This past weekend has been full of both “hits” and “misses”. All in all, I think it ended with a positive net value. But it sure had a few bumps in the road.

Thursday:

Hit–Piano and guitar lessons went great.

Miss–Getting out the door to the guitar lesson was rough with last-minute schedule changes, terrible traffic, and getting there late.

Hit–After the lesson, I was able to get to Meijer and turn in a photo order that was long overdue. Sure felt good to get that done.

Friday:

Hit– Had a quieter morning, and enjoyed a nice nap.

Hit– Looked forward to going scrapbooking with Laura and another friend. Even made yummy cookies to take along and to leave behind for the rest of the fam.

Miss– When it was time to leave, I couldn’t find the keys to the office building where we meet to scrapbook. Was so frustrated and at the point of tears before Isaac finally thought to look in his vest pockets.

Hit– Laura treated the two of us to supper at Avanti’s, using a gift certificate she had won at the Westminster Pumpkin Contest. The food was so delicious.

Hit– Someone offered to bring supper to the family, so I didn’t have to think about cooking Friday afternoon before leaving for the crop.  What a wonderful surprise.

Hit– Got a lot done on my scrapbooking project and had a good time socializing.

Saturday:

Miss– Lilly woke up way too early, and didn’t understand that I wanted to sleep in as late as possible since I’d been up until 1 a.m. the night before. I was grumpy and groggy and wishing the world would leave me alone.

Hit– I enjoyed hurrying off to the church to practice music for Sunday. It’s always fun to sing!

Hit– I got to go to Rockford with my aunt, to a baby shower we originally didn’t think we could get to. At the last minute, Aunt Pat was able to slip away and leave Grandma in the capable hands of the caregiver. Aunt Pat and I had a nice time and good conversation on the trip.

Miss– The trip to Rockford was long. It’s 2.5 hours one way, so it made for a very long day. We arrived home about 6 pm, and I was ready to collapse.

Miss– On the drive home from Aunt Pat’s house, I got a call asking if Laura was still planning to attend the Junior High activity that started at 6 pm. I pulled off the road, made some quick phone calls, and then hurried on my way again, wondering how I could be so forgetful???

Hit– Michael took Laura to her outing, and a good time was had by all.

Hit– I was able to get to bed earlier than usual and I had a nice long night’s sleep.

Sunday:

Hit– Michael rescued me from a fussing Lilly, and I was able to get my shower while he kept her happy in the kitchen.

Miss– Lilly was too sniffly to go to the church nursery, so we had to entertain a fussy baby during church.

Hit– Laura and I had a wonderful time singing at church up in front of everyone. I wondered if this is a sign of things to come, and hope that we’ll get to sing together a lot more.

Miss– Halfway through the Sunday School hour, my niece, Hannah, came and found me and asked if perhaps I was supposed to be teaching the class where she is the assistant. It all came rushing back to me that indeed, I was supposed to be teaching, and I had forgotten completely about it. I didn’t even have the materials with me or anything. I hurried to the class and entertained the kids as best I could, while holding a fussy baby. The kids were fine with it all, but I felt terribly embarrassed by my lapse.

Hit– I used some of our new meat to make both lunch and supper. I filled the house with smoke while grilling hamburgers on the stove top for lunch (What better way to test the smoke alarm???), and the roast in the crock pot made delicious Italian Beef sandwiches for supper. What a treat to have delicious meat to use!

Monday:

Hit– Due to unexpectedly having the day off school, we are having a quiet, slow day today. It’s actually very nice to have almost nothing on the schedule for today. I’ve been able to drag all of Lilly’s clothes out of her drawers and sort through them. Even after making several piles to store away and give away, there are still way too many clothes on the couch to put away. So, I need to re-sort and get rid of more. It’s hard to pare down the piles!

Miss– Due to unexpectedly having the day off school, I’m afraid we will fall behind on my ambitious school schedule. So far I seem to be the only one worried about it. The children are delighted at the break.