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fall cleaning, Fireproof, and busyness

Yes, I"m still at fall cleaning. So far, I have worked out, cleaned the ceiling fan (which requires a ladder), did the gutters on the back of hte house (requiring same ladder), cleaned the kitchen light (that hangs) and the stove top. I really need new drip pans so maybe I"ll put that on my CHristmas wish list (Yes, I go big).

Joey's also got school donea nd Mat's almost done. I called and reordered my Rx and the insurance guy called and we are good to go. Only we'd never gotten out 529 stuff. That was cuz we'd not gotten the stuff to close out the acct (we were using that money for the 529). So I called that company and they were getting ready to stop payment and reissue (at today's market value!) and I was sifting thru the shred pile on the off chance the checks were in there. I FOUND THEM! Saved ourselves some money too since they were issued in JUNE!!!!! (pre market nose dive!) So the ins guy is coming out Thursday to wrap that up. I"m sure that he'll be glad to loose us as clients eventually!LOL

So my work for today is basically done. I've got a book that i"m going to start reading the boys about the Mayflower and Pilgrims. There is no way unless I read for HOURS a day that we'll get it done by Thanksgiving!LOL

All of this after after a hugely busy weekend. Saturday was the crop. Joey was up at the crack of dawn and Dh asked Joey if he wanted to go to work w/him. Joey said yes. This was HUGE! My hold up on going to teh crop was waiting for DH to get back adn get JOey. Mat's youth service project was from 10-4 so we got stuff done and I dropped him off at 11:30 (they even fed them!) and I got to the crop 1.5 hours early! So I got 17 pages done. That's well over 50 in the last month! Then home to clean up and get supper going. I also had made peanut butter balls taht morning and made no bake cookies that night. Joey's class was studing Jacob and Esau and the different cookies where to represent the differences in them. The boys have enjoyed the leftovers!LOL

Sunday was pretty hectic as well. I loaded 4 turkeys and a chicken for my sister (one freezer is getting bare!) along w/change of clothes, Joey's kid's club stuff and all the Sunday School lesson stuff. I also talked to 2 ppl at church about Mat's youth stuff. One is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving Day. She knew nothing about it. ;( But I explained to the lady at the lockin that Mat would not be allowed to spend the night if there was no male chaperone. I'm sure the church is probably ready to throw me out between that and the communion stink I made. I'm not trying to be difficult, and I do want Mat there to help make the bread (they are selling as a fund raiser), but I just don't think he should be there w/o a male chaperone overnight. My sister or someone can go get him so it's not really a big deal (and I tried to emphasize that). Then to eat lunch and Dh and I finally saw Fireproof! What an AWESOME movie! I'm so glad that we were able to see it (we don't watch movies as a general rule). Then the flying dash to my sister's to grab the boys and to my mom's to get MY BIRTHDAY PRESENTS!LOL I saw my cousin at the theater and wasn't able to chat. We dtiched DH and Mat and JOey and I headed onto kid's club. Did I mention that I had on my mom's old coat? The one really from the 70's. It's CUTE style. It's also cream w/teal and avacado flowerish type design!LOL You either love it or hate it. I jokingly said that I tore an old davenport apart and made it!ROTFL! At any rate, we got home atou 7:30 and DH made grilled cheese and tomato soup for supper. YUMMY! He'd also done a load of laundry.......

Somehow between Sat and Sunday I read TWO books. FLuff so they go fast. But then I sat straight up in bed at 11 last night and said, "I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO BARB"S AFTER CHURCH!" DH was thoroughly impressed as usual!ROTFL! So now I get to send HER an apology email........