Nice Day

Just yesterday, I posted about watching children play with the boxes that their expensive toys come in. Today, in order to stave off a trip to Splash Island that Robin has been wanting to do, I put up a tent that I had bought for them two years ago. They had totally forgotten that it existed. I was thinking that having their very own tent to play in should provide some amusement for awhile. I know it attracted the neighbor boy who usually isn't out that early in the day. (It was 10 AM.) They did get in it...for a few minutes...but very soon thereafter, they were off playing in the mud puddle again. I'm not sure they ever did get in the tent again today. Do you know how much I would have KILLED to have had something that neat to play with when I was a kid?????

While the children were outside, I worked on the inside. I started working on my bedroom. (Notice I said "started"?) My bedroom is also my radio shack and computer room. It has been a disaster since it was finished a year ago. Everything that has no place else to be in the rest of the house gets planted there. It has become a bottleneck for getting anything else done because things that go in the walk-in closet can't get put there, due to too much "stuff" in the doorway...and that "stuff" gets stepped over and walked around forever. Okay...so I started. My goal is to have it done before school starts. Whether or not I am able to achieve that goal remains to be seen! The patio/back yard is another endless project. Wish I had more hands and more time!

Do you know how one job begets another? I need to organize the minibarn to get more in there. Needs shelves. (Actually need another minibarn, but don't have the room or the $$ to get that done!) Cleaning off the patio means organizing the minibarn. Organizing the minibarn means getting rid of more "stuff". Ugh! It never stops!

The Hendricks County 4-H Fair starts this weekend. Will take the children one day next week. We had a good time there last year.

I remain amazed at how much I can work and how little I can actually get done in a day. Am I losing my touch??