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WHEW!

Arrived at Allison's again at 5:30 this morning. The boys were awake before she made it to work. They got dressed and we drove to town and picked up breakfast at McDonald's. I took them to the Lutheran church in Burlington and signed them up for Sunday School. They were pretty apprehensive about staying, so I stayed with them. Everyone was so friendly and nice, it looks like it would be a good church to go to. Hopefully, they'll continue to go.
We picked up lunch at The Pita Pit and took it to the nursing home so we could eat with Allison again today. Jameson fell asleep on the way home and came inside and went straight to his room where he slept for about 2-1/2 hours.
I made a pizza for supper and Karter walked in the door just as I was finished cleaning up the kitchen. He was busy unloading his vehicle so I bathed the kids before I left.
I'm so glad I have nothing planned for tomorrow.

Another 5:00AM Start

I hit Allison's driveway at 5:23 this morning. As I was getting out of my car, I heard Jameson holler, "Grandma's here!" Yep, both boys were up and waiting for me.

We were eating pancakes by 6:00AM and playing firefighters by 6:30AM! After threatening them with death to get them to brush their teeth, we went to my house around 10:30 so I could get ready for the public. We picked up lunch and took it to the nursing home so they could eat with their Mom and see where she's working now. We visited Grandma Roll and my Dad and then went to K-Mart to get the new toys I'd bribed them with earlier :) We stopped and rented movies and then picked up a few things from the grocery store.

When we got back to their house, I made a big batch of chocolate chip cookies while they fought, whined, complained and tattled on each other. After the cookies, I made supper, tricked them into eating it and then gave them both baths and made them put their jammies on.

When Allison got home at 7:00PM, the house was all picked up, the dished were all done, the boys were clean and ready for bed and there were 7 dozen fresh cookies on her counter. Grandma's tired.

Allison asked if Stella could spend the night with her tonight but I think she's secretly holding her ransom so I will return again tomorrow at 5:30AM.

I Do Not Shine At 5:00AM

I was up at five and out the door by 5:18 AM. Stella thought I'd lost my mind. I got back home at 7:45 AM, read the paper while eating breakfast and went back to bed until 9:45 AM. It is now 11:35 AM and I am still sitting here in my jammies feeling slightly dazed. I think I'll take Stella for a walk and then maybe I'll feel like getting cleaned up. At this point, it's doubtful.

It Was A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood!

The sun was shining, there wasn't any wind and it was in the upper 60's. A perfect day in my opinion :)
I had lunch with Joe, did a bunch of errands and took my Mom out for dinner. Stella also got walked twice :)

A Laundry Dog???

Last time I washed clothes, every time the dryer quit, Stella would go into the laundry room, sit by the dryer and cry. It didn't matter if she was sleeping, she would look up, cock her head and trot off to the laundry room.

So, who would believe me if I told them my dog alerts me when my clothes are dry? Yeah, that's what I thought too so I passed it off as a fluke.

Well, yesterday, I once again did laundry and Stella again, jumped up and ran into the laundry room, sat by the dryer and cried every freaking time the dryer quit. After five loads of clothes, I started to think it's no fluke.

Today, I washed my sheets. Stella was all sprawled out in the other computer chair, sleeping away when the dryer quit. As if on cue, she woke up, jumped down and once again trotted off to the laundry room to sit by the dryer and cry. Apparently she doesn't like wrinkled clothes because as soon as I empty the dryer, she merrily goes about her own business. Silly dog :)

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The most I ever did for you was to outlive you. But that is much. - Edna St. Vincent Millay