Miss the kids

I finally started missing the kids last night. I love my time away, but I love my family. I've been keeping busy working and DH wishes I would work on my cleaning quite a bit more. I can't believe it is almost 2009. Wow.

Went to see Milk last night. Good movie but leaves you asking what you do that is truly important. I wonder.

Day after Christmas

Nice quiet home time. Went to Troy yesterday afternoon. Rode back with bil and sil. Slept in until 1pm. Taking my time getting to work. Realy enjoying having time to myself. Scott is due home before too long. He is gaming all day tomorrow. Yay!! I love my family but I love my time alone, too. We still have a week of together time. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to start the rock candy before the kids get back. It'll take about a week to make. So, do I start it now and get a head start or do I wait and let the kids see how it starts. I guess it depends how lazy I am!!  Although I am also thinking about making Oatmeal Butterscotch cookies for Scott. And me. Almost healthy, right?

Christmas Eve.

Things were going pretty well until Lizzie had a melt-down because Alex didn't give her a pencil with an eraser. She was off her meds for a week and it has really caught up with her. Time to push it back in her, big time. Unfortunately, Scott got in on it while it was occurring and got really really mad. Alex was crying because Scott scared him. So, then Scott was mad at himself for getting so mad. And he probably said some things he shouldn't. Well, now he is moping around. Sigh. I was already depressed before. Now I have to try to balance him out. Yay, Christmas! NOT!!!

We went to Christmas Eve service, which I really enjoy. He couldn't sing because his cough is still so bad. Which bummed him out. And he was doing his mopy thing. And it isn't like he will actually talk about what is wrong. He made a comment about screwing Christmas up and I barked at him. He hasn't done anything wrong! Lizzie is the one who needs an attitude adjustment. And, welcome to my world!!! I have to go through this with Lizzie two to three times a day. Every day. Scott is lucky he never has to see it!!! Well, time to get presents under the tree.

Another Friday

Here we are on another Friday. Need to be working. Watching Stargate Atlantis. And updating my blog! =) I got to scrapbook a lot this week. Went to Cord on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday. Of course, I was working on swap stuff. But I finished two of my three swaps. Yay, me! 

I'm almost done with another work project. Everything is due by the 8th and I should actually hit the deadline. What a concept! 

Just finished listening to False Impression by Jeffrey Archer. Currently reading Brisingr (third in Eragon series). Also just finished New Moon which is the second book in the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. Also in the process of Spirit Gate (some fantasy book I picked up at the library that looked good. The problem is that the type is small and close together. So it is actually somewhat difficult to read. I think I need to reserve the Large Print version.) I love to read. But I tend to get a little overambitious when I am at the library. Or I reserve a bunch of stuff and it all comes in at once. I never seem to have enough time to read all that I want to read. There are so many "teen" books that I want to read. I look in Lizzie's area and I want to read so many of them!! I read to escape and have fun. I don't like to read non-fiction. Although I am also listening to The Physics of the Impossible in the van.

I love to watch TV or movies on the computer as I work/play. I thnk I multi-task so often that I don't know what to do with myself if I am not entertaining all of my senses at the same time. Sad. I bet Marcy would have something to say about that!

Cookout

Went up to my parents and had a cookout in the woods. Hot dogs and marshmallows. Yummy. And the kids actually behaved fairly well. I just hate hearing: "we never get to see them! They're the only reason we are up here. If it weren't for them, we would stay in Florida year-round." As if!! The heat drives them here and the cold drives them there. Wah. Anyway. Bad mood. Tired. Going to bed.

Friday

What is it about Fridays? I don't want to do anything but I feel like I have to get all of my "loner" stuff in in one day. sigh. I spent too many hours today reading failblog.com. OMG!! I laughed so hard!!!

Then I started working on scrapbooking stuff, again. Way too much stuff. I have got to get that stuff all put away so that I can actually use my stuff. Not that I really have enough places to put it all. I wish I could sell most of it. Most of the time I just feel too lazy to actually get anything done. 

I'm tired. Go figure. I usually am. 

I have the opportunity to go scrapbook tonight. It seems like it would be pointless. But I can get out and spend time with friends. Or I can stay home with my family. I have so many things to work on. Most of them can't travel well. I really want to get all my finished pages in order. That is a huge task. I have a 20 inch stack of finished pages. To add to 13 overfull albums. The sheer enormity of sorting and ordering the pages by date puts me off.  And, yet, I churn out more pages when I have the chance!! 

Hunh...

I guess that start didn't go well!!

Here we are two years later. I have no idea if I will actually continue this. I'm not sure about sharing my life with the whole world!!!

We had two days of no power thanks to Hurricane Ike and a cold front. The Hurricane of 2008. Hmmm...