M&M

When Kennedy started school, I was working a few days a week while Madison attended day care. However every Wednesday were M&M days. aka...Mom and Maddie. We would attend Bible Study in the morning, hit Pizza Hut for lunch, and then spend the rest of the afternoon at our leisure. It is something she reminds me of to this day.

So with Milo and Kennedy gone for the weekend to a church conference in WI Dells, what better thing to do then have a M&M weekend.

So the weekend started at 3:15 on Friday when I picked her up from school. I had a FRESH ice cold cherry ICY waiting and a pack of M&Ms on the seat. The mission was to get all weekend 'chores' done in record time, so that the entire weekend could be spent at our 'leisure'.

So while Madison was at dance for a few hours Friday afternoon, I dawned my headphones and away I went! Within 2 hours, most weekend chores were completed. I picked Madison up for dance, only to have her fall smack on her bum before getting into the van. We wrapped up our last few chores and decided it would be appropriate to go to Pizza Hut for supper. We toasted the weekend with our Cokes and enjoyed personal pans and bread sticks. After a run to the grocery store to stock up for the next week, we snuggled in for the night playing computer games while lying in bed with bowls of mint chip ice cream, smothered in hot fudge sauce. Does life get any better?

Saturday morning we slept in, played some more puzzle games before heading out for a few hours of 'retail therapy'. It was a fun shopping trip getting things like our favorite scents at Bath & Body Works, some new candles for the house, cute napkins, craft projects, and the highlight....skinny jeans, for Madison of course. A quick stop for coffee and hot chocolate before grabbing a few movies and cozying in for the rest of the day.

Movies, crafting, and leftovers for supper before we retired early at 8:00.

Sunday morning we did all of our meal preparations for the week, split ham and pea soup, Swedish meatballs, roast, potatoes, and carrots, chicken/rice casserole, goulash, chocolate chip bars, and blueberry muffins. No more thinking for the rest of the week!

Sunday afternoon we hit the health club for 'family swim'. Had to work off some of that hot fudge sauce. We swam for almost an hour, Madison trying to teach me the fly. After showering and jumping back into our PJs, the rest of the day we did some more crafting and movies until Milo and Kennedy pulled in around 4:00. Madison looked at me and said, 'I guess all good things must come to an end. Do you think we could get rid of Milo and Kennedy once a month?'

So we enjoyed soup and sandwiches for supper and the opportunity to hear all about the conference. And so all good things must come to an end. Back to work and school tomorrow.

Last week brought some more changes to our house with Milo starting his new job. Some more role adjusting and who is doing what. All in all a good week. My first week off of training at work. It brought some good relationship building appointments and my FIRST selling appointment scheduled for this week. It feels good to finally be off of training and on my own. Tomorrow night I join a new women's group to study Beth Moore's, New Eve.

Trying to stay warm in all this crazy cold weather. But without the cold, we can't appreciate the warmth come spring.

toodles.