I've made myself a new To Do list, because I couldn't remember what I was wanting to accomplish from before Christmas. Immediately I felt stressed out, even though nothing on the list was a big emergency. It's twisted.
I've decided I am addicted to accomplishment.
Update: I found this post in my "drafts". Have no idea what else I'd planned to say, or why I saved it there.
Saturday, January 22, 2005
No News
My life hasn't contained anything blog worthy!
Life has been pretty slow. That's been nice.
We started keeping a regular homeschool schedule again last week. That's been a little tougher. Scheduling "homeschool" time has been the best way to make sure we find time to read aloud together. But, after more than a month of doing other things, no one is as excited about reading aloud as they are about playing the GameCube. Everyone says they want to read, but then they're all too busy. It doesn't help that with Tamzin out of school we go to bed much later, get up much later, and don't get around to reading until mid afternoon. By then everyone wants to be off doing their own thing.
We finished Great Expectations (finally). They all liked it, but I think it was too long. We're reading a short one called Pandora of Athens now.
Tamzin refuses to let me read to her at all, unless it's a stall to avoid bedtime. Even then, she will sometimes opt for a few minutes on her Gameboy over time with me.
We were all sick last week. The ailment varied depending by family member, but included sore throats, coughs, fever, and lots of stuffy runny noses. I stayed pretty busy fetching and carrying and catering to sick ones, so they would know I was taking them seriously. Often I am not so nurturing, being sidetracked with other things. So I'm proud of that. Mostly we're better now. A little stuffiness here and there, but subsiding every day.
I've been inputting recipes into Publisher in my spare time. I guess that's my big accomplishment for the week. Now I just need to start cooking!
Life has been pretty slow. That's been nice.
We started keeping a regular homeschool schedule again last week. That's been a little tougher. Scheduling "homeschool" time has been the best way to make sure we find time to read aloud together. But, after more than a month of doing other things, no one is as excited about reading aloud as they are about playing the GameCube. Everyone says they want to read, but then they're all too busy. It doesn't help that with Tamzin out of school we go to bed much later, get up much later, and don't get around to reading until mid afternoon. By then everyone wants to be off doing their own thing.
We finished Great Expectations (finally). They all liked it, but I think it was too long. We're reading a short one called Pandora of Athens now.
Tamzin refuses to let me read to her at all, unless it's a stall to avoid bedtime. Even then, she will sometimes opt for a few minutes on her Gameboy over time with me.
We were all sick last week. The ailment varied depending by family member, but included sore throats, coughs, fever, and lots of stuffy runny noses. I stayed pretty busy fetching and carrying and catering to sick ones, so they would know I was taking them seriously. Often I am not so nurturing, being sidetracked with other things. So I'm proud of that. Mostly we're better now. A little stuffiness here and there, but subsiding every day.
I've been inputting recipes into Publisher in my spare time. I guess that's my big accomplishment for the week. Now I just need to start cooking!
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
GameCube Addiction
I'm obsessed with Animal Crossing. I've played it every day since the day after Christmas. I have to force myself to stop so the kids can take a turn.
I'm lucky Clint is so laid back. He's been very supportive of my current trend toward being completely useless and unproductive.
I'm lucky Clint is so laid back. He's been very supportive of my current trend toward being completely useless and unproductive.
Happy New Year
We're back from our trip to the cabin. It was very relaxing. I got to spend 5 days doing anything I wanted. I'm still reeling from the freedom of it all.
There was only a dusting of snow when we arrived, but they next day it snowed continuously, and so there was plenty for sledding and snowboarding (on Gillian's new snowboard!). We had to wait another day before there was enough snow for snowmobiling, but we did get in several rides, including one on New Year's Day.
We toasted in the New Year with Martinelli's Spakling Cider. There have been four bottle of it sitting in the pantry up there for as long as I've been going up there. We finally opened one up when we were there last New Year's, so we figured we'd continue the tradition this year. It was still good, and the girls like drinking out of wine glasses, and toasting.
There was only a dusting of snow when we arrived, but they next day it snowed continuously, and so there was plenty for sledding and snowboarding (on Gillian's new snowboard!). We had to wait another day before there was enough snow for snowmobiling, but we did get in several rides, including one on New Year's Day.
We toasted in the New Year with Martinelli's Spakling Cider. There have been four bottle of it sitting in the pantry up there for as long as I've been going up there. We finally opened one up when we were there last New Year's, so we figured we'd continue the tradition this year. It was still good, and the girls like drinking out of wine glasses, and toasting.
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