Up bright and early

for another day of driving the school bus. I got a phone call about 6:30am from the girl at the bus barn. Calling to let me know that 2 of the girls on my bus route finally moved up on top of the hill. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, but it makes a 7-minute difference in my bus route since I no longer have to go all the way down to the river to pick them up. They were SUPPOSED to let me know at least a week in advance of when they were moving so I could let the other parents of the kids this would affect know about the time change. Well, needless to say I was let know early this morning, about 20 minutes before I was ready to leave to start the route. I called the parents of the kids this affected, (4 families) and let them know the new time I would be there to pick up their kids. Everyone was understanding about my early morning phone call.. Now we'll see how it works out in the afternoon. Since I no longer have that road on my bus route I shouldn’t be going down it. BUT I have 2 other girls who go to their grandparents’ house in the afternoon and the grandparents live down there. I am hoping the grandparents will drive up to the stop before there and pick the girls up. That would cut about 15 miles and 35 minutes a week off my afternoon bus route. (See? I warned you all that there would probably be an entry sometime about driving the bus) :)

Hubby got the living room half of the living room/dining room area sanded and mudded again. Hopefully it will be ready to prime and texture soon. I would love to have it finished in time for Turkey day.

Speaking of which, I need to get my Thanksgiving groceries bought sometime in the next few days. We are going to have our family Thanksgiving this Sunday. On Thanksgiving Day we are going to make the 8-hour drive to Ohio to visit with Hubby's mom for the holiday weekend. Miranda is so excited. She loves going to visit Grandma. I got her calendar all made up and posted on the refrigerator so she can check off the days until turkey day and then until time to go to Grandmas. She was up early this morning asking me if she could make her check :) She is such a sweetheart.

I want to thank all of you that left comments on TSG blog for me. I love reading them and really appreciate when you take the time to leave a hello and a smile. A big thank you to Sheila for her info concerning finding a cat that might be a good mouser :) It has been awhile since we had a cat so I wouldn’t even know what to begin to look for other than something that would be nice to the people and dogs that live here too.


If you haven’t checked out the TSG Blog Gallery yet you should. There are already some beautiful LO’s posted with the stickit I passed out yesterday. This challenge runs all week so if you haven’t already downloaded the stickit do so NOW.

On Saturday everyone who posts a LO using the stickit will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a coupon for the December Mega Kit! There couldn’t be an easier way to win a fantastic kit!

Also, if you love this beautiful stickit please go HERE and check out the entire "Maryann" kit by Linda Cumberland in TSG store...


Well, I better get a move on. I have a ton of things to get done. Re-working my bus schedule is one of them. :) Have a wonderful Monday :)