The New Kr@ger

We have a new Kr@ger's here in town. Not that the old one is that old. They just decided to update, upsize and updo. It is a new Kr@ger Marketplace (and as advertized the FIRST in middle TN). To all my locals, what are your thoughts on it? Did you like it? Are you impressed?

Here are a few random thoughts from my visit today...

ANOTHER STARBUCKS?

Why are so many people just gathering in the deli/bakery department. Like are they having church up in here? OH... just all the free samples.

Did I miss the prepackaged deli section... I never saw Silas' turkey bologna, and that is dangerous!

Who puts the bread in a little closed off section away from everything else?

Oh, cool... I think I need a tortilla warmer like they have in the restaurants.

Who put the snacks (crackers/cookies) on an aisle you purposely have to travel to instead of in the flow of the aisle... OH same with cokes...?

Really beer... front and center to the store, I mean I guess it makes sense in a college beer run town, but here? Now I have to explain to my kids everytime we check out why they cannot have the cool blue canned drink. Surely a man designed this.

I am certain no one that has ever had kids designed this place. Is this a toy store in the middle of the store... IN the section you must travel to if you have a baby or a child in diapers?

Why did they quit making my Healthy Choice Panini sandwhiches?

Hummm... milk right in front of the laundry detergent... and next to a couch and chair display. Was milk an after thought to location... does everyone not buy milk EVERYTIME they come to the store?

I will never again make it way over to the section to buy shampoo/ haircolor/makeup. Because by the time I make it this far... I am exhausted!

I know I am a creature of habit, and I already miss my old simple store... surely I will get used to this. But there were some serious errors in layout of this place... and people taking their Sunday afternoon stroll.

Favorite Foto Friday

Thanks Mrs. Anna

Grandpa Callan

Today was Callan's 100th day of school. For the occasion he had to dress like he was 100 years old. He enjoyed picking out his outfit, and he HAD to have gray hair. He did not however like the lines I drew on his face with eyeliner pencil, and they had to be removed IMMEDIATELY. I might also add that the Gold Bond powder I used for his hair made him seem even more authentic because Gold Bond powder smells very "for the mature man".

Conversation with Eliza

It is so funny to hear Eliza talk. Sometimes I wish she would talk where I could record it so I could always remember her "talking" right now. Because I know that NO ONE but me and Silas understands much of what she is saying. But WE KNOW... and SHE KNOWS how to get her point across.

At lunch today I asked what they wanted to watch while they ate. I happened to ask if they wanted to watch Wonder Pets. To which Eliza said:

"NO! I no yach yundar yets! I yach Ta-Tash"

(Translation: "No! I no watch Wonder Pets! I watch Ta-Tash" (which is Tasha on Backyardigans)

She really is talking a lot more, a lot of it makes no sense, but most of the time I know EXACTLY what she is saying or what she wants.

Dare I say it?

Well, I have put this off for a few weeks now. It all started with an attempt on MLK weekend. It was a long weekend and I knew we would be stuck at home a lot because it was so cold. Eliza's teacher had been encouraging me to try it because she stays dry at school and goes potty for her. So I tried it. I decided to dive into...Potty Training. Using underwear was not that successful of an adventure. My guess is that because the smallest size that I could buy do not touch her anywhere, she could not feel that she had anything on. I have never been a Pull**Ups kind of mom. I just thought that it was more like changing diaper styles and not really potty training. But, since "panties" were not working, we went and picked some out Pull-Ups. AND LORD HAVE MERCY... it was a potty training miracle. I mean when you are a princess yourself, the last thing you want to do is "pee-pee on the princesses". So, Eliza is potty-trained. Even though I wince a little when I say that for fear that I might mess it up, she has not had a pee-pee or poop accident in over a week. AND she has only gotten up from bed time wet 2 times (and that was my fault because I was slow in going to get her out of bed). Her potty dance is precious, and I would love to catch it on film...but that may be too much to ask.

Now the task is transferring from the princess Pull**Up to the princess panties. And the girl is in love with her Princess Pull**Ups. Anybody got any ideas on "cinching" panties?

Favorite Foto Friday

This is my Fave Foto Friday and Wordless Wednesday post all rolled into one. I wanted to put up a picture from Brent and Baylor's duck hunting adventure last weekend on Wednesday. But Brent took the pictures to work and has not brought them back. There were some really cute pictures, and Baylor said some really cute things like..."I got to do something I always dreamed of" (when I asked what's that?, he said) "I got to hold a green head mallard." He also said that seeing up to 2,000 ducks flying over his head at one time was "AMAZING".

Thanks, Daddy... for bringing them home.

For those of you who thought that the green head mallard would be cute and sweet and innocent (and perhaps ALIVE) sorry. That's how it works in the life of a hunter.
Not to mention that I am not sure you could really ever hold a green head mallard, alive.

Laundry

My mom and I had a discussion on Saturday. A friend of hers told her to tell me that when the baby comes, I will not know what to do with all the added laundry. REALLY??? I am not sure I will notice!!!!!!!!!!




Usually I do not do all the laundry in one day, because it makes me tired and a little grumpy. But I thought I would today... just to see. This is our laundry for the week. I did 9 loads... and to be honest, Brent and I did not have full loads. I did our laundry mid week last week. I also still have a baseball uniform in the dryer, a load of kitchen towels in the washer, and a velvet dress to wash alone and on delicate.

I mean when there is this much laundry produced in a week, who is going to notice that there is 7 extra sleepers???

I guess I need to thank God that:
1. We can afford the clothes.
2. We have a washing machine and dryer in our home and I do not have to go to the laundry mat.
3. That I have beautiful warm bodies to fill all those clothes.