A day in the life

Yesterday I made Jed keep the girls at home with him. Safe and sound. The roads were bad, school was cancelled, and it was Monday. How many more reasons do you need?

Foster road was the worst it's been since. . . well. . . . . last year. But I plowed through and managed to "keep it in the middle," as Jed advised.

I was delighted to find it had been plowed to perfection by the time I got home. Actually I was shocked. This is not a normal occurrence. Our road does not get plowed the FIRST working day after snow fall. It doesn't get plowed the first MONTH after snow fall. But as I turned my blinker on and hit the 4 wheel drive button, I was pleasantly shocked and delighted to see there was no need for 4 wheel drive. Wow, it appears it really does pay to have a county commissioner live on the same road. Politics. I surrender.

While we are on the 4 wheel drive subject, can I just say how grateful I am for PUSH BUTTON 4 wheel drive. I AM THANKFUL. Parents no longer have to birth children for the sole purpose of being the "hub lock-er in-er." How stupid was that development? And heaven forbid, you forgot to back up 50 feet once you took it out of 4 wheel drive, or you just screwed the whole thing up.

Back to my story. When I got home, the gang was already eating supper. Jayda's favorite, Spaghetti, and she proclaimed the day as, "the best day ever." She received a package in the mail from Little Passports and had already explored Brazil! What a neat idea that was. Click on the link above for more info on what it is. I gave Jayda a membership for her birthday. She's a little young for some of the activities, but she loves getting a monthly package in the mail and is starting to grasp the idea.

Then we put Paisley to bed and made Heath bar cookies. She loves to help bake. And I love heath bars. Dang, why do they have to be so good? We packed them up and she took them to school today. so I wouldn't eat the entire batch.

When she went to bed, she told me her arms were still sore {from sledding}. I told her that's how we grow muscles. She replied, "It HURTS making muscles."  "Yes, yes it does!"