Happy Way too hot Friday

Yesterday we went to a Pirate themed birthday party. Miss Pear had fun as the blue pirate with her blue pirate bandana hat, and loved the treasure hunt, and the swimming. But we were tired when we got home, it was very hot.

So today we are catching up on things.

Although yesterday we ran a couple errands before picking up Mr. Pear.

At Michael's we picked up wool and embroidery cotton. There is a wool that Miss Pear cannot get enough of, it feels like velvet, and is very thick, and is $6 for a ball that does not have much wool, so I am picking it up as I have a 40%off coupon and am planning on making either a doll blanket or small blanket for Miss Pear. It depends how many balls of wool I have when I start it. And that depends on when I finish the afghan I am working on now. It is supposed to be a Christmas gift for my parents, and if it is not done in time I am going to take a picture of what I have, and package that up with the pattern and wool samples. The other wool is the crochet wool that I have started picking up slowly so that I have enough to learn either when my MIL is down at Christmas or her next trip. The embroidery cotton is for the flour sack tea towels I am collecting stuff to embellish. (I will write more about this for Frugal Friday).

We stopped at Target for diapers, and did a small bit of Christmas shopping while we were there. Miss Pear loves Handy Manny and Little Einsteins, two of about 5 shows we let her watch very occasionally. Both have new DVD's out, and the Handy Manny has a peelie for $6 off when you buy both together, so I did! One will go in her stocking, and we will see about the other one as Mr. Pear has a business trip in October so one might be broken out then!

So today we are slowly getting caught up on laundry and the like. It is very funny, down here stay at home moms are never home! I have never seen such busy women! We are the oddity because we stay home! Although in September we will be out one morning for play group (chance to meet other women in our new city), and even more fun, out one morning a week for BSF as Miss Pear is old enough to go! I am SO excited!

So the plan for today is lots of laundry, a general tidy for the weekend, and lots of reading! (and 2 more blog posts when I get to it!)

Oh, and possibly a third post about a class I am taking with Crystal.

Oh, and possibly a fourth with the recipe I made up for Asian Beef which we had from Dream Dinners that we all loved so much and could not find a recipe for! So yummy, and best BBQed which is great in this heat!