A day of shopping

This past Saturday, my sister-in-law Bonnie and I, started out early for a day of shopping. We did this one Saturday earlier in the fall and decided to do it on a regular basis, maybe once every couple of months. Our first stop both times has been Miller's Country Market. As we were checking out, our friends the Heaths were walking in the door! Lucy and I are both looking for a whole wheat bread recipe that tastes great, and that our families will eat! My purchases this time included dough enhancer and wheat gluten in hopes of helping to get that perfect loaf of bread.

I also splurged on Christmas sprinkles and colored sugar for my Christmas cookies.


I had coupons for AC Moore, so that was our next stop. After leaving this store I was able to cross two more people off my Christmas list!
Lunch was next on our agenda. We had decided on Friendly's, although I forgot to take my camera into the mall, so I have no pictures! Lunch was good, although I could have used another scoop of ice cream on my sundae!

Oh, look! An idea of something Dale could make!

A certain someone on my list loves nutcrackers, but the ones at this store were way beyond my budget!

Ahh, a place where my dollar will go further... the flea market in Thomasville! It's were I found the perfect gift! Can't wait for Christmas morning!

We should have started our day at the Morningstar flea market. We were running out of time and couldn't stay as long as we would have liked. We still had at least one more stop to squeeze in.

With seven lunches to pack each week day, I'm always looking for a bargain to put in their sack. This was the place to find it!

We missed going to Hanover Food outlet this time. There are usually good deals there as well, but we were out of time. We'll be sure to hit that place the next time.

I had an enjoyable day, good food, good bargains, great company and money left over!

Kenzie's Choral Concert

Last week Kenzie had her first choral concert. We wanted Nana and Pappy to see what they were missing, so I recorded two of the songs. Kenzie was very much aware that I was taking pictures and recording. A few times the camera shakes because I'm laughing at her looking at me!

Kenzie didn't want me to put this second video on the blog because she was paying more attention to me than to her music director! I still think it's cute, and we all love the song!

The story of the mouse continues

Although Kaden is out of diapers, I still carry along a diaper bag to church for him in case he would have an accident, and to carry items to entertain him during Sacrament. During the week the diaper bags stays out in the van. This past Sunday while Kaden was being fussy, I started rooting through the diaper bag to see what I might find to keep him quiet. I reached in and pulled out this granola bar.

My first thought was a mouse. Then I tried to think of other explanations, there wasn't any!
Look close at the teeth marks where it nibbled away at the paper.

Later I discovered chewed bits of paper at the bottom of the diaper bag. Oh, and yes, those little black things are mouse turds! Remember the mouse that fell from my van while I was parked at Aldi? Now I'm wondering if the mouse really came from the field next to Aldi or if I some how brought it from home. I might have been in Aldi thirty minutes. Is that enough time for a mouse to get in my van, find it's way into the diaper bag, chew through the paper, eat some granola bar and then have a bowel movement? I often leave the diaper bag unzipped. Guess I won't be doing that again!

AHHHHH!!!

This morning Dale called and asked if I wanted to eat lunch with him today. We made plans to meet at Perkins in Hanover at 12:00. I was planning on staying home all day, but since I was going into Hanover, I decided to get some groceries while I was there. I finished up a few chores at the house, got Kaden dressed and headed to Wal-Mart. That was all the shopping we had time for before meeting up with Dale. After lunch I wanted to stop at Aldi. There are several groceries that are cheaper there, and worth the extra stop. Aldi was very busy. The front row in the parking lot was full so I decided to park along the side of the building. This part of the parking lot is next to a field with some overgrown weeds. After picking up the items I needed, we headed back to the van. I opened up the side door to put Kaden in his seat and something fell from the van door. When I looked down to see what fell, it scurried away! "Ahhhh! A mouse!" It wasn't a rat, but it wasn't a TINY mouse either! When I eventually got up the nerve to get in the van, I looked over at the field. That's when I saw a large brown hawk lurking by the weeds. I then knew what the mouse was trying to hide from, I just wish it wouldn't have chosen my van in which to hide! I had the heebie jeebies all the way home. What if there was more than one mouse? What if one got into the van? What if it ran over my feet while I was driving? It's hard to believe that during my early days of teaching, I actually had a pet RAT in my classroom! What was I thinking? Well, needless to say, I will not be parking next to that field again!