I’m not telling the kids our summer break has two-thirds left; I don’t want to face the crushed reactions. For all of us, the first month flew by. Now I need to buckle down before the rest of the summer gets away from me.An essential: a wish list of activities brainstormed by the boys and me (we’ll reap the benefit for many months, actually).Also, we must get back to the morning structure so the
Info I’m gonna use to set up my incoming paperwork system, and tweak for my homeschooling paper handling.
Look down the page at
Maintaining Your Filing System
Way down the page, past all the sales pitch, see Here’s How ‘My Oh-So-Organized filing System’ helps keep you organized
Halfway down the page, see the No-Fail Paper Solution
Visual organization idea — so cool! Stay Organized with
Who would’ve thought that I’d be captivated, charmed by these?! Somehow I stumbled across a Flickr group focused on photos of handcrafted garlands. ALL KINDS of garlands. Love it!
Flickr: The Ga-ga for Garlands Pool
(Tip: browse with the full-screen slideshow — very nice)
As soon as I realized Crunchy Chicken had launched the Freeze Yer Buns 2008 challenge, I knew I had to join! (Ask my husband and kids!)
How very fun! Dressing normally, nay, with style! and bicycling wherever you need to go. Yay Copenhagen and contributors from elsewhere!
Copenhagen Cycle Chic - Streetstyle and Bike Advocacy in High Heels
Last night, thanks to some clearance’d items I picked up at the grocery store a while back, we learned that the whole family likes Pad Thai and jasmine rice. Yay! No need for a Pad Thai boxed kit next time; I’ll pick up some rice noodles and either buy or make the sauce.
Yet again, I am reminded that all of us like various Asian dishes. Yum!
By the way, thanks to my now-daily habit of stopping
So… I’ve lost 10 pounds since April 1 and joining SparkPeople.com and tracking what I eat (as well as continuing to walk for fitness). Now that summer weather has started to break a bit, and we’re back to school and fall family routines, I Need To Plan Good Meals! Here’s what I have so far for the next two weeks or so. (I’m SURE we’ll grill out over the Labor Day weekend, too.)
On hand for
Feet up. On couch. My legs and feet are soooo tired. Went on a good walk this morning, but really what did it was working a funeral reception at church all afternoon (from set up to cleanup). Groan. It was a lovely reception; maybe I can find all-black sport sandals to wear?
Love taking walks. Love, love, love taking walks. Last fall I was going on 30-minute walks two or three times a day. Loved
Create your own personalized map of the USA
That was kind of fun 
Waiting for the rain to turn over to snow. Maybe before sunrise? I’ll be in bed, then.
Our very homey Internet cafe
Some friends came over with their kids to get out of their no-power houses. My kitchen table turned into our own little Internet cafe! and the kids enjoyed the change of pace, power, heat, and electric light, too. You can’t see the cell phones charging, but they were practically the first thing plugged in — a cell phone is a lifeline this week.
Most trees are free
