As I was going to bed Friday night I realized that my day could be summed up in series of words.\u00a0 Here they are.<\/p>\n
REST <\/strong><\/p>\n Boys didn’t have school on Friday because of conferences so we got to sleep until 8:30.<\/p>\n YUM <\/strong><\/p>\n Morning coffee mixed with organic chocolate milk- my favorite!<\/p>\n \u00a0BREATHE<\/strong><\/p>\n Another warm day, threw open doors and windows. \u00a0 And took a deep breath.<\/p>\n FRUSTRATION <\/strong><\/p>\n Find Shiloh chewing the head off an army guy, bad dog A couple of extra boys in the house<\/p>\n PEACE <\/strong><\/p>\n Boys all playing well<\/p>\n HUMOR <\/strong><\/p>\n One of my friends wants a bunch of our RubberMaid bins to pack up stuff before she starts a big home remodel.<\/p>\n I told Austin and his buddy Matthew to load up the wagon and take them down to Matthew’s mom (they live down the street).\u00a0 So I watch as they\u00a0 mumble and complain and load the wagon up with this tall tower of bins, a very top heavy tower.<\/p>\n They manage to get it out to the street (we live at the top of a hill) and Matthew decides he will pull it.\u00a0 He starts to run with the wagon- the bins leaning one way and then the other as they are about to topple.\u00a0 The wagon starts gaining on him, his flip flops go flying as he tries to run faster.\u00a0 Our elderly neighbors stop raking leaves to watch, our friend Peggy is heading up the street towards Matthew in her car.\u00a0 Austin is laughing so hard he can’t keep up, I get off the road and onto the sidewalk.\u00a0 Matthew manages to steer the wagon into the curb, resulting in some lids and such flying out of the wagon.\u00a0 Crash. Peggy stops her car- laughing and asking what we are doing- “don’t ask” I said.\u00a0\u00a0 We make it down to Matthew’s house, losing a few in the middle of the road.\u00a0 Later when I told Andy about it he said, “did you give them any guidance about how to get them down there??”\u00a0 Now why would I have done that??<\/p>\n RELIEF (sorta) Andy calls and says that he is going to leave work at 3 since they boys are off of school.\u00a0 But then tells me that he’s taking Austin and Matthew to the new James Bond movie.\u00a0 Oh, so he gets off work early but then takes the EASY kid.<\/p>\n RELIEF AGAIN <\/strong><\/p>\n When the other two don’t pitch a fit about Austin going to the movie and are happy watching Kung Fu Panda at home (again) with me.<\/p>\n SWEET <\/strong><\/p>\n Cole asking Blake’s guitar teacher if he will teach him to play guitar too<\/p>\n COOL <\/strong><\/p>\n Blake learning to play Elvis- A little less conversation<\/p>\n WORK <\/strong><\/p>\n Cutting, bagging, photography, editing<\/p>\n CLEAN <\/strong><\/p>\n clothes, dishes, floors, boys<\/p>\n PROUD<\/strong><\/p>\n When I went out to the front yard to rake the leaves to curb I took Barley the Golden Retriever with me.\u00a0 She sat out there with me and did not bark, chase, or even get up when about 10 different dogs walked by with their owners.\u00a0 Even when I went next door to do Kitty Jo’s leaves she stayed put.\u00a0 What a good girl- of course it helps that she is big and lazy.\u00a0 Love her.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n HAPPY <\/strong><\/p>\n Blue Jackets kicked some serious booty against Buffalo.<\/p>\n GOOD <\/strong><\/p>\n A very good day \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I was going to bed Friday night I realized that my day could be summed up in series of words.\u00a0 Here they are. REST Boys didn’t have school on Friday because of conferences so we got to sleep until 8:30. YUM Morning coffee mixed with organic chocolate milk- my favorite! \u00a0BREATHE Another warm day, threw open doors and windows. \u00a0 And took a deep breath. FRUSTRATION Find Shiloh chewing the head off an army guy, bad dog FRIENDS A couple of extra boys in the house PEACE Boys all playing well HUMOR One of my friends wants a bunch of our RubberMaid bins to pack up stuff before she starts a big home remodel. I told Austin and his buddy Matthew to load up the wagon and take them down to Matthew’s mom (they live down the street).\u00a0 So I watch as they\u00a0 mumble and complain and load the wagon up with this tall tower of bins, a very top heavy tower. They manage to get it out to the street (we live at the top of a hill) and Matthew decides he will pull it.\u00a0 He starts to run with the wagon- the bins leaning one way and then the other as they are about to topple.\u00a0 The wagon starts gaining on him, his flip flops go flying as he tries to run faster.\u00a0 Our elderly neighbors stop raking leaves to watch, our friend Peggy is heading up the street towards Matthew in her car.\u00a0 Austin is laughing so hard he can’t keep up, I get off the road and onto the sidewalk.\u00a0 Matthew manages to steer the wagon into the curb, resulting in some lids and such flying out of the wagon.\u00a0 Crash. Peggy stops her car- laughing and asking what we are doing- “don’t ask” I said.\u00a0\u00a0 We make it down to Matthew’s house, losing a few in the middle of the road.\u00a0 Later when I told Andy about it he said, “did you give them any guidance about how to get them down there??”\u00a0 Now why would I have done that?? RELIEF (sorta) Andy calls and says that he is going to leave work at 3 since they boys are off of school.\u00a0 But then tells me that he’s taking Austin and Matthew to the new James Bond movie.\u00a0 Oh, so he gets off work early but then takes the EASY kid. RELIEF AGAIN When the other two don’t pitch a fit about Austin going to the movie and are happy watching Kung Fu Panda at home (again) with me. SWEET Cole asking Blake’s guitar teacher if he will teach him to play guitar too COOL Blake learning to play Elvis- A little less conversation WORK Cutting, bagging, photography, editing CLEAN clothes, dishes, floors, boys PROUD When I went out to the front yard to rake the leaves to curb I took Barley the Golden Retriever with me.\u00a0 She sat out there with me and did not bark, chase, or even get up when about 10 different dogs walked by with their owners.\u00a0 Even when I went next door to do Kitty Jo’s leaves she stayed put.\u00a0 What a good girl- of course it helps that she is big and lazy.\u00a0 Love her.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 HAPPY Blue Jackets kicked some serious booty against Buffalo. 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