Could be very telling…here’s what’s on mine (not to be confused with what’s on hubby’s):
- stack of catalogs (’tis the season)
- “Quiet Strength”, by Tony Dungee (on Chap.3)
- Various magazines; Prevention, Cottage Living, Runners World
- “The Secret” (idly reading this one; sort of secular religion)
- “1000 Places to See Before You Die” American edition
- “Memories of a Geisha”, only 2/3 read and not touched in months
- “Welcome to Eudora” by Mimi Thebe (husband picked up for me)
- “To Live in Christ”, a workbook
- lamp, clock/radio with instrumental CD, topiary, much dust
Now its your turn….what’s on yours?
This is an ocicat; a mix of Siamese and Abyssinian that is very, very friendly, busy, and lovable. In short, they think they’re dogs. Puma is about 3-4 months old right now and likes to “help” me run my website, IndyPaws.com as you can see; he loves the laptop!
Isn’t he the cutest darned thing? His fur is very silky, too. We got him from a cat rescue organization, by the way….they’d had to save a whole bunch of mama cats from deplorable conditions and he came from one of the litters.
As a working mom, I’ve always prided myself (in a sick o.c.d. kind of way) on being able to juggle many balls at once. Its necessary for survival for a mom to be an air traffic controller…’you go here and Grandpa will pick you up’ and ‘ don’t forget to get milk on the way home from getting the dog at the vet’ and ‘oh, shoot I forgot to get an oil change at lunch after I went to buy stamps and hit the bank machine in the grocery store’.
Well, age is definitely changing all that. I find I just can’t juggle as well as I used to. I have one night class per week, in addition to my 50-ish hour workweek and household duties with 3 children and 4 pets. But gosh…the fish tank is icky and no one else seems to know how to clean it, the floor needs to be swept and mopped, the laundry isn’t done, I still need to finish a paper for school, etc. etc. Oh sure, there’s DH, who should be helping on all that…well, we don’t need to go there, do we? He does certain chores…but those aren’t on his list………………….
And there’s that chore chart on the fridge that the 2 teenaged boys are supposed to consult each and every day….but it just isn’t happenin’. I made it pretty clear to them today that they needed to learn how to read by tomorrow!!
So *sigh* I’m heading off to bed soon, with a dirty floor, fishtank, and half-done laundry. I guess we’ll just live that way. Not my favorite choice, but I guess it won’t kill us.
Since I have this other website that I am always posting on… www.indypaws.com… its hard to keep this up, too; I always forget! I don’t know how some people do it, writing all the time on different sites.
So, here’s the condensed version of what’s been going on:
- Hubby and I celebrated our 25th anniversary with a great party at our house, and my wedding ring was resized and restored so it looks like new again!
- I was on a planning committee for a Women’s Retreat for our church, with 158 women in attendance; it was wonderful, at a beautiful retreat house on a lake, and everyone enjoyed making beaded bracelets together that I arranged.
- Speaking of bracelets, the high school ones that I designed are selling quite well as a fundraiser for the marching band. We expect to make $1500+ on them! which will help defray the costs of sending 120 instruments, hat boxes, and hangered uniforms to Dublin for them to march in the St.Patrick’s Day Parade ‘08.
- Our new kitten, Puma, is adorable and loving and fun to enjoy. He frequently sleeps with us.
- My 1st class towards my M.A. in Applied Communications is going quite well; just finished a group project where we taught the class last week.
- Am very busy with work, working about 6 days a week, once you count the events I do each weekend. This weekend, one on Saturday (Golden Retriever Rescue Romp with 50+ goldens!) and one on Sunday at a bark park’s grand opening (another 50-100 dogs expected). I go with my dog, take lots of pictures, do the p.r. thing, and load the pics as a gallery on the website the following week.
- Just got back from a square dance party! What a blast, with a caller who’s been doing this for 40-some years. He still uses old 45’s! Very fun, though; I’d highly recommend it for any group; he teaches you everything and its quite a workout.
- Okay, after attending son’s tennis tourney, the Rescue Romp, and square dancing tonight….I’m wiped out and heading to bed *yawn*
