The Weekly Review VIII

Sunday~

A lovely day. I missed the sermon because I was singing and learning about Naaman with the preschool/kindergartners. Harrison helped me with Bible Hour, often Margaret does but he asked if he could this time. After church we went to lunch at Chili's with the Fredericks, it was yummy. It was the hot spot for people from church to come. Two other tables were full of fellow church of Christer's. Then we went to Sam's because I had used up the last of my yeast for supper on Saturday night. Travis was a little perturbed when he came out of the bathroom and my cart was full and he thought all we were coming for was yeast. I got 11 pounds of apples. I hadn't bought any for a long while because they have been expensive and they weren't very good looking, these were fairly reasonable and very good looking. They have been delicious. The kids love apples so they have been a wonderful treat. This evening we went to the Salvation Army up the road a bit to hear the Alzen Family. Nahum and Deborah went with us. Travis had to work so he was disappointed he couldn't go. I like the Salvation army's music! They have a full brass band for their singing. It was pretty neat. It sounded like on Sunday mornings they have more players and it looked like they use a couple pianos as well. Their attendance was typical for Sunday evening attendance, average age 65 and fairly sparse. Next week they are having a Christian Illusionist, that sounds interesting. Harrison thinks we ought to check it out.

Monday~

Henry had a check up. His weight and all is really good but we need to feed him less table food and more dog food as he has too much plaque build up on his teeth, Travis needs to brush them more is another solution, I think. I needed to mail a few things so Gregory and Beatrice chose to ride their bikes with me there. So did Deborah, Nahum, Kristina, and Holten. After we were through at the post office we played at a nearby park for a little while. Holten and Nahum weren't so sure that was a good idea since Harrison wasn't along but the other four thought we ought too and 4 against 2 wins.

Tuesday~

Margaret lost two teeth, by force today. They were going to impede the growth of the next teeth so the orthodontists recommended that we remove them now. The removal went smoothly. They had really long roots still so it took a little pulling, I guess. She and Harrison also had their instrument lessons. I did some sewing and lots of laundry because we are forcasted to have lots of rain the rest of this week.

Wednesday~

Speaking of rain we got gallons of it today. Huge quantities. Harrison and Margaret each had check ups at their Dr. It had been a few years since they had been in to see her so we decided that it was time for a physical for them. Harrison, Dr. Gobel assured me is going to be a very big guy when he gets through with this growing business. They are both good and healthy. Since Dr. Gobel is near where they throw horseshoes I had originally planned to have a picnic but the weather wasn't so promising it had been raining off and on all morning so we went to a new Aldi near there. Then I called to see about the plan for horseshoes and it was cancelled. So we headed home and stopped at Rainbow on the way to get the good deals for the week and pick up Travis' epi pen from the pharmacy. After we got home it started to really rain. Hard. It poured. The kids went out and played in it for awhile. They were soaked through and through. The street was under water. It really was fun being out in it. I started to call them in once because it got super windy for just a little while but it was almost over with the wind by the time I got them to hear me. Then we went to church. Beatrice and Gregory helped me choose the snack for my class while we were at Rainbow. Snack crackers and cheese whiz. They were different shapes so the kids laid them out to look like a man and then we put cheese on to look like lots of hair because we studied Samson tonight.

Thursday~

Beatrice had a shop selling her arts today and Gregory went hunting. I also made a delicious blueberry upside down cake. So very yummy. Friday~

My helpers came down in uniform. Camping T shirts and navy blue shorts. We baked Banana bread, banana cake and regular whole wheat bread. We also went shopping for we had some birthdays and a wedding shower to prepare for. It was a slow trip because I was in the mood to look at clearance racks and others were in the mood too. I am trying to decide what to do about shopping and Deborah. She feels totally rejected if I don't allow her to come so she hasn't missed many outings since summer began, but when I get something for my kids (like shoes, watches) she feels left out in my not buying for her. Naturally I always buy for her if we are eating. So, I have been deliberating on the proper protocol on that. I have been sewing a fairy costume for Beatrice out of some silk shirts that I saved because of the pretty colors. It is a tedious process. Harrison kicked Nahum in the shin instead of the soccer ball by accident this evening and he wasn't wearing any shoes. He now has a swollen spot the size of a golf ball just down from his ankle. He isn't walking very well, in fact he isn't. He is hopping. We have iced it and hope that during his sleep it will heal.

Saturday~

The swelling has gone down some but walking is very uncomfortable. We were all planning to go to Como Zoo to meet some of the Blanshans for the morning but Harrison and Travis stayed home. We had a nice visit at the zoo although it was very hot and crowded. We got to watch Sparky. A lot of the animals thought it was to hot to move so they were all pretty quiet. The puma was active and so was the Siberian Tiger. My camera was giving me weird signals so I didn't take any pictures there. I didn't want to erase the memory by accident since I had a few pictures on it I didn't want to loose. When I showed it to Travis at home later it was perfectly normal and worked just fine this evening.

Then we went over to Ellsworth, WI to a friends for some friends wedding shower. Harrison and Margaret picked raspberries for them and for us to bring home. Margaret wants me to make a pie with them. That does sound good. I had been planning to make plain old kefir with them but she thought that would be a waste. We almost didn't get any berries because it started to rain but they braved the weather and got a nice amount. It really didn't rain very much until we got home. Around 8pm it started to rain and then we had all sorts of storminess. Travis' train was stopped because of the tornado watch and they had to wait until it passed. We camped out in the basement and read and sewed. The kids chose to sleep down there as well, to be on the safe side. ~Anna