Monday was the Fourth of July and while I laid in bed all day, I managed to get up and eat ribs by the fire while the kids roasted marshmallows. Afterwards, we did some driveway fireworks and sparklers before I collapsed back in bed. Tuesday Jeremy took the kids to karate while I stayed home. I was super glad I …
Max is a funny dog with definite preferences. She likes to curl up on our beds, frequently on our pillows, like above (the crossed paws above are also cute). She’s also decided we make decent pillows. I woke up in the middle of the night because Max was laying on my feet, which I had to document, of course. While …
Monday I was feeling better, though still not great. I was starting to feel antsy about stuff that needed to get done, but any time spent sitting up made me feel worse, so there’s definitely a ways to go before I’m back to normal. My symptoms have closely mirrored the symptoms I had after my shots, but I feel like …
15 minutes before it was time to leave for one of our karate graduations, I went to the hall bathroom to check on Ocean and see what was taking him so long. I walked in and immediately exclaimed “What happened?! It looks like like you killed someone!” Ocean, tearfully: “I didn’t!” Me: “I know, but did you have to make …
Monday I woke up with a sore throat, but it was finally the perfect combination of not raining, hadn’t rained in enough days that the trails should be decent, and I didn’t have anything scheduled that had to be taken care of. So I took Max for a long-overdue trail run that the boys joined us on. I wasn’t worried …
The Subaru keeps turning Pandora on when I plug my phone in. I only listen to Pandora at Christmas, so why it always thinks I want to listen to Pandora, I have no idea. On the other hand, Jeremy frequently uses Pandora to listen to various playlists, including Irish drinking songs and Weird Al. Sunshine and I were discussing this …
Monday I slept in a bit since I was still recovering from the convention, then I started reorganizing the shipping container. It’s been on my to-do list for months, but I just haven’t had the time and energy. It was a super hot and humid day, so it really wasn’t the best time to do it, but I couldn’t put …
Sunshine tried to give River a hug while we were getting ready for one of our karate graduations, but he told her, in a serious tone of voice: “This is not the time”. What makes this even more funny is that she’s the only one that he’ll usually allow to hug him. He thinks he’s too cool and grownup to …
Monday I took photos and worked on the listings for the updated PP kits and sent an email to let people know they’re available. Then I worked on pockets since I need more to sell at the convention this week. I had to cut a few more in one color, but I had enough pre-cut canvas in the other colors. …
Maxi really likes snuggling in the fuzzy blanket on my bed and Sunshine will wrap her up when she sees Max on my bed. Max does not complain about being wrap-wrapped. She’s not usually snuggly with us, but on this occasion she had her chin on my shoulder, so even though it was an awkward angle, I had to grab …
Monday I didn’t sleep well, so I had a slow start to the day, but I did manage to get up and finish cutting the pocket pals. Jeremy and his brother went to see a movie and the boys played video games while Sunshine laid in bed feeling crappy from her booster shot. She didn’t react too badly to her …
At the Mennonite store we visited back in April, I bought the boys ice cream cones. We sat in a booth while they ate them, and then River announced that I needed to take a picture of him eating his ice cream cone. He didn’t really have a reason, he just wanted his picture taken. Ocean, of course, also wanted …
Monday I finished figuring out how to make a gift option for my Leatherworking course. Students (and their parents) need to sign up themselves so they can sign the liability form, but I didn’t have a way for others to gift the course and the recipient sign the liability form. Someone had asked about it last week and it took …
Awhile ago, I got student of the day at karate for beating up a 10 year old. I was commended because I wasn’t pulling my punches and was taking my training seriously. I was checking in with her to make sure she was ok, and she wasn’t that much smaller than me, but I felt a little bad after the …
Monday I had a slow start to the day, and it wasn’t super productive. Tuesday we went to music lessons, then I dropped them off at home and drove Jeremy to the VA center for the shot in his back. It was late enough in the day that we didn’t get back until after karate was over, so we missed …
Ocean was playing with a pretend gun he made out of a hot wheels race track launcher: “Someday, I think the bugs are going to be big enough for us to shoot!” Me: “Um, that does not sound fun.” Him: “No, it’ll be just like that shooting game on steam!” (Earth Defense Force, and you fight giant spiders and ants) …
Monday the kids and I had eye appointments. Sunshine and my prescriptions changed slightly, it was recommended that the boys wear blue blocking glasses when they’re using screens. Ocean could also use reading glasses, though he doesn’t need them badly. The eye doc mentioned that needing them could result in him acting up when it comes to reading. He won’t …
River, after getting his braces on, walking into Whole Foods with me while I tried to get him to hold my hand: “No” Me: “Why not?” River: “Because I have braces now” Me: “And there’s a correlation between having braces and not holding my hand?” River: “Yes. I’m a big kid now” Me: “But daddy still holds my hand” River: …
Monday I took my time getting up. I was tired, but not as exhausted as I thought I’d be, though I did have a headache. I ran a couple errands, then cleared out my email inboxes that I’d been ignoring for the last couple weeks. I had planned to go for a run, but I was too tired. We celebrated …
Jeremy, talking about the boys taking baths and running around naked afterward: “Mom and I take baths and we don’t run around naked afterwards.” River: “Ewww” Me: “You do so run around naked after your bath.” River: “Eww, you’re grownups!” Jeremy, Sunshine, and I busted up laughing. Jeremy: “I thought he was going to say ‘gross’, not ‘grownups’” (his usual …
