- When I went to bed last night, around midnight, Campbell and Whitman were in the school room waiting on a 3d print to finish. I think that they went to bed fairly soon after it finished, but Campbell was able to successfully print a snake.
- Then she started an Albert Einstein glasses stand. It finished this morning, and she painted it. It turned out really cute, plus she just got some new glasses in the mail today so she was super pleased.
- Campbell and Graham had work this afternoon, and as soon as they left I pretty much left for my eye doctor appointment. My eyes keep improving-they were once -2.5 and are now a -.75. I guess my eyes are trying to improve enough that I don't have to go to the eye doctor anymore.
- Keaton has been crafting like a mad woman lately, and she needed a different kind of batting so I ran to Hobby Lobby on my way home. Once I made it home, I finished school with Whitman before jumping into the shower to get ready for church.
- We did church tonight, and Campbell was the only one who went to ChickFilA afterwards. Well, the rest of us ran by CFA to pick up our sandwiches on our way home. Once home, we ate, and now Robby and I are on the couch catching up on our tv watching.
March 4, 2026
March 3, 2026I
- Robby and I both keep thinking that it is further in the week than just Tuesday, but I'm glad that it is just Tuesday. We did the school thing this morning, and Whitman, who usually does things the same every single day, switched it all up again.
- Since the kids did an ACT test yesterday, we started working on reviewing all of that today. It takes a while, so once I lost track of time, and poor Marley was in the kennel for a good while. She didn't mind though because we fed her when we got her out-all she cares about right now is eating and biting.
- This afternoon Campbell, Keaton, and I ran a few errands. We left earlier than planned because Graham was possibly going to play basketball, but he ended up not. Keaton wanted to drive so she drove us to Goodwill.
- We were just going to run in there, but ended up leaving with a dresses for both girls, a shirt for me, and 2 books as well for me. Then we went to Hobby Lobby where Keaton was looking for some crafty items. Campbell also found her a diamond art painting. Next it was to Seven Brew where Campbell bought herself a drink before we ran to Grannymom's house for a little bit.
- Once at home, I finished working with Whitman. Then pretty soon afterwards, Robby and I left to run some errands and go out to eat with the Wilsons. While we were gone, Campbell figured out how to print on Anderson's 3D printer so she plans on staying up late tonight to see if it finishes correctly!
March 2, 2026
- I feel like I packed everything that I could into this day-and I didn't even leave the house. I have done most of my daily list and 24.8 percent of my weekly/monthly list. I would get up and see the exact amount I have completed of my daily list, but I'm tired, and since it doesn't really matter!
- Coming back from a trip is always a bit busy plus for some reason I made this the day that everyone took a practice ACT. Campbell did hers yesterday, and Keaton and Whitman did theirs today. Let's just say the youngest made the best score, but everyone has some work to do which is fine because we all have plenty of time! (Well, Campbell doesn't have that much time, but she will be fine.)
- Marley slept until 8 this morning so we don't have to move into the camper. Hopefully, that trend continues. My goal would be to start walking again in the mornings, but staying in bed a little bit longer is nice too.
- Everyone did their school work today, and because we were trying to squeeze in the ACT too, school did seem to take forever. That was fine though because it is all finished now. Campbell and Graham went to work at the normal time, and Keaton and Whitman even had some downtime this afternoon...though he does have one more school thing, but I'll let it slide.
- This afternoon I cleaned the caper and reloaded all of the clean things back in. I should have restocked it with all of the things I needed to add, like forks-I gave all my extras to Reagan, but I decided to save something for tomorrow.
- Robby is bringing home supper for the kids, and they have been watching him like a hawk. He has been out running some errands. Campbell is not watching Robby because she is out with some friends. Last night she figured up how much she had spent during the month of February, and Robby's total was vastly different. She probably should be home working on finding a 3rd or 4th job, but you only live once.
- Marley and I currently in the living room-I have been leaving Marley alone for longer and longer time periods during the day. Today, I went outside to cut the laropa while she was in the living room. When I came back inside, everything was as it should be. I do know though that will probably not be the case every time that she is unattended.
March 1, 2026-Camping in February?
Once again Marley gets a gold star. She slept until 10 again this morning. Now don't think that I'm slighting Bentley; we know that she is the perfect dog, and trust me, she has been given many, many gold stars.
Pretty much as soon as we climbed out of bed, we went to work packing up the inside and the outside. I was dreading the ride home because Marley was a little stressed on the way down to Degray even with Campbell and Keaton beside her.
I made Whitman wake up and ride with me so he could handle her during the ride home. There really would be no way I could deal with her in the white van because there isn't a seat near me that I could have my hand on her during the ride. However, from the moment I started the car, Marley was perfect. She would try to sit in Whitman's lap some, but mostly she just laid right beside him and was super content. I'm not really sure why the change because on the way there, I regretted not getting her a marijuana gummy or two to snack on.
Robby pulled out of the campground a bit before me, and it took me a while to catch up to him. Eventually though, I did tuck in behind him for the rest of the ride home. Silly Whitman did look up and said, "well, that camper looks like ours."
We went right to unpacking as quickly as we could. I like to take one load into the house, put it away, and then try to do a few other things in the house before going to get the next load. So when the camper was finally emptied, the house was kind of straightened as well.
The kids went to church this morning and then ate Sunday lunch at Pops' house. They made it home about the same time that we had finished with the camper. Now, I still have to clean the camper, but it is emptied and everything that came out is now clean and ready to be put back in again.
This afternoon Robby ran some errands while I kept up with the laundry and tried to mark a few things off of this weeks list. I think that most everyone took a nap here except for Campbell; she did an ACT practice tests and then went to Rock Creek.
The Wilson's came over for supper tonight. They helped us clean out the fridge and ate our camper food. When they left, we quickly cleaned the kitchen and now the wonderful weekend is over!
February 28, 2026-Camping in February?
It was another wonderful camping day-this morning not a one of us stirred in the camper until 10. Marley was still sound asleep at 10 and only started moving around because she heard Robby and me talking. Our morning conversation was something like this: "We should move into the camper?" "What time is it?" "10:00" "Definitely moving into the camper."
We haven't slept late like today since Marley came to live at our house. Bentley was still pretty tired and in no hurry to go out, but Marley was a little more anxious. Robby and I started working on breakfast-eggs in the hole, pancakes, and sausage. Robby wrote Anderson to come over for breakfast, and he was here before Robby was done cooking. Reagan loves the cafeteria, but Anderson is not a big fan of it at all, so he was definitely up for a home cooked breakfast meal.
Soon after everyone finished their breakfasts, everyone left-Graham, Campbell, and Keaton headed home to Little Rock. Graham had a basketball game tonight (they lost, but came back quite a bit during the last half), Keaton had a party (Pops had to pick bring her home from it since all my other drivers were busy), and Campbell had to babysit (this was just her second time at this house, and she does well while she is there.) Anderson headed back to Ouachita because he had some school work and laundry for today.
Once everyone left, it was just us and Whitman. We didn't see much of him today because he was living his best life! Robby and I sat outside all day except for probably about an hour. I read and finished one book and started another. I had bought yarn to crochet some on this trip, but never really felt like pulling it out.
Around 6 we started on supper. Anderson invited a few people to come tonight to eat, but everyone was gone, so he just brought one friend which was still perfect. We are glad to feed one or many! Tonight we made meatball subs which were super easy to make and pretty good-they were good enough that Anderson took our extras home with him.
We watched some of the Hogs game, and then we started cleaning up. It didn't take too long to put everything away. Now hopefully tomorrow we will sleep super late again (not counting on it!)
February 27, 2026-Camping in February?
We weren't expecting much from Marley last night; we were even dreading it a little bit. However, she did so good and didn't wake up until 8:30. (This doesn't happen, and I'm not expecting it tonight.) After she woke up, Robby took her potty and then put her back in the kennel, and she slept even longer.
We all really didn't still until 9:30ish or even a bit later. Graham and I left around 11:30 for a quick trip to OBU. Graham has decided that he wants to add Business to his Communications major in the fall so we met with the dean of the business school. Then we saw Reagan and finally Anderson, before meeting with the lady that he will do work study with in the fall.
When we finished, Graham was famished so we ran to Sonic-and who was there, but Robby and everyone else. They had been to Walmart and needed a drink on the way back to camp. Once we were all back at camp, we pretty much stayed outside all afternoon.
The kids rode their bikes some, even Whitman. Anderson even came back to see us for a little bit. He visited for a while, and we asked him all of the questions that we could think of. When we left, we started on supper.
Reagan brought a group of friends to eat tonight, and boy did they eat! We thought that we had enough food, but we had to pull out more chicken because even though it was mostly girls they just kept going back to get seconds. One of them even requested oreo delight-we actually had made it for tomorrow night's meal, but we pulled it out of the freezer to eat some tonight!
The Smiths pulled in to their campsite late, but they came over and visited with us. After Reagan's people left, we moved by the fire and talked until Robby started putting the food up. We had a mess to clean up inside and outside. It didn't take too incredibly long to clean up, and then we took the dogs on a short walk-now, here's to hoping that everyone sleeps well tonight!
February 26, 2026-Camping in February?
Keaton and Campbell went to work this morning, and they were a bit disappointed that they didn't have any free sandwiches at ChickFilA. The rest of us did, so Robby headed the same way to pick up our sandwiches before they expired.
While Campbell and Keaton were at work, Whitman worked on his school. I should be able to say that Graham worked on his school as well. He did some, but he also did some xboxing and even some cleaning. This afternoon when I was leaving, I was also reminding him to make sure that he did his work that was due today! He could possibly be a procrastinator.
While Whitman was working, I did a bit of last minute packing plus I helped Graham organize all of his drawers. He has a lot of tshirts. We got rid of about 5-well, we didn't really get rid of them because we put 3 in Whitman's drawers to wear later and 2 in Anderson's drawers because they were his.
Around 1:30 Robby and Whitman left. They ran a few errands on the way to Degray, but they were there and set up before Campbell, Keaton, and I arrived. The girls stopped at a gas station on the way home, and after Campbell took a shower we left.
Graham didn't leave with us because he had a basketball game tonight. He knew that they were playing one of the best teams plus they only had 5 players tonight. Graham's team lost by a good margin, and the picture I saw of Graham he was dripping wet with sweat. He took Grannymom home after the game, went home to take a shower, and then drove on to the campsite.
When we did arrive at the campsite, Robby had everything set up. I just helped hang the lights-our lights are just perfect on this trip. It helps that we have a pretty great spot this weekend. And let's talk about the weather for a bit-we didn't really think that we would be able to camp this weekend since we weren't going to come if it was cold. Right now though the weather is perfect!
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