Busy Busy Busy!

It is the day before the 4th and since the 4th falls on a Saturday Dean had the day off. By the time today rolled around, we had a ton of things we wanted to get accomplished. We did hang around the house for a while this morning ... mainly because Torrey didn't get much sleep at her "Princess Training Camp" ... oh, I mean "Mission Training Camp" ... and we were nice and let her sleep in. I am surprised this didn't wake her up though ...
... the duck hunt of July 3rd. They keep coming back. I thought ducks were smarter than that ... oh, wait. They are birds. Which means this will be going on all summer. We watch the ducks fly to our neighbor's houses and high five each other ... because they are no longer our problem. Don't you wish you had neighbors like us?!
We started the morning by going to JC Penney's to return this bed because we got this ...
instead. We are aware they look similar ... but, they are not even close. The finish was coming off the other bed as we were putting it together, so we broke down and went back to our beloved Pottery Barn Teen for this beauty. Oh PB Teen, we will not stray again ... we have learned our lesson!
After that we ran into this store. If you aren't from Texas you have no idea what this store sells ... I thought it was a teacher store. Um, no. That would mean the name made sense. It is actually a sporting good store. Torrey was in need of some running shorts. She is sporty like that. Not sure who she got it from ... definitely not me!
Then it was off to Raising Cane's for lunch. They make the most delicious chicken strips. And, only chicken strips. So, don't go there looking for a burger. You will be disappointed. But, the chicken is oh-so good.
And, then we came here to buy school supplies (waaaaahhhh!) because it is our employee discount weekend. We only get them 4 times a year and we really, really love them. A lot. And, you should know that it IS a big deal that we are at a Houston Staples to buy our school supplies ... because up until last year we had to order everything online because there wasn't a Staples in Houston. That's right. There wasn't a Staples in the 4th largest city in the country. It was a very exciting day when they finally came to Houston. A very exciting day indeed.

After this we went to HEB (our grocery store ... they try to say that it stands for "Here Everything is Better", but I know the truth. It is the initials of they guy who started HEB. His name would be "Howard E. Butts". I guess "Here Everything is Better" is better.) It wasn't a fun fun experience, so there are no pictures. Torrey is now doing summer reading, Dean is napping and I am making dough to make homemade cinnamon rolls for Sunday and I made a Texas Sheet Cake to bring to Linda's tomorrow. Surprise Linda ... I forgot to tell you!