Plans Change Sometimes

Yesterday's "race" ended up not quite the way it was planned...the first part went as I had said it would, with church and Sunday School, the photo and rushing home (and the potato salad), but then Daddy checked the time again that we were supposed to go to the party, and found it didn't start until 3:30PM...so he phoned his curling buddies to cancel with them (because we were supposedly not going to be back in time), we went to A&W for lunch, then checked out a few stores to kill time....went to the ranch, met Tex the dog (I soooooo want a doggie like that...big, friendly, soppy old golden retriever), dragged the kids down the hill to the cabin with the fireplace, then back up for the sleigh ride. The wind was really cold, so by the time the driver got the bunch of us back to the start, all the kids in the group were in tears. We warmed them up in the main lodge, then took them back down the hill for hot dogs and hot chocolate and such. Afterwards, we were supposed to go sledding, but the kids were so frozen that they just weren't having any fun....and Daughter had a really good chill going on, so we figured we'd better just nix the sledding and go home....some of the other families did the same. Both kids cried all the way home, they were so cold. Checked them both over as soon as we got in, but thankfully no frostbite. Daughter was packed into bed under two comforters with a heating pad at her feet to try to get her warmed up...she takes after her Mommy....doesn't take much to get us cold, takes forever to warm us up, and cold makes us very, very tired...she was packed into bed around 6 and fell asleep while warming up, only waking up this morning around 7. Son bounced back very quickly, as he has his own internal furnace, like his Daddy....takes a lot to make them cold, and they warm up easily.
So Daddy and Mommy spent some time on the computer (separately), watched some CSI, Mythbusters, and Dirty Jobs, then Mommy packed herself into bed at around 9:30. Up today at 3:30, did the two routes, which went relatively quickly (took about 2 hours), then home to put out the recycling....delivering papers makes for a LOT of recycling....each bundle has a topper and a bottom sheet, so it really adds up by recycling day every two weeks. Now I must go collect all the garbage....it's that day, too.