Saturday in Caldwell

ROAD TRIP

Working

The entire H clan had a big work day today.

Hubby, M and H had work as usual. I worked my weekly shift AND got some insider info about a possible, more consistent, permanent shift this fall. The job listing will be posted in July. Fingers crossed. 

R made it to all of her classes, despite being sick (a COVID home test result was negative). This is significant since she has an advanced case of Senioritis and skips class regularly. Her grades are great, she has a month left, and she's our last kid, so we're phoning it in at this point. I mean seriously.

B started cooking and food prep at his job today and worked a 10 hour shift. Whew!

And C has a new job today! More details to come. 

Recent library finds (want to buy a copy of the top book):

And, since B received his diploma from Clark yesterday, I did some shopping at work:

After work, I dropped R at home, grocery shopped, picked up Hubby and made The Soup and The Breadsticks (R's request). I bathed and jammied the babies and everyone ate soup and breadsticks and was happy. 

I'm still feeling some level of terrible after yesterday's terrible shenanigans, and shed a few tears at work. But it's healing. 

Tomorrow is a big day. Stay tuned!

A Hard Day

...is ending with family and comedy around the TV.

...followed by some time at Vancouver Lake.

Baby R was all about the sand and water. She marched right out into the lake like she owned it, then spent the rest of the time throwing sticks and little wet sand wads into the water. I had to practically drag her back to the car to go home.

Then there was Baby C, who took one step onto the sand, hated how unstable it felt (that's our guess), and stayed in the grass until we left. Here she is with Pop Pop.

After this, there was a Wendy's run, home, jammies and bed.

Hard Day Summary: 

1. A counseling session with my shrink. She's proud of my progress but we talked about some hard stuff again. It's always draining.

2. A family member was sentenced for his crimes today. A few of us watched the proceedings on Zoom and two attended in person. It was an embarrassing, devastating shit show. The aforementioned criminal will spend 46 months in prison.

Bright Spots:

1. B received his diploma for his degree from Clark today! We're so proud of him!

2. After my shrink appointment, I took myself to lunch at Youskyme teriyaki restaurant and then bought groceries at Wal-Mart - all without the car. I'm trying to drive less, so this felt good.

Getting This Old Lady Fixed

This machine is special to me. My mom used it to sew many of my clothes and formal dresses in high school. It's been spending most of its time in boxes and on shelves and on the floors of closets for the last few years. Finally, thanks to my sweet family, I have enough fundage to take it in to be all fixed up so it can be useful again.

Also spotted at the shop: CUTE

Later: Spent a fun evening with these ladies.

This one is modeling her new Gator gear. So cute.

Mother's Day 2022

1. Breakfast

2. Lunch at Beaches

3. Gifts

H's Birthday and R's Prom

For these, I require sustenance

1. Baked the cake layers

2. Altered the prom dress (with helpers)

This was my first time sewing on sequinned fabric. I went slow and used the old Singer - only broke one needle. 

Alterations included two side darts to suck in the waist and make the back zipper lay flat; shortening the straps; and hemming. 

After hemming and shortening the straps, there were enough materials left to sew a little drawstring bag for her phone, ticket, makeup, etc.

3. Frosted the cake. How do my kids keep getting so old while I stay the same age??

4. Took pictures of the prom goers

5. Celebrated H's birthday

6. Went to bed.

H's birthday 2022

This guy knows how to party! Happy Birthday to our wonderful boy child! 

May Day 2022

First: Breakfast with Sandy at La Provence. I had the corned beef hash and a croissant. YUM.

Then: Over to Gresham for a few B*st Buy Sh*pt orders. Yes, we're doing that again. 

Followed By: Yardwork, and outside time with these cute ladies.