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This week's news . . . Our weekend was quiet, but included a trip to the store to shop washing machines (ours stopped working last Tuesday) and the kids added a visit to the laundromat to their Saturday activities. On Sunday I did almost all the baking for our family (Canadian) Thanksgiving dinner, and in the late afternoon we all went to the church to enjoy the Chili Cookoff Fundraiser that the teens do.
I took Monday off work so that I could prepare Thanksgiving dinner! At one point during the day I realized that there is some residual Mennonite grandma instinct in me that compelled me to spend an entire day cooking for the family when I don't like to cook! 😂 Lucky for me, Spencer had the day off as well and he was a big help in the kitchen. The rest of the family and auxiliary family started arriving home around three o'clock, and once everyone had arrived we enjoyed a big turkey dinner together. Later in the evening, there was dessert and coffee, of course!
Tuesday was another very busy day. Kennady and I had tickets to the Twenty One Pilots concert in Baltimore in the evening, so to streamline the trip down there, I drove her to college in the morning so that I could have the car to do necessary errands during the day. The washing machine was supposed to be delivered on Tuesday, but they failed to phone to arrange the time, and I was home for such a short time it probably wouldn't have worked anyway. I didn't get nearly everything done, but I didn't care too much, because in the afternoon I picked up Kennady and two friends at the college and we headed for Baltimore. The concert was fantastic and we had a blast!
After a too-short night, we had to be back to our normal routines on Wednesday. Once again, I expected the washer to be delivered, and thanks to more communication issues with the store it was not. We had worship team practice in the evening, enjoyed a long phone call with our oldest son, and I stayed up a bit too late finishing the grading for my co-op class.
Thursday was co-op and college, and I went along with Kennady to a wedding rehearsal in the evening. She is providing the music for the ceremony, including one of her original songs. The setting is gorgeous:
I took Monday off work so that I could prepare Thanksgiving dinner! At one point during the day I realized that there is some residual Mennonite grandma instinct in me that compelled me to spend an entire day cooking for the family when I don't like to cook! 😂 Lucky for me, Spencer had the day off as well and he was a big help in the kitchen. The rest of the family and auxiliary family started arriving home around three o'clock, and once everyone had arrived we enjoyed a big turkey dinner together. Later in the evening, there was dessert and coffee, of course!
After a too-short night, we had to be back to our normal routines on Wednesday. Once again, I expected the washer to be delivered, and thanks to more communication issues with the store it was not. We had worship team practice in the evening, enjoyed a long phone call with our oldest son, and I stayed up a bit too late finishing the grading for my co-op class.
Thursday was co-op and college, and I went along with Kennady to a wedding rehearsal in the evening. She is providing the music for the ceremony, including one of her original songs. The setting is gorgeous:
By the way, the washer was finally delivered and set up on Thursday morning! This weekend I'll be catching up on all the laundry!
What I Loved This Week . . . My two oldest boys had birthdays this week, but because of the busy schedules we really haven't had a proper celebration yet. Despite the crazy busy schedule, my favorite things this week were Thanksgiving dinner with the family and an amazing concert experience with these fantastic people.
On my blogs last week . . .
Here on Homeschool Coffee Break:
And on my book blog, Just A Second:
Recent Reads - Detective Trigger and the Ruby Collar
Scripture and a Snapshot - Sacrifice of Praise
Just A Second is where I share book reviews and other book-related things, and update on what's on my bookshelf. This week I finished and reviewed Detective Trigger and the Ruby Collar by M.A. Owens, and I've been reading:
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
A Stranger at Fellsworth by Sarah E. Ladd
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
A parting shot . . . Not sure why, but piggy back rides was an activity at Thanksgiving this year.
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2 comments:
My nephew flew up here for the week to go to a Twenty One Pilots concert with some friends of his. He was so excited as they are his all time favorite band.
I think Twenty One Pilots is the best live band I've ever seen. This was our second time seeing them and we'd go again in a heartbeat.
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