Sat. 5/17/25, Shampooed living room and family room carpets, Bill took my car in to have the brakes fixed, we went to Eli’s soccer game, I went to Walmart with Melissa

Shampooed the Living room carpet today...It sure looks lots better 

Did the Family room too.  Both were so dirty and came out like new.

Eli was Goalie today and did a great job!  A couple of times I yelled that’s my grandson!!!

Bill took a selfie of him, Jared, Kimmy and I.  Kimmy and I are protecting ourselves from the wind with her umbrellas.

It was a great game.  They lost by 1 point.  They would have tied but a the ball hit a kids foot on Eli’s team and accidentally went in the other teams goal post....giving them a point not deserved.  The coach just said that happens.  I felt bad for the poor kid though.

Jared with the chain saw, Jacob, Adam and Eli.  They are great workers and definitely great helpers with a tree like this.  I speak from experience and their help at our house.  They have helped with many for their young age.  Happy this is going the opposite direction of their house.  In this picture is the Dream Team for taking down trees!

Hailey and Evan rescued two baby bunnies from the lawn mower

So cute of Hailey....she sure wanted to keep those bunnies

Stacie texted me and wanted to know if I wanted to go to garage sales in Hemlock.  I did, but knew I had to get my carpets shampooed.  I have been gone so much I haven’t done them in a while so they needed it badly.  I already had Bill bring the shampooer downstairs.

I got them done and they look so much better.  I am thankful I don’t have to look at dirty carpet any more.  It’s pretty amazing how good they clean up since it is the same carpet we had when we moved in here in 2003.  Bill took my car in for me while I vacuumed and shampooed them.  I called him to see if I could take the Jeep and go to Eli’s soccer game.  He said yes, I started getting stuff ready.  He called me back and said he just had to pay and then he would head home, so if I wanted to wait for him he would go too.  Of course I waited.  I put another chair in for him, got some snacks, a coffee for Bill and my water in the Jeep.  Put in two blankets too.  When we went to leave, Bill saw the chairs and said are we going to a soccer game.  I told him yes and he said, he had better get his Jacket then.  He had a tee shirt and shorts on.  I tried to talk him into changing into jeans but he said he’d be fine.  Well I wore my winter coat, took gloves and a hat.  It was 55 degrees and very windy.  Kimmy had two umbrellas with her so we both used one to block the wind.  That worked really well.  I took my blanket and covered Bill’s bare legs up.  He said he didn’t need it, but looked pretty happy to have it.  I was plenty warm with my winter coat, gloves and hood. Kimmy gave me an extra blanket she brought so I used that too.  She comes really prepared!

It was a good game and both teams played well.  Tense and exciting!!!  Sure wish they would have gotten another point.  

We came home and Bill ate my left over spaghetti and his salad from last night, I ate my left over soup and chicken tenders.  After I finished eating, I met Melissa at Walmart.  She was waiting for me in her van, because I was trying to find Kimmy’s movie camera cord.  I didn’t find it and Kimmy needed it to charge her camera so she could take pictures on Adam’s birthday tomorrow.  She couldn’t go in the store because there was a handwritten note on the door saying, Sorry we’re closed.  I got there a few minutes later and she had checked and the other Walmart was open. I had Melissa pray with me that Kimmy would find her charging cord.  I was going to meet her half way and give her mine to use, but didn’t plan on having to go way over to the other Walmart.  I knew it would make me later getting my cord to her.  She called and said she found it.  Melissa and I were so happy and so was Kimmy.  It was in her regular camera bag, instead of her video bag.  Yay!  I Melissa  ride with me, and we went to the other Walmart and got her over the counter stuff, my stuff, Kimmy’s stuff and Vikki’s stuff. I took her back to her car and she listened to videos Vikki sent me of Peyton singing parts of two worship songs.  She loved them too.  We both went home.  She called me and said Hailey made rhubarb/blueberry crisp and it was amazing.  Hailey wanted me to come over and try some, but I had to read over my Sunday School lesson again, take my shower and do my blog and it was already 8:30.  It was tempting though.  Bill and I had the last two pieces of our rhubarb crisp alamode.  We looked through the dates on our calendars for July, Aug and Sept and I wrote the dates we would be gone on Sundays.  The ones I can’t teach on had to be given to Cassy so she could put out our Sunday School Teaching Schedule.  They had to be in by tomorrow and today is the first day I saw it.  I worked on my blog after that.