Thou Shalt Have Chaos In Thy Home All The Days of Your Life... No More... No Less...

And the Chaos that shall reside in thy home shall be great.

For it shall last all the days of thy life.

Not less than thou livest. For that is not the entirety of thy life.

For the chaos in thy home shall last your entire life.

No more. No less.

And that chaos shalt be great...

Okay, so I thought a little ode to Monty Python would be cool. Or cheesy. Take it as you will.

Last week my hubby put in just a few extra hours for the Youth Fundraiser they did on Saturday. The deal was that people here could pay a certain amount to the Young Men for their camp fund, in exchange for them to till an area of land, pick up a trailer full of soil, deliver it and smooth it over the selected piece of land. My sweet hubby, however, decided to take it upon himself to till all the people's yards by himself. Then he went and filled up one trailer of soil on his own, in preparation for the next day, before going with two other guys and filling up two more trailers with soil. Saturday he was gone all day with the service project, as well as a couple extras here and there. I think I saw him that night!! (As I told him, it would have been easier for him to be gone on a business trip. That way I wouldn't have planned on him being home to help tuck kids in bed, and then receive a phone call informing me that it's all me! Oddly, it is easier when you know your husband won't be there for the event, before it happens.

Now, I know there are women out there with military husbands who are gone so often they rarely see the event of a birth in the family. So, I am not trying to complain about the being alone part. Just the way it happened. You know?!?! I hope so.

Anyways, while Hubby was gone Saturday for the service project, the kids and I were doing this...

TOY PURGING!!!

Doesn't this look like fun?!?!?!?!?!?!

So we spent the better part of Saturday sifting through ALL the toys in the house. I was tired of walking into every room and finding things laying around. The "playroom" hasn't been used in what seems like months! So, we eliminated the toys in the playroom. (You may be thinking, "Is she nuts?!?!" Well, yes, but that's not the point. The playroom will still be that, except with no toys. Just videos video games, a few board games and a craft area for the kiddos.)

During the purging we saw this cute little guy hanging from our bird feeder. How he got there we are not 100% sure. But, he got there. I snapped three pictures before I realized he was cheating!!!! Yes, CHEATING!!!! He chewed one of the narrow openings that is built into the feeder for the birds completely OFF!! Now there is a huge hole on my feeder.

Unfortunately I have no picture to accompany the next part of the story, so with this prior picture, use your imaginations please!!

So, I realized there was the hole, and I pound on the window to get him to go away. Instead he drops the upper part of his body, hanging now by his feet on the feeder, upside down, with his little arms dangling, as though to be in the scared stiff position when a Police Officer yells, "FREEZE, NUTTY!!!". A few seconds later, he is still in that position. Not a blink. He is frozen. My thoughts.... I killed the poor thing!!! So, now this stream of guilt comes over me. Why couldn't I just let him steal the rest and get along his way in peace. What have I done?!?!?!

I ran outside, around the house because the idea of walking out onto that porch with him was just eerie. I approached from the sidewalk as cautiously as I could. He is still in the same position I left him in after I scared the life out of him!!! I continue to walk closer to investigate, now about 2 feet away from the "stiff" squirrel. Then, WHOOSH!!! Off like a bolt of lightening he runs around me and up the farthest tree in the yard!!!

So, fortunately, there is no sign in our yard which says, "RIP Nutty".

Yesterday, we received a fun package in the mail from Great Aunt Lou!!! The kids thought it was the coolest thing to get an Easter package so late. LOL!!!! Thanks Aunt Lou!!!!!

And last, but not least, it is week #3!!! I went shopping yesterday (Monday) for our third week of groceries. Drum roll please...........................................................................................................

$68!!!!!!!!!

Woo-Hoo!!! This may be possible. I am so excited!! Aren't you?!?! The recipes have been great and easy to follow. One side note, though. On Hillbilly Housewife's recipe for muffins, I use her suggestion for the whole wheat using brown sugar instead of white. And, while doing a double batch, I add a teaspoon of Cinnamon & a 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg, along with half a bag of frozen blueberries. Yummy!!!!!!!