On My Mind...Tonight is the Oscars? WOW - I didn't know that, feeling a little behind the times. My kiddos spent the night at friends houses last night... and Jay went to dinner with a friend, so I was home alone, and I wasn't crazy about the silence. I know I should have relished in the quiet, but instead it bothered me. I'm not sure what that means... do I need more quiet time, so I don't feel that way, or does it just speak to the measure of which I love my family, and feeling uncomfortable with their absence is appropriate?
Outside my window... It's a wet, gray Sunday morning, with a thick fog wrapping itself around the trees in my backyard. I'm looking forward to spring, I think I'm going to plant more trees and flowering bushes.
What We're Reading... I'm reading the autobiography of Jean Nidetch, an overweight housewife with a self-confessed obsession for eating cookies - she experimented with so many fad diets but found little success. She started to follow a diet plan sponsored by the New York Health Department, and contacted several overweight friends to create a support group in her own home when she found her resolve fading. That support group grew into what we know today as Weight Watchers.
What I'm Listening to... I LOVE the CBS program "Sunday Morning" - I haven't watched it in years, but the past few weeks, I've taken back my TV and have rediscovered the beauty in storytelling with video, and not sure I'll allow the TV to be on anything else on Sunday mornings than this.
I am Hoping... the children were good house guests last night. I'm hoping my efforts to get my weight under control continue. I'm hoping mom and Jon arrive back in Connecticut safely this week from their trip to Houston. I'm hoping to get back on the treadmill this week.
In the Kitchen... I have been going through the cabinets and pantry, going through the items we have, trying to ensure I have no pitfalls - yet have items the kids and Jay will want to eat. I'll be making a monthly menu today for March - and I know I'll be making corned beef & cabbage sometime around the 17th.
Around the house... our kitties seem to find a love of tearing down the hallway and spinning the new throw rugs I've just put down. Guess I'll be going out to find something to secure these to the floor better. Just another reason why I'm disappointed with putting in laminate flooring. If you are thinking about going with a new hard wood floor or laminate flooring, call me... it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Coming Up This Week... We are looking forward to going to see Audry (our niece) play in a lacrosse match against KU this weekend. Ethan and Jared are also attending KU, so we will be meeting the other members of Jay's family in Lawrence this weekend for fun, family & friends.
A Picture Thought... Katie keeps loosing her teeth - that precious baby smile is gone...
...and we have had so much snow here, that school has had to be extended by 10 minutes a day for the rest of the school year to make up for lost time. But it doesn't look like Patrick & his best bud Daniel mind very much! Watching them has me traveling down memory lane, and all the snow days in Voluntown and how I played outside for hours without wanting to go inside. I remember sliding down the hill behind the Catholic Church in Voluntown, or the big hill behind our house. The memories are so vivid, I can recall the bite of the cold air, the sting of my fingers being so cold, and the warmth of the house when we did have to go inside. I hope the memories they are creating will be remembered just as fondly as I do when I see their pink cheeks, and red noses.
