Why can't I have energy like this first thing in the morning?! Took me a bit to get going, but eventually I got around to installing the new blinds (grabbed Nigel to cut down some pieces to fit better)(they're a skosh crooked but they're up), painted most of the bedroom (have to wait for the one wall to dry before I shove all the furniture to the other side of the room), painted most of the living room (same deal), got groceries for tomorrows cookout (had to hit three grocery stores before I found fresh mint), dishes, laundry, painted the outlet covers and installed them. Now I want to go out and spray paint my mailbox and vacuum and put up the coat hooks and all the curtain rods and a billion other things.
Also, it's terribly odd that Nigel and Wendy have two cats that, at a distance, look almost identical to mine. They keep freaking out whenever they see mine galloping around the yard thinking they're cats have gotten out.
Someone snacked on my begonias that were in a pot on the side table on the patio. Groundhog or really tall bunny?
Sara, do you have an LL Bean near you? I got myself a nice cheap raincoat ($30 two years ago, hip length, from the men's side because I liked the colour better) that was lightweight, flexible, with armpit zips. Coated in teflon.
Something killed my lily 2 days after I fought the clay to plant it. I suspect squirrel. Anyway, I don't have your energy. I'm not putting up my blinds myself. I'm not painting anytime soon. I don't have a mailbox, thank god, I have a door slot and a friendly postman.
But I did move my old bed into the other bedroom!!!
eta: re LLBean, I don't think so. I've got plenty of places to check, just Sports Authority wasn't it.
I think I need to use it more and raise his standards of acceptable behavior, clothing, speech, and decorative tastes.
Wow, you're going to be the most popular mom ever!
But to really put yourself over the top you should take away TV and video games and start reading Pilgrim's Progress to him every night, followed by a tasty meal of watercress sandwiches.
I don't use it on his peers. I use it mostly about adults, or often teenagers. I just want to get his mind a little set with standards before he hits the teen years himself. No screentime in my house would be laughable, I would die from exhaustion keeping him entertained. And I'll never be a popular mom.
I like watercress sandwiches.
Something also ate all the leaves off of my marigolds. Need a deerproof orange. Wish there were an orange Astilbe. And there goes my hope for hostas.
I think avoidance of tackyness is a pretty good goal for parenting...
Watercress sandwiches, however, are very nutritious.
msbelle, you are a good mom. That's all that counts.
