Watched: Jack as QB during his team's first game. He and another boy got to each play a half. I tried to snap a photo of his first snap as QB. It's from my phone so it isn't great. I am getting some from my friend who took all the great photos for me last year. I think instead of putting them on my weekly blogs, I might do one special one that just highlights his season. They had some timing issues and they were frozen since it was in the low 30s and windy. He definitely isn't perfect, but he's really enjoying it. He missed a couple of tackles and one of them resulted in a touchdown, which bummed him out, but I think the team will have a good time together. They did end up with a win 8-6.
Read: I was able to finish up The Alice Network. I really enjoyed this historical fiction that spanned both World Wars. The characters draw you in quickly and the writing leaves you wanting to know more. A great read for any historical fiction fan. I have suggested it to a couple of people already and will be eager to know what they think of it. I was reading it with my girlfriend and she really loved it too. Since book club is meeting on Sunday, I had to quickly read Before I Go To Sleep. This an good thriller with a great unreliable narrator. I was pretty close on the “what’s the big twist” concept but I still liked reading through to make sure I was right. I think it will make for excellent discussion in my book club. I am going to try to finish up Hunted next week.
Listened: Hard sales pitch for a new car. As you know, my car left me stranded a couple of weeks ago and I just haven't been able to find another car I liked. On Friday, Nick spotted a Kia Optima that we both liked the looks of. It has good reviews everywhere and so we thought we should do a butts in the seat test. I have definitely found the next car that I will buy. It will just be a matter of when I can get the best price. Right now, I want more car than I want to afford. Maybe at around Christmas or when the 2019 models come out, I will be able to find a better deal. If my car doesn't make it before then I at least won't feel rushed into having to buy something that I don't really want. The sales guys weren't happy to see us walk away, but it what is is.
Listened: Hard sales pitch for a new car. As you know, my car left me stranded a couple of weeks ago and I just haven't been able to find another car I liked. On Friday, Nick spotted a Kia Optima that we both liked the looks of. It has good reviews everywhere and so we thought we should do a butts in the seat test. I have definitely found the next car that I will buy. It will just be a matter of when I can get the best price. Right now, I want more car than I want to afford. Maybe at around Christmas or when the 2019 models come out, I will be able to find a better deal. If my car doesn't make it before then I at least won't feel rushed into having to buy something that I don't really want. The sales guys weren't happy to see us walk away, but it what is is.
Made: A purchase for myself for my birthday. A fellow wrestling mom and Facebook friend posted a picture of a couple of cow paintings that she had done. They both reminded me so much of Laurie and I just felt happy (and a little sad and nostalgic) when see them that I wanted to have them. She ended up breaking up the set for me because I didn't want both of them. I treated myself to it and am happy each time I see it sitting in my office.
Felt: Good about the end-of-the-year wrestling party. We had too many subs (and it was kind of comical seeing me put them all in my car along with everything else I was taking to the party), but no one went hungry. A lot of awesome kids got a lot of awesome swag for their Champions of Character award and their hard work during the season. This is the first season that Jack didn't end with an end-of-season award but he still did get the highest level of Champions of Character thanks to what his head coach saw in him. I was also gifted an Amazon gift card for my work as team mom throughout the season. It is an amazing bunch of people to work with. We also went down to Dart Warz, which had some kinks if you were behind the scenes like I was, but was fun for all the kids, some of their siblings and parents too.
Planned: The layout of a few yearbook pages. It is almost deadline time and its fun seeing all the pages come together. We have a few pictures that will be coming in last minute, but the majority of should be done this week. I had a hard time trying to get a schedule where I could equally get all the specials divided up with each classroom getting a picture taken of them. I wasn't able to get two of them, but we will finish them up next Wednesday. I wish I could share it with all of you, but you will just have to wait for the book to be published and see it in person if you are really curious.
Loved: My birthday celebration. The day before my friend Mindy treated me to some Mexican at a new restaurant neither of us had tried. It was fun just to chat with a friend. Nick was not home on my actual birthday because I asked him to be home next week so we could enjoy the night of endless fondue that they are having at the Melting Pot. However, he did have beautiful flowers delivered to the door. I was shocked at how perfectly perfect they were. Jack and I went to football practice and then out for BBQ on my actual birthday. My friend Kelly stopped over to give me some chocolate cake and a card. When they were here, they accidentally dropped my gift off the railing between the library and the kitchen. He was very nervous it has broken and therefore made her nervous too. I was sure it was fine. Nick made it home on Thursday and we had round 2 of the celebration. Jack gifted me a (thankfully, non-broken Alexa) and Nick gifted me a subscription to the Book of the Month club. I went right out and picked my first book. I am will be so excited when it comes in. We also went out to eat again so I didn't have to cook or clean the kitchen again. It was a pretty wonderful time.
Here are the pics for the week:
Felt: Good about the end-of-the-year wrestling party. We had too many subs (and it was kind of comical seeing me put them all in my car along with everything else I was taking to the party), but no one went hungry. A lot of awesome kids got a lot of awesome swag for their Champions of Character award and their hard work during the season. This is the first season that Jack didn't end with an end-of-season award but he still did get the highest level of Champions of Character thanks to what his head coach saw in him. I was also gifted an Amazon gift card for my work as team mom throughout the season. It is an amazing bunch of people to work with. We also went down to Dart Warz, which had some kinks if you were behind the scenes like I was, but was fun for all the kids, some of their siblings and parents too.
Planned: The layout of a few yearbook pages. It is almost deadline time and its fun seeing all the pages come together. We have a few pictures that will be coming in last minute, but the majority of should be done this week. I had a hard time trying to get a schedule where I could equally get all the specials divided up with each classroom getting a picture taken of them. I wasn't able to get two of them, but we will finish them up next Wednesday. I wish I could share it with all of you, but you will just have to wait for the book to be published and see it in person if you are really curious.
Loved: My birthday celebration. The day before my friend Mindy treated me to some Mexican at a new restaurant neither of us had tried. It was fun just to chat with a friend. Nick was not home on my actual birthday because I asked him to be home next week so we could enjoy the night of endless fondue that they are having at the Melting Pot. However, he did have beautiful flowers delivered to the door. I was shocked at how perfectly perfect they were. Jack and I went to football practice and then out for BBQ on my actual birthday. My friend Kelly stopped over to give me some chocolate cake and a card. When they were here, they accidentally dropped my gift off the railing between the library and the kitchen. He was very nervous it has broken and therefore made her nervous too. I was sure it was fine. Nick made it home on Thursday and we had round 2 of the celebration. Jack gifted me a (thankfully, non-broken Alexa) and Nick gifted me a subscription to the Book of the Month club. I went right out and picked my first book. I am will be so excited when it comes in. We also went out to eat again so I didn't have to cook or clean the kitchen again. It was a pretty wonderful time.
Here are the pics for the week:
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