Thankful Tuesday

1. We enjoyed our Mystery tour at Weis grocery on Friday afternoon. There were about 20 kids from our homeschool group on the tour. It was basically a 75 minute health lesson on food groups, portions, whole grain, sugar, calcium, etc. The kids were able to taste some foods along the way (kiwi, cheese stick, mini-wheat cereal, etc.) and were given a gift bag at the end.

2. The kids and I met my parents at 4:30 at Bonanza on Friday; they treated us to dinner, which was greatly appreciated. They also bough donuts for us to have at breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. It was great to

be able to spend some time with them Friday night. They spent the night and watched two soccer games on Saturday morning before they drove back home. Although it wasn't Ian's best game of the season, he did score two goals - one for the other team and one for his team.

3. Paul took Nadia to see a musical about Rapunzel on Sunday afternoon. She really enjoyed it. I stayed home with the boys.

4. Bucknell didn't have any classes yesterday or today (they take two days to celebrate Columbus Day, ha ha). Paul worked at his dad's plant both days. He's been working their sporadically (averaging about one day every two weeks) trying to finish building the machine he started to build in the summer of 2014. On Monday Paul took the kids down with him so they could spend the day with Paul's parents. This meant I had ten hours to myself. I used the time to do some freezer cooking, go for a 5.5 mile run, have a Mary Kay makeover, and post some more things for sale on FB yard sale pages. I love my kids dearly but it is nice to have a day to do

other things every now and then. If they spend a day with Paul's parents in November, my friend Cheri is going to ask for that day off of work so that we can do something together. Sounds great!

5. Nadia scored her first goal in May 2014 on a U6 team, and on Monday night she scored her first goal on a U8 team! Way to go, Nadia!

6. The Giants played during the Sunday night game, and the Steelers played in the Monday night game this week. I prefer earlier games, but both our teams won at the VERY last second. Thrilling (aka nerve wracking) and happy endings!

7. On Saturday when I went for my run, I broke my personal record in terms of length of run as I ran for 6 miles. Don't ask me how long it took, ha ha! I am trying to run more in the afternoon or evening when possible since it's a bit chilly and dark in the morning.