Update: before and after...
It is Friday, 10/17/08
I am thinking... there are only 68 more days until Christmas Eve and my shopping isn't done yet! Last year I was done by October 15th, so this is worrisome for me. I like knowing I am done and just enjoying the season. The season that has already started in the retail stores... Halloween stuff has been pushed over and Christmas decorations, etc are out. Why? Why can't Halloween be over first? One holiday at a time? Not in retail. What about Thanksgiving.. skipped completely... and it is one of my favorite holidays.
I am thankful for... living in California where the temperatures are relatively stable. It has been in the high 70, low 80s ..which is perfect! I hear from my friends how it is 50 degrees during the day -I don't know how well I would cope with that. When we lived in Washington, all the rain made me sad and blue.. I like being a California girl! I know we pay for that in taxes and cost of living, but times like this I feel like it's a fair trade off.
Today in the kitchen... we are having chili-dogs. I made chili the other night and we had a ton leftover -so we are using it and saving the pork chops for next week. Yesterday (out of order on my menu) we had the sausage and rigatoni --it was delicious! Everyone liked it. I made it with balsamic vinagrette instead of the sundried tomato and basil dressing. It was quick (30 minutes) and tasty and I had most of the ingrediants on hand. You can link to it from my prior post if you want to give it a try. I like having the menu plan, but I also allow that sometimes it isn't going to work out quite the way I planned. Its a guideline, not written in stone.
I am going... to get my hair cut today! I may, may, post a picture later -we'll have to see how it goes!
I am reading... book 4 of Twilight.... still. I got it from Cyn on Tuesday and haven't had much time to read. The antibiotics I am taking make me groggy/tired and I can't concentrate on much.. I am feeling a lot better, so I look forward to reading it all weekend long, sitting under a blanket and reading.. sounds heavenly!
I am hoping... to get some cleaning and shopping done today. Depends on how much energy I have, these drugs really have done a number on my system. Only 3 more days of them, yippee!~
I am hearing... Silence. And. I. Like. It.
Going on around me... Nothing now. We woke up a bit late agan today. When I got up at 7:03 a.m., Steven and Jackson were both still asleep. Since Steven is usually up at 6, this put him behind in getting ready. Josh & Justin got here at 7:15, just as Steven got out of the shower. I gave Steven & Josh a ride to school, so they were on time, it was just a rush to get ready in that short time. Steven is like me, he moves quite slowly as he wakes up. I made his breakfast for him.. sausage muffins.. but since he usually makes it himself, I had to ask how long to cook the sausage, do you toast the muffins, etc. Jackson and Justin watched a show, had a breakfast and left on their bikes for school right on time.
One of my favorite things... I am feeling so happy lately. I think that getting back into scrapbooking and making pages has lifted my spirits. I have spent so much time feeling bad that I was behind, thinking I would never catch up, being overwhelmed, that I forgot how much I enjoyed it. I spent a few hours making digital books for the boys for 2005, 2006 and 2007 - so they are caught up since their regular scrapbooks end around 2004-2005. Its not the same, but it is enough. Steven said-- I just like it finished, not fancy. Which I appreciate, since the reason I scrapbook is to preserve the memories for them. They love that the photo books are like "real books." I like the space savings as they are much smaller than traditional scrapbooks. I used a special deal and got them for $8 each -total. That is how much I would spend to make 4-6 pages in a traditional scrapbook. So time, money and effort .. It all adds up to a great deal and everyone is happy.
Some plans for the rest of the week: Nothing.. we have a lazy weekend planned with no real plans. I think we are all looking forward to it.
A picture thought I am sharing...
Steven, looking TIRED.
Steven started basketball practice yesterday. From now until December 18th he has practice or a game every weekday. Days there is no school for teacher workday? Still has 6 am practice. Fall break? Still has practice and games. He is committed and excited. However, having not been too active (just playing travel ball since June -2-3 practices a week) after school, just playing, he is TIRED. 2 hours of running, running, runnning, every day (for the last 3) has made him TIRED. He is sleeping good, smelling sweaty and just exhausted. I know it is good for him... and he'll get used to it -but he just looks awful.
Today will be the worst of it.. he has school, then practice til 4, then baseball practice 5-7. So keep a happy thought for him that he makes it thru the day. I am fully expecting him to sleep until noon tomorrow, since Sunday morning he has practice at 9.
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