Final Few Days

Well, this past week was full of beginning to prepare for back to school.  Oklahoma has tax-free weekend the first weekend of August so I shopped for myself and our son Riley (Abbie was gone backpacking and Travis was still in LA).  I am beginning to build my professional wardrobe and had to have khakis and a polo for food lab.  Riley hates to shop for clothes so I tried to make it quick and as painless as possible :o)  He came out with some nice items.  Abbie got home early Thursday and all she could think about was food.  The person in charge of planning the food for the trip did a poor job.  After a much needed shower (a whole week without one) and some french toast, bacon and coffee, she was ready to shop.  We hit the shops around campus first, then the local mall.  She was exhausted by the the time we finished there so we came home.  Friday we did the rest of her shopping in the city.  Now Travis is on his way home so I need to spend the weekend prepping the house and getting the rest of Abbie's dorm stuff.  Come Monday I will be making another one of my children "Welcome home" french toast (he has requested it also).  Then we will be heading to the mall to shop for his back to school clothes.  I know this won't be happening much longer as Riley will be graduating from college this year and the others won't be far behind.  Thursday will be move-in day for Abbie at the dorms and I have orientation Wednesday and Thursday, so we are looking at another busy week.

Busy, Busy, Busy.......

As I listen to the thunderstorm outside & sip on my first cup of coffee, I am planning my day. I made a list of things to get done around here this week as I have been helping Terry at the office with some little things so he can work. He is in the process of hiring a new receptionist as his last one is going to law school. Good Luck to you, Anna. School is fast approaching and this weekend is Tax-free weekend. We are going through closets and drawers today. Riley is ordering the rest of his books for school, the bookstore is still unloading boxes and he needed to get a headstart on reading plays for his intro to acting class. Abbie has requested a room makeover for her 16th birthday so we have been shopping for bedding. We then decided to redo the kids bathroom since the boys will be gone. (this is the way most of my projects grow) Abbie has picked some great stuff and we bought paint earlier this week so I am hoping to start the painting part this weekend. I will post before and after pics when we are finished.