Saturday 9 August 2008 - This Week in the Olive Grove
- SUNDAY
- Church Service, during which Frap and I helped with the elementary program; we talked about the Fruit of the Spirit and made smoothies ~ yum!
- MONDAY
- generally, lots of:
- sleeping in
- reading
- running kids around
- all of this continued throughout the entire week
- generally, lots of:
- TUESDAY
- helped out a little at the Christian Home Library and, of course, checked out books
- boys had gymnastics
- WEDNESDAY
- celebrated Tibby's 18th birthday with a trip to the espresso drive-through, then on to Half Price Books, the cell phone store, the mall, out to dinner, and ice cream sandwiches and popsicles for dessert:
- $5 for espresso
- $10 for books
- $30 for dinner
- $5 for dessert
- 60 miles in an SUV burning about $15 worth of gas
- $1-2 for the toll road
- spending most of the day with my oldest daughter and catching up on all that's going on in her life: PRICELESS!
- celebrated Tibby's 18th birthday with a trip to the espresso drive-through, then on to Half Price Books, the cell phone store, the mall, out to dinner, and ice cream sandwiches and popsicles for dessert:
- THURSDAY
- Sergeant Elf had dance class
- worked on our schedule/routine/daily rhythm plans/whatever and avoided housework
- watched Doctor Who
- FRIDAY
- answered the door to Jehovah's Witnesses in my bathrobe, because I thought they were a friend coming to pick up one of my girls for a babysitting job
- finally got dressed because...
- Toodles had dance class
- celebrated a friend's 40th birthday with a surprise party at a downtown Austin coffee shop: old friends, local music, coffee & cake
- then on to a favourite downtown cafe for a midnight supper
- SATURDAY
- made bank deposit
- paid a bill
- did a very little bit of housework
- renewed public library books online
- worked on menu plans and shopping list
- watched some of the Olympics
- posted on blog





