I'm afraid I've been spinning my wheels for most of this day.
DGD did NOT sleep late -- but she did let me catch up on most of my sleep while she played with her tablet after she woke up.
She is so good (when she is not fussing with her dbro
) but she mostly wants to sit at the table and eat Cheerios. I asked her if her parents fed her, and she said yes, LOL. She is not very big at all -- still no more than 50 percentile on her height and weight. I think the Juvenile Arthritis has something to do with that. But boy... she eats like a horse! And we still have a fight 90% of the time re: the potty, so that is a slow slow slow go...
She is such a good helper, though. She helped us bring in groceries and put them away and she counted pretty well when I asked her to count the canned drinks as we put them in the refrigerator. Her speech is still VERY hard to understand, but she is talking a LOT, to say I guess that will come...
THE CAR!
Dee -- I had to sympathize with your dsil...
Last night, after we brought the groceries in and were putting them away, the alarm went off on our car. It took some time but we got it stopped -- my key thing wouldn't work, and finally dh got it stopped, but he didn't know what he did (with his key thing). THEN it started up AGAIN. Finally stopped, but when dh went out the second time, the engine was running!
I called the OnStar people and we discussed it and the lady said I must have somehow triggered the app on my phone that will start it remotely -- but I know the app was NOT opened on my phone until AFTER the alarm started the first time, and I NEVER tried the remote start command. I never even entered my PIN. This was quite a mystery.
Like Dee's dsil... it doesn't take a lot to stress out dh... but after that second time, we had no more problems and the OnStar lady assured me that even if the car started remotely, it couldn't be driven without the key, so theft was not an issue.
There was an article in USAToday just this past week about today's auto technology and how we are all at risk for hacking with all the computer stuff on our cars now. * sheesh *
And (((
Harriet))) -- wanted to give you a (((HUG))) after all your stressful stuff.
Kathryn, I think it is wonderful that you want to do fun stuff and have adventures with your dgs, but I don't think kids really care what you do, as long as they have your time and attention. It did my heart so much good that day I apologized to dgs for not playing with him, and he said, "You don't have to apologize, I had a good time anyway."
He and dgd do play pretty well together for the most part. This afternoon, he got these three large dice with pictures on them (kids meal stuff from Arby's I think). You're supposed to roll the dice and use the pictures to tell a story. We did that FOREVER. We'd let dgd roll the dice and we'd make up the story sentence for her (after she told me the two people on the dice were "mommy and daddy") and then we'd roll and add sentences with our pictures.
Lynlee... I hated to see the terrible devastation of all that flooding your area is having. Those poor cattle, and the families who depend on them for their livelihood. So sad.
And I am certainly hating to hear the reports of the snow expected in
Kathryn's area.
OH. MY. GOODNESS. I think I mentioned ds is headed VERY far north at the moment... whew... He may not get back home till the spring thaw...
Of course, we are very much like
LadyM -- even a prediction of snow or ice puts everyone here in a panic. Maybe things get moving more quickly in areas where they are accustomed to this sort of thing.
LOL at
Cathy's dfriend putting the storm on a time clock...
(((
Harmony))) for stress re: appts...
LadyM, you inspired me to write down all my house areas, and I came out just about the same as you! I have a LOT of closets.
I am interested in one thing about your system -- you are not worried about how many times you get to a particular room/area during the year, right? You're not trying to hit each area 4 times for each of the 4 rounds, in other words? I don't know what would work best for me. I think I need to at least have the GOAL of getting into each area 4 times, b/c I do NOT vacuum the study, guest room, or guest baths except when their zone comes up... and the mood strikes me to follow the cards... and the stars are in their right alignment...
Just kidding about that last part, but I am definitely what Peg Bracken called the "spotful" housekeeper. So I guess I better stick to the regular zones, where I already had my house divided into 11 separate areas. But I especially liked what you said, LadyM, about dividing the room into an area for each day. That might work for me. IF I could make myself stick with it for a week. * sigh * Sometimes I think I am just hopeless. I enjoy the PLANNING so much more than the WORKING.
Waving to ALL... stay safe... and please do keep ds in your prayers for safe travel!