Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

I have had about 4 days of nonstop activities and events, starting last Friday through Monday.  Prior to that I had been working to get the house ready for company and have spent the past two days catching up on laundry.  (a never ending chore around this house)

Last Friday, I left the house a little before 8am to run errands, buy groceries and things that I would need for the company, meals and events.  I did not get home until almost 3:30pm.  Needless to say I tired and ended up getting subs from Subway for dinner that night. 
I did however get some good bargains while I was out. 

For one, I had received a $10 promotional gift card from Khol's and was able to get two household items completely free.  One was a pretty candle holder and the other a wall sign with a hook attached.  Regular price they would have been $25 plus tax.  I got them free and didn't even have to pay a penny of tax!

Another really good deal was on cereal and milk.  Our local grocery store had large boxes of Kellogg's cereal on sale, I had a coupon on 3 boxes, plus the store was offering a free gallon of milk with the purchase of 3.  Cereal can be expensive costing anywhere from $3.50-3.75, even on the small boxes and milk is $3.25-$3.65.  Here lately it hasn't been lasting long around our house.  Anyways, I bought 3 large boxes of Kellogg's cereal and a gallon of milk for around $7.  To me, that was a good buy.

Saturday, we had Ray's family over to eat.  It was for Father's Day, however like I explained before, my in-laws do not like to do things on Sundays because it interferes with their nap time.  So we do things on Saturdays.  We had originally planned a cookout.  Then with the weather going back and forth between constant raining and then hot humid days, we decided that Ray would still man the grill however we would eat indoors.

On the menu was...chicken kabobs, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, deviled eggs, and coleslaw.  Then I made chocolate cupcakes and someone brought another dessert.

I have posted before how Ray is a grill master so I say this in his defense, it was the first time we had tried to do kabobs on the grill. 

I had bought yellow peppers, red peppers, green peppers, red onions, and mushrooms.  Had the butcher cut up chicken breast for the kabobs, soaked the skewers in water so they wouldn't burn.  Stood for what seemed forever putting everything on the sticks, about 40 of them.  Ray fired up the grill and we waited for everyone to get here, thinking it wouldn't take long for kabobs to cook.

Well, I don't know what went wrong but the veggies were starting to burn and the chicken wasn't done.  I was upset and about in tears.  However I tried to hold it together since I had a house full of company.  We stopped grilling, ran in the house, pulled everything off the skewers, grabbed a couple big skillets and I stir fried everything to finish the cooking. 

We did end up having a good time and they stayed for about 4 1/2 to 5 hours.  It was a good visit but I was tired and literally done by the time every one left.  It was a beautiful evening, not too hot, so Ray and I went for a drive to get out and relax.

Sunday is always a busy day and even more so on holidays.  I had the children doing things for their dads during Sunday school.  That evening, I played one of my dad's favorite songs, "Because He Lives," on the piano at church.  Then we served everyone Banana Splits after the service in honor of Father's Day.  We had all kinds of toppings and Dairy Queen was nice enough to donate the holders for the banana splits.

Monday, my mother-in-law roped me into helping her fix funnel cakes at the local senior center.  I had never been there (not a senior yet) and didn't know what I was getting into.  Don't get me wrong, I love old people, just didn't know what my mother-in-law was getting me into, she can come up with some doozies, no offense.  We ended up having a really fun time and everyone seemed to enjoy it.  I will probably be going back over to help with events in the future. 

I spent the past two days doing laundry, one load after another.  The rest of the week and weekend look to be pretty calm so far, at least we can hope.  Ray and I are counting down the days to vacation.  I think we have about 34-35 more days to go...can't wait!

Have a wonderful Thursday!