living With a Mystery... THEN I journeyed to the basement to do some laundry. freaked myself out. a cold wicked wind is blowing....and ordered different flea medicine. Daisy is infested....doped her twice last month, picking fleas off her constantly, spraying the furniture and the house....enough. also got some stuff for her coat...she has chewed off all the fur she can get to. and a flea trap with refills. enough is enough.
set up a GS Let's Be Thankful & Bake a Pie meeting for Sunday nite. will see if Chase can go shopping with us Sat....she wants $ for the mall for her birthday. We always did that for Koren in high school....
I am thankful for :
...my upbringing
...the years I had with my dad
...the years to come with my mom
...the brother & sisters I had no use for when I was younger and now can't imagine life without
...the man I fell in love with in high school
..
.our three wonderful children
...the glimpses I see in them of those who have gone on before
.
..the village that has helped us raise them
...the opportunities they have
...steady paychecks
...health insurance
...the roof over our heads
...the food on the table
...paid for vehicles in the driveway
...good health
...a comfortable lifestyle
...modern conveniences
...thirty years of marriage
...the chance to be a grandmother
...good friends
...time to read
...date nights
...our small town lifestyle
...the colors of autumn
...memories
...hopes & dreams
...freedom of speech
...Troop 8044
...days off
...circuses where the trapeze lady sells you your tickets
but I can ponder this all day at work....
and all looked fabulous for Chase's arrival. Kevin took the girls to lunch uptown. Koren called, we changed her Thanksgiving to the 23rd...so I will take Miss Katie to the city to buy her Sperry's this weekend. Katie, Vivian, and Chase went to her surprise Birthday bonfire. She was wearing the new jacket Chase got for her birthday.
we picked up Vivian, ordered Casey's pizza and hung out at Lake Paho while they made it, and now there is the sound of laughter coming from her room.
I feel guilty...tomorrow is her birthday, I didn't get anything on her list.....too $$$$. in fact, we have gotten her nothing at all. I am such a loser. her friends have planned a surprise bonfire for her tomorrow nite....thank God for them!
