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On Sunday I was a hermit

I didn’t leave the house at all yesterday (nor did I take any pictures), so I don’t have all that much to report.

I got up and got ready for church in the morning, then decided to just keep my cold at home. Rockford took the kids to church, and I did a little laundry, watched several “Good Eats” re-runs and napped until they came home.

After church Poppy spent a good part of the afternoon out with Rockford’s mom, and Pete took a super long nap — I’m hoping that isn’t a sign that he’s going to be coming down with my cold — while Rockford worked on a presentation he has to do tomorrow. Meanwhile, I napped some more, watched “Thor” and started dinner.

The kids had been invited to some friends’ house to decorate Halloween cookies, so Rockford took them over there after dinner. If I were to wager a guess, I’d say he watched football while the kids decorated cookies. Surprisingly, I did not take a nap while they were gone.

Rockford has a lot of dinners out this week, and our menu plan for the week reflects that. In that it’s mostly kid-friendly standby meals.

Monday: Spaghetti

With Texas toast! I like Texas toast.

Tuesday: Fish sticks and mac & cheese

This is not one of my favorite meals. I’ll probably have an Amy’s vegetable pot pie from the freezer.

Wednesday: Chili

We trick or treat and have dinner with friends every year on Halloween. I’m 99 percent sure we’re having chili this year.

Thursday: Omelets

Poppy loves eggs, and she loves cheese. So why won’t see even try an omelet? I don’t know, but chances are I’ll be making fried eggs on Thursday, too.

Friday: Pizza

I’m already looking forward to Friday.

On Saturday I used a lot of tissues

Saturday was pretty nice, despite the fact that it ended with a box of Kleenex and a dose of NyQuil.

We started the day with Pete’s last soccer game of the season. He had a lot of fun, but I think they lost pretty convincingly. After that we came home for a bit before Poppy’s game to have lunch and do a little playing. (And also to take a short nap, if you were Rockford.) Poppy’s team won their last game of the season, and Poppy scored two goals.

After the games we went to the ice cream shop, then we came home. I spent most of the day on the couch with my Kleenex, but Rockford did lots of productive things. Like mowing the lawn and fixing some of the slats that had popped loose on the fence.

Per Rockford’s request, we had chili for dinner again last night. After dinner Poppy put on a play using some dolls. They had a “disco freeze-tag party,” which sounds pretty fantastic. I also finally broke down and took some NyQuil, and I discovered two stink bugs in the NyQuil box. Enough already, stink bugs.

We ended the day by flipping between two football games and the World Series game. Here’s hoping the Tigers won!

On Friday we went to Dollywood and a bean factory

Yesterday was rad

We got up not-terribly-early and bade farewell to our visiting friends, and then we got ourselves ready, piled into the car and drove to Dollywood. It was a gorgeous fall day, so warm that I actually wore shorts. At the end of October.

We hadn’t been to the park since early in the summer, when it was so crowded that Poppy asked if we could wait to return until the schools were back in session. And so we wait we did.

The Wild Eagle at Dollywood has a crazy look in his eye. And I like it.

Since it was Friday and school is indeed back in session, I expected us to have the park pretty much to ourselves. But I learned that I am a poor theme park prognosticator. The Southern Gospel and Harvest Celebration is underway at Dollywood, and there were a ton of elderly music lovers there. Most of them weren’t there to ride the rides, though, so the lines were very short.

I’ve been told that you can’t trust a mallard.

The kids’ favorite rides & attractions at Dollywood

  • The Busy Bees
  • Camp Teachittoomee.
  • The Rockin’ Roadway
  • The Sideshow Spin
  • The Waltzing Swinger
  • The Village Carousel
  • He did not win. I think it was rigged.

    The best thing to eat at Dollywood

    Cinnamon bread at the Grist Mill. It’s about $5 for a loaf of bread, and it’s totally delicious.

    A side trip to the bean factory

    The Bush’s Beans factory is near Dollywood, and there’s a gift shop, museum and cafe across the road. We got there about 15 minutes after the museum closed, so I didn’t get to see the giant can of beans inside. (Next time, Bean Can. Next time.) We wandered around the gift shop for a while, and I bought a bean strainer and 2 cans of beans. They were cheaper than they are at the grocery store, probably because they only have to travel across the street.

    That dog wouldn’t tell me the secret recipe.

    Buying the weekly provisions

    On the way home we went to the grocery store, and the Starbucks inside had samples of peppermint white chocolate mochas. And it was delicious. We bought our groceries, and on the way out I bought a giant peppermint white chocolate mocha. And they split it betwixt two cups for me. Grocery store Starbucks is the best Starbucks.

    The end of an awesome day

    Rockford gave the kids their baths while I made pizza, and then we watched “Rio” and ate dinner. After the kids went to bed, Rockford and I had some ice cream and watched “Modern Family,” “The Office” and “Moonrise Kingdom.”

    I would like it if all the days were pretty much just like yesterday.