Hi Janice and all after,
Having my now-cold coffee and trying to muster some energy. I spent an hour and a half in the pool with the kids yesterday and decided to do some of the exercises from when I took water aerobics using a big pool noodle for my "weight". Feeling it today.
The kids spent THREE hours in their yesterday. It has certainly been a great investment.
Today, well, I have a load of light colors in, knowing Morgan will be home from camp sometime this afternoon and then I pick Maddy up at 6. I'm sure they will have plenty of laundry for a load of lights between them, then I'll do a load each of darks and whites for the whole family tonight/tomorrow. There is lots I could do around here, but I've been enjoying a leisurely pace. Maybe that's okay...it is hard for me to "feel" that is okay, with my type A super-plan-ahead personality. But yesterday, after 30 minutes or so in the pool, I was going to get out and read or do something else, and Max begged me to stay in, telling me, "It's funner when you're in here, Mama." How could I say no to that?
I keep having these moments where I realize he is our last, and he's five already, and he won't always be begging me to play in the pool with him. And so maybe I've mellowed a bit. I am fortunate that Earl is not the type to be angry over a slightly messy home...lived-in messy, I guess you'd say. We try to be clean but it's certainly not sterile, lol. I also had the realization the other day that I have spent most of my life not having people over often because I am sure we have a bit of a pet smell (right now the aging dog and her stinky skin condition) and am afraid of what they'll think of that. And I realized that, if they know me and how I feel about giving needy animals a home and they still like me, that I shouldn't worry about that. Right? That's part of who I am and I don't ever see that changing. Oh well, maybe too much introspection this early in the morning.
Started reading Radical Homemakers this week and had a lightbulb moment about that. I felt like I found my clan.
Anyone else read it?
Oh well, off to do a few things, I suppose, and then go out and stare at the green tomatoes awhile, willing them to get ripe. Yeah, I'll admit, I have spent an inordinate amount of time just looking at the garden. The rain has been SO helpful this year, and the garden reflects that, and I am just in awe of the growth, and still plotting where I can tuck in more plants. I got out a hoe and did some weeding on the harder to reach spots in our beds along the back fence yesterday.
Have a great day!
Catherine
