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I cannot seem to find time to back-blog all of the wonderful events of our lives all the way back to November!  I want to – eventually it will happen.  But in the meantime I find that these "today" types of posts are all I have time for.

So…

Today I went to Costco and spent more than $600.  It hurts just to type it!  Ouch!  Part of that is food for the Cub Scout banquet on Sat night.  In fact, I have 240 "buns" (of the hot dog/hamburger variety) seated next to me as I type.  The rest of that bill is just stocking up – we were out of ketchup (a first!).  I'll be going back to Costco on Saturday for the cakes I ordered and some cool lounge chairs for the pool.

Last night I painted Australian Aboriginal masks with the Wolves and Bears at Cub Scouts.  This morning my Visiting Teachers came over and helped me cut them all out.  That was fun – now I'll figure out how to make those masks and some ornamental grasses become a table centerpiece!  Wish me luck… 🙂

Samuel rode 4 miles on his bike while Derek ran this morning.  That boy was wiped OUT, but so proud.  That's a long way for those cute little legs.

Jacob and Caleb have sports practices tonight at the same times on completely opposite sides of town.  We've been able to avoid this scenario up until now, but it caught up with us and here we are.  Thankfully Derek can help with Jacob's before heading to the church.

I have some minor re-decorating plans that are fun to think about.  Nothing very drastic, but fun to have a project (I actually have 60+ projects it seems, but that's another story).

I am finding that one of my favorite times of the day is 9 pm – Derek is usually at the church, the boys are usually in bed by then (hopefully), and I sit and watch The Biggest Loser or American Idol or 19 Kids and Counting, all on the DVR.  It's my chill-out, don't think, relax time.  And it is vital to my sanity at the moment.

Today Samuel was falling asleep in the car, but I wanted him to wait until I could get some lunch in him before he napped.  So I spoke to him in a Greek accent for 20 minutes – it made him laugh and woke him up.  The things we do!  I make a pretty good Greek…

And last but not least, I will be filling up my "bus" today because I worry we may be paying $5 a gallon soon with the chaos in Libya. 

The end.