Topic: People/Family stories
Things I've been doing lately instead of blogging:
*Watching 21 episodes of the first season of Smallville. I am ashamed and embarrassed to have to tell you that I am all done! My only justification in the whole thing is that I am still in my last week of recovery from my surgery. Yes, that is why I have to glue my rear to the couch each day to watch hours of Smallville....see? It keeps me from 'overdoing it'.
***At which point I break into my own thought to add: Although this first season of Smallville IS enjoyable, I have to say that after watching the current episode last night on television, I can't recommend the later seasons. There was a warning from a friend in my previous post about the shows becoming more and more racy as the seasons progressed and I have to agree. *bleh!* Ruin my fun Hollywood....you dorks! Anyway, I've heard the first 2 seasons are good, so I'll await the 2nd one and let you know. I feel it is my duty now. ;') It was quirky and made me bust out laughing at the weirdness of the plots. I'm also a fan of Northern Exposure and Gilmore Girls...quirky! Funny and rediculous! I love it!***
*Getting back into normal routines of cooking again and cleaning my house, which has been cathartic and rewarding. lol Of course I intersperse this hard work with episodes of Smallville so that I don't 'overdo it'.
*Female bonding times: I've had a sweet run of lunches with friends. This is one of the highlights of being a woman, I think. "Let's do lunch!" "Ooooo, okay, have you tried the new cute little tea room?" It's not just lunch people, it's atmosphere and bonding for us girls. One was a friend from church, who is going through the sandwich generation thing....hard time of life. One you need your girlfriends for! The next lunch was with my friend who moved next door to me when we were 4 years old and we have tried to keep in touch ever since. We will need way more than one lunch to appropriately catch up on things! Today my sister from across town came for lunch. (When I say 'across town' in Phoenix, we're talking it takes 45 minutes when there is no traffic, and that is on the freeway the whole way! Needless to say, we don't see very much of her.) She took my mom, me and 2 of my teen daughters to Mimi's....a girlie restaurant if ever there was one. Then we came back to my house, where my other sister, our 9 year olds and her baby came to visit with us.
*Snuggling the sweetest head that is currently on earth....my little 9 month old nephew. Making him laugh or 'talk' to me is the highlight of my day!
*Going to more activities at church. We're currently doing a Beth Moore Bible study on the book of Daniel that I can't even tell you about now....it's going to take several posts. It's all that!
*Trying to get some window treatments for the bedroom, decide on paint colors for the bedroom, family room and exterior. I hate making these paint decisions!!!!!
*Going to marching band exhibitions and competitions for my daughter Emma. She's so cute in her uniform!!!
*Homeschool stuff. We went to a ballet last week....where I kind of relived some pleasant memories of being in theater in high school and college.
*Practicing the Christmas musical with the church choir...it's pretty cute!!!
*Trying to write thank you notes to all the people who blessed us so much during my hospital stuff and recovery!
I want to do more writing. Maybe with the holidays aproaching, I'll slack from holiday chores by blogging.....seems the way it goes with me. Slacking in one area leads to inspiration in another....go figure!! lol
Yikes!! Holiday 'stuff' is upon us....brace yourselves!!!!