A Day in my Life - August

This can not be right!  How can it be August already?  And why does summer fly by while winter drags along?  :)

Anyway, it's that time again.  Here's how I spent the first day of the month (lots of photos!)

We haven't had the girls overnight lately because Alaina has been taking swimming lessons on Saturdays.  Since I had Tuesday off, we took them overnight on Monday.
They slept well, Alaina was up around 7:30 and Ruby slept till almost 8.

Here they are after just getting up, waiting for me to get them breakfast.

They ate and then played for a short time.

 They came downstairs with me to start the laundry.

They played in the family room, while I walked for a short while on the treadmill.

I could see and talk to them as I walked.  I usually do 30 minutes but this time stopped at 17 minutes and did the rest later,  because I didn't want to press my luck!

 Then we all got cleaned up and dressed and I did their hair.  There was a funny story while getting them ready.  Ruby was sure her underwear were backwards because there was a panda on the backside and she thought it should be in the front.  After trying to put it the right way for a few minutes, I decided it didn't matter and put it backwards which made her happy.  :)  I did tell Laura when I brought her home that she wanted it that way and I hadn't completely lost my mind!

We played outside for a while.  It was a very nice day!

Then we picked up McDonalds and had lunch with Grandpa at his work.  That's always fun!

 They love McDonalds!

They also loved this spinning chair in his breakroom.

We stopped at the dollar store on the way home and they each picked out a few things.  Alaina says "you can buy anything at the dollar store!"

Another reason I stopped at the dollar store was to buy cheap straws and a pencil sharpener.  I had seen something that showed that if you put a plastic straw through a pencil sharpener, it would come out in a coil which you could then wrap around your wrist as a bracelet.  They had fun doing this and even if they never wear them, it was fun to do for $1.50!

It was time to head home.  We admired the pretty sky and the wild flowers growing along the side of the road.  Alaina reminded me that God is very, very big and He made all of this!


We stopped at the grocery store on the way to pick up a few things.  We also picked up a little flower bouquet.

We took the flowers and stopped at my Dad and step-moms house.  Ruby was very excited to give them to Great - Grandma.

They were happy to see Great-grandpa too!

Ann is 88 years old and still gets on the floor and plays with the kids!

After all that playing I brought them home.  Unfortunately they started fighting when they got home and poor Laura was left with a crying Ruby...

 I saw this field with hay bales on my way home.  It's one of my favorite scenes!


When I got home, I finished the treadmill walk I had started earlier, finished my laundry and got supper ready.  I also got to talk on the phone to my friend Cheryl, from Winds of Life!

Roast beef, redskin mashed potatoes and fresh beans - the first ones of the season. I love beans and could eat them for every meal when they are fresh!

Bob had to go to a meeting after supper. I worked on these little gift bags I am doing for our nurse aids to celebrate Certified Nurse Aid week.  All that's left to do is print a tag and tie them shut.

The rest of the evening was spent relaxing.  It was a very nice way to start the month!!