Where does the time go? Flies when you're having fun, drags when you're not.

Things are in same mode here. This is a good thing, as in same old, same old. We've had some wicked rains but today is sunny and the weekend is looking good! I'm working on a secret project for the girls. Since big sister is their "babysitter" while I'm at work, boredom is setting in already. So I am looking, lurking, google-ing fun, easy crafty projects for them to do. Add some ideas if you've got them....

Other exciting news; I bought a used sewing machine. I haven't had the time yet to use it. (what was I thinking?) I mainly bought it because my crafty fingers are itching and I have fallen in love with vintage type fabrics.

And the return of Question of The Day: Favorite Thing(s) About FRIDAY?
My answers
1. a drink to end the week and relax with
2. sleeping in Saturday morning
3. Hubby makes breakfasts on the weekends :)
What's yours?

Vacation is over.Haha The menfolk are coming home today. While I will be glad to snuggle my sweetie, have my son to take the dog out and oldest daughter will have her sweetie back too......it's back to reality as far as cooking dinners goes. We have been on a chinese takeout, TacoBell, McDonalds, eat what you can find extravaganza here. Men like FOOD, preferably including meat and no brown rice or wheat pastas. With the ever increasing cost of food, and the massive quantities my family eats I need to rein in this cost. We do have a small garden so hopefully the produce will offset some shopping this summer. There is a Farmers Market in town to check out too, as well as the big Public Market. Buying local is one of my goals. Organic is a harder sell to the hubby.

(This is also another day closer to My Night Without Children Anniversary Get-Away.)

men-free days, summer heat, and going away

So we are a tribe of women for a few days, the men folk have gone to the woods for a camping/fishing extravaganza. In our spare time we saw Horton hears a Who and ordered Chinese for dinner. The beauty of that is....... LEFTOVERS for lunch, and maybe dinner again. We've also picked raspberies until our hands are stained and our legs are scratched up. (Gramma Lena would be proud ;) )
It's a HOT one today, already turned the A/C on. Even the small cat slept in front of the fan.

The greatest news is the hubby and I are actually going AWAY for our anniversary. For the night. WITHOUT CHILDREN. Oh 'scuse me, did I shout that? After many hours of searching hotels, motels, rooms over bars, bed and breakfasts, small towns, big towns, cities with waterfalls, a whole 'nother country (Oh Canada) with no vacancies or two night stay requirements or million dollar price tags; we thought we were sunk. After twenty years we were stuck to a smooch in the car and maybe dinner alone. To the rescue came hubby's Boss, who found a B&B, checked the availability and said "put it on the company charge card, Happy Anniversary" Huh? What? Pardon me? So we leave on Saturday, to an undisclosed location,WITHOUT kids, near two of the Finger Lakes,WITHOUT kids, maybe take in a wine tour,WITHOUT kids, a nice dinner, WITHOUT kids, and a sleepover WITHOUT KIDS!!!!!!

Do you see the importance of this? There will be NO kids. TWENTY years and EIGHTEEN of them being a mom/dad/parental unit. Maybe I won't come home........

fooled you didn't I?

Yes juliemom, my next post will be about where we DIDN'T go for our anniversary....... still working on it.
And a ::::wave:::: to the "other" Mary, or is it Nary, who stalked over from juliemom. And so we don't get confuzzled again, I changed my name to MaryD. Pat on the back for figuring that one out, and I didn't even ask my kids. :)

Question of the day......

okay so I really stink at updating a blog. Schools out for summer, mama's got a job, it seems to be a rainy season, and multi-tasking is getting harder and harder to do. So here's the deal..... Comment me the answer to the question of the day. I'll tell you my answers too. Kinda like Trivia, without a prize or a winner.

The question of the day is:
What book or books are you currently reading? Would you recommend it to a friend?

I'm reading two right now. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Wicked is very hard. Lots of strange made-up words, and lands and creatures. It is supposed to be the life and times of the Wicked Witch from Wizard of Oz fame. That is one of my favorite movies and the musical was just in town, although I didn't see it. I'm sticking with it, because I ALWAYS finish a book.
Traveling Mercies I've been reading for awhile. It is the authors journey to and through faith. It's good, I just haven't had the time or energy to read a lot.

Your turn. Oh I'd recommend them both so far, but I like most books.

geez, the comments!

Remember way back when I started this pathetic blog, I warned you. All two readers, it ain't updated too often!! LOL

I also have a JOB now people. Like a "real" one, where I put clothes on and drive somewhere and am out of the house for hours at a time. And they pay me REAL money! It's nice, I like it. Beebs goes to preschool and I play with older infants for five-ish hours a day. And you know what? They can't talk yet!! (unlike my mouthy children, why do we teach them to talk? It only leads to complaining)

I hosted family Easter. I made a ham, ten pounds of mashed potatoes, applesauce, and my dad brought over his famous raisin sauce for the ham. He dropped off that and the ham on Saturday, but they had Easter with other relatives. Sisters-in-laws brought the veggies, salad and rolls AND my bro-in-law and his mom made golumpkies. Non-Ukranian people refer to these as stuffed cabbage rolls. We ruin them by insisting on sauce. They were YUMMY!!! I also made a chocolate cake with strawberries on top.

Now you may have noticed I am home today. Well Saturday daughter M threw up all day, she went to school yesterday but feels horrible. Beebs had a 103 fever last night, so we are home and blanketed and watching lots of TV today. There is so much sickness going around, the daycare has seen pinkeye, stomach flu, fevers, and the CROUP. One school district closed for a day due to 25% absenses. Ack. We need a nice week-long vacation so the germs can die off in the schools. That and some nice warm weather to open the windows, maybe a 60 degree day WITH sun. Aaahhh, that'd be nice! Maybe my poor mystery bulbs could make it up thru the mud and stretch their leaves a bit. A cousin gave me a bag of bulbs that didn't grow the first year but are showing signs of life, I am excited to see WHAT they are!! Daffodils? Hyacinths? Tulips maybe?

Leave some love. :)

INFLUENZA

The title pretty much says it all. It is officially influenza in my house, confirmed by a $50 trip to the pediatrician. Is it wrong to have secretly hoped the throat cultures were positive? At least then the steep co-pay would have paid for something I couldn't have diagnosed. M has been home since last Wed, Bebe started on Friday and the husband was stricken on Sunday. I have poured juice, ginger ale and more juice, dispensed childrens motrin, adult motrin, mucus reliever and dayquil, I have "slept" squashed with a three yr old in the bed, an 8 yo on the couch in our room and listened to them all cough and cough and cough........I have made toast, cut oranges, peeled apples, and poured juice. Did I mention the juice yet? The doctor mentioned it lasts a week to ten days.......oh the agony. Only one child got the flu shot, is he safe from the bug?

When I am sick next week, who will come take care of me? whine whine pout pout