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Wordless Wednesday- Rides at Walt Disney World
5 Things Friday
- This is the first week in the entire school year that I feel like I am finally able to balance work and life. Work is still super busy and next week is going to be wrong and even today I have more to do than i am able but I feel like I can handle it or rather God is going to provide peace and security for me.
- The Central Davidson varsity football team are the conference champions, first time since 1946. Zach has started on JV most of the season. And he was pulled up to varsity for the play offs. There is a slim chance that he will actually get to play but we are all going to the game just in case it happens. Kendall is likely going to watch another player but so is life.
- My snow village and the new “Disney” village have both been completed this week. I am planning to make a full blog post on them for next week
- We are headed to Florida for Thanksgiving! I am not responsible for any cooking! On black Friday, we are all headed to Disney. David and Haley and the kids are coming up with us. Lily and Braxton are flying in as well! The kids and I will miss an extra week of school. I am super excited!
- I am going to assume that probably 2 of the 4 new chickens we purchased at the end of the summer have started laying. We went the entire month of October without a single egg. I actually purchased 6 dozen eggs from a coworker. This past week we started getting 1 and 2 large brown eggs! Even more exciting is the fact that we also got 1 green egg this week which means at least one of the older chickens probably the white one is laying as well.
Wordless Wednesday- Quick Disney Trip
First some random things like food and topiaries
Finally the “we can survive for 6 hours hotel we stayed at”
5 Things Friday
- I have disappeared for a week. We headed to Disney World for a quick 4 day trip last weekend. I am going to share some pictures of course. but we had an awesome time and it was much needed and enjoyed by all!
- The weather continues to be so bizarre. We left Florida on Tuesday morning with a temperature of 83 at 9am. We arrived home at 7pm and the temperature here was 55* We have had at least 6.5 inches of rain in the month of May. I am hoping to return to 80 very soon so I can enjoy sitting at the pool.
- Before we left for Florida, we decide to try something. We have 2 rain barrels that are filled by rain water. One from the house gutters and the second from a single gutter on the side of a building. Matt had saw and I did some research on adding goldfish to these. We decided that it was worth a try. We headed to Pet Smart and purchased 20 “large” goldfish. My thought was that I wanted the larger fish so they would not accidentally come out a spout. I am so excited to report that we can see a visible difference in the amount of algae on the sides of both barrels. So for $10 we have a renewable algae control. We have only saw the fish one time but we can see the evidence they are working.
- Due to the wet weather we have needed to add both pine shavings and lime to the chicken coop. Another “upgrade” is that we are planting mint inside of cement blocks around the sides of the coop. The idea is that the mint can be food for the chickens as well as odor control.
- The most disappointing thing that happened this week is that our pool has a motor problem so not only can we not enjoy the pool but both the kids were planning on working this summer as lifeguards. We are all hoping it can open soon!
5 Things Friday AKA What I did for Spring Break.
1.We, Lily and I planned a short but packed Disney trip for the end of May, approximately 2 weeks ago. It is something I am convinced we all need and will enjoy. So, in anticipation of the trip, I am going to save as much money as possible between then and now. I would love to have $1000 but that is going to be a stretch. The catch to the saving is that it has to come from extra money, not money that I am budgeting. I have worked out the budget for May already, so this is truly going to be a challenge. One caveat is that money left over from the grocery budget can be counted as savings. In addition, I am also going to say no Amazon buying unless absolutely needed. I will try and deduct this amount from any savings we get.
2. This is week has been both the kids and I week of Spring Break. I have really really tried to get alot of things caught up and prepared ahead for the next month as well. Which hopefully will help with the goal above. Braxton has been with us for at least half of four out of 5 days this week. He is actually enjoying screen free time!
3. One of the areas I have focused on this week is outside both for gardening and landscaping. I have spent $300ish on additional plants, soil and mulch. This includes paying Zach for lots of hot work applying mulch and helping getting the yard looking it’s best. I have been able to purchase 2 hydrangeas for $14.00 each on clearance, along with several other “clearance” plants that have helped to completely fill by Greenstalk vertical planters. I found angel trumpet trees on Facebook marketplace. Zach helped me repurpose by painting several older planters with a fresh coat of paint which I think turned out great!
I will give a better garden update on Sunday, but we have not lost any plants from transplanting, and we have a watermelon growing! I am so pleased. Several hours and bags of dirt went to finishing up the planting space. My goal is to finish all the Spring planting today! I really only have one area to plant now that the dirt is filled.
4.. The other area that I have worked on this week is cleaning and organizing parts of the house. One was the living room, where we found a 5-gallon bucket of water sealant. Zach used this outside as well. I also moved all the plants outside for the fresh air and sunshine. The living room is so open now it is amazing! I also spent time filling and organizing the canning closet. I added 28 jars of beef stock and 8 cans of white beans.
5. I also planned to work on getting our food together for the next 4 to 8 weeks (until Summer break). I actually made multiple trips to Costco and Food lion. I also attempted to use up items in our freezers. I am proud to say other than 1 lunch at McDonald’s for $10.69 We have eaten at home all week. This is huge! I have made multiple batches of sour dough and frozen some.
Overall this was a great productive week!
5 Things Friday
- Sometimes your body needs a day to rest and recharge. Take that day! I ended up at home all day today. I did get alot accomplished but I also needed the downtime. My goal is to have any more down time on Sunday, since I am a whole day ahead.
- I am back into making sour dough full-time. I did a little research, ok I read alot of post on Facebook and have been able to get some of the best bread, buns and biscuits EVER! I am going to attempt bagels next with what I have learn. I am very hopeful it works out!
- We have planned a Disney trip! Yeap, the 3 parks in 3 days for $267 caught my attention and after some strategic planning. We are going to make a long weekend over Memorial Day and enjoy!
- The newest chickens have been the easiest so far! We introduced them to the coop and after just a couple of days, they are getting into the roast at night!! We are hopeful that both are hens. I would like to add another 2 to the flock this year but I really don’t want to deal with the baby chick stage. I am hoping to purchase some around 4 weeks old in June but we shall see.
- The weather is seriously bipolar. We had 85 plus degree temperatures last weekend and today’s high was 52* with rain.
Wordless Wednesday- Disney
Thursday Thoughts
Lots of things are happening. Wanted to share a few thoughts with you.
- Our trip to Florida was different this time. First, we drove my car instead of the Tahoe. We chose this because of the holiday travel. I did not want to be pulling a camper on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. By driving the car, we were able to stop for gas less, make better time, eat at a drive thru and overall spent about half the amount on gas as we normally do. Next, we purchased lighten lanes to use at Disney- This was a true luxury. We were able to watch 3 shows, ride all the rides we wanted except 1 (Rise of the Resistance) in a shorter day at Hollywood Studios. I am not convinced that we will need this in the future but they did make things much easier and quicker. Finally we enjoyed staying at hotels but even Zach said he preferred the campground and staying in the camper to a hotel room. I really missed the extra luggage space as well.
- Both kids are on the swim teams which means 3 days a week practice with one usually a morning one. We have two meets before Christmas Zach has also started baseball workouts which are also three days a week.
- The weather has made a massive change with snow and wind which means extreme cold, and I DISLIKE the cold. The benefit is that we are having lots of soup this week!
- My friend Nancy and I are planning a Christmas Dinner party. I am excited and really do enjoy cooking when I don’t have to hurry or worry about it. I am hopefully to have some time to sit and plan and hopefully even share how I am planning and preparing for it.
- Because of the party, I would like to have our house clean and super clean. I had a house cleaner come this week on Monday and another cleaning scheduled for 3 days before the party. I also am making a short list of extra chores that just need to be done ahead of time.
- In preparation for the party, I want to try out a dinner roll recipe and see if I can get decent results. I hope to accomplish this on Saturday along with making Reindeer Crack.
- Most of the Christmas decorating is complete. I decided to only put up a Disney Village and one LARGE tree. I did add a couple of decorations to the kitchen but legitimately about half of the regular decorations. We have not decorated the outside except for Matt who has installed permanent lights. Another Saturday goal is to pull out and get the outside decorations done.
- I currently have purchased and wrapped all Christmas presents! I am super excited and proud of this accomplishment.
- My work continues to be stressful. This school year has been one of the hardest for me.
- My mother’s surgery is scheduled for next week. This is to finally get her heart back in a normal rhythm. I am praying this get her back some energy.
- We are headed back to Florida on the Saturday after Christmas. This trip has two purposes: celebrate Christmas with Haley and David and bring Lily home!
- I am in total agreement that December is just as busy if more busy than the month of May!
Five Things
- This has been a better week for me. I have been able to enjoy work and am actually staying somewhat caught up. I hope to continue this routine as the first of this school year has been rough and I am glad to not dread coming to work.
- We are headed to Florida for Thanksgiving. We have travel alot more years than we have stayed at home on Thanksgiving. My only disappointment is the temperature in Florida are suppose to be in the 70s , I was hoping for 80s.
- Thanksgiving is late this year, the last week of November so I have decided to go ahead and decorate! I hope by the end of the weekend to have all the decorations that I am going to use both inside and outside in place.
- Zach has already started practice for Baseball in the Spring, He is continuing to swim. This means that staying at home all evenings was short lived but much enjoyed. I am glad that he finishes baseball around 4:45 instead of 5:45.
- I think we have settled our plans for Christmas/ New Years so now I definitely need to get my plans together for the beach next year!