Once upon a time I wrote here. It seems like it’s been forever…but I don’t really have much to say. Life has been pretty uneventful, which is good. I’m in control. I am the boss of myself… mostly because Barry has taken a quasi-vacation and stayed home in the mornings. He’s done spectacular things like clean out closets and throw out old toys and rearrange the family room furniture. You know, stuff I only dream about. He does it. I married a doer. (or should I write do-er or dooer–you know, one that does things) I’ve done things too, like cook dinner every night and fold laundry. The toilets need scrubbed, have needed scrubbed, and are in dire need of attention now because Jonah has decided that he can go potty ALL BY HIMSELF, which is a blessing when I’m in the middle of cutting raw chicken or nursing Logan–but he needs to work on the aim. It takes me back to the days of living in a house with 4 younger brothers who peed in the dark when they got up at night. So, I guess scrubb the toilets and surrounding floors is something I should add on to the list of things I should do… But, I have been doing. I took the kids to the library and even braved the fabric store! I embroidered and sewed two baby blankets (which I should have taken pictures of) for friends that have had babies. I bought new pants for my shrinking body because my humungous baby thinks he is starving to death and is sucking me away (which I shouldn’t complain about–I mean, I’m fitting into size 2 pants, which feels good–it just entails shopping which I really detest because I’m slow and indecisive and have major anxiety issues with spending money). We’ve had family prayer morning AND night everyday! I’ve done school everyday! I have a routine and in the afternoons I get my kids to do a “ten minute program” in which I set the timer for ten minutes and if all the toys are picked up and put away when it beeps they get to watch a TV show–and so I don’t have to pick up toys!!!

Anyway, this has turned into a long bit of rambling. I wish Barry could always work from noon to five…