Thursday, July 22, 2010

Small Successes (Vol.8)

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1.  THE KITCHEN DESK IS STILL CLEAN AND LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE IT DID IN MY ORIGINAL PHOTO!!!!!!!  One week and counting......

2.  Last Friday was Emma's big Brownie troop overnight camp-out at one of the troop member's homes.  If you read last Friday's 7 Quick Takes, you know I was not exactly looking forward to this event.  It was so hot and humid and I really hate sweating for no reason.  I was close to praying for a rain cancellation, but I refrained because I knew Emma was looking forward to it.  There was no rain, so off we went.  It actually turned out to be a good time!  The troop leaders had all the activities planned for the kids to keep them busy working on patches, (or badges, I never get that right).  The kids were divided up and went to bed around 10 and sleep around midnight.  The other moms and I sat outside getting to know each other.  It was a good time.  I really enjoyed myself!  I even slept pretty well because one of the troop leaders brought and extra air mattress and I remembered my sleeping mask.  If not for little girls rising at 6 am, I would have had a wonderful night's sleep.
I could go on about the joy of sleeping in nature, but I want you to finish hearing about my success.  I'll save it for another time.



3. On the way home from the camp-out, I decided to take advantage of my time with Emma.  Earlier I had learned that we'd be driving right by a geocache hidden in an old cemetery- and it was morning, not spooky dusk.  We drove withing 37 feet of it and got out to look around.  It only took a few minutes to find.  It was hidden in the hollow of a tree in a camouflaged bottle.  We ransacked Kevin's car to find something to trade and decided on a Band-aid.  Emma took a small cat eraser.  We signed the log and then I took her to McDonald's for breakfast (about the only thing I like at McDonald's: a sausage and egg biscuit, yummy).

7 comments:

  1. Geocashing is cool!!!! My Hubby wants to do that more often!! GREAT successes!!!

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  2. Keep a watchful eye.

    http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/planned_parenthood_distributes_sexually_explicit_brochures_at_girl_scout_meeting/

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  3. What a great week! Congratulations!

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  4. Dave, thanks for the info. I just learned of the pp connection to gs. Fortunately for me, Emma's troop is exclusively at Catholic school and the leaders are devout Catholics, so I know none of that or any other questionable things will get through. We talked about all that on the campout. Thanks for being my watchdog!

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  5. Great Week. I love #1. No bugs, sweat or clutter! awesome job!

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  6. I'd love to do geocaching sometime. sounds fun!

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  7. How wonderful to have that special time with your daughter - that's a big success!

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