Long Hollow

Sigh. I feel better. The monster isn't tamed by any means, but he's a lot smaller and not nearly as menacing. Somehow I managed to stay focused on the biggest fun-suckers, like cleaning my house – the part of the monster that was casting the biggest shadow on everything else. Even when Rick Steves came on, I folded clothes, clipped coupons…I just kept snipping at the beast while keeping one eye and an ear on Rick (we traveled to Iran…pretty interesting!)

The house isn't completely cleaned – and I don't even have all of the coupons clipped! But at least I got started. I'll keep working on it this week and (I know I've said this before) I won't let it get that out-of-hand again.

Today, however, there will be a much-needed trip to the grocery store, some desk work and a trek downtown to retrieve one of my children. It's Spring Break! Tom will bring the other one home tomorrow. The washing machine will be doing double-time!

I did manage to squeeze some fun into the weekend yesterday. I mixed some dancing in with my dusting (even cleaning house is fun when you're listening to music!)… we watched an old movie last night ("10 Things I Hate About You" – kind of a silly high school version of "The Taming of the Shrew" with a few really funny parts and a young Heath Ledger)…and we took the boys for a long morning walk through the woods with a stop at the "neighborhood pool"…evidence of spring was all around us…

How was your Saturday?