Where in the world...

is my husband today? LOL, okay, I know where he is- on a plane, headed for Casablanca, Morocco. Then on to Rabat. And, for those of you who have forgotten your African geography [I'm raising my own hand here], Morocco is located on the northern coast of Africa, across the Meditterranean Sea from Spain and the Rock of Gibralter. It's also the setting for the movie, "Casablanca" which starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Oh, and my sister has a few friends who live there. And that's absolutely the limit of my knowledge about Morocco. So here's some snazzy pictures that I found on that wonder of information, the internet!





And that's all for our tidbit of Morroco culture for today!

Today in lists

- I stayed up till 5am reading, because I wasn't tired enough to go to bed. I finished 6 1/2 books before my eyes started drooping.

- Got at the grocery store: creamy peanut butter, bread, noodles, milk, yogurt, mayonnaise, carrots, apples, 1 green pepper, 1 red pepper [because Hyrum asked for it, and 4-year-olds don't normally ASK for vegetables], olives, celery, broccoli, granola bars, corned beef, potatoes, spray starch, ice cream, cheese- cheddar, parmesan, mozzerella, and eye shadow [because I dropped mine in the toilet yesterday]

- Places I drove today: dropped a friend off at a meeting in SLC, drycleaner's to pick up Jared's uniform pants, Gardner Village for some yarn and needles [and 2 donuts to share between Hyrum, Myles, and myself], grocery store, gas station, and back home.

- I made: breakfast [oatmeal and chocolate milk], lunch [pb&j sandwiches plus a granola bar], and dinner [chicken and rice], knit half of a dishrag, piles of clean laundry on my couch that are still waiting to be folded, plans for Saturday, a trip next door to visit my neighbor, another list of books I want to look through, Myles spit out the dogfood he was tasting, and my kids mad by forcing them to play outside while the weather's nice.

Writing practice

So, Morgen got into trouble the other day [Jared handled it, not me] and later that day she handed me a sheet of paper. She took it upon herself to write down some sentences:
1. I will not be mean to Walker and Hyrum. [her own sentence]
2. Honner thy father and mother so thy Days shal be long. [I did not assign her these!]
3. I sall love one another as I have loved you.
4. I will not be rude. [back to her own sentences now]
5. Some times ther are thins a girl shold Never do no mater how raty her brother is. [Oh my goodness, ROTFLOL!!! Thank heaven she handed me the paper and walked out of the room LOLOL!!!]

Oh the games you will play

I heard Jared in the bathroom with Myles, "Come on, do it again! Get the ball... Throw the ball... Good job!!!"
And this is what they were doing:
Wow. Just... wow.

Cleaning house

:)Hyrum is an expert scrubber. He's practiced on the walls to clean off where he drew with crayon [on purpose] and marker [accidentally]. He's also practiced on the bathtub [since he pooped in the bathwater, and left it]. However, the good news is that I think he's learning his lesson ;).

In other, non-related but much more exciting, news: We cleaned up a debt!!! With the money we got from our tax refund this year, we completely paid off our 2nd car! Hip hip hooray!!!! *confetti throwing and horns blowing* Now, on to that pesky student loan...

And, I am slowly going through each of my rooms to clean out and clean up any old or no longer useful items.

I think this means it is officially spring!