Raising Cubs in a Campground

When things start swirling around in my brain at a frenzied pace I know it's time to do a By the Numbers post. 3,565 - the number of blog book pages I need to design by December 1st in order to have any semblance of family time during Advent. 3 - the number of times I got up last night to turn off the hall light that Sam kept turning back on 11 - the number of campers who checked in yesterday (the busiest Thursday we've ever had) 1 - the number of times I called the Sheriff'sOffice this week 697 - the number of twitter updates I've written 2.5 - the number of S'mores I ate last night 123 - the number of followers I had yesterday 122 - the number of followers I have today 2 - the number of friends camping in the campground this weekend 112,647 - the number of hits on my blog since September 6 - the number of blogs I have 4 - the number of blogs I actually update 20 - the number of sore muscles I have from 10 measly push-ups yesterday 0 - the number of TV's in o...

5 - the number of miles I had to drive to get to my polling place 3 - the number of minutes it took me to register to vote 0 - the number of people ahead of me in line 25 - the number of ovals I had to fill out on my ballot 21 - the number of people I voted for that I know nothing about 2 - the number of times I had to go to the polling place (I had to go back and vouch for Brian.) 150 - the number of people who had cast their ballots before me (I voted at 9:15am) 373 - the number of people who cast their ballots before Brian (He voted at 4:00) 23 - the number of people who looked at Julia when she started belting out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in the Echo-y town hall 45 - the number of seconds it took me to usher the kids outside 15 - the number of steps to the top of the ladder at the park behind the town hall I heard myself saying to Sam, "Sorry Sam, that slide is too dangerous for kids. It's only for grown ups." A slide. At the park. Geepers Carrie. B...

1. Eleven - the number of errands we ran today 2. Seven- the number of hours it took us to complete those errands 3. Four - the number of stops were were able to leave the kids in the car since all of us were along 4. Thirty - the number of minutes I have until I have to be at work 5. Three - the number of flours I bought at the health food store (Rye, Corn (meal), Wheat 6. Fifteen - the number of great shots the photographer got of Julia this morning 7. Zero - the amount of money I spent on portraits today (took a HUGE amount of restraint) 8. Two hundred - the number of campers that will be here for the next four days 9. Six - the number of days Brian has been laid off of work 10. Thirty-seven - the number of bran muffins we've eaten in the past week 11. One - the number of days I have to find someone to take over our wireless internet connection before I cancel our high speed connection - anyone local interested in a two year plan for $60 a month? 12. Three - the number of camper...

6 - the number of months it took us to kill 3 goldfish 2 - the number of well behaved children living in this house 10 - the number of times a day I revel in that fact 1 - the number of freckles on Julia's face (near her hairline) 3 - the number of freckles on Sam's face (near his nose, hairline, and jawline) 10,000 - the number of freckles on my body 1 - the number of weddings I've booked for this year so far 2 - the number of books I'm in the middle of reading 20 - the number of books my kids read in a day 40- the number of minutes Sam sat on the couch this morning listening to a book on CD 2 - the number of loaves of bread the kids and I made last week 22 - the number of days until we are hosting a retirement party for Brian's mom at our house - hence... 2 - the number of hours we spent cleaning out the garage on Saturday 3 - the number of hours we spent at our beach on Friday 8:00 the numbers on the clock lately when I get up in the morning 60 - the number of m...

6 - the number of months it took us to kill 3 goldfish 2 - the number of well behaved children living in this house 10 - the number of times a day I revel in that fact 1 - the number of freckles on Julia's face (near her hairline) 3 - the number of freckles on Sam's face (near his nose, hairline, and jawline) 10,000 - the number of freckles on my body 1 - the number of weddings I've booked for this year so far 2 - the number of books I'm in the middle of reading 20 - the number of books my kids read in a day 40- the number of minutes Sam sat on the couch this morning listening to a book on CD 2 - the number of loaves of bread the kids and I made last week 22 - the number of days until we are hosting a retirement party for Brian's mom at our house - hence... 2 - the number of hours we spent cleaning out the garage on Saturday 3 - the number of hours we spent at our beach on Friday 8:00 the numbers on the clock lately when I get up in the morning 60 - the number of m...

8 - the number of times Sam threw up last night 45 - the number of minutes of sleep I got from 10pm-3am 12:45 - the numbers on the clock when Julia started throwing up 2 - the number of times I changed sheets on a bed last night 4 - the number of times I changed a towel on a bed (I wised up and saved myself a heap of work and laundry) 5 - the number of times Julia threw up last night 4 - the number of loads of laundry I did in the past 24 hours 4 - the number of loads of laundry still waiting to be folded and put away 2 - the number of clues I had that we were headed for trouble (Sam said his tummy hurt while we were eating dinner. I chalked it up to his tummy was full cuz he actually ate a complete dinner for once. Then later I was at Owen and Staci's dropping off their wedding album when Staci asked how the kids were doing because Moriah had started throwing up that evening. Brian called me as I was pulling into the driveway at 9pm to say Sam had thrown up.) 13 - the num...