Monday, February 23, 2009

The Party's Over

Well, the Saint Francis "Branch" has folded up it's traveling tent again for the year. We had fun. We attended Sacrament meeting in our stocking feet (some of us that is) because people are so completely polite about preserving our floors. I'm ready to stop preparing a lesson EVERY day of the week, but I'm really going to miss having these people come to our home. I guess we'll just have to find an excuse to invite them all over again. We held our own "linger longer" yesterday and shared some really tasty food and even better company. The kids got excited and played just like they do at the chapel (I was glad to see it. It means they are comfortable). We took some pictures but I'm going to clear it with some people before I post them here. I'm a little hypersensitive about people's right to privacy.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

When the cat's away . . .

Okay, I know I've said this before but I'm going to repeat it. I'm a child. Most adults know when to eat without being told, go to bed when they are tired, finish their homework. Even many children know how to do this. Monte is out of town until Wednesday and I'm REALLY tired today. Since I just finished a 3 day weekend I can't claim I'm overworked. The reality is that I got so excited that no one was around to tell me to go to bed that I stayed up sewing until my shoulders and back were stiff and my thumb will not move. I forgot to eat dinner last night until I came upstairs and found the sandwich I made for lunch still sitting on the counter. Not that missing a meal or two will hurt me but you'd think anyone with my obvious love of food would have remembered to take a dinner break. It could have something to do with the diet Mountain Dew I drank while I was sewing. Because I spent most of yesterday closeted in my sewing room, I also didn't do the lesson planning I should have done for today so I've been "flying by the seat of my pants" today. Something that works briefly but won't work for a second day in a row. My new pajamas aren't quite finished yet, though ... Maybe I could sew just a little longer. I don't have to cook dinner tonight either - there's still that sandwich. I can't wait to get home!