- Campbell was not supposed to work today, but they called yesterday asking if she could so she left early this morning. Normally, she would only have been gone during the morning, but one of her babysitting families called in a panic needing someone to watch their sick kid during the afternoon so she did that after.
- Thankfully, she had done a little bit of her school work last night. Tonight Keaton and Campbell had a Mother's Day Out party. They took potato soup-I doubled the recipe so they had enough soup to feed at least 25 people, but I think there wasn't even half that number there. She has already wrote to tell me that she will take the leftovers to church on Thursday.
- Whitman and I read this morning, and I'm pretty sure that he and I will read again next year as well. With everyone else, I have let them graduate from reading with me in the 9th grade, but man, there are so many excellent things to read that I just do not want to stop!
- Keaton and Whitman were pretty chatty this morning working on their work, but they both finished in plenty of time today. After lunch, Whitman and I had a few things to do. Then the rest of the afternoon I stayed pretty busy-I made potato soup, I made manicotti for my class meeting tonight, I cleaned the camper, and I put up one Christmas tree.
- I left a little bit before the girls, and I made it home a bit before they did too. Now, I'm on the couch and plan to read a little bit tonight. I tried to read last night, but I kept falling asleep.
November 3, 2026
November 2, 2026
- The first order of business for me was taking Robby to the bank. We both let out a sigh of relief when we saw the car pull up at the bank. I dropped Robby off and then hurried home to watch him on life 360. Once I saw that Robby was moving again, I knew that everything went well.
- We did school until Robby came home, and then we all went out to look at the car some more. The girls made Graham a video, and I'm pretty sure that he has been anxious all day waiting on us to arrive.
- Since I was gone in the morning, our whole school day happened out of order, but honestly, it all went incredibly smoothly. It didn't hurt that Campbell's math was really quick today too. After lunch, Whitman and I started some of Christmas reading which I'm so excited about.
- Campbell worked this afternoon and even worked the entire time which is rare these days. She also went to a friend's house tonight while Keaton and Whitman stayed at home.
- I was able to walk some this afternoon, but when I finished it was time to get ready because Robby and I were heading to Arkadelphia. Our first stop was Buccees just to walk around. We have been before, but we have never just walked around and looked at all of the things-tonight we did, and I loved it. You could probably do all of your Christmas shopping there.
- The next stop was a gas station on the way for a shop and even supper. Then it was on to Arkadelphia. Anderson was the first one to arrive to see the car and to pick up his drinks. Graham showed up next, and he was anxious to head to Walmart with his buddies tonight in his new ride. We didn't know this when we bought it, but his car is the same kind as his girlfriend's car.
- Graham joined us at Reagan's gospel choir concert. It was a lot of fun! It was indeed gospel music, and don't be surprised, but Reagan was on the back row, and we could see her very little. We at least were able to see her more than we did at Tiger Tunes. We certainly enjoyed the concert and plan to attend the next one too....if we can get Reagan to tell us when it is.
November 1, 2026: The Month (October) of Camping Trip 4
I went to sleep before midnight last night and slept until 6 which was really 7 because of time change. Needless to say, I slept great last night. We woke up, and Robby quickly went outside to start cleaning up things. I took the dogs potty and then joined him.
Cleaning didn't take too incredibly long since most things were wet, and we just put them in the van. We had breakfast with everyone, and pretty soon afterwards, Whitman and I headed home. He helped me empty the white van and set everything out on the driveway.
We had just about finished with the van when Robby came home. I started on the camper and the inside of the house for a few minutes before we met the girls at Grannymom's house for our Sunday lunch. Grannymom had chili and apple dumplings.
Robby and I came home and worked for a few more minutes before leaving again. We went to go look at a car for Graham. We were pleased with it, so Robby put a down payment on it. Tomorrow we will meet at the bank and hopefully get Graham's car.
Back at home, we went back to work on the camper and the house. We worked until it my timer went off for me to take a shower. Then Robby and I headed to church for Sunday night service. I had soup in the crock pot which was devoured, and then I threw some cookies in the oven for our dessert.
Campbell and Keaton had been house sitting all weekend so when they came home they were pretty tired this afternoon. Campbell did manage to finish most of her school from last week which she had waited until the last minute to do!
Anderson did some deer hunting things this afternoon-he even wore the official clothes-orange hat, boots, and camo overalls. Graham also had a big day-he went to midget wrestling. I'm not really sure what Reagan did today, but it wasn't deer hunting or midget wrestling.
October 31, 2026: The Month of Camping Trip 4
Last night when we went to bed, I decided not to take a shower. I had only laid in the bed for a few minutes when I started itching. By the time that I got into the shower, I could see tiny bumps all around my underwear lines. I took me shower while pretty much having a panic attack about having chiggers again. (I had them twice this summer and was miserable.)
However, after chugging some benedryl and laying back in bed, I realized that it was not chiggers but hives. I am probably the only person ever to be relieved to just have hives! I was so thankful that it was not chiggers. I have had this happen before with hives, itchy ears, but this time I had a bit of a wheeze too. It wasn't bad, and in a bit the medicine had kicked in and all was well.
After all of that drama I did sleep incredibly well. We woke up to breakfast being cooked by Tony. Then Robby and I made our white bean chicken tortilla soup for supper tonight. It was really good which is a good thing because we have quite a few leftovers.
Once the soup was made, Robby and I took the dogs on a walk. We didn't walk all of the loops today, but let me tell you, this campground was pretty festive. It was fun even though most of the day it we battled a little bit of the rain. It was mostly misty this afternoon and then cleared beautifully for the first 30 minutes of trick or treating....and then it rained and rained and rained.
We walked with Whitman to some of the campsites, but once it started raining, we hurried on back to the camper. He still managed to get some candy and has been enjoying it all night. The rest of the evening was spent under the tents-passing out candy, watching football, playing mahjong, or eating. It was a fun evening-though the rain does make quite a bit more work tomorrow.
October 30, 2026: The Month of Camping Trip 4
Robby and I slept pretty good last night even with Marley on our bed. We were able to sleep in some which was nice. (Hopefully, we will sleep in some tomorrow because I have already declined an early morning Pinnacle Mountain hike.)
Robby and I did walk the dogs about 2 miles this morning. Marley still walked really well with her new leash, but she can be a bit wild occasionally. If she gets scared of something, which happens constantly, she gets crazy darting around. Robby did talk about how she used to be terrified of the car, but now she does great, so maybe there is hope still for her.
After our walk, we came back tot he camper, and since then we have pretty much played Mahjong all day long. Yesterday, we had just one table happening, but today we had two tables pretty much most of the day. Kids played, men played, new players, old players. We gave lessons; we have snacks; we did everything but give out prizes-and that we will do next time.
Robby ran to Tacos for Life and brought back Whitman and me some lunch. I ate while we played, and seriously, other than a few walks all we did today was play Mahjong. Shannon made supper tonight which we ate before taking a walk with 4 dogs and quite a few people. Then it was back to sitting outside playing Mahjong.
Keaton had two parties tonight to go to which Campbell helped get her to. Campbell went to a party herself plus they are house sitting. Graham didn't have any classes today so he came down and hung out with Brooklyn. Reagan and Anderson had the Eta formal so they both got all dressed up tonight. And Whitman is living his best life in the camper!
October 29, 2026: The Month of Camping Trip 4
Whitman and I started on our school reading this morning, but I had to stop twice-once to make sure that Campbell and Keaton took a casserole with them to work to hand off to someone and once to turn my mixer off because it was mixing up some bread. Usually, it is Marley causing me to stop reading, but today it was everything else. He doesn't mind when I leave though because that gives him the chance to play on his phone.
Whitman then started on his school work while I made corn muffins and finished my bread. I wanted to make scones, but gracious I didn't have time to cook all day. I just feel extremely scattered cooking in the kitchen so I feel like everything takes me longer lately. I think that I have always been a bit distracted, and I'm just now realizing it.
As soon as I finished with everything I did take a walk. I'm listening to a super long audio book so I walked longer so I could listen more. I have been listening for two days and have listened to around 7 hours, but I have 20 plus to go! This weekend it is my goal to finish the book that I'm reading and focus on the audio book next week at home when I can walk more. (I walk a good bit while camping, but I'm usually with Robby or someone else so we talk.)
I wanted to leave at 2, but it was closer to 3 when we finally left for the campground. Whitman and I stopped at Pinnacle Mountain to take a picture. Then we went the back way towards the campground-except the road said "road closed to thru traffic." Robby had talked about a road closure, so I turned around and went forever back the other way to go in the main entrance.
Of course, when I got close there, there was another sign that said road closed. This time I went around it, and goodness that road was really closed. There were working on the railroad tracks, and I could see it was indeed closed. So I turned around and went back to where I turned around the first time to started over. Whitman didn't care that we were driving all over creation nor did I so we just enjoyed our extra car time!
We finally made it to the campground, and I joined Robby outside. We sat outside as everyone started showing up. Soon the Powells, Stattons, and Kamps were all here. Shannon arrived to the camper just as we had all headed back to our camper to play mahjong. We didn't start that until after 9, and it was around midnight when we came in tonight!
October 28, 2026: The Month of Camping Trip 4
- I woke up early this morning, but I stayed in the bed as long as I could. I was actually even awake before the sun came up, and honestly, I did not like it! I always think that I would like to be a morning person, but really, I don't want to be a morning person-I want to be a napper!
- As I was coming in the kitchen this morning, Campbell scared me because she was already standing in the kitchen. I knew that she was going to go and babysit, but I had forgotten. She was up and getting ready to go. She was gone all morning and came in just for about 10 minutes before leaving for work this afternoon. Then she was home for a bit after work before leaving to go to church. All of that is great; however, she has school to do from today plus a test to take tonight.
- Keaton and Whitman worked on their school work this morning. It was pretty quiet this morning while they were working so I was able to load a few things in the camper. We are ready to go for Halloween (Robby is actually there now), but it is kind of sad since it looks like it is going to be pretty rainy!
- At lunch, I helped Robby make cookies, and then I worked with Whitman. Next, I walked a little bit, and when I came in Robby and the dogs left to head to Maumelle. Whitman and I will join him tomorrow.
- I didn't have long at home though because I soon left with Whitman and Keaton. We went to Dollar Tree-there were a few Christmas stocking things I wanted from there which were not there. Plus we wanted to go something for Campbell's Mother's Day Out class for their fall party tomorrow. There was no Halloween at Dollar Tree. Thankfully, we did find some playdoh at Walmart nearby.
- Then it was on to Harvest Fest at Raymar. Whitman and I worked a plink booth for the first hour, and then I walked around and was able to help a bit. Then I just started visiting some until the they shut the party down. I think that there were a lot of people there, and things seemed to go really smoothly. Plus after it cooled off, the weather was perfect.
- I had a decent list of things to do when I got home tonight, but I have marked most of those off already.....all except for my hot chocolate and my book.
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