Library Remodel

Here's the children's department and the magazine area.

A Week of Fog?

I don't know how many days of fog we've had. Lost count.

Yesterday was a busy day. L was at show choir all day. I went down to work at 3:00 and stayed until 9:30 when the kids I was working with said they could take over. Meanwhile, M&E had left for the Y dance after 6 of M's friends dropped off their sleepover stuff. S stayed home by herself for a few hours. I wasn't too worried about her, as time flies when you're playing computer games. She probably hardly moved.

I picked up M&E and friends from the Y at 10:30. Then ordered pizzas. Picked up L from show choir at midnight. Every one stayed up late and was wound up - except me. I went to bed at 1:00 and missed the birthday party. M is 13 today. Now I have 2 teens, though E is so close she acts like a teen too. I'm very impressed that M organized the whole party on her own and everything worked as planned.

M.H.

Christmas photos

Wanted to show you some decor. I love decorating the house, putting different things on the stand in the hallway. We usually don't have the alphabet table in the hallway. I never got around to covering the Christmas tree stand. I like the little houses on the mantle and our Chinese decorations are always up through CNY.

M.H.

Almost the New Year

Christmas is over. Almost New Year's. I haven't had time to say or post any photos. I took 4 hours off work today and what a difference that made. Didn't do anything exciting - ran errands. No activities tonight so I played chess with E - she won and I played Mancala with S and she won twice and I watched a DVD of my choosing and not another episode of Hannah Montana or Wizards of Waverly. Please..... I would rather watch endless reruns of Gilligan's Island - which is what I did do as a child.

We had a nice family xmas. I'm still working at mailing xmas cards. I have about a doz. done.

I'm not thinking about resolutions this year, because I never keep them. I'm more fantasizing about what I wish the new year would be like - lots of money - enough for me to work part time, my excess weight would just melt away with wishful thinking, my kids would continue to excel in school and in their chosen activities - now that is likely to be the one thing to come true. That work will continue to be fun and new and interesting. And that I will quilt and catch up on scrapbooks and not procrastinate about anything. Yeah, there are a lot of things I would like, but honestly, I've got it really good and should appreciate what I have.

Happy New Year if I'm not back for a few weeks,

MH

Wallpaper

Here's my bathroom that I've been wallpapering bit by bit. I will probably never wallpaper anything again. It's slow going, but it's not hard. It's difficult to get the seams to stay closed. I see why some people over lap them. Anyway, I like it and I'm glad I did it. It's hard to take a photo of the tiny room.

M.H.

Thanksgiving at J&Y's

Some photos from our trip. These are murals Joe painted long ago, but I had never seen.

And I love to watch my kids sleeping. I think they are so beautiful when asleep.
M.H.

Quiet Sunday Morning

My favorite time of day. I am the only one up and I've been on the computer catching up on things.
Quiet. No interruptions. I'm going to start making bread.

Accomplishments this week:
Almost caught up at work.
Broken mailbox replaced. That turned out to be easy.
House still relatively clean from S's birthday sleepover last weekend.
Finally found chocolate chip waffles at Walmart. Have been looking for waffles for 3 weeks. L about to die of starvation.
Attended union meeting. Sounds positive.
Had lunch with friends. All too short of a lunch.
Had my 1st crown put in at dentist.

On today's agenda:
Bake bread
Go to church
Repot plants
Fill out E's CoC forms
See New Moon
Eat out?
Help S redo her homework

M.H.