Oddly Exciting Day
Odd as in what an odd day. Exciting as in what an exciting day.
It started with gluten-free crepes, goats cheese, and berries for the kids and a trip to the pond where I read, cleaned out the car, and took a paddle boat ride. I also tested out the new digital camera I got yesterday which is a whole other blog post but its a cheap one (under $100) but I needed something that didn’t have dust on the lens so I could get decent photos of my work for several upcoming projects.
When we returned home Issac and I vacuumed out the car. While doing so Issac spotted the UPS man and insisted on bringing in the box himself. (He is such a funny kid.) Shamus’ new hard drive had come but didn’t come with the SATA cable he needed so Issac and I trekked out, yet again, and got it for him. On the way home I got gas (in order to redeem my extra trip out) and at his request we did one of his favorite things: got the car washed. (I only get the car washed once or twice a year and apparently the other kids were devastated that they didn’t get to go so next time it will be a family affair.) You can’t see it in the picture because he kept moving too fast but he is grinning ear to ear and telling me all about how it works.
I spent most of the afternoon reorganizing my blog feeds and setting everything up so I could switch from Opera (which I love but I am having some issues with and more and more sites won’t open in it) to Google Chrome. (Firefox was great until they started adding bells and whistles and it started slowing my computer down.) The kids have reinstated quiet time and were lying down waiting for me to read to them. I was just about to do so when the mail came and I ran out to check it. Inside the mailbox was a huge package, which I assumed was a test set f the card game I am starting work on. It wasn’t. When I pulled it out I found this;
which if course you can’t read. It says: Gift for you on the sticker, and down below it says Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. And inside was this:
but with OUR name on it. Really! The family I am working with on the game sent us a premium membership for Carnegie Museums. We haven’t had even a regular one since the last time we were on the Candida diet–which I just realized and which is very odd since we just started the Candida diet again, after 5 years, last week. And this time around we have an awesome, doesn’t break down every time you leave the driveway, vehicle. Anyway, since tomorrow is supposed to be the first cooler, stormy day in over a week, I just filled the car with gas and cleaned it, I don’t currently have any work I NEED to complete right away, Friday is the day we usually visit my grandmother and she is on the way, we are heading to the Science Center tomorrow.
And I suspect that throughout the summer you are going to be seeing less photos like this:
and more photos like this:
And this:
We are looking forward to being able to beat the crowds, visit other science centers when we go visit friends, go to the art and natural history museums when we take a trip to Trader Joes, and best of all, with the premium membership we get to take 5 friends along. As the kids keep saying, “we just can’t sop smiling!”
Yeah!! Sounds like things are going well!!
Yup! 🙂 Hope things are going well for you guys as well. Been reading your site but barely time to comment.
that’s great! I love the museum. I wish the kids wouldn’t rush through so fast!
Our real trouble this time is that the kids have very, very different interests. Finally gave up and let the older two go to a different section (with their cell phone) so their brother could stop being bored with the things they want to do and they could stop being bored with the things he wants to do.
That is just so awesome about the membership!! I can’t wait to read more and more about it.
Been thinking about the candida diet myself. Just when I get started, I screw it all up! 🙂
That really is the hardest part– getting to the point where you can stick with it enough not to keep having to restart. It has been trickier this time because though the kids are on board with it (they each decided to do it with me) they are having to learn the hard way how hard it is NOT to overdo the sugar– especially in the first few weeks before the worst of the sugar cravings are gone. I think we are getting over that hump– and the biggest trick is for me to stop giving in and buying more 1x a day things and coming up with fun anytime foods that they can eat. Had a der moment today when I realized that the 1x a day all natural chocolate peanut butter I bought was easily replicated as an anytime by adding cocoa and stevia to all natural nut butter (and its less sweet and more chocolatey.)
Great to get updates and I love seeing the photos! God is good.