- I was able to sleep until my alarm this morning, but I was not able to sleep until my snooze alarm was up. By this time, Marley was awake-once she does wake up and especially after she hears me get out of bed, her barks just become louder and louder.
- My goal is to get completely ready and put the laundry from the dryer into my basket before getting her. However, most mornings I just have to get half way read-pants and shoes-so I can take her out and not scare the neighbors.
- I do really like the dogs most of the time, but I'm just tired of them. For example, by the time I had left the house this morning at 9:30 I had taken the dogs out 6 different times plus since this is Saturday I didn't even think about brushing their teeth, brushing them, or taking them on a walk.
- Campbell and I dropped Keaton off at her first birthday party at Blue House Bakery. They had muffins, and then they ended up doing some shopping in the boutiques nearby. Campbell and I went to a wedding shower this morning, and when we left, we picked up Keaton and took her to her second birthday party where they ate and painted pottery.
- When we came home, Campbell went outside and tanned (or should I say burned), and I took a nap. We didn't get to be home long because we had to pick up Keaton from her party, and then we headed to the Banana Ball baseball game.
- Graham opted to stay home and watch basketball so I took his ticket (we just had 5). The game was definitely something to see-it is basically like the Harlem Globetrotters times 50 but with baseball. There was always something to look at-music, dancing, games, fireworks, plus they were playing a baseball game the whole time too.
- When the game was over, we came home and watched the end of the Bryant basketball game before eventually heading to bed.
March 14, 2026
March 13, 2026
- I read relieved when Marley woke up this morning looking well. Last night Campbell saw her gobble up a wasp and then quickly spit it out. I was pretty convinced that after a few minutes, I could see that the side of her mouth was a bit swollen. She loves ice so we made sure that she ate quite a bit during the evening, and by bedtime I couldn't see the swelling anymore.
- This is the second Friday that I have done a good bit of crocheting. I have to do my crocheting standing at the bar when Marley is awake, so this is also the second Friday that my legs have been super tired! However, I'm getting close to finishing up all of my yarn for this blanket...now I just have to buy more yarn to put it all together!
- I did another subtest of the ACT this morning with Whitman, Keaton, and Campbell. Everyone's scores were different this time, but Campbell did tie Whitman's score on this section. Since I had to wake them up to do this, I had candy laying at the table waiting on them and made pancakes for breakfast/lunch afterwards.
- Campbell and Graham went to work and dropped Keaton off at Lily's house so she could do Keaton's nails. Then I picked up Keaton, and we ran to Trader Joe's to buy some things for all of Keaton's parties tomorrow. (She has two birthday parties-this the second week in a row that she has had two parties on the same day.)
- When Campbell walked in the door from work today, she and Keaton pretty much walked back out. They spend the evening babysitting. Graham spend the evening watching basketball, while Whitman spent a good bit of time playing on his Switch.
- Robby and I ran some errands tonight and grabbed some pimento cheese bites from the store to try as part of our supper-we tried them but won't need to try them again!
March 12, 2026
- Campbell and Keaton left first this morning for work. I woke Graham up fairly early too, and Whitman and I did our morning reading together. I really enjoy the book that we are reading together so I wish that we made more time to read on these Thursday mornings.
- Whitman knocked out most of his school work early, but it was still a busy morning. Graham had a test today which was quite difficult for him to take because he had to jump through quite a few hoops to get the computer to work for the test.
- When the girls came home this afternoon, they both headed outside. Keaton walked, Campbell laid on the trampoline, and even Graham ran. Bentley saw everyone outside, and she was not happy at all because she wanted to be out there with everyone else. I relented and did let her hang out on the trampoline with Campbell for a while.
- Keaton and Campbell left again to go back to church and work some more this evening. I left right after they did to meet Robby. We ran some errands and came home with pizza for the boys. The girls are already back home so now it is the best part of the evening-all of the kids are home (well, most of them), and I'm sitting on the couch.
March 11, 2026
- This was the hardest morning to wake up since we have changed our clocks because it was so dark and dreary outside when it was time to wake up. I could barely see how to get to Marley's kennel to let her out.
- Even though it was hard, I was able to get everyone awake and doing their school at a decent time this morning. We are certainly starting to finish school work around here, but no one's school is really getting any easier since I just keep adding things.
- Campbell and Graham went to work today-they said that it was pretty quiet there, but they were able to find enough things to keep them busy. They came home just in time for Campbell to leave with me.
- I just had the library to go to on the way to church, but it was about to rain so I had to hurry. Then we made it to church. The girls jumped out, but I sat in the car for a bit. However, it did start raining so I scurried to grab my things and run into the church house.
- After church, all of his ended up stopping at ChickFIlA. Keaton drove with us, but when she saw that her friends were there with Campbell and Graham she opted to join them. Whitman and I came home and ate after taking the dogs out.
- Now everyone is already home, and I'm about to try to sit on the couch for a little bit before bed-possibly with some hot chocolate.
March 10, 2026
- We didn't sleep in this morning, so we started bright and early. It wasn't really bright today either, but at least it wasn't rainy. Everyone did their school work, though no one had started on their work the night before.
- Marley usually takes her morning nap at 9:30, but I have moved it back to 10 lately. She still, however, is waking up at 11:30, but I just let her stay in her kennel until noon or whenever I'm finished working with the kids. Today, Graham finally rescued her because Whitman and I were still working well after noon.
- Whitman, Campbell, Keaton, and I met some friends at the Food Bank today. We helped bag food for school kids to take home on Friday afternoons. Our group, us and a lot of other people, bagged over 1500 bags while we were there.
- We celebrated our hard work with Sonic. We had already ordered when Graham, who must have been tracking us, requested a drink. Since he had Marley duty, he did get a drink too. Graham also made supper tonight-he wants to have a few meals ready to take when he house sits, so tonight we were trying one of his out. I thought it was really good-I would change the pasta that we used, but other than that it was pretty tasty.
- Whitman and I played a game this afternoon. We did the same thing yesterday too, and while we were playing the game I was kind of working a puzzle that is on the table. Yesterday, Marley watched me work the puzzle, and I guess that she thought it was actually food and not just pictures of doughnuts because she jumped onto the table! I'm sure I will not have all of the pieces to this puzzle.
- After supper, everyone went their separate ways, and Robby and I are waiting to watch our show later tonight.
March 9, 2026
- Keaton and Whitman convinced me to start school an hour later this morning since everyone had already done much of their school work already, plus it was the first day after turning the clocks back. I agreed even though the agreement included us doing our morning together work at noon.
- School time went smoothly even though everyone does have a lot of work to do with me right now. Plus, there was a the storm that came through-Marley was sleeping, but Bentley doesn't like storms so she settled herself in Robby's office for a while and then beside Campbell as we worked together.
- We did our work together during lunch like I said that I would. Usually, Robby showers while we work together and keeps Marley with him. Today thankfully, Campbell was around during some of our reading time to watch Marley, but then the rest of the time she was with us-this caused Keaton to cover up herself with a blanket while Whitman crawled into the kennel leaving me out with the dog.
- Campbell and Graham went to work this afternoon. While they were gone, I even forgot that Keaton was here because I only saw her once. Whitman and I did play a game this afternoon, and I worked some of a puzzle.
- It was around 5 when Robby wrote asking if I wanted to come and shop with him. I ended up riding with the Wilson's to Walmart and then meeting Robby. We did a few orders before meeting back up for supper.
- Now it is almost bedtime, but Robby and I have some computer work to do before bedtime!
March 8, 2026
- This was Time Change Sunday so we were moving a little bit slowly. The "we" I mean is Robby, the boys, and me. Campbell and Keaton had to greet this morning at the doors so they were awake and heading to church before I even had Whitman out of the bed.
- After church we talked for a bit, and then we hurried to Grannymom's house for Sunday lunch. She had a yummy soup along with a delicious lemon cake. Lilly was there because she is home for the weekend, and Les and Shelley even showed up on their way home.
- When we left there, Robby and I ran to the store really quickly while the kids headed home. When we made it home, Marley had already been up for a while, so she took a nap while Robby and I took a nap!
- Before too long it was time for everyone to leave. Keaton left with Robby to go to her lifegroup first. Robby let her drive there and even back home. Whitman left with Graham and Campbell. They dropped him off at his lifegroup before going to their Dgroups at the church house. This left me all alone at the house. I did work on Graham's transcript, but other than that I did nothing at all!
- We all met back up at the Wilson's house (except for Whitman) for Sunday supper. Shannon had hot dogs and ice cream for supper-the supper was good, but the visiting was better. The kids left, and we stayed a bit longer before heading home for the saddest part of the weekend.
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