Since life's not all about sugar (well, okay, for me it is, right now, but ...), I thought I'd give us all a break and do a snapshot of our Saturday .... to kind of let my blog experience some "sugar freedom" as well.
Sugar and Spice just finished painting their toenails. Sugar did her own, for the first time. She was going to do Spice's, too, but when I came out to check their progress, Sugar's eyes looked suspiciously watery. Spice was patiently waiting, so I did hers for her, and upon request, re-did one of Sugar's.
Nice and Lil' Snip are having their bath. My Farmer, to my eternal gratitude, does the honors. His apparently infinite patience is a little better suited to the task than my, er, shorter fuse. He also recently took over my suppertime duty of feeding (and, usually, disciplining) Lil' Snip ... also to my eternal gratitude. I think both Lil' Snip and I will learn a lot from this change. And we will all get to hear each other's conversation a lot better!
I spent the better part of my morning assembling photo collages for Sugar and Spice's homeschool portfolios ... only to realize that my printer does a lame job of printing color photos, and printing them through Snapfish (my old staple, back when I actually printed photos) would necessitate hours and hours of redoing my work to size them for 8x10s. The satisfaction I felt this morning when the collages were finally done evaporated pretty quickly. Back to square one. *sigh*
My Farmer spent the morning helping a friend move. When he came home after lunch, we crashed on the sofa and didn't wake up till the girls came down from Quiet Time. Ahhhh, bliss!
A few years ago, I went away for the weekend with some girlfriends, and when I came home, there was one more door in our house than when I left! It had been there all along, covered in siding for decades. Having that door opened up has made a huge difference in lighting and airflow, as well as the convenience of a more direct route to the backyard. The only problem was that it didn't have a screen door. Tonight my Farmer started fitting a door from another part of the farm. That will help with the flies when it gets hot again!
An hour or so since I started ... teeth are brushed, hands pampered with our Saturday sugar scrub ritual, clothes laid out for church in the morning, and everyone is tucked into their beds.
A good night to all, and God bless us, every one . . . !
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