Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Monday: busy day

It was a rather busy day.  I set reasonable expectations for myself though, so I'm coming out the other end having accomplished what I needed to do.

I stayed up way too late last night reading my book.  Usually I just fall asleep, even if I don't want to, but that didn't happen this time.  A cliff-hanger was coming for the last hour, and I 1) really wanted to know the outcome and 2) didn't realize it would take so long to get there.


Saturday, February 17, 2024

Saturday: Lego challenge

Today's Lego challenge theme was Minecraft, but the scale was rather large.

Ben worked on a spider.  It took him a little longer than the hour, and the finished product looks more complete.

I worked on a Creeper...and only managed to get the head done.

Isaac made a redstone piston that moved.

Joshua made a Drowned, or a water zombie.  To be fair, he had about an extra half hour because we were interrupted in the middle.  But it looks amazing.


Friday, February 16, 2024

Friday: waiting

On the days that I'm not working, I've been napping on the couch.  Creeper and Grey Bear are always waiting there for me, and I find it super sweet that Joshua puts them there for me.

 


In other news...I met someone at church today that took the class I'm teaching before I took it over.  Before I said that that was my class she said it was the most useful class that she had taken.  It was a fun connection.

We had a tune-up on the furnace today because there was an intermittent minor issue.  I pulled all the stuff away from the furnace so the technician would have room to work, but now I need to unclean the area and put it all back.  It was a weird item to put on my to-do list.  The kids tried telling me that I should properly clean it, but I told them that would take too long and I'm not on O:CtH - storage room yet.

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Thursday: band concert

Tonight was Isaac's band concert.  They worked really hard on it.  Isaac had two pieces and played set for both of them.


Joshua gave a speech on his favorite snack, Cheetos, during school.



Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Wednesday: groceries

Do you know what I hate about groceries?  After getting groceries I make food and inevitably find something to add to the grocery list.  I know it's the normal cycle of things, but at the same time I get frustratingly annoyed when I have to add groceries after just getting groceries.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Tuesday: rock climbing

After school we went rock climbing, as normal.  What was not as normal is that one of Isaac's team members climbed at the same time.  I won't say that we went together, but at the same time he came because he knew Isaac would be there at that time.  There were also a bunch of new routes and Isaac had a great time.

Joshua had a good time too, as the kids' wall had new routes and his favorite coach was there.  He was ready to go at the end, but we did stay longer than normal too.


Monday, February 12, 2024

Monday: cleaning

Today was a pretty productive day - although it didn't feel overly productive.  So I was a bit surprised when Isaac came upstairs and mentioned that I had gotten a lot down today!  Apparently there were a lot of visible things finished today.

I did find a part of a game that has been missing for a while!  The game hasn't been unplayable, but with the missing part it will be a lot easier.  Operation: Clean the House proves useful again.  The basement bathroom is getting closer to finished - I just have a little bit to do a normal clean on, some hardware to fix, and some paint to touch up.