Thursday...

Hello there! This week has been pretty uneventful - praise the Lord, my sick leave pay was finally deposited! That is a big relief! Now, hopefully they won't mess up on it anymore for the next 3 months I'm off...

This week was kind of a lazy week. I've had my usual bouts of insomnia at night so haven't tackled anything too big. My husband had Monday off from work so we did have one big project when the kids came home from school - we moved their computer from the basement to the living room upstairs. This way I can monitor the usage much better and I don't feel like they are being recluses while downstairs. We try and keep it under control with passwords, etc. but you can't be too careful! So, with everyone helping, it didn't take too long and it was nice to clean everything real good as it got moved as well as the space downstairs where it's been for a very long time! I moved the keyboard down there for practicing. So, other than that, I've just been keeping up on laundry and general tidiness. We did go out to the property Monday night as well and Brooke and Curt helped Jeremy get a trailer load of wood and played in the snow that was steadily coming down. We did take a few sleds, but there wasn't quite enough snow... Isaac came up to Erin and asked her if she wanted to go for a walk so off they went, hand in hand. It was cute - I was wishing I had the camera! Well, they kept walking and walking until they were out of sight so I had to have Curt go and get them! They are pretty comfortable out there now, where before, they were always worried about getting lost. But, I don't like them to get too far out of my sight. Remember the days when our mothers rarely knew where we were - all my mom knew was we were out playing in the subdivision somewhere! Those days are long gone! I don't know if I'd ever be able to just send the boys out to the woods to play all day! Even when Isaac goes down to the "frog hole" not too far from the camper, I can hear him through the trees and holler out to him every 5 minutes or so and he knows to holler back! He likes to go there with a net to catch frogs and torture them with love! It's a small hole Jeremy dug in the middle of a stream so that we can water the garden from it, but it almost dried up last summer so we could only water from it a few times... But, the frogs loved it! Thus a great entertainment spot for Isaac and Curt and Erin when I would go down there with her! Now, when we got out to the property, Erin tells us "SSHH, look for deer!" Brooke used to do that when she was that age and we'd go to my Dad and Teresa's on walks. Erin is always asking when we are going to the camper (property). Our camper is at the dealership getting a new awning and some repairs so it's ready for this summer! I am looking forward to spring and getting them out there to play.

I've taken a few pictures, but forgot I didn't have the CF card in my camera, so I'll have to try it again! I should've waited to bring the baby car seat down, the cats think it's their new bed! So, I snapped some pictures of them and then Thunder (our beagle), who doesn't get to come in the house too often, was sleeping on the couch all sprawled out on his back! When he manages to get in the house, he will run for the couch or Isaac's bed and bury himself in blankets with his head on the pillow! He's no dummy, but he doesn't have good house manners, unfortunately! I haven't had much luck with animals in the last 14 years for some reason - can't get one that will behave in the house, go potty only outside, and stay in the yard! I love animals, but can't have them in the house under those circumstances! We have Thunder on a radio invisible fence collar system, but he knows when the batteries are going dead and will disappear as soon as it happens.

Ok, I gotta go and get some things done and play with Erin for a bit, she's wanting some attention here! She just said "Get off the computer, mom". So, I'll go put her to work, folding laundry with me - I still have the two totes of baby clothes to go through as well! Oh boy, maybe I'll just go and take a nap instead!!:) Have a great day!