I have a wonderful motor home to live in, and chickens and cows and a goat, and lots of barn kitties! Three dogs, two garden spaces, grapes and blackberries, fruit trees and a crafts shop area! And I am all protected behind locked gates.
I spent my first day with them cutting out circles to create a paper Othello game, and taught my two oldest girls how to play. They caught on fairly quickly and I think they like it. They also showed me around the barn.
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The second day I went over and we talked about making Fairy Houses. We walked around the back yard also. I had them draw pictures and they made some Shrinky Dink pieces. This will be an ongoing process, but Dad is all into it as well so will be a big help. Tomorrow I will be shopping for some solar driveway lights and some Femo clay, as well as checking out the Dollar store. I am all excited about making some miniature scenes in the houses. I did a load of my own laundry as well.
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Sundays - I plan to make this a day for myself, getting out for church and some shopping. Maybe catch a lunch at a new place.
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I enjoyed the service at Corvallis Foursquare. New pastor, small congregation, but nice people :) I did way too much shopping, but came home with crafting clay, handmade soap, dollar store treasures and lots of fresh foods to make green drinks with! I also got blisters on my heels from my new shoes... boo-hoo.
Didn't manage to catch up with my son for lunch, but I discovered a Baja Fresh! I think this college town has at least one of everything on the planet! And BF is one of my favorites! This is the Baja Bowl with fish and shrimp...
And at the Dollar Store I got one of these! Haven't had one in like, forever...
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On Monday I explained to the ladies about making promises and that plans can change. This is one of those tricky things that perhaps other parents have explained differently, so it was a good thing that Mom was there to clarify. We were both on the same page though. I explained that I felt that making outdoor houses might be a bit of a grandiose idea, and I thought that for now, it might be more fun to make indoor houses. MA, the oldest, agreed that it would be better, so we sat down to work on making some little books. MM made a couple also. ME is too little so she was just her 2yo self. We had a lot of time to talk and share and it was a lot of fun.
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Tuesday Dad was still not feeling very well, and Mom went to the grocery store to get fixings for a hardy chicken soup. I helped ME with her math, and got MA to practice her piano (teacher comes tomorrow) and then we got to go into the craft shop and work on our houses. I found some post office priority mailing boxes in the biz shop, and we are each making our own little houses.
I am still in a bit of a quandary as to what I am doing here, but I think my spending time with the two older girls gives Mom some time with the little one, and yesterday and today, some time with tending Dad. He hardly ever gets sick, so she thinks it might be a bit of food poisoning from touching chicken packaging and not a virus because no one else is getting anything bad.
I made a green drink for the morning: kale, carrot, banana, an orange, banana Greek yogurt and some water. It was way good! Hummus and mushrooms on rice cakes for dinner, some tea, and finished the opened yogurt. Fairly light, and if I continue, I could lose some decent weight over the winter.
:)
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I enjoyed the service at Corvallis Foursquare. New pastor, small congregation, but nice people :) I did way too much shopping, but came home with crafting clay, handmade soap, dollar store treasures and lots of fresh foods to make green drinks with! I also got blisters on my heels from my new shoes... boo-hoo.
Didn't manage to catch up with my son for lunch, but I discovered a Baja Fresh! I think this college town has at least one of everything on the planet! And BF is one of my favorites! This is the Baja Bowl with fish and shrimp...
And at the Dollar Store I got one of these! Haven't had one in like, forever...
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On Monday I explained to the ladies about making promises and that plans can change. This is one of those tricky things that perhaps other parents have explained differently, so it was a good thing that Mom was there to clarify. We were both on the same page though. I explained that I felt that making outdoor houses might be a bit of a grandiose idea, and I thought that for now, it might be more fun to make indoor houses. MA, the oldest, agreed that it would be better, so we sat down to work on making some little books. MM made a couple also. ME is too little so she was just her 2yo self. We had a lot of time to talk and share and it was a lot of fun.
Tuesday Dad was still not feeling very well, and Mom went to the grocery store to get fixings for a hardy chicken soup. I helped ME with her math, and got MA to practice her piano (teacher comes tomorrow) and then we got to go into the craft shop and work on our houses. I found some post office priority mailing boxes in the biz shop, and we are each making our own little houses.
I am still in a bit of a quandary as to what I am doing here, but I think my spending time with the two older girls gives Mom some time with the little one, and yesterday and today, some time with tending Dad. He hardly ever gets sick, so she thinks it might be a bit of food poisoning from touching chicken packaging and not a virus because no one else is getting anything bad.
I made a green drink for the morning: kale, carrot, banana, an orange, banana Greek yogurt and some water. It was way good! Hummus and mushrooms on rice cakes for dinner, some tea, and finished the opened yogurt. Fairly light, and if I continue, I could lose some decent weight over the winter.
:)
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