New Year’s Weekend
Well, we’ve goofed off most of Saturday and Sunday, and today the children and I will go at it hammer and tongs to clean the house. The main thing is this folding of clean laundry. If I could just get that done, so that I could have my couch and the other half of my […]
A Jolly Holiday
We had a lovely time over the holiday weekend. The kids were with their father on Saturday and Sunday, so I spent Saturday working on household chores, and I spent Sunday at Mom’s, helping her get ready for the Christmas Day family gathering. The kids and I spent the night at Mom and Dad’s, and […]
Basketball Season Starts
I didn’t get as much done as I wanted over the long weekend, since I had a killer migraine that started on Thursday and lasted until Tuesday afternoon. Still, I did get the boys room, the kitchen and laundry room, and the bathrooms completely clean (as in, pulling out the furniture and dusting / vacuuming behind […]
Loooong Weekend! Rah!
It’s Thanksgiving, and the biggest thing I am grateful for at the moment is a four and a half day weekend. I got off early this afternoon — work let out at 3! And tomorrow, of course, is the big family day with the huge feast and day-long board game frenzy. Friday, the kids are […]
Planning for the Weekend
I have a lot of things to accomplish this weekend. I have some herbs and seeds to plant, and some flowerbeds to weed. I have a house to tidy up. I have articles to write — I need to finish 20 of them by the end of the month. I have taxes to do, and […]
It’s Hard to Be Strong
I am counting down the days until January 2. On January 2, the one-month moratorium on gifts begins, ending 33 days later on Valentine’s Day. You see, I am sitting here, desperately trying to keep to my diet, and all these gifts are pouring in at the office, at church, and at home. In the past […]
Fireworks, Drive-In Movies, and Happy Holidays
I was afraid that this weekend was going to be a bit of a wash, as I have no discretionary money and couldn’t splurge on lots of noisy, sparky fireworks for the kiddies. Most years, we’ve spent $50 or $100 on small-gauge firecrackers, pull-pops, snap-n-pops, bottle rockets, smoke bombs, and the like. We didn’t have […]