Children came home. Tommy had a good day and Noah only got in trouble once. Sarah, however, didn’t turn in two assignments. When quizzed she had several reasons it was not her fault. “I ran out of notebook paper and you never put more in my backpack.” I have told her repeatedly where in my […]

Grumblings of discontent continue among the group working on this year’s zoo event. Why did I agree to chair this project? I’m the only person not getting paid to be there. I will not be doing this next year.

Doug is downstairs working and after hearing Amy thud a few times and then cry a lot he decides she is sick and goes into panic and anxiety mode. If he was up here he’d see that she is fine. She was happily watching tv until I enforced my new “1 hour on=1 hour off […]

My head hurts. I’ve lost Noah’s homework. I can’t find a matching pair of socks for Tommy. I want to take the dryer apart and rescue all those lost socks. The upstairs is straight and the dishwasher is splish-splashing so I’m going to bed and stare at the nothing on TV, Arrested Development isn’t on […]

I am fighting back a migraine. I need to go relax in a hot bath but Amy won’t let me.

Upstairs cleaned, newspaper read and Girl Scout paperwork all caught up. I just need to e-mail my badge order in and then attend the cookie booth lottery. I’m a bit nervous about that one. The woodpeckers, cardinals and finches are very active in our backyard today. It’s too early for nesting isn’t it? Doug is […]

Doug is walking around with the headphones in his ears. He only does that when he doesn’t want us talking to him. Tommy begging to go see man next door. Amy napping. Sarah and Noah spending their Sunday at the grandparents. Dog sleeping in the sunbeams on the floor. I’m thinking of crawling back in […]

Doug and Tommy fought. I interfered. Now Doug is not speaking to Tommy or me. I asked Tommy to write his feelings down and he actually did! I thought it was a sweet, well-thought note. Tommy put the note on Doug’s desk like I suggested and Doug got upset that Tommy was near his stuff […]

Upstairs cleaned up. Time for scout paperwork I’ve been ignoring. I think I’ll read the Sunday paper first.

A bit groggy this morning, but otherwise feeling fairly calm and relaxed. I’ll attribute that to Thinking Day being over and having no errands today. Only fairly calm because I am a little anxious about which cookie booth our troop will get in the lottery tomorrow. I’m hoping we get one chance at selling inside […]