Yesterday was a wonderfully busy day. I didn't go into work but I did plenty around the house. The only room that I did not clean was the bathroom and it's not bad yet. It will be after the kids all get their baths in a little while. Maybe I'll muster up some get up and go and scrub later this evening. On top of cleaning the house I also mowed the lawn and ran some errands and did a little baking for the dog. Yes my poochie is a spoiled princess. She just LOVES her homemade dog treats!

Today however has been more of a blah day. I messed up yesterday and drank some caffeine loaded soda. So of course I didn't sleep. I only worked about three hours this morning. I made some lunch for the kids and washed up the dishes, then took a short nap. Felt a low grade temp coming on a couple of hours ago so I took some Tylenol and ate some chocolate covered peanuts. Now I have a hot flash and feel fine. I'm not cold anymore. HAHAHA

Well anyway I'm outta here. If nothing else I really need to get some packages ready to mail off this week and get mom's doll done.

Ooops Forgot One

And here's another purse I made to go to Aunt Donna's shop. I knew I was missing something.

Some new projects....

The dolly (finished) went to Sue for a Christmas in July giftie. The teddy and the pillow are a couple more things going to Aunt Donna's shop. And the poor girl with the little puff of hair and no face is mom's. The hair is just taking forever!

I Wish They Would Get This Done Already

I tried to find a before picture but the only one is in a video and I don't know how to upload a video to my blog post. Anyhoo.... Jeff has been working on tearing out this old trailer for a week or so now, well probably a couple of weeks. Doesn't this look horrible?! If the looks of it isn't bad enough, it's almost impossible to get out of the driveway some days. I can not wait for them to be done with this mess!

Blueberry Muffins from Scratch

Caitie and Matt talked me into buying some blueberries at Wally World. Then Matt decided we should use them to make muffins. They look much better than they tasted. I think maybe I shouldn't multi-task. Baking and talking on the phone. Maybe not such a good combination.

Fighting Kids

The kids have been pretty well behaved the last few days, just a couple of little squabbles. Yesterday Cat decided to bring Matthew to an abrupt halt on his bicycle. She tried to grab the handle bars and caused him to wipe out. His elbow got scraped up a little and his knee really got scratched up.

Brought him in and got him all cleaned up. Sat them both down on the couch and was trying to decide on what to do with Cat. She's not usually one to pull a stunt like this. But to make it worse she was acting like she didn't care, so not like her. I was about to blow my top but I took a deep breath and it hit me- Matthew gets to choose her consequence. I told him he had to be fair and resonable, but just. I offered some suggestions, but said it was his decision.

Now you have to understand Matthew. He is very hot headed and has trouble controling his anger. I took him to anger management but unfortuantely I don't believe it worked much.

I gave him a few minutes and then asked him if he had come up with anything. He wanted more time to calm down. Wow! Caitlin of course is getting really antsy.

4 hours later Matthew had still not came up with anything. He told me that it was really hard and he didn't like it. I looked at him and said, "Now you know what it's like for me. It's not a fun job. There's nothing pleasant about it."

Cat's consequence-- Matthew forgave her.

I don't know that Cat really learned anything from this. Maybe that her brother can show compassion. But does she realize it?

But Matthew learned about controling his anger, calming down, being logical and compassionate, patient....

I Was Busy Yesterday

Busy, busy busy. Mowed the lawn before the rain moved in, got the laundry finished, mopped the kitchen and went grocery shopping. Then I got busy on making some things for Aunt Donna's shop. I have some more that I'm working on but three projects completed in a day- WooHoo! What do you think?