It was Peyton's day to choose everything we did, so we started our day at McDonald's for breakfast. We missed having Grammaw with us, but we had some good conversations about how much fun we had had with Grammaw. Peyton was concerned about who was going to eat the crust of her toast now when she is at Grammy's and Grandpa's - after we discussed how she enjoyed having Grammaw help her eat her crust, I assured her I would eat her crust now, and she was fine with that.
Next we went to Hyvee to pick up some sale items - believe it or not - strawberries and milk was all we bought!
Peyton's main goal was to get to the American Girl store, however, it didn't open until 10 a.m., so she agreed to go to Kohl's with me for some returns while we waited for 10 a.m.! We didn't buy a thing at Kohl's - another unbelievable!
Finally - it was time to go to Oak Park Mall and the American Girl store! Peyton wanted a new outfit for the bitty babies, and we shopped and shopped. She chose the outfit she wanted, and that was all she wanted to buy there. (She had wanted to take Piocano to get her hair cut, but I assured her Mommy would have to weigh in on that one). Luckily, the outfit she chose was on sale!
We had walked by the Build-A-Bear place on the way to American Girl, and that was front and center on her little mind. Mommy had said we couldn't buy another American Girl Doll, but she didn't say anything about another Build-A-Bear - so...........Peyton didn't hesitate to choose an Elsa bear, and we bought her a sig with a braid and an Elsa beautiful dress. We did skip the underwear and shoes which were suggested by the saleslady. Geez. She was very proud of her.
Peyton wanted to go to play in the play area next then to the arcade. She "won" 300 tickets, so she was able to choose quite a few prizes and had a great time choosing. Then she rode the carousel - all by herself - on the top area.
Grammy was in favor of Olive Garden or another sit-down restaurant, however, I was over ruled by Peyton on Peyton Day in favor of Auntie Annie's Pretzel place that doesn't even have tables - only a ledge to sort of sit on. That is all she could think of. We had a pretzel to share and pretzel cinnamon bites with delicious strawberry lemonade - she loved the lemonade.
We had some personal shopping duties to take care of for Miss Debbie, so we went to Nordstroms to buy a bracelet before we went to the mall. Peyton thought that was pretty funny.
We stopped at McDonald's for the second time of the day for sweet tea and a snack - Peyton had a parfait, and I had chocolate chip cookies.
After we arrived back at Peyton's house, we played outside on the play set and played a couple of board games and watched a little TV. Amanda came home from work a little early, and Grammy started home after a perfect day with my perfect little favorite granddaughter.
On Tuesday, I worked at 810 for a few hours in the morning before going to lunch at Mallards with my "old" sorority friends. Then back to 810 to price things.
Wednesday, I met with the administrator of the hospital to share some of my compliments and concerns regarding Mom's hospital stay. It went well, and I was happy to get that task off my list. In the afternoon, I worked on 810 some more.
Thursday it was more of the same as well as Friday. Friday afternoon, a couple of friends from work came by to "shop" and bought some things at 810. Ron mowed the yard, and then we took the recliner that Debbie bought over to her house. They had just finished supper, so she sent supper home with us - a lifesaver!
Saturday morning, Debbie and I went to a garage sale early and I baked a cake for a funeral dinner at our church that day. Kelly helped us over at 810 bring some more things up from the basement etc. Ron went to a wedding at the lake with Dennis.
Sunday, we went to church, put away some 810 treasures at our house, and then had chili dogs for lunch. We met a flea market owner at 810 at 1:30 p.m. He bought some glassware and both old-time bedroom suits. I spent some time upstairs cleaning out under the beds since they had both been sold, so we have another load for the Samaritan Center tomorrow and found some things to sell.
It's been a busy week. Not too much more to do before the sale on Friday. Will get the permit this week - signs are ready - change is ready - Mark, Mary and Amanda will be here Thursday night. Debbie, Kelly and Sherri are going to help. Ron is going to work late to help set things out. It will be good to get it over with. Hopefully selling the house will go as well as selling the contents. It has been a lot of work, but has gone smoothly.
We are blessed.
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