I Won an “Oscar”!
I spent the weekend at a conference held by the Tennessee Division of the International Association of Administrative Professionals. I had a lot of fun, and I won an “Oscar” while there. While the conference is primarily a time for attending educational seminars and conducting IAAP business, there are some fun times included in the […]
ITCH!
For several weeks now, my shoulder blade has itched. Only the right one, and only in one certain spot. It’s maddening. It’s in a spot I can’t reach (of course), so I have to have a back-scratching implement with me at all times. I carry a bamboo one in my briefcase, so I have it […]
BURNED!
Yeah, I got totally baked this afternoon. Number one son had a baseball game today, but it was in the early afternoon (2 p.m.) rather than mid-morning, as we are accustomed to. I had errands to run this morning, so I left the kids with my parents and breezed back home just in time to […]
Bone Tired
I don’t know why, exactly, but I am flat-out exhausted today. I’m having trouble with my home computer again, and I’ve got the kids to pack for their trip in eight days, and the house is still a bit of a mess … maybe this exhaustion is stress from all the things I have to […]
Still going!
We’ve finished laying tile, and now we need to grout it. But we can’t do that yet, because the floor refinishers started yesterday. They ground down the floor to bare wood — it’s a beautiful oak parquet — and they are going to stain it a rich, dark brown called “Spice.” Then they have to […]
Busy….
We’ve been very busy this past week, as evidenced by the fact that I haven’t posted in 8 days! We’ve begun laying tile in the bathrooms of our house, which is fun but labour-intensive. We also painted the insides of the kitchen cabinets — a sunshiny yellow a little more intense than the kitchen walls. […]
Visitation Can Be Complicated
You’d think it’d be simple: each of us has the kids on alternate weekends. But then there are holidays that crop up, and sometimes work responsibilities. June is a mess for us. Originally, I had them on Father’s Day weekend, and he had them on my birthday weekend. So we’d planned to just swap those […]
Restful Day
Today was very quiet and restful. I woke up tired and sore, and with a sore throat, so we didn’t go to church. I want to make sure that Lobster Boy is completely free from Scarlet Fever before we get up close and personal with folks again anyway. So we puttered around the house all […]
EXHAUSTED
This is gonna be a short post. I’m so tired that I can’t talk right — I sound like a drunk. My feet and back are killing me. I’ve had a lovely hot bath, and I am going to bed. Up this morning and off to the kid’s baseball game. Other team had to forfeit, […]
Motherhood = Worry
My baby boy is sick. I’m worried that it’s something serious. He started complaining of a sore throat on Tuesday, and spent the whole day on the couch, sleeping off and on. That evening, he said his stomach hurt, and he vomited once and had several bouts of nausea that threatened, but never developed into […]