This post is the catch-all from the past month of fun or interesting things that we've done that I didn't feel fit anywhere else.
I snagged a picture of Juliet, from the team fb page, presenting with her group in Englis class!
Aunt Wanda sent us these cool Jerusalem Roses to enjoy. We had fun watching them refresh, but they didn't ever get quite as luscious as the pamphlet showed.
William's was a dud, so we replaced his four days in.
I didn't quite snap the picture of the coupon fast enough, but when I found an empty soda can in the Walmart parking lot, I took it inside, and recycled it, so I got cents off of my purchase, thanks to the refund coupon. Maybe you had to be there, but I was excited.
Billy's grill cover was looking pretty sad after two years outside, so we replaced it with the exact same cover. The color difference is pretty telling.
For my birthday, Billy bought me some new luggage, and it was the easiest product registration that I'd ever done! 10/10 would recommend. Also, I'm super excited about my new luggage.
I took some pictures of my girls at their fall fest, while they were in the Bingo room.
At an estate sale, my mom and I were using some baskets to hold all of our treasures, and when I got home and washed them, I found that I had the matching large one already! Small excitements!
At the thrift store I was so excited, then so disappointed. I thought I'd found a Skippy Jon Jones stuffy! My mom and I have been searching for this stuffed animal since Emily was in first grade, and we've found one, ever. = ( So, this one would have been number two, and the coloring was right, but once uncovered, I found it was not Skippy Jon Jones. After some consideration as to what price I would pay to buy a 'fake' Skippy, we checked out and he came in under budget! Emily made a collar with a name tag, so now Ms. Jones is the proud owner of Skippy Jones Jon.. = ) She and her students were delighted, and we will continue to look for the genuine article.
Kristy took me out for coffee for my Birthday, and while we were out, we hit the table Goodwill in Charlotte! We spent two and a half hours there, finding lots of good, funny, and odd items. This pair of long johns reminded me of a M*A*S*H episode, so I sent it to Billy. = )
One early release Wednesday, I promised Emily that I would take her to Plato's closet to sell the clothing that she cleaned out of her closet. In order to beef up her budget, she helped me return some cans and bottles to Kroger before we went, and we got $6.70 back. This is obviously a big deal. lol. (6-7)
While shopping, we found some interesting things! I had warned her that she would probably only get a couple of bucks for one or two items, but they offered her over $60 for her items! Despite trying on many pairs of jeans, she only found a single pair to bring home, and after a discussion about what would be fair, split the rest of the profit.
Grace got the only child treatment one day, because she came with up on a Sam's Club run, and we went to explore the newly renovated fish ladder park. It was very musically themed!
Billy and I have been watching the Longmire series, and I talked him into a least trying out the audiobooks, because I enjoyed the entire book series. He listened for a few days, and enjoyed it, but never found a way to permanently incorporate it into his schedule. It probably didn't help that he was trying to look up a character, and it spoiled the book because that character was the murderer.
Speaking of Longmire, we're watching it on Roku, with ads. So, we have this game going where we try to guess the next commercial. It's been pretty entertaining, though with the Christmas season upon us, the ads are way more varied (and harder to guess) than they were. One of the ads was for Ulta, which Billy had never heard of, so when I saw it advertised at the gas station, I felt compelled to send it his way.
William had his tooth extraction surgery, which was a far less stressful procedure than when they extracted the bottom tooth with minimal anesthesia in the spring. Poor guy, it was awful. We had to get his dentist added to his pre-approval page, and wait until after his thirteenth birthday, which was no problem. However, two days before his procedure. they called to say his doctor hadn't been added!!! I was so stressed. I called my insurance contact at the state, and she was able to pull a blinder, and somehow got the doctor added (they had given me only one of the two NPI numbers that needed to be added in May) in under 24 hours!!! I couldn't believe it. I had already called the office (and left a message, because they were shorthanded and didn't have people answering the phones.) So, had to call them back to let them know it was still on. Luckily, it had never been cancelled.
He had to fast, so his appointment was at 8am. My mom came over to get the girls on the bus. While we didn't have snow, it was dark and misty out. He did great though, and is already back on a regular diet.
I know it's December, but we finally took Grace out for her one-on-one birthday dinner! Her request was for a place with Boba Tea and Ramen. Billy used AI to find a place in Frandor that serves both!
I also got a boba!
And Billy and I split a teriyaki chicken bento box. It was quite good!
Last week I took Billy's car in to get his oil changed. While I was driving along, his tire pressure sensor warning was also cycling through the warnings. So, while I was in the oil changing bay, I called to see what the wait looked like at discount tire. He estimated 1-1.5 hours, so once I finished up at the oil change place, I got his car signed in at Discount tire.
I watched him check the sensor on each tire, so I got to learn how the sensors work! One battery was completely dead, and the other three were on red, so we had all four of them swapped out. While I waited, it was a pretty enough day, that I went to get a Thanksgiving pedicure! It looked really good, but I had to leave to go get Alice, and unfortunately not all of the paint had set, so it rubbed in my shoe. So, a picture against my dirty floorboard is the only one I've got.
Billy found an entertainment center and food court in downtown Lansing. They have 'inside' shuffle board in an enclosed patio. They did have heaters going, but it was still pretty cold in there! Alice didn't want to go, as she wasn't feeling great, so we were just a group of 6, and played on two teams. We ordered some nachos, sushi, taquitos, and baklava from various shops around the food court to enjoy!
It was really fun, and William was quite good at it!
In addition to cornhole, they also had a Nintendo switch setup, sadly, it hadn't been charged the night before, so the kids didn't' actually get to play.
The twins did get to watch Bluey for a little while, but they were just watching while waiting on their turn for the switch, so when that didn't pan out, it was time to go.
This was a good month full of fun little moments, but you can tell the weather has changed, since all the pictures were indoors! Here's to even more fun indoor moments!
later days
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