Yesterday started with the Boy Scout car wash at 11am. The boys had a great turn out. Plenty of scouts and adults and a steady pace of cars to fill the day. Tom and I had our rigs in there first. Think those were the training vehicles because there are many missed spots when my rig is parked in the sun.... Not sure how many cars they washed, but they raised over $500.
Great job - Scouts!!!!
Lucas (since he is still on crutches) worked customer service. He did a really good job - and he wasn't coached on what to say either. So he would go up to an approaching car and ask, "Can we get your car washed for you?" If they said yes, he would tell them where they are in line, whether they were next or if there were two or three cars in front of them. Then he directed them where they could park and while they waited, they could also get a cookie, water or soda. He did a great job.
After the football game, it was back home and try to figure out something for dinner. Jake wanted Mac & Cheese. He is wanting to learn how to cook more than Top Ramen and PB & J's. So he made Mac & Cheese for the two of us and Tom and Lucas finished off the pizza we made last night. I got off pretty easy!
Then it was on to homework. Jake had an assignment to create a magazine cover about himself. He is quite the "tecky" kid. He had started it at school and accessed his file on the computer. He linked up to my photos and created a collage of pictures. Then he used different fonts and typed overlapping the photos on the page. He figured out how to change the colors of the fonts and sizes. After printing it out, we then trimmed it and added mats of red and black around it. Then he cut off a barcode from another magazine and put that on there. It turned out really cool. I am glad to see that he is excited about school this year. He is still struggling with his writing so I think his computer skills give him an outlet for his creativity. I hope that he continues throughout the year with the good attitude and effort.
Today, Jake and Tom are off to the Expo Center. Apparently there is another gun show this weekend. So Lucas and I are home. I have some projects for work to complete and Lucas has homework. Then of course there are the usual household chores that need to be taken care of. But it will be nice to just be at home and leave the car in the driveway!
Thanks to all of you that sent me replies about my weird dream... It was funny to hear the memories of our travels and such that probably provoked certain points in the dream. Helped to make some of it make sense... I have been trying to watch how late I eat dinner since then and haven't had anymore dreams like that....
Well, hopefully you all are having a good weekend. The morning is almost gone so better get this day started.
Till next time,
Laura
PS - also Friday night, I watched the Stand Up To Cancer telethon. It was very moving. I hope that it is a huge step to finding a cure and cancer can something of the past. If you would like more information or would be interested in contributing to the cause - check out www.standup2cancer.org
2 comments:
Glad that you survived one of your crazy weekends. Great pics! Thanks for posting about Stand Up 2 Cancer. It was so inspiring! Have time for coffee soon?
wow, you sure pack a lot into a day!!! i'm sorry we missed the car wash. between the two games and then spencer getting a migraine and puking in my car twice, i had my hands full. spent 3 hours at the carriage house getting my car cleaned and shampooed. :( your car washers didn't include puke clean up in their services did they??? lol
great photos btw of the car wash and the football game! great to see jake cooking away.
and thanks for the support of the Stand Up 2 Cancer.
i am a go for bagles on friday! just name the place and time!!!
xoxox
shauna
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