I'm baa--aack!
Well, my big girlie has gone back to her life, got home safely last night. My little girlie is off on a holiday with the grands and uncle, left this am., the boy must have gone out as no cars in the driveway when I got home from work this evening and the man is off comforting a sick friend. That leaves me and the cat and she wanted to go back outside right away, so I guess I am on my lonesome. Yesterday I had lots I wanted to say when I got back on here. Now I wonder what it was?
I know one thing, it felt weird to get up this a.m in a quiet silent house. The boy and I saw each other for five min at lunchtime when he got home and before I left. There are computer noises, air con noises and that is about it.
It felt so good to have everyone home, sitting at the table, crowded into the living room to watch movies (the big girl and the little girl agree that the new living room is completely uncomfortable. Don't like the hard new floor. They grew up grinding crumbs etc into the old rug, now that we have hardwood, it is just too uncomfortable to sit on. ) I do realize that we only have one comfortable piece of furniture in the whole house and that is the couch. I will have to start saving up for a big fat chair now that I am aging.
with having to keep off my foot in early July (plantar faciitis) I found that my bum got quite sore from all this sitting. I will have to get back to exercising again. You don't think the little things you do make any diff until you stop doing them. I have been feeling quite stiff and sore and achy and I think it is from not stretching with my little old ladies. In May I was exercising at least half hour a day, the chair dancing, the elliptical machine and acquasizes. Now I have not done anything, including walking a few blocks to work. Makes me feel like a slug. I think I will be more energetic also, when I get back to things. I always look forward to going to acquasizes here with C when she is home, but we were busy on all the nights it was on, so I guess I will have to go on my own in August. Get a few in anyway.
It must be hard to come home for three weeks as an adult. The ironic thing is that they were each in their original rooms (which have had other tenants and now are incarnated as the office with a guest bed and the little girl room with half the stuff still in it and the exercise machine) I don't think it is very comfortable. I would like to renovate the house, or at least deal with all the stuff and re-arrange things to make it a more workable arrangement.
It was great having time off, not so great not having a paycheque though. It is always the trouble. Now that I have had time off, I feel like maybe I can tackle some of th ehouse problems. But I am going back to work, and need to (got bills to pay of course) so will fall back into the usual, come home, eat, clean up, fall over mode. Hmm. I would like to try to renovate my ever-so-dull and predictable routine into something that would help me cope with everything and allow me time to do some sewing. I guess a person could argue that the tv and computer take up all the "spare" time I used to have for a hobby. Hmm. Might be true.
We had a nice time in Riding Mountain. I would highly recommend it. It was so good just to get away, with no phone calls (well the men on their cells, but not me) and not much tv (roughed it with Star Choice but no vcr or dvd players so had to watch oldmovies, it was fun) Just the five of us, with some games (the kids humoured me--they know I live for family games, guess that is because it was so rare when I was a kid. I feel so guilty that i never played more Scrabble with Mum. I would have if I had known our days were limited...She always wanted to play and I was too busy, now I want to play and my kids are too busy...I guess it all comes around. Makes me think of that cats cradle song.)
We walked a bit, shopped a bit, mostly just sat around eating, drinking, looking at the scenery. Bruce and Cait went hiking to Grey Owls cabin which i think is something like 18 K. They left early but it was a hot day. I think the old man actually did better than the marathon runner. HOw odd. If I knew how to put photos on here, I would put some on, as they have been downloaded. Four days was as much as they could handle in each others company continuously, but it was all good. We had great weather, the place we were at (Thunderbird Cabins) had a wonderful swimming pool (I went first thing every a.m.!!!) but the beach had parasites (swimmers itch) so we didn't go in the lake or play on the beach. That was the only bummer. We (the old folks) had a hard time adjusting to a bed not our own, and I knew I should hav brought my own pillow. Makes me feel really old....But we managed. It was just what I wanted for a holiday. We even managed to find a mini-golf for Bron and I . Or nimi flog as the sign said. The day we left it was mini-glof, so they must change the letters all the time for fun. We even found a used bookstore, so I bought my current favorite, the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. I was so pleased to find it, and then there it was in the airport yesterday when we took Cait to her plane. Weird. It is a three parter, though, that is really called "His dark materials" I am half way through the last book (there is "the subtle knife" and "the amber spyglass" that follow the golden compass) but I have been listening to them all on audio book as I drive. I am looking forward to reading them later.
Anyway guess this is a long enough rambling. Let me be thankful today for the wonder of ones children. I am so incredibly thankful for my three great kids. So pleased and proud and want to keep them safe always. I wonder how the first day back teaching was today (how can I have a kid who is nearly 24? We watched the movie the "Breakup" with Aniston and Vaughn in a log cabin theatre. the theatre was the best part, the movie really sucked, save your money!!!Don't go!!! She turned to her brother and they both agreed they were so depressed from this movie that they decided to go for a few beers. Bron and I went back to play cards with Bruce. How did I get old enough to have kids who could go to the bar together???) WE did go see Pirates of the CAribbean and were not disappointed. I always worry with sequels. They often wreck things just to make aprofit. I loved Miss Congeniality so much that year, but have never seen part two as it is supposed to be bad. Maybe I will one day just to see. Talking about movies, I am going to go pour myself a cold drink and go watch a movie by myself. It was ironic, tonight was the first time that I was actually done my work on time and came home on time, and nobody here at all. I tried to be home as much as I could when Cait was home. It was refreshing to not have to think about work. Not going to think about it now, either. Morning comes soon enough. Take care, my friends, and be safe, happy and not too hot. It really has felt stifling today,even with the window air cons. But as someone pointed out, soon we will wish we had these warm days back. Cait says it is hotter there, due to the humidity, rather than the actual temp. I wish there was no hurricane season. I hope this year they continue to be safe again. Let us all be safe as we can be. G'night. D.
I know one thing, it felt weird to get up this a.m in a quiet silent house. The boy and I saw each other for five min at lunchtime when he got home and before I left. There are computer noises, air con noises and that is about it.
It felt so good to have everyone home, sitting at the table, crowded into the living room to watch movies (the big girl and the little girl agree that the new living room is completely uncomfortable. Don't like the hard new floor. They grew up grinding crumbs etc into the old rug, now that we have hardwood, it is just too uncomfortable to sit on. ) I do realize that we only have one comfortable piece of furniture in the whole house and that is the couch. I will have to start saving up for a big fat chair now that I am aging.
with having to keep off my foot in early July (plantar faciitis) I found that my bum got quite sore from all this sitting. I will have to get back to exercising again. You don't think the little things you do make any diff until you stop doing them. I have been feeling quite stiff and sore and achy and I think it is from not stretching with my little old ladies. In May I was exercising at least half hour a day, the chair dancing, the elliptical machine and acquasizes. Now I have not done anything, including walking a few blocks to work. Makes me feel like a slug. I think I will be more energetic also, when I get back to things. I always look forward to going to acquasizes here with C when she is home, but we were busy on all the nights it was on, so I guess I will have to go on my own in August. Get a few in anyway.
It must be hard to come home for three weeks as an adult. The ironic thing is that they were each in their original rooms (which have had other tenants and now are incarnated as the office with a guest bed and the little girl room with half the stuff still in it and the exercise machine) I don't think it is very comfortable. I would like to renovate the house, or at least deal with all the stuff and re-arrange things to make it a more workable arrangement.
It was great having time off, not so great not having a paycheque though. It is always the trouble. Now that I have had time off, I feel like maybe I can tackle some of th ehouse problems. But I am going back to work, and need to (got bills to pay of course) so will fall back into the usual, come home, eat, clean up, fall over mode. Hmm. I would like to try to renovate my ever-so-dull and predictable routine into something that would help me cope with everything and allow me time to do some sewing. I guess a person could argue that the tv and computer take up all the "spare" time I used to have for a hobby. Hmm. Might be true.
We had a nice time in Riding Mountain. I would highly recommend it. It was so good just to get away, with no phone calls (well the men on their cells, but not me) and not much tv (roughed it with Star Choice but no vcr or dvd players so had to watch oldmovies, it was fun) Just the five of us, with some games (the kids humoured me--they know I live for family games, guess that is because it was so rare when I was a kid. I feel so guilty that i never played more Scrabble with Mum. I would have if I had known our days were limited...She always wanted to play and I was too busy, now I want to play and my kids are too busy...I guess it all comes around. Makes me think of that cats cradle song.)
We walked a bit, shopped a bit, mostly just sat around eating, drinking, looking at the scenery. Bruce and Cait went hiking to Grey Owls cabin which i think is something like 18 K. They left early but it was a hot day. I think the old man actually did better than the marathon runner. HOw odd. If I knew how to put photos on here, I would put some on, as they have been downloaded. Four days was as much as they could handle in each others company continuously, but it was all good. We had great weather, the place we were at (Thunderbird Cabins) had a wonderful swimming pool (I went first thing every a.m.!!!) but the beach had parasites (swimmers itch) so we didn't go in the lake or play on the beach. That was the only bummer. We (the old folks) had a hard time adjusting to a bed not our own, and I knew I should hav brought my own pillow. Makes me feel really old....But we managed. It was just what I wanted for a holiday. We even managed to find a mini-golf for Bron and I . Or nimi flog as the sign said. The day we left it was mini-glof, so they must change the letters all the time for fun. We even found a used bookstore, so I bought my current favorite, the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. I was so pleased to find it, and then there it was in the airport yesterday when we took Cait to her plane. Weird. It is a three parter, though, that is really called "His dark materials" I am half way through the last book (there is "the subtle knife" and "the amber spyglass" that follow the golden compass) but I have been listening to them all on audio book as I drive. I am looking forward to reading them later.
Anyway guess this is a long enough rambling. Let me be thankful today for the wonder of ones children. I am so incredibly thankful for my three great kids. So pleased and proud and want to keep them safe always. I wonder how the first day back teaching was today (how can I have a kid who is nearly 24? We watched the movie the "Breakup" with Aniston and Vaughn in a log cabin theatre. the theatre was the best part, the movie really sucked, save your money!!!Don't go!!! She turned to her brother and they both agreed they were so depressed from this movie that they decided to go for a few beers. Bron and I went back to play cards with Bruce. How did I get old enough to have kids who could go to the bar together???) WE did go see Pirates of the CAribbean and were not disappointed. I always worry with sequels. They often wreck things just to make aprofit. I loved Miss Congeniality so much that year, but have never seen part two as it is supposed to be bad. Maybe I will one day just to see. Talking about movies, I am going to go pour myself a cold drink and go watch a movie by myself. It was ironic, tonight was the first time that I was actually done my work on time and came home on time, and nobody here at all. I tried to be home as much as I could when Cait was home. It was refreshing to not have to think about work. Not going to think about it now, either. Morning comes soon enough. Take care, my friends, and be safe, happy and not too hot. It really has felt stifling today,even with the window air cons. But as someone pointed out, soon we will wish we had these warm days back. Cait says it is hotter there, due to the humidity, rather than the actual temp. I wish there was no hurricane season. I hope this year they continue to be safe again. Let us all be safe as we can be. G'night. D.
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