Thread:61Storm/@comment-29989042-20180310010918/@comment-29989042-20180911192437

😂 If it moves, Bixby would probably want to be friends with it, unless it’s big like a squirrel or cat. He has to get used to them first, before making friends. He’s such a big chicken! 🐓 He still hasn’t made friends with the sprinkler in the backyard, and I’ve tried all summer long. 😂

Had to renew my driver’s license this morning, so I’m here just a little bit before noon my time. I made it to the DMV and back home in under an hour, so it wasn’t as scary as I thought it was going to be. 😊 Phew!

Every day is make my own bed day. I have to have everything organized and just right when going to sleep. I totally believe I sleep better in a made-up bed. I like everything tucked in too. Hubby is just the opposite. He has to untuck everythingbon his half. On the occasions he is away from home on overnight trips, I can sleep all night in the bed and hardly mess it up. If I slide out carefully, the bed is still practically made! 😁

I’ve heard of hot crossed buns my whole life, but have never thought to really look up a recipe. I even know a song about hot cross buns from my elementary school days. I now know some cool facts about them, thanks to you! 🤓

I will never forget 11 Sep 2001, and the panic I felt upon hearing the news shortly after waking up. Our oldest was in his second week of kindergarten, so I was up early to get myself dressed before the second plane hit. From the news I was getting on the Today Show, I got the impression that we had been atracked in other ways too, so I called my hubby who worked about 20 miles from home then to ask him what the heck was going on and to find out if I should take our oldest to school. I was concerned that if we were under attack that we shouldn’t be split up. I wanted hubby to come home too. He was able to give me some details, but the internet at his company at the time was super slow because everyone was on it trying to find out info. I ended up giving him news from what I was hearing on the tv. I did end up taking our oldest to school. I volunteered in his classroom that day (I was a stay-at-home mom then), and had my youngest with me. All throughout that morning, we got news that both towers collapsed and that it was terrorist related and that other sites around the country were under attack. I’ll never forget the panic of that morning. When school was over at that morning (half-day kindergarten), the boys and I drove to our YMCA where I had lifeguard duty at lunchtime. When we arrived there, I was told that Seattle had been attacked. Of course, that turned out to be false, but I didn’t know that then and was still so panicked. The rest of that day was so surreal, watching the news and everything unfold. Our church held a service that night, so we went to church to pray. Since that day, I have been to ground zero with our youngest as part of his class’s Washington, D.C. trip. Construction was well under way (in 2012 or 2013), but I had goosebumps being on that hallowed ground. We had lunch that day at a deli that was turned into a makeshift shelter and resting place for the many heroic rescuers. Now it has many pictures on the walls of those dark days. Now that the 9/11 museum has opened, and most of the construction is done, I’d love to go back and see it, especially the museum. I always taught about it and miss doing so now that I’m home.

I love ants on a log! I would’ve never guessed though, that it has its own day! 🐜🐜🐜

Bixby loves peanut butter, so he loved his hugs. He’s sending happy hugs, as he’s been a cute Mr. Happy this morning. Sending red, white, and blue hugs to honor this Patriot Day! ❤️🇺🇸💙🤗🤗🐜🌻