rainy afternoon....

After dropping off the vacuum cleaner, and embarrassing myself half to death at the sewing maching repair shop (it seems the part I thought I needed for this 1+ year is something that does not exist on my machine....I had assumed that one of the kids lost it, and apparently there never was one there....I thought I needed a bobbin case, but this machine has a drop in bobbin, no case needed.....the part the man ordered, for the second time, was the part that the bobbin sets in, and I explained that I needed the bobbin CASE....no, he said, it doesn't have a case....that model....blah, blah....I felt SO stupid, but he was so nice...) anyway, we stopped at a wonderful place....a bakery. Not a chain, not a supermarket, just a nice old-fashioned bakery. We picked out a dozen donuts, two half-moon cookies, a cherry turnover, an extra donut for Jon, and a cannoli for Mirielle. The girl gave each of the kids, including Mirielle, a nice big cookie, for free. And all of it was only $11.00. Wow. We then stopped at the grocery store....just for some basic stuff. This store sells frozen vegetables, very good ones, for 89cents a lb. bag. So we stock up there. Anyway, we got to the checkout and my fresh broccoli only rang up 8 cents. I pointed it out to the cashier, and it was determined that the scale didn't work....so I got my bananas for free, and my broccoli very cheap...then, we went to the dreaded McDonalds....they liked running around after being in teh van and in the store....Mirielle was quite a sport about it all..here she was speaking through a tube to Jon at the McDonalds....

Charlotte Claire and Camille...

One funny thing today, a lady asked if Mirielle and I were sisters....I, of course, was flattered....Mirielle not so much...it was pretty funny. We decided that she looks 25 and I look 35, ha.

I started this post earlier, but dinner had to be made....so....

Well, I am home with just Charlotte Claire and Camille, the others are all at activity club, and Paul is at a meeting....so I need to go put them to bed.....