good evening

i just glanced at how many posts i have posted and the number is close to 2500!
wow, i am either too wordy or i need to get a hobby =)
today was so good....
jack's violin practice went really well....now that he is playing a "song" (mini scale) there is a lot we can do...we played once on each stair...and played together...he seems to really enjoy it...
we collected trash and went to the dump
this might sound like a chore which i'll give you, the collecting and loading part sure is
buuut the arrival and scavenging...now that is like a Christmas surprise =)
i almost never come home empty handed (even if on the next dump run josh or i am toting my finds right back again =))
today though, ooooo, it was so exciting...
i went to the metal pile...a LARGE pile of everything metal that someone might want to discard...swings, parts of cars, fences, heaters and appliances...tillers, mowers, mixers, railing, lawn chairs...whatever.
today i spied 3 balls of barbed wire...about 3 feet in diameter...not rusted just laying there like balls of yarn, spikey, slicing, angry balls of "yarn"
well, i had the same feeling i had when i spied the freshly killed armadillo driving down the road "o my goodness, i better get this quick before someone else comes along! yay!"
and then i realize, hmmmm, i AM at the DUMP and most people are not sifting through to find treasure...
BUT, if they are, they won't find the barbed wire bc i have it!
ha!
my hands looked like i may have popped them in a mixer for juuust a moment...slightly sliced and diced
but nothing that a little neosporin can't fix =)
anywho....
there is a possibility though i am SURE not a great one that i just brought home a nest of old wire that will need to be toted back AFTER buying some expensive protective gloves...and my attempts will have cost me a little ...but i am hopeful =)
then the kids and i took a load of stuff to the thrift shop....
and found jack a backpack! (he has been asking for one for the longest time) complete with pens, crayons, glue (which he mistook for chapstick), and a little sachel to put those items within...
jack had to tee-tee while in the shop soooo we ran out (no public loo) and i couldn't find anywhere so he crouched behind the truck...then we bolted so we didnt' have to converse with anyone who might have noticed =)
home to sit and read all our new books from thrifting...50 cent day!
and to put up the fly paper we bought to "hunt" the millions and catrillions of flies that have found their way inside...yick.
and now, i can just see josh coming home from a long day! yay!
night night!