Tag: Copper’s Day Off

  • Copper’s Day Off – Top Three Edition

    The top three highlights of the day. 1 – We hung with the grandkids while Corin went in for a prenatal appointment. Grandbaby #7 will be here soon! I wonder if he’ll be as big of a cuddle-bug as his older brother? I hope so!     2 – We ordered new carpet to replace […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – In Which We Bowl and Visit an Arcade

    One of Copper’s Christmas gifts this year was a Groupon for bowling. It included an hour and a half of bowling, snack bar dollars and tokens for the Arcade. He’d mentioned wanting to take everyone bowling sometime, and we thought that the Groupon was a good fit.       We had a great time […]

  • Copper’s Day Off: Burn Day – Pool Day Edition

    This time of year I believe that my husband works harder on his days off than he would if he were at work! All of us spent the majority of the day working on a couple of projects outside.     All of the dead trees, pruned branches and nasty weeds that we remove from […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – Tip Toeing Back to the Blog Edition

    For the first time in several weeks, my husband is home on his Monday off. He’s busy catching up on all those “little” things that have been waiting for him. The boys are working on school and chores and being extremely silly as only teenage boys can be. Dani is unpacking, after spending a few […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – Guardrails Edition

    We began building a few new guardrails in our home today, and rebuilding some that have fallen into disrepair. Guardrails = A system to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off limits areas (from a sermon series at church) I like the visual that definition provides. Photo by Scott Patterson/courtesy of photoxpress.com   We’ve […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – While He’s Away Edition

    My husband worked an overtime shift today. He was out the door before 6:00 this morning, and he won’t be back home until after 9:00 tonight. He’ll meet me in town for our small group Bible study this evening after work. We miss having him here, but we are so thankful to God for the […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – Crunching the Numbers Edition

    My husband was home today. Hooray! We spent a good portion of the day adjusting our budget. It’s not a task either of us particularly relish.   We are, quite happily, debt-free now, with the exception of our home. That made making the budget adjustments for rising utility and food costs a wee bit easier. […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – My Baby Is Thirteen Edition

    My husband declined the opportunity for overtime today because we had a birthday to celebrate. I love my kids’ birthdays. I always have! Celebrating their special day, taking them out to the restaurant of their choice for dinner (or lunch, as we did today), inviting extended family in, and watching them blow out the candles […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – Red Couch Edition

    Today was Copper’s day off. It’s been quite a long while since he’s been home with us on a Monday. All of the overtime he’s been working has been directed toward some needful things in and around our home.     Our big couch was in fairly good shape, the love seat only in fair […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – Or Not

    My alarm is set for 5:45 a.m. these days, but when the phone rings at 5:20, there’s no dropping back to sleep for another few minutes. A Sargent called this morning offering my husband an overtime shift at that very early hour, so I just got up, too. I was making my first big mug […]