All Things Anne

We left early yesterday to go to Joe’s lesson, so first we went to a resale shop. Actually, very first, we (Joe, Mom, the twins, Tess, Elle Jane, and I) went to the gas station first, and Mom got a pop and one of those pumpkin spice cappuccinos. She got me a coffee, too…I got a Mocha Cappuccino (with extra caffeine!–it was advertised like that, too!) with a little bit of dark roast coffee in and two Peppermint half ‘n’ half’s to give it a little mint. It was SOO good! I got the 12 ounce, and after tasting how good it was, I wished I’d gotten a 20 ounce!

Then we went to the MRM in town. There, I found out something: The twins have bigger feet than me! I usually wear size 6.5-7…I guess they wear size 7.5!
During Joe’s lesson Mom and I went into Hansen’s to get Rase some drumsticks; he’s going to take lessons from Ben. Can you imagine two drummers in one band?? Scary thought! We also went to Radio Shack to get some thermal grease for my hot computer. (George is a really hot guy!)

Tess’ piano lessons are just 15 minutes after Joe’s, so we go straight there.

Then we went to Costco, where Joe bought us lunch! The twins couldn’t decide what to get, so one ordered a Polish sausage and the other ordered ice cream and they split! We had lots of fun; we talked about the ways homeschool kids rebel. Silly things like, “I’m going to sleep with my head at the FOOT of the bed instead!” When we were hunting, the first night all of us girls had our heads one way except Em; I thought it would have been funny if every night Dad taped us or took a picture, the first night like that; the next night all our heads like she had hers and her head opposite. But she slept on the floor after that!
We also talked about how people would look if it was 100 years ago. The woman talking on her cell phone would be writing a letter to her friend instead. The woman with crinkly white/brown hair (obviously dyed) would have her hair up in a bun, undyed, with a big hat.

When we were coming out of Costco, there were two guys walking by and I heard one of them say, “If you do such and such [I didn't catch it] you’ll be serving satan.”
“Mom,” I said to her, “did you see those guys who were talking that we passed?”
“No, I didn’t notice.”
“Well, they aren’t satanists. I don’t know if they’re Mormon or Methodist or Mennonite…whatever, but they aren’t satanists! Well, I guess not Mennonite, they weren’t dressed like it.”
She laughed. “Not all Mennonites dress like that, some dress like you and I.”
Then we got to talking about Rod, the nickname we gave to a man who does the Rod & Staff booth at the homeschool convention, because we don’t know his real name. And the last convention in Billings, some boys I know, Joe, and I were watching a booth across from the Rod & Staff people, and the boys got in a spitwad fight with Rod! I wrote about that on my blog, at least the one I had then. (It was back when I started blogging!)

There’s a post office near Costco, so we went there and asked a few questions about international shipping, and I mailed something.

After there we went to Deaconess to weigh Elle Jane. Nobody was in the room! Mom called the person who was supposed to be in the room (the lactation specialist room) and we heard it ringing in the other room, but nobody answered! So we left, and went to St. V’s for Mom to have some records of Dad’s transferred to somewhere else. Then back to Deaconess. Still nobody was in the room, but I saw a sign that said weigh the babies yourself, so, we did! She was 9 pounds 8 ounces.

Then we came home. We were gone a long time; from 9:30 or so in the morning until 4 pm! What a busy day!