Frantic Day

I had finished packing and began to make a couple easy meals for Erick's bachelor weekend. I thought maybe I should go ahead and gas up the van before the kids got home, so I turned off the stove, grabbed my purse, got in the van, and turned the ignition. The sound it made was awful...clickclickclickclick...a friend said "alternator", the repairman said "not necessarily" the friend then called her brother who said "jump the car, remove the battery cable. if it dies, then it's the alternator, if it lives, it might be a low battery." Praise God, it is a battery. SO we charged it up pretty good and I will get one of them things on Friday when I have money to get it...LOL. So, anyway, we finally dealt with that and I decided to wait to get gas until I was with someone who could charge me up if it would die again...so I've been cooking and baking and mixing and brewing...I cleaned a little but it's kinda messy again, so maybe Erick will fell like there are people still at home...LOL. OK, the kids are arguing and fighting and it's driving me a little crazy. Bring on the great outdoors! By the way, Briana brought her report card home...all A's...and an A-! She brought the B+ up! So how proud am I today with all 3 of my kids getting straight A's? Not proud at all. Perhaps I'll do a little dance around the campfire tonight! I love you kids, I am so blessed to be your mom!