2004-11-23 Tuesday - Errand Day

Yesterday, was our errand day. We have gotten out of the habit of having an official weekly errand day and I feel like we need to get back to that. Because we haven't done that for so long we had TONS to do. So, after all the children had completed their H.A.N.D. and their chores, we left for an all day excursion that began at 11 am and concluded after 6pm.
Here's what we did:

1. Went to the post office and checked for rent checks. (Found one)
2. Went to the bank where we deposited check and wrote a check for cash.
3. Went to the library to return 1/3 of our checked out books, and check out our on hold books.
4. Dropped of a video at Hollywood video
5. Drove through McDonald's for lunch
6. Went to Waterworks and filled our bottles with 19 gallons of purified water.
7. Stopped by Grammy and Gramps house to drop off a DVD for them to borrow.
8. Went to Target where we purchased: bingo prizes for Thanksgiving, 2 outfits for each of the girls that will be Christmas presents, shoes for Anna, a gift for Grammy and Gramps, tights and pantyhose, socks for girls and Patrick,
9. Drove through Wendys to get free (with our saved up coupons) Junior Frosty's as a treat.
10. Got Patrick's hair cut at Great Clips
11. Cleaned out car (lot's of trash!)
12. Took car to Wal-Mart for an oil change and shopped for groceries and pet supplies.
13. Decided that I was too exhausted to go home, unload tired children, 19 gallons of water, and purchases AND COOK, so drove through Hopsings and took home Chinese for dinner.

After dinner we realized that the Samantha Movie was on TV that night so I let the girls stay up late to watch it.

I suppose what we did yesterday doesn't look very "schoolish", but it was real life and probably more useful than a lot of bookwork. Throughout our day were numerous times to test the children's obedience, patience (and mine too Ü), and to learn that they do not get everything they desire. Of course, money was discussed often, too.