A Profitable Day
I did so much today! I got up at 6:30 and went for a walk — about 20 minutes, and approximately 1 mile. Haven’t done that in years. Then I put in the path lights that I bought the other day. I filled the dozen or so birdfeeders in the back yard, planted some herbs, […]
Still Running on Overdrive
It’s still terribly busy in my life, but I can see some lights at the end of the tunnel. Taxes will be out of my hair this weekend. I can put the flannel sheets back in the attic and bring down the percale. My utility bill should be very low this month, as I’m running […]
The Best Laid Plans…
… of mice and men gang aft agley. And boy, did my weekend gang agley! I had to stay late at work, so the grocery shopping took until 7:30, which meant that by the time we got supper and bathed the kidlets, there was no time for laundry or games or a story. After I […]
Blessed While Buying Boots
I had to rearrange my plans for tonight, because the weather-gurus are predicting some nasty winter weather for us on Wednesday night / Thursday morning. I discovered the other day that the kidlets had outgrown their boots, so I needed to get them some. I also needed to get some mittens for the mitten tree […]
Shaping Up for a Busy Weekend
Everything happens at once. LOL. Tomorrow morning, my son has a basketball game. I have to have him at the gym by 9:45 a.m. I have Messiah rehearsal at 1:00 p.m. at church. I have to drop the kids off at mom’s afterward, and then make my way to my brother’s house for a Christmas […]
The Best-Laid Plans…Gang Aft Agley
Well, I got a lot done last night, but not all I had hoped. We got to basketball practise exactly on time, and the younger son and I went to the library. He’s loving this, and my older son is jealous. I did explain to son #1 that when son #2 starts his basketball practise, […]
Fear and Trembling
I nearly had a heart-attack yesterday when I thought I’d lost the check from my Christmas Club account! I was at work when I first missed it, and, after tearing up my briefcase and my purse looking for it (unsuccessfully), I was in a panic until quitting time, when I could go home and look for […]
Today’s Adventures….
This is going to be a running list of what my kids and I do today. I just thought it might interest everyone to see how a single mom spends her Saturday with her kids. 7:45 a.m. The kids have been “snuggling” in bed with me since 6:30, listening to the rain outside and telling […]
Why Is It That…
Things always pile up? I have managed, once again, to plan a completely full weekend with no rest in sight. A not-good thing, especially as this is my weekend with the kidlings. I have to take my son to get his picture made tomorrow, and then a dear friend is getting married in a city […]
My First Weekend as a Single
It may sound strange, but this past weekend was my first weekend as a single since my divorce three and a half years ago. The ex finally got his dearest wish and got the supervision clause stricken from the visitation schedule. So the kids left my house at 8 on Saturday morning and didn’t come […]