FINALLY!

The weather broke into sunshine and warmth over the weekend, which improved my mood considerably!  Meg and I launched into the house and garage on Saturday and Sunday.  Her help made all the difference in the world!  We didn't come close to having everything in order--and only made a tiny dent in the garage--but we DID get quite a lot done.  My mood lightened even more!  Meg single-handedly found the living room.  We both worked on the garage.  Took a couple of loads of things to Goodwill.  Had a friend come and pick up a couple of items that he could use, etc.  We moved some shelving to the minibarn and patio in order to have places to store things while the remodel project goes on.  There is much more to be done, but we made good use of the time we had.  When the children got back on Sunday evening, I was feeling pretty good about things.

When the children came home we had a "campfire" on the patio, burning yard trash and other paper garbage that I had saved.   We had S'mores, then bed.

The order of the day is to do a little each day.  Maintain the work we have done so far, and accomplish some other little task, just to make progress.  It helps that the weather has improved.  (The house is a WHOLE lot bigger when the children can play outside!)

School today wasn't all that great.  Couldn't get anything done.  Faculty meeting at the beginning of the day.  BARC after school.  My free period was spent just catching up on things.  I checked the calendar today.  There are eight more weeks of school.  It will go quickly but will be a marathon of crazy stuff.  We have a field trip to Conner Prairie next week.  Robin's school has Grandparents Day on Thursday.  And so it goes...