Hmmmm... my ta-da for the day was probably getting s2s and washing my hair. I mean, I slept LATE. I mean REALLY LATE, even for ME.
DH didn't think I was ever going to get out of bed. I was just totally wiped out. Spending the better part of two days with the dgrands just about does me in.
Tuesday, we had dgd for an hour or so, then both of them when dgs got out of science club... then we all went to the nursing home for singing... then I went to the steak house with all of them (dh came home to watch Braves game)... and then dgd spent the night.
Wednesday, she was up fairly early for our standards, and she and I ran some errands and went to the elementary school parade... then picked up dgs... then they were both here until church time.
And THEN... after church... dh and I went to a late movie. So when we got home, I collapsed.
(The movie
was good, btw --
Unbroken: Path to Redemption -- the "sequel" to the Louis Zapperlli story -- the WWII POW who spent 47 days in the ocean on a life raft. This tells about his life afterwards and how it was changed after he attended a Billy Graham crusade.)
Today, I guess I could say TA-DA because -- in addition to s2s/wash hair, I also
* packed clothes for tomorrow/Saturday
* cooked supper
* s/s kitchen
* put dmom's meds in dispensers
I really need to s/s the bathrooms and pick up the baby room before we leave tomorrow.
So -- what's going on with you ladies?
Is this the Halloween party you are working on,
Elizabeth? I haven't cuop yet... I hope you feel better soon!
(((
LadyM's dgd))) Sometimes we're up, sometimes we're down, right? BIG WTG on the great report from the parent-teacher conference, though!
BTW -- I have been reading more lately. I got those
Harriet the Spy books I told y'all about, and I read the first one in about two days. I'm over half way through the second one. It is so fun, kinda takes me back to when I was 10 or 12 years old.
I finished the more serious novel I was reading --
Into the Water -- and it was good, but kinda got unbelievable. So many people drowning it got to be a little much. It's by the same lady who wrote
The Girl on the Train, I believe.
Twins, my internet is horrible. Our AOL, which we still use for email, just spins and spins and spins. I told dh the next time I have two days to talk with someone, I may try to contact them, but it is basically just our email. It drives him crazy b/c he tries to keep it all cleared out -- and we STILL have over 800 items in the inbox -- but I don't really think it is a wi-fi/ATT problem; I think it is just AOL, and I see why so many people have quit using them!
Nancy, I imagine the constant house showings would be kinda irritating, but it IS wonderful that you have your house show-ready all the time now!
I need a cobweb sign, too! LOL! Zones... zones... I think I remember having zones...
Harmony, talking about paperwork projects, I got another order of photos in and I need soooo soooo badly to work on photo albums and scrapbooks. I really want to do this -- I don't completely trust everything on electronic files, and I want to make sure these memories are preserved for dgrands. I went through and got EVERYTHING in chronological order some years back, but that was before dgs was even born, and since then, NOTHING has been done towards this project. * sigh *
Hope you had a good day,
blessed!
Dee -- so glad you didn't really have a CO2 leak! Hope everything goes well for dh next week!
BookSaver, won't y'all have some awfully stormy weather if you get a 30 degree drop in two days? It is still in the 90s here too, but looks like we're headed to the 80s next week -- with our lows in the 60s. Ballgame high temp is going to be 90 again though, so I have packed shorts again -- even though my legs are awfully pale and dbil's girlfriend has a very nice tan.
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT? It is late in the season to be asking, but y'all, I sweat sooo much and at these hot-weather ballgames, I just look like some drowned rat. I mean, I have to put my hair up in a ponytail or a clip, and I still have these little curly fuzzy bits around my face... by the end of the game, there is not a dry stitch on me -- and I don't mean to be indelicate or anything, but going to the bathroom is the same as it is when one is wearing a bathing suit, you know? How your clothes just stick to you? And since I have walked almost a mile from the parking area, I have this * chaffing * problem... and it is just MISERABLE. I wear a cap if we are in the sun, but late in the evening, thank goodness, our seats are on the shady side of the stadium. Last week I had one of those cooling towels, and that helped a little bit, and I tried to drink more water, but it is just miserable. Thank goodness this week the game is at 6:30 (last week was at 2:30) but we will still be out in the sun from about 3:30 on, for pre-game festivities, seeing the players walk in, etc. Next week the game is at 3:00, but MAYBE it will have cooled off a little bit by then.
I don't know how some women do it. There are ladies sitting around me who still have an actual hair style and their clothes don't look like they are sticking to them. I don't know how they do it.
Anyway -- good for you,
BookSaver, for thinking ahead re: icy weather AND Christmas planning! I do hope your roofers show up soon!
Well... 20 min is really enough for the bathrooms. I think I will give myself 30 minutes and see if I can do them and the baby room and then I really CAN relax for the night. I have not exercised today either, but the cleaning activity might revive me enough that I can do my "walk away the pounds" while watching
The Miniaturist on TV. (It's a mini series on PBS, based on the novel, and the first episode was very good.) I had the book on my "want to read" list after reading a review in the paper some time back, but it is no longer available at our library. I could order it, of course, but my stack is pretty high right now.
One more thing... y'all ever get a song on your mind for no reason at all and it just Will Not Go Away??? Look up "Three Jolly Fishermen" sometime.
DH only remembered the last two verses from Boy Scout days, and shared it me when he happened to see a preview for the tv show,
Amsterdam. Now I cannot get it off my mind. I had to google it and see what the other verses were. When you google it, you'll see why young Boy Scouts found it so hilarious.
(((HUGS))) for
Kathryn and dd and little dgs... hope you ALL feel better soon. Probably don't need to teach him "Three Jolly Fishermen" just yet...