Five on Friday
Friday, January 8, 2016 at 02:50PM Still here. Working on getting back into the swing of things during a month we already know is not going to cooperate with routine. ;p In the meantime, here are five random things:
1. Found this tee yesterday and had to get it for Micah...
2. The boys and I played a geography game this morning/afternoon...four times. It was pretty good, actually. I appreciated the education going on and it was just complicated enough but not too frustrating. Plus, I LOVE when I find games at garage sales that are still brand new. :) (Got this for like a dollar not long ago, and everything was still wrapped in plastic inside the box...it's going for $50ish on Amazon.)
(For those who want to know, it's called National Geographic Global Pursuit and was made in the 1980's...so still has the Soviet Union and West/East Germany and such...which is a teaching point all on its own.)
3. Noah's new schedule is causing some shifting of our routine. Between that and the new time for karate classes that just went into effect (which we very much like but which is throwing us off because we've been going at the same time for years and this is off by just 15 minutes, lol)...and trying to increase the number of times each week that Noah and Micah practice archery and that Asher's swimming before the black belt promotion, we're feeling a bit discombobulated. I had to make charts again. ;)
4. Turns out, the new couch we ordered isn't going to work. After some further research, it was getting pretty poor reviews and we didn't feel like risking it. Nathan just got off the phone with the place and they were very good about refunding our purchase and everything...no worries at all. Turns out it maybe was a good thing they weren't able to deliver it this month, lol. So. We're looking for a new couch again. Any recommendations on places to shop?
5. I'm not crazy about shoveling snow. Just saying. ;) Our neighbor came outside and fired up his snowblower as I was finishing up and helped me with a wee bit of the driveway. Nathan asked if I had snowblower envy. I reminded him that we have three boys and really shouldn't have to be shoveling in the first place. To be fair, though, Noah had class (which is why I was shoveling in the first place so I could get out of the garage to take him) and Asher did shovel the sidewalk portion. Nathan had a work call and Micah doesn't have any snow boots that fit him (he uses mine when I'm not using them...yes, that's just how we're going to handle this entire winter...I'll get him different boots next year, lol). Still. Bleh.
And that's some of what's going on here. :)
Reader Comments (1)
Feeling you with the whole couch thing. My best recommendation is to go with Pottery Barn. It might be more at first, but the quality is so worth it. We've had ours for 6+ years now (3 kids) and it is holding up very well. Still looks good and is easy to clean, etc. Good luck shopping.