BG just bridged up to Cadettes in her Girl Scout troop and one of the planned events is to attend the 100 year camporee in Savanna, GA. I understand there will be 5000 scouts there from around the U.S. and the girls are excited to raise the money to attend. It will be a full week of activities. Right now, we have 14 girls in our troop and are looking to raise about $900.00 per girl which includes transportation, registration and meals for the trip. (meals at the camporee are included in the registration). If you would like to help, click on the donation button to the left.
Thanks for your support!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Time Passes...EEEKK!
It's been more than a year since I updated this blog. And such a year!
First, we spent most of the rest of last year preparing for DH to deploy to the 'sandbox'. I spent the time making lists of things I wanted to accomplish while he was gone (with underlying fear and anticipation wearing on my nerves). DH spent the time fortifying the house so that BG & I would be safe and secure. New square foot gardens went in and a fence was built, home repairs done and 'retirement' planned so that all the major bills were paid off and we could live debt free.
DS#2 and family visited for a few weeks and we were able to cuddle the (then) newest granddaughter. They had another daughter shortly after returning to Germany. Presenting Lillie Denise!
The garden produced in abundance and we canned pickles, green beans and butternut squash. Tomatoes were harvested and frozen. I bought a new pressure canner, an Excalibur dehydrator and a vacuum sealer. Onions, carrots, potatoes and apples were dehydrated and stored. We discovered Jack Spirko's podcast: thesurvivalpodcast.com and listened for ideas we could incorporate into our lives.
Summer and fall passed far too quickly and soon we were saying goodbye. DH to go to final training and BG and myself to return home to a much emptier house.
Next up was our annual ThanksBirthHanuMas party in December. I knit fingerless mitts for the 3 older girls and tucked in gift cards for Bath & Body Works. The hit of the party was the array of Screaming Slingshot monkeys, cows, chickens, pigs and ducks that were whizzing around.
Then the new year. It started off with a bang...or rather, a sickness. I was awakened in the night by a call for help from BG and walked into her bedroom to find she had been sick. I then backed out quickly, calling for her to wrap up everything in the sheets and sent her in to shower. She proceeded to be sick for most of the week, sleeping on the couch as I tossed her mattress and bed frame into the garbage! (Yes..it was that bad!) Repainting her room had been on my list of things to do in the spring, but spring was too far away. So we cleaned, sorted, painted and assembled a new trundle bed with a new mattress.
Spring brought a new addition to the family. My first great-granddaughter.
New garden went in in the spring and is producing peppers, tomatoes, peas, carrots, beets and corn...all of which have been processed as they become ripe.
Knitting has been done. A couple of finished projects:
Anna-Margrethe
A couple of crocheted market bags
Out of Cheese (a MMario design)
and a pair of fingerless mitts in Steeler colors for dd#2
We have a few Yellow Ribbon and FRG events over the year. Sciatic troubles for me slowed things down on the home plans I had, but things are getting better. Now we are in full scurry mode in anticipation of DH's return. Thank heaven for email and instant messaging that has allowed us to stay in touch. All is well. Looking forward to having my man home safe and sound.
First, we spent most of the rest of last year preparing for DH to deploy to the 'sandbox'. I spent the time making lists of things I wanted to accomplish while he was gone (with underlying fear and anticipation wearing on my nerves). DH spent the time fortifying the house so that BG & I would be safe and secure. New square foot gardens went in and a fence was built, home repairs done and 'retirement' planned so that all the major bills were paid off and we could live debt free.
DS#2 and family visited for a few weeks and we were able to cuddle the (then) newest granddaughter. They had another daughter shortly after returning to Germany. Presenting Lillie Denise!
The garden produced in abundance and we canned pickles, green beans and butternut squash. Tomatoes were harvested and frozen. I bought a new pressure canner, an Excalibur dehydrator and a vacuum sealer. Onions, carrots, potatoes and apples were dehydrated and stored. We discovered Jack Spirko's podcast: thesurvivalpodcast.com and listened for ideas we could incorporate into our lives.
Summer and fall passed far too quickly and soon we were saying goodbye. DH to go to final training and BG and myself to return home to a much emptier house.
Next up was our annual ThanksBirthHanuMas party in December. I knit fingerless mitts for the 3 older girls and tucked in gift cards for Bath & Body Works. The hit of the party was the array of Screaming Slingshot monkeys, cows, chickens, pigs and ducks that were whizzing around.
Then the new year. It started off with a bang...or rather, a sickness. I was awakened in the night by a call for help from BG and walked into her bedroom to find she had been sick. I then backed out quickly, calling for her to wrap up everything in the sheets and sent her in to shower. She proceeded to be sick for most of the week, sleeping on the couch as I tossed her mattress and bed frame into the garbage! (Yes..it was that bad!) Repainting her room had been on my list of things to do in the spring, but spring was too far away. So we cleaned, sorted, painted and assembled a new trundle bed with a new mattress.
Spring brought a new addition to the family. My first great-granddaughter.
New garden went in in the spring and is producing peppers, tomatoes, peas, carrots, beets and corn...all of which have been processed as they become ripe.
Knitting has been done. A couple of finished projects:
Anna-Margrethe
A couple of crocheted market bags
Out of Cheese (a MMario design)
and a pair of fingerless mitts in Steeler colors for dd#2
We have a few Yellow Ribbon and FRG events over the year. Sciatic troubles for me slowed things down on the home plans I had, but things are getting better. Now we are in full scurry mode in anticipation of DH's return. Thank heaven for email and instant messaging that has allowed us to stay in touch. All is well. Looking forward to having my man home safe and sound.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Ravelympics 2010
And we're off! The Winter Olympics are in full swing in Vancover and so are the games at Ravelry. So far I have earned a medal in Aerial Unwind (frogging a stalled project and reclaiming the yarn)...
...and a medal for Sweaterboard Cross for finishing Oriental Lily...a tunic baby sweater for Ajala
Onward! I am hoping to work on Offler and I cast on Ruba'yat mittens.
Monday, January 18, 2010
First Sewing Project
BG made her first machine sewn project this weekend. A simple fleece hat. She picked out the material, talked to the store employee about how much fabric she needed, and did all the cutting and sewing herself. She is very excited and can't wait to try another one.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Another "What was I thinking??"
One of the advantages of homeschooling and having homeschooling friends is that you don't have to wait til the weekend for a sleep over. BG had her cousin, who I am also homeschooling this year, and a friend over Tuesday night after Girl Scouts. The 3 of them watched a movie and ate popcorn while camping out on the living room floor. Actually, it went much better than I thought it might. No fights...no loud laughing and yelling. They were still talking when I stumbled to bed at 12:30 am, but were quiet enough that it didn't interfere with my sleep. Friend brought some school work with her, so the 3 of them did math together on Wednesday. There were a few scuffles (like..what do we play next? and I don't want to do that), but, all in all, it went smoothly.
Facebook has this current thing about posting an old picture of yourself. I don't have any digital pictures of myself as a youngen, but found this family one of DH, DS, BG and myself. Hard to imagine that young man in the back is a burly Army father of his own little girl. And BG is taller than me now! I think she was about 18 months old in this picture. AH, time.... As Terry Pratchett says (paraphrased) Endless days of rapidly passing years...
Facebook has this current thing about posting an old picture of yourself. I don't have any digital pictures of myself as a youngen, but found this family one of DH, DS, BG and myself. Hard to imagine that young man in the back is a burly Army father of his own little girl. And BG is taller than me now! I think she was about 18 months old in this picture. AH, time.... As Terry Pratchett says (paraphrased) Endless days of rapidly passing years...
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Long Time
It's been a long time since I blogged and realized many things have happened since BG went off to camp. She had a great time and is eager to go back this year.
DS#2 got married and had a baby. Ajala Michelle was born in early September of 09. For New Years, we got the message from them that another baby will be born in August of this year!
The family got together on December 12th for our annual ThanksBirthHanuMas gathering. No injuries, barfing or fights...it was a good day!...lol.
I received the KnitPicks set of DPN... 6 sizes from 2.00mm to 3.25mm.. and "Continuous Cables" by Melissa Leapman. Trying to go Cold Sheep and not buy any new yarn till I have a chance to knit up a lot of my stash. I made several washcloths and tribbles as gifts to the DDs, so was able to use up some of the cotton here.
Heard about a great way to use up sock yarn stash. Match yarn and pattern and bag it under the labels of the coming months and challenge myself to knit a pair each month thru out the year. We'll see. I did finish one pair this past year.
SOTN: Offler Stole, grey scarf for sis-i-l (started as a Christmas present for 08), the Messianic scarf/stole from YarnYenta, and recently started: MMario's MMystery shawl KKnitalong. This shawl is not going well as I have dropped stitches (again) and will need to restart clue 1 (5th time).
Will try to do better about blogging this year...but no promises.
DS#2 got married and had a baby. Ajala Michelle was born in early September of 09. For New Years, we got the message from them that another baby will be born in August of this year!
The family got together on December 12th for our annual ThanksBirthHanuMas gathering. No injuries, barfing or fights...it was a good day!...lol.
I received the KnitPicks set of DPN... 6 sizes from 2.00mm to 3.25mm.. and "Continuous Cables" by Melissa Leapman. Trying to go Cold Sheep and not buy any new yarn till I have a chance to knit up a lot of my stash. I made several washcloths and tribbles as gifts to the DDs, so was able to use up some of the cotton here.
Heard about a great way to use up sock yarn stash. Match yarn and pattern and bag it under the labels of the coming months and challenge myself to knit a pair each month thru out the year. We'll see. I did finish one pair this past year.
SOTN: Offler Stole, grey scarf for sis-i-l (started as a Christmas present for 08), the Messianic scarf/stole from YarnYenta, and recently started: MMario's MMystery shawl KKnitalong. This shawl is not going well as I have dropped stitches (again) and will need to restart clue 1 (5th time).
Will try to do better about blogging this year...but no promises.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Camp Gilgal
Its been a busy month. Lots of preparations to get BG ready for camp. But first, we needed to celebrate her birthday a little early. She will celebrate her 9th birthday at camp, too.
Camp Gilgal is sponsered by Jews for Jesus, so BG was very excited to go and see some of her friends from the Ingathering there. This is her first "away from home/ away from me" camp. The leaders are so sweet and take lots of pictures to add to their flickr account so we can see our children enjoying themselves. One of the first activities is for each cabin to make a tribal flag. Here BG is cutting out elements for the flag:
And here is the finished flag:
And here... well... I am not sure exactly what they were doing that required a little war paint... lol.
Camp Gilgal is sponsered by Jews for Jesus, so BG was very excited to go and see some of her friends from the Ingathering there. This is her first "away from home/ away from me" camp. The leaders are so sweet and take lots of pictures to add to their flickr account so we can see our children enjoying themselves. One of the first activities is for each cabin to make a tribal flag. Here BG is cutting out elements for the flag:
And here is the finished flag:
And here... well... I am not sure exactly what they were doing that required a little war paint... lol.
Monday, June 8, 2009
3rd UFO Finished
Finished another scarf that has been in the works for a few months. This is my version of the TNT scarf. Pardon the picture. It's hard to take a pic of something around your own neck...lol.
Done in Serenity sock yarn with about 1700 or so beads. I thought I might have a problem with binding off, but I cut the yarn with enough beads for the last row and bound off the first 5 stitches, passed the end of the yarn thru as if it were the last stitch, slipped the beads in place, and then continued binding off the next section. Was a lot easier than I was thinking it would be...once I figured it out.
Done in Serenity sock yarn with about 1700 or so beads. I thought I might have a problem with binding off, but I cut the yarn with enough beads for the last row and bound off the first 5 stitches, passed the end of the yarn thru as if it were the last stitch, slipped the beads in place, and then continued binding off the next section. Was a lot easier than I was thinking it would be...once I figured it out.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Starts and Finishes
First let me brag about a (finally) finished. I finished my Queen Anne's Lace shawl that I made with #10 crochet cotton as a tablecloth for my antique oak pedestal table.
MMario's design is beautiful and an easy knit, although with 4 extra repeats of the last several rows, it took quite a while. I started it August 08 and finished May 30, 09. I will say to MMario's defense that I wasn't just working on this project. Babysitting, other knits and general life did not let me put in the time I should have.
Now for a start. A group of us at Ravelry have decided to read the Little House books over the summer with our children and do crafts along those themes. Hopefully I will blog more often with finished crafts that BG and I have done together.
In other knitting news: SOTN: Arch-shaped socks 75% done, MMario's Offler stole 10% done, Ankh socks 20%, 3 scraves at various stages and YarnYenta's Shabbat scarf about 10% along. Hmmm...may need to add a new project?
MMario's design is beautiful and an easy knit, although with 4 extra repeats of the last several rows, it took quite a while. I started it August 08 and finished May 30, 09. I will say to MMario's defense that I wasn't just working on this project. Babysitting, other knits and general life did not let me put in the time I should have.
Now for a start. A group of us at Ravelry have decided to read the Little House books over the summer with our children and do crafts along those themes. Hopefully I will blog more often with finished crafts that BG and I have done together.
In other knitting news: SOTN: Arch-shaped socks 75% done, MMario's Offler stole 10% done, Ankh socks 20%, 3 scraves at various stages and YarnYenta's Shabbat scarf about 10% along. Hmmm...may need to add a new project?
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Nature Center
BG's Brownie troop went to a local nature center last week. Lots of new things for them to see and learn. They got to pet real animal pelts of animals that had died naturally (or hit on the road). Then they drew their own animals with 2 criteria: Where they lived and what they ate. BG drew sort of a cross between a giraffe and a bear. It lives in the woods and eats pine cones...lol.
I snapped a few pics.
I snapped a few pics.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Knitting Night
Last night our knitting group met at the Franklin Park Conservatory for a nice stroll and knitting. While the Butterfly exhibit is showing now, most of them were in the windows, too far from my phone camera, looking out at the wide world wondering why they were trapped inside. Instead, I got a few pics of the foliage and a 'surprise' in the desert room. Also pics of the permanent Chihully art. Enjoy!
YES! This really is a chair covered in cacti!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Lightbulb
So, over at the Mended Drum (Ankh=Morpork Knitters Guild - Ravelry), the subject came up and the jokes are being posted. How many (insert noun here) does it take to change a light bulb?
Here's one of my favorites: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Only 2.. it's getting them IN the bulb that's the problem.
What's your favorite?
Here's one of my favorites: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Only 2.. it's getting them IN the bulb that's the problem.
What's your favorite?
Friday, March 27, 2009
Therapy Update
Well, didn't get great news at therapy today. NO KNITTING! Not until I go again next week at least. Things looked fine when I left last Tuesday, and by Wednesday evening, my finger was giving me a bit of a problem. More swelling on Thursday morning that I was able to massage away. Today, the pain and swelling were back along with less flexibility and the therapist noticed more rigidity. So I got a change of exercises to do and NO KNITTING...sigh. There are sometimes I wish we had removable parts. I would just stick my finger up on a shelf and let it heal. But....
So, I have no knitting news to report.
Off to play games with the family. It's game night!
So, I have no knitting news to report.
Off to play games with the family. It's game night!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Blogging Habit
It didn't make it as habit...sigh. I missed 11 days so far this month. 2/3rds is better than none tho, so will take heart to blog more often.
The 2nd eagle egg has not hatched yet and is now 3 days overdue according to laid-hatched stats of first egg. Chick is doing great and I have hopes of seeing the 3rd egg hatch in a few days. Some of the nesting sites I checked out online are disappointing this year. One nest was abandoned completely this year and another has no eggs as of yet. Last year, we watched with anticipation a nest with 3 eggs, but because of age of the eagles (older) there was only a little hope. Alas, all 3 of the eggs proved to be infertile. BG loves sneaking up to my pc and watching these parents feed their chick. Such majestic looking birds! It is my understanding that they have been removed from the endangered lists now. Let's hope they remain that way.
Knitting group last night. There were 8 of us and lots of laughs. I knit several rows on my version of the TNT scarf before my finger started giving me problems.
Got a couple of rows knit on my socks today without too much problem.
Seedlings are sprouting in the little peat pots in the window. Looks like we will have plenty of plants to set out later. Put in the asparagus seeds this morning. I don't think DH realizes yet that we won't be eating any for 3 years.
BG used 3 TP rolls and created a totem pole. Can you guess what animals are represented?
The 2nd eagle egg has not hatched yet and is now 3 days overdue according to laid-hatched stats of first egg. Chick is doing great and I have hopes of seeing the 3rd egg hatch in a few days. Some of the nesting sites I checked out online are disappointing this year. One nest was abandoned completely this year and another has no eggs as of yet. Last year, we watched with anticipation a nest with 3 eggs, but because of age of the eagles (older) there was only a little hope. Alas, all 3 of the eggs proved to be infertile. BG loves sneaking up to my pc and watching these parents feed their chick. Such majestic looking birds! It is my understanding that they have been removed from the endangered lists now. Let's hope they remain that way.
Knitting group last night. There were 8 of us and lots of laughs. I knit several rows on my version of the TNT scarf before my finger started giving me problems.
Got a couple of rows knit on my socks today without too much problem.
Seedlings are sprouting in the little peat pots in the window. Looks like we will have plenty of plants to set out later. Put in the asparagus seeds this morning. I don't think DH realizes yet that we won't be eating any for 3 years.
BG used 3 TP rolls and created a totem pole. Can you guess what animals are represented?
Monday, March 23, 2009
Another C&PP
DH did an incredible amount of yard work for me yesterday. He got the old stuff off the fence and raked and bagged leaves. He has already figured out a time line in order to be able to ready a garden for me. Herb seeds have sprouted in the one container.
My latest C&PP: http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html
Fun to watch the parent eagles feed the little chick, with anticipation of 2 more eggs to hatch.
Worked for a while on QAL. another row done....many many more to go!
My latest C&PP: http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html
Fun to watch the parent eagles feed the little chick, with anticipation of 2 more eggs to hatch.
Worked for a while on QAL. another row done....many many more to go!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Mid-Month Slump
Falling off on the daily blog challenge...sigh. Will try to end the month a bit stronger.
Spring is officially here and I have been trying to get seeds started in trays to put out when the weather gets better. DH is gung-ho on having a garden this year. He has plans to move fences around a bit in the back yard to open up a little more space, also to insure a little privacy and keep the veggie thieves at bay. They and the underground life that seems to thrive here will be our biggest hurdle to a successful garden this year. Several years ago we tried a small garden, and while the tomatoes did well, our beans grew to nice bushes and over night we had lace leaves due to bugs or slugs. Not one flower or bean was produced due to the little buggers. I am considering more container plants rather than in ground ones. This also means I need to brush up on my canning skills which I haven't used in probably 20 years.
I am also looking forward to going with a knitting friend to pick strawberries this year. I have a hankering for some jam...yum.
Been a tough week in the housekeeping department. I have maintained, but not progressed in the Mt Vernon cleaning.
Due to the still half functioning finger, I have only been knitting on my version of the TNT beaded scarf. I haven't measured it, but would say its about 18-20 inches along now. At my knitting group on Wednesday, we decided the weight of it would make a nice weapon if accosted. Sort of knitted nun-chucks.
Not much else going on here... til next time...
Spring is officially here and I have been trying to get seeds started in trays to put out when the weather gets better. DH is gung-ho on having a garden this year. He has plans to move fences around a bit in the back yard to open up a little more space, also to insure a little privacy and keep the veggie thieves at bay. They and the underground life that seems to thrive here will be our biggest hurdle to a successful garden this year. Several years ago we tried a small garden, and while the tomatoes did well, our beans grew to nice bushes and over night we had lace leaves due to bugs or slugs. Not one flower or bean was produced due to the little buggers. I am considering more container plants rather than in ground ones. This also means I need to brush up on my canning skills which I haven't used in probably 20 years.
I am also looking forward to going with a knitting friend to pick strawberries this year. I have a hankering for some jam...yum.
Been a tough week in the housekeeping department. I have maintained, but not progressed in the Mt Vernon cleaning.
Due to the still half functioning finger, I have only been knitting on my version of the TNT beaded scarf. I haven't measured it, but would say its about 18-20 inches along now. At my knitting group on Wednesday, we decided the weight of it would make a nice weapon if accosted. Sort of knitted nun-chucks.
Not much else going on here... til next time...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Search Parties
OK, no one came looking for me...lol. Really, I got some work done in RoD, but not much. Mostly I just moved things around and the major pile is now in the center of the room. Actually have had a rough week of bad sleep, so have been doing what I need to and vegging a lot.
Knitting for any length of time seems to destroy any flexibility I gain from the therapy I am getting for my finger. It looks better, swelling has gone down, and I can hold it straighter if I don't knit. Knitting group was tonight and I did a few inches on the beaded scarf, til finger started looking more like an L-bracket and I could lay my hand flat on the table and pass small animals under the knuckle. They tell me this could take longer to 'cure' than they originally thought. At least the iced cappuccino was refreshing and conversation was good.
Knitting for any length of time seems to destroy any flexibility I gain from the therapy I am getting for my finger. It looks better, swelling has gone down, and I can hold it straighter if I don't knit. Knitting group was tonight and I did a few inches on the beaded scarf, til finger started looking more like an L-bracket and I could lay my hand flat on the table and pass small animals under the knuckle. They tell me this could take longer to 'cure' than they originally thought. At least the iced cappuccino was refreshing and conversation was good.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Another Bookcase Down
Saturday: #7 is done. It's the one with the most antique books in the upstairs hallway. Cleaned well, moved and cleaned the wall and woodwork behind. Have some more books to send to the thrift store and some to take to half-priced books and see if I can get anything for them. The house is starting to look pretty nice. Now I need to keep up with it all and not let it get this bad again. I also cleaned out the bedside table and dusted under the bed.
Sunday: On the game shelves. They weren't too bad, just some organizing and dusting. I finally scrubbed the bathroom floor which has been on my list all week. And did the combs and brushes in a sink of warm water with a little shampoo. Another job I haven't gotten to for a while and really like to do once a month or so. A PP job I did this AM (before bath floor) was to clean the fridge shelves. Amazing what you can think of to do to avoid a more unpleasant job!
This coming week I will be entering the Room of Doom! This is the craft/PC/home school/junk room. If I don't post in 2 days, send in the search parties.
Til tomorrow.....(if I come out alive)
Sunday: On the game shelves. They weren't too bad, just some organizing and dusting. I finally scrubbed the bathroom floor which has been on my list all week. And did the combs and brushes in a sink of warm water with a little shampoo. Another job I haven't gotten to for a while and really like to do once a month or so. A PP job I did this AM (before bath floor) was to clean the fridge shelves. Amazing what you can think of to do to avoid a more unpleasant job!
This coming week I will be entering the Room of Doom! This is the craft/PC/home school/junk room. If I don't post in 2 days, send in the search parties.
Til tomorrow.....(if I come out alive)
Its 3:36 AM right now and, since I didn't get to blog yesterday and am having an awake time, I thought I would drop a note. For all the ups and downs this week, I think I finished well. Several of us got together in the chat room and played 10x15. We make a list of 10 things that need to be done, ask chatzy to roll the die and tell us what number, and then we all run to get that chore done in 15 minutes. My list:
1) clean cat litter
2) bring up dry clothes, fold and put away
3) Vac upstairs rugs
4) scrub the tub
5) scrub bathroom floor*
6) swish and swipe
7) clean bathroom woodwork**
8) clean bathroom shelves
9) sweep kitchen floor***
10) straighten 2 shelves in kitchen
(bold print indicates job done)
The game was on! *I ended up totally cleaning and organizing 4 shelves in the kitchen as a Productive Procrastination to avoid bathroom floor and **I only cleaned the woodwork around the door and wall around the light switch, but...
I also vacced living and dining room, dust mopped and wet swiffered dining room and hall wood floors, cleaned off and out the blanket chest, Clean floor and woodwork behind the chest, cleaned dining table down to one small pile of leftovers from previous desk cleaning, cleaned the fridge out (***another PP to avoid sweeping), wiped counters, washed a comforter, ran the dishwasher, shined my sink including the faucet scrub, had BG sort through a big stack of her papers and toss or keep, and still found a little time to knit!
Whew! Not bad and I felt so much better. And the good news is that I did all that from 9 AM-12:30 PM!
BG was still sick with sore throat and now has a nasty cough, but she didn't have a fever. I tried to give her things to do that didn't require a lot of moving around. We hadn't done any homeschooling all week, but she did do the next pages of her grammar while resting on the couch.
DH called and asked me to meet him and a group of his co-workers for dinner and to watch Glenn Beck together. The concept was good, but the restaurant was a bit too noisy for me. Food was good and plentiful, but service was a bit lacking. We actually had to ask to have menus brought to us and it was another 20 minutes before the waitress came back to take our orders. We asked for carry out containers when she did finally bring our food...and she brought one. 15 minutes later she wandered by to see if things were okay and I asked for the second container then.
DH took the leftovers and wandered home while I went to the store and picked BG up from her aunt's. We were all in bed by 9 PM, which may account, in part, to why I am up now.
1) clean cat litter
2) bring up dry clothes, fold and put away
3) Vac upstairs rugs
4) scrub the tub
5) scrub bathroom floor*
6) swish and swipe
7) clean bathroom woodwork**
8) clean bathroom shelves
9) sweep kitchen floor***
10) straighten 2 shelves in kitchen
(bold print indicates job done)
The game was on! *I ended up totally cleaning and organizing 4 shelves in the kitchen as a Productive Procrastination to avoid bathroom floor and **I only cleaned the woodwork around the door and wall around the light switch, but...
I also vacced living and dining room, dust mopped and wet swiffered dining room and hall wood floors, cleaned off and out the blanket chest, Clean floor and woodwork behind the chest, cleaned dining table down to one small pile of leftovers from previous desk cleaning, cleaned the fridge out (***another PP to avoid sweeping), wiped counters, washed a comforter, ran the dishwasher, shined my sink including the faucet scrub, had BG sort through a big stack of her papers and toss or keep, and still found a little time to knit!
Whew! Not bad and I felt so much better. And the good news is that I did all that from 9 AM-12:30 PM!
BG was still sick with sore throat and now has a nasty cough, but she didn't have a fever. I tried to give her things to do that didn't require a lot of moving around. We hadn't done any homeschooling all week, but she did do the next pages of her grammar while resting on the couch.
DH called and asked me to meet him and a group of his co-workers for dinner and to watch Glenn Beck together. The concept was good, but the restaurant was a bit too noisy for me. Food was good and plentiful, but service was a bit lacking. We actually had to ask to have menus brought to us and it was another 20 minutes before the waitress came back to take our orders. We asked for carry out containers when she did finally bring our food...and she brought one. 15 minutes later she wandered by to see if things were okay and I asked for the second container then.
DH took the leftovers and wandered home while I went to the store and picked BG up from her aunt's. We were all in bed by 9 PM, which may account, in part, to why I am up now.
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