Saturday Stream

SB and the boys came home from Big Bend a day early! I was so happy! And good thing Big Bend is so far away. I took out the package of chicken legs to thaw when he called. 'Cause, ya know, I was going to just have eggs. But my guys needed more than eggs to come home to. I made this pantry meal from Pioneer Woman. Only, I didn't have any tomatoes. So I did have to go to the store.

Hows my food experiment going? Well, considering that I only bought half the groceries this payday, good, I guess? SB went grocery shopping with me last night. We had a date, to far south west Austin, then to Serranos (I am still suffering from the delicious jalepeno rellenos), Academy, HEB and Stuff Mart. I can call it a date, if I want to. Kids didn't go. It's a date. I did not buy them any packaged cereal. I'm going to try these oatmeal recipes from Eating Well.com. Breakfast bars and granola. SB did insist that I buy them some ramen. We compromised on 2 packages each. He wanted to buy a case. I also did not buy Dr. Pepper. I don't think SB noticed. He got in the car, when we were leaving and said, "Grocery shopping sucks." Yes, it does.

My guys took three disposable cameras with them to Big Bend. We turned them in to Stuff Mart for processing. I can't wait to see the pictures. I saw some from one of the other men that went. He promised to make me a disc. So beautiful. And then, there was the video from Q's viceo camera that he got for Christmas. It's this cheap little Vivitar. I can't get the software to install, so we can't upload pictures or videos from the camera, we have to watch them on the TV. It seems his favorite filming technique was to hold the camera in his hand, not point it at anything and allow the water to drag him over rocks. Most of the footage is under water. The Rio Grande is a muddy river, so you can't see a thing. And he recorded about 20 of those shots. I'm going to see if they have a cinematography class at the resource center. I know there is a cinematography merit badge. We'll have to sign him up for the class at winter camp.

SB and two of the boys got up early this morning to leave for an overnight camping trip assocaiated with going to National Jamboree. Q will be getting a ride back this afternoon for a baseball game. I promised to work on an agenda for our next homeschool group meeting. Being the president is boring and hard. Good thing I got church music done for the week, already.