Monday, September 15, 2008

Monday Minutiae

Today is Monday.  That means it's time for "Monday Minutiae"... quick write-ups of miscellaneous, meaningless, and sometimes mundane musings.

  • Matt and I got to out out on Friday for a date... a kid-free date!  We went to the Brigantine in Escondido (a nice fish food restaurant).  We discovered that it pays to go early on a Friday night to eat:  They offer a three-course meal for basically the price of a regular entree.  They offer this between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m.  We were there at around 5:15... along with all the elderly "early birds".  We were the youngest people in the restaurant but we got a good deal!
  • I'm not really sure how to spell restaurant.  I'll be spell-checking this, for sure!
  • My bullet-point dots aren't spacing right.  What's up with that?!
  • I think I fixed it.
  • Nate is growing more and more fond of chickens, ducks, and other types of fowl.  He must take his stuffed chicken and two little roosters everywhere he goes.
  • Nate still thinks he is a baby bird.  As I write this, he and Andrew are playing in Nate's "bird house"... a fort made out of a sheet and cushions.
  • I booked a weekend trip to Santa Barbara for Matt and myself.  We are going in October and I can hardly wait.  We have never been to Santa Barbara before.  I hear it's beautiful.
  • I made chocolate chip banana muffins today, using the banana bread mix from Trader Joe's.  They were YUMMY!  I ate too many.
  • I just finished reading the book The Shack by William P. Young.  It was pretty good & very interesting.  I found it to be a little strange but a challenge to how I've always viewed God.  I can't say it makes my list of favorite books but it's definitely worth a read.
  • Now it's an hour or so after I started writing this... had to finish up our homeschool day.
  • I purchased a sweeper vacuum for Nate-- the kind that you just push and the rollers sweep it up (no electricity needed).  He loves it!  It works pretty well.  I have to say, our carpet is very clean! 
  •  Nate is such a cleaning freak.  As I write this very sentence, he is cleaning his bathroom.  Really!
Well, that's probably enough meaningless, miscellaneous information for now.  I need to spell-check this and get the house straightened up before Matt gets home from work. 

Next Monday, if I remember, I'll have more minutiae to share.  



This is just one of Nate's chickens.  He (?) came with us on a hike on Palomar Mountain.

1 comment:

Beckie said...

wow, you've been busy, you blogger you. i am so happy that homeschooling is working out for you. I truly believe that the 2 days they get to go to school and all the support you get really makes a difference. you are very blessed to have the classical academy. i also think you are very blessed to live in such a patriotic town. What a fun parade! I definitely see all the character escondido has, now that i'm not there.