Shed Shelf

I wanted to rebuild the shelf in my shed and we had a Saturday at home this summer.  I cut and hammered everything together and just pulled one of the girls out to help me when I needed another set of hands.  Maggie told me I wasn't doing it like Mr. Dorsey to which I replied that I'm not a shop teacher and that it was good enough for a shed.  Philomena helped me cut larger pieces of wood to be the shelf tops.  I am really happy with how it turned out and how I was able to model for my kids that we can do stuff ourselves.  The next day I put in nails to hand some of the hand tools.

 

Camp Fontanelle - Girls Only Camp

Maggie enjoyed a week at Camp Fonatanelle with Pastor Caity and Pastor Lynn.  She was tired at the end of the week but said it was great and she wants to go again.

 

Spark in June

Maggie applied, interviewed, and was chosen to be a part of the Spark Crew this summer.  Spark is a day camp for K-5th grades.  Middle Schoolers were chosen to be teacher assistants.  The first day she came home she told me, "Mom, these kids are running all over and not listening and I am so tired!"  Welcome to my life as a teacher, kiddo!  I laughed and empathized.  She's had a great time and I'm seeing growth in her leadership skills and her maturity.

 

Height

Both girls had their wellness checks.  They are both healthy, but Philomena was shocked to find out that Maggie is taller than her!  Maggie is 5'5" and Philomena is 5'3 1/2."  I'm 5'3 3/4" so Philomena is basically my height but we each have to adjust the seat and mirrors after the other has driven.

 

New Car

My Highlander was leaking fluids on Memorial Day when we celebrated Mom's birthday.  Philomena and I took the Highlander to Kelly's Auto Repair the next morning and when Kelly told me to come into the garage so he could show me what was wrong.  It needed $6,000 of repairs.  Kelly then told me, "I'm going to hose off your engine and you're going to drive to the dealership to trade this in!"  Philomena and I went to Toyota and then Honda to drive some cars and then I slept on it.  I ended up buying this 2018 Camry XLE.  It seems so fancy upgrading from a 2008 to 2018!  Also much better gas mileage going back to a Camry from an SUV.

 

Foot Surgery

On May 28th, after finding out I needed to buy a new car, I went to the doctor to find out what to do about the bump on my foot.  It was diagnosed as a ganglion cyst (like I had on my right hand when I was a teenager) and they were able to fit in my surgery on Friday, three days later.

Mom drove me to surgery and my co-teacher, Christina, drove my kids to their activities for the day.  Christina texted me, "Both girls have been successfully dropped off, Maggie had her spark shirt AND an entire bottle of lotion to ward off grass allergies. And Philomena had her lunch 😁." When I came out of surgery, I texted her back to say thanks and how funny Maggie is! She replied, "Haha she told me right when she got out of the house she was like, “I couldn’t find the small bottle of lotion. So I just got the whole big bottle.” I was like, “sounds good 😅” later she explained that it was because of grass allergies." After the girls had finished their days and Grandma had brought them home, Maggie told me listening to music in Christina's car. I texted Christina, "Maggie liked your music 🎶" to which Christina replied, "She requested country and when I asked what era she said, “umm like when my mom was in her 30s?” And I was like “ummm 90s country??” And she agreed to that. Haha so it was just the 90s country playlist on Spotify. 😁" I laughed so hard. How old did they think I am??

Surgery went well. Maggie and Philomena cooked over the next couple of days until they went back to their dad's house on Sunday. I was taking Advil and Tylenol to keep the pain at down. Maggie announced that she needed a swimsuit for Spark the next week so Saturday when I had just taken my Advil, Philomena drove us to Walmart. I snapped the picture laughing at how the girls had no clue how slow I was moving. They were all the way into the store before they looked back for me.

I can drive because it's my left foot in the shoe and I am healing well.