Seeing as I'm trying to conserve my mental energy in this heat, I really do not have much to say. Which means of course, that I will ramble on unedited for a while. And then I will stretch my arms above my head and wonder why I didn't snatch at the opportunity for 18 minutes of sleep when I had the excuse. Then I will spell-check and goof around on the internets reading about Brad Pitt's mother and her Republican leanings. Yup. I love quiet time.
This has not been a very productive week around the Ruffer Homestead. Bummer that. My housework has pretty much peaked out at laundry and dishes. But really, what else is there? With the kids camping out in the living room each night, there's not a lot of sense in running the vacuum. Or maybe there's more sense in it, but I've never been accused of having too much sense.
Ok. Enough about my under-achieverness. That topic bores me.
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| GBaby is obviously a little bored too. |
We're going all rural around here and using the clothesline exclusively. Yes, the underwear and towels are scratchy. No, I don't prefer them that way. Yes, the house is much cooler without the clothes drier running. No, I will not hang my household's underwear and socks on the side facing the road. Or the side facing the fields, because Mr. S. and Mr. S. Jr., who own the fields surrounding our yard are out there practically every day. So our unmentionables are safely hidden in the center lines.
I took my children to Sauder Village yesterday. We had one hour to visit before we had to hurry home, slap some sandwiches together and get the boys to piano lessons. The real reason we went was because I, the Mom, (and thus the Boss of my Children) wanted to pick up some nice fabric at the quilt shop. In an effort to minimize whining and maximize cooperation among my children, I struck a deal with them: 25 minutes for mom in the quilt shop and the remainder of the time for them to see one attraction. It seemed like a good plan. While I made my selections as quickly as I could, they poured over the map. When I came out, they told me that they'd all agreed on what they wanted to see:
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| With purposed steps they led me away from the quilt shop... |
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| ...Straight to this! |
Of course.
Clever children. They know how to work all of my systems.
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| GBaby, a little less bored without the stroller. |
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 Since the ice cream took care of our pre-lunch appetites, we had extra minutes to see some animals. |
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| Some animals are pretty ugly. |
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