Fun Filled Friday

This morning started out as most mornings do, with a walk, breakfast, reading the paper and mail and then yard work etc., but today that is were the normalcy ended. Alyssa had an appointment with her urologist at 1300 but needed to have some work done before that so she dropped the children off about noon time.

She mentioned that she had not had time to fix lunch for them and they might be hungry, she had not even pulled out of the driveway when the grandchildren started to say that they were hungry. Kathleen and I had needed to go grocery shopping but just not done it. So I looked around for something quick and easy to fix that they would enjoy and could not find anything.

So I thought to myself what do most children like...macaroni and cheese! So I put some water on the stove and boiled it and then add a cup and a half of macaroni. I think the children came in about four times to ask if it were ready yet before it was macaroni and cheese. If I had had a little more time I would have baked it, but I did not think that they could wait that long.

Zander had five helping, Hayden four and Natalie three, so I guess that they were hungry, I do not think that the macaroni was that special so it must have been that they were really hungry.

We also did not have anything for them to drink, so I found a packet of Crystal-light pink grapefruit and they each had several glasses of that as well, I just barely got a six ounce glass down.

After they finished eating I gave them their choice of either a mini Milky Way or a fruit snack, Zander wanted a Milky Way and Natalie and Hayden wanted a fruit snack. So while I was cleaning up the kitchen Kathleen put in a DVD, "Over the Hedge", and they all sat on Kathleen and my lap during the whole time.

Alyssa came back before the movie finished so we let the children continue to watch it and I gave Alyssa some macaroni and cheese and the drink. Alyssa needed to leave as she had to get home because she and a couple of her friends were going to "Women of Faith" this afternoon and tomorrow.

The place where we had ordered our new glasses had called this morning before the grandchildren had arrived but we did not have time to go then so as soon as everyone had gone I changed clothes and off we went. Kathleen has needed new glasses for several years and just not gotten them, mine were only a little over two years old, but I wanted to get some a little less bulky looking.

I had been use to wearing my safety glasses at Boeing and so when I got my last ones I got some beefier frames than I needed to. These are much slimmer and like my last pair are made of titanium and I can tie them into a knot.

Coming home the traffic was really bad as it was Friday evening rush hour but we finally made it home and I thought that I would do my blog early tonight, before dinner and I would not have to worry about being too tired.

I think we are going to have the rest of last night’s dinner and the rest of the macaroni and cheese for dinner tonight. Maybe tomorrow we will be able to get to the grocery store to get some food. I will have to eat food that I do not normally eat, so for that reason we will need to get some things.

Well, I think that is all that I can think about for now. I keep thinking that I will call my Mother one of these days, but we have been busy doing one thing or another everyday. I guess that it is time for me to say good night!