Domestic Goddess Day

I was so productive today! I got up at 7, took Chris to school, went to Lowes to pick up a few bundles of shingles. I can't believe how heavy those things are! I was getting my shingles and of course there were about 3 bags that were completly torn open- I didn't want those, and of course I had to move them to get any more out. I was putting them in the cart when this very old, very small man (Lowes employee) offered to help. I thought "you've got to be kidding me, I bet Katherine could beat him up! I would feel awful having him haul these stupid shingles". So I said "I'm fine thanks, I've only got to get one more." and he actually said "Good, I think you're doing a better job than I could do anyway!" Why on earth would they have this feeble looking old man working in the roofing department? Put him in lighting or something. I thought I was getting wimpy or something until I learned that a bundle of shingles weighs 80 pounds. I feel a little better now! Next time I'll know- go to Lowes and buy shingles BEFORE taking Chris to school! ;0) Then I took B. to school, went home helped K. with her schoolwork. Picked B. up went to Harris Teeter and did some serious bargain shopping. I really got some great deals. Windex was buy one get one free, I went online and printed off 2 $1.oo coupons, so I got 4 bottles of Antibacterial windex for $6. I LOVE that stuff, I use it everywhere everyday. May even go back and get some more. Jet Dry and Electrasol were 1/2 price and I had coupons (which they tripled) so I got 3 of each. I would never do all my shopping at Harris Teeter, but with their specials and triple coupons you can really rack up- not to mention the $20 off $50 purchase. If you bought 10 items with Box Tops for Education on them you saved another $4 off your bill. My bill was $138, I ended up paying $46! I get minimal complaints from the girls at H.T. because they have free cookies when you walk in and free balloons when you leave.

I made Taco bundles ( a variation of the Pampered Chef's Taco Ring- my invention- very cute and much easier- Look out Martha Stewart!) Macaroni and Cheese- the real stuff, not out of the box. That was dinner, along with some 3 bean salad (Paula's recipe) I also made a Bacon Cheeseburger meatloaf because I ended up with quite a lot of mashed potatos left that I made with Chicken Bryan last weekend. It is super easy to throw together, I had all the ingredients onhand and I need something to feed David while he's working on our roof...

I got my whole house clean, laundry done, dishwasher emptied etc.

Cleaned out Chris's bookbag- definatly a good thing I did, he had some work that he needed to do, papers I needed to sign etc. All this stuff has to be turned in tomorrow b/c thats when Progress Reports come out. His computer teacher had printed out a list of things he was missing, and apparently gave him the work to complete, and he couldn't even come home and do it! That pissed me off to no end and of course we had to have a huge blow out. He had 3 assignments to complete- they were already mostly done, I think it look him about 45 minutes to complete them, and 3 things for me to sign- his syllabus, an internet use agreement, and some video thing. They didn't require anything on his part- only hand them to me to sign! Of course they were handed out 6 weeks ago when class started... This all was worth 25% of his grade! This will take him from an F to at least a B and he couldn't be bothered with it! Sometimes I could just beat him bloody! GRRRRR! I wonder what his other grades will be. He has computers, P.E. (so not worried about that one) math (we'll see) and Earth Science ( dreading that one!) He had a test in his bag (that I never saw him study for) and there were 4 true/false questions that he didn't even bother to answer! Of course I just flipped out again... I mean come on! They are True/False- you have a 50/50 chance of guessing the right answer and you can't even bother to put anything down?!?!?!?!

I think I need to start researching strict military schools- or heavy doses of medication- for him or for me!