Last week I was out of sorts and not feeling very well. And Chalain with his broken arm took such good care of me. He spent his evenings with me. We would watch movies on Netflix, he would take me out for dinner so I didn't have to cook, and he would tell me about his up coming business class to take my mind off of how I was feeling. He made sure I ( Read more... )

Last Thursday Chalain (and his dev team) had to endure the eternal estimating  meeting from the nether realms. To blow off his frustration he gathered up his shot gun and ammo. We went to one of the few areas on the west side of Utah Lake where shooting is still allowed on Soldiers Pass Road out in the boonies. The road was rocky but that's why we ( Read more... )

These past couple of months I've been perpetually behind in everything - reconciling the bank accounts, cleaning the house, exercising, journaling. I've been behind in my days, my todo lists seemed very reasonable but time slipped away before I could get half done. Things took twice as long as I thought they should. Extra errands seemed to manifest ( Read more... )

On Monday I had a "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" kind of day, but without the fun. I took a shower and noticed the tub really needed to be cleaned. I grabbed the cleanser from under the cabinet and saw the floor needed to be vacuumed to pick up the stray tracked cat litter. If I was going to vacuum the floor I should clean the litter box first. It ( Read more... )

I'm having another week/month of stupid tired. I've gotten very little of the things on my todo list done. And they are just my regular household chores. In my tired state my brain is burning cycles OCDing on one of my iPad games.  I'm trying to get into a regular schedule including exercise and sufficient sleep and failing spectacularly ( Read more... )

I've been hooked by K-pop. Chalain found the music video for "Gangnam Style" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0. The video was crazy fun and the song is really addicting. We bought the whole album from iTunes and we've listened to it dozens of times. I've even added ( Read more... )

Yesterday I spent the morning at our BSA district's Cub Scout Pow Wow. I attended a Bear Den leader class taught by a super enthusiastic Bear leader. She talked to us about motivating our boys with small rewards they can earn at every meeting, games, and ways to make meetings fun while still working on achievements.  I attended Fun With Science. ( Read more... )

This past week I have been very tired. Not just sleepy but also brain stupid. Keeping track of things, thoughts has been difficult. I know I keep thinking of things I need to do but moments later I can't remember what the thing was. I stare at counters, into cupboards or rooms trying to remember why I ended up here and what was I going to do or get ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday Chalain went to pre-jury selection. There were about 50 people there. They were all given a 20 page questionnaire to fill out. Then they got to watch a short presentation on serving on a jury and fulfilling your civic duty doing jury duty. Chalain gathered from the questionnaire that the defendant killed an officer and may be trying ( Read more... )

I've never been into fashion. I like my clothes to be cute but they have to be comfortable, practical. I only wear skirts and dresses to church, rarely anywhere else. I made me four ankle length skirts (all the same pattern, different colors) years ago because I had a calling in our ward nursery. The skirts were full enough that I could sit on the ( Read more... )