So we have a baby bunny living in our yard! He doesn't seem to have any other relatives or friends, and he hops between the side bushes and the big bushes in our front yard.
My Caterpillars are gone.
Three times a year my Caterpillars go to visit their dad and the house is quiet and I have nothing pressing to do every morning. One would imagine that this would leave me with all sorts of time.
However, I tend to use that time sleeping and wanting my children to come home. It amazes me that no matter how frustrated I get with my Caterpillars - or how much I think that have a couple of weeks vacation will be a good thing - it never takes more than 2 days to miss them terribly and want them back.
I've been very lucky to have great friends like Edelweiss, Queen and Mere who have met me for lunch and coffee. I have been able to spend some time with BooSheep (especially now that she is on bedrest), spending the night and taking her to a doctor's appointment. Then there have been my own doctor's appointments.
The rest of the time I spend lying in bed, trying to gain weight, snuggling with Bathsheba the fuzzy daughter and watching Seasons 1 & 2 of NCIS. Absolutely nothing else productive.
Except for when I managed to sign the Caterpillars up for 10 classes each at the local parks and recreation facility. They'll be taking swim lessons again, plus they've got an array of homeschooling classes this spring. In addition, each Caterpillar will attend 6 history classes and 3 art classes. The swim lessons were $50 each (and a gift from my Granddaddy for Christmas), while the other classes were only $30 all together. I would say that's a pretty good range of activites for $80 a Caterpillar!
There are some great things about living in our county. It has one of the best library and parks systems in the entire nation (and we have awards to prove it)!
But my point is that, overall, I've slept. Or laid on my side and watched Gibbs, Ducky and Abbey solve crimes. So there's been no blogging.
I will post a few pictures from the really exciting Christmas we had with Granddaddy and Minnie Mouse.
I hope your January has been fruitful!
~Lone Butterfly )i(
I'm not going to post all of my newest pictures, because I am saving up for BooMama's Christmas Tour of Homes, but tonight Mum and I set up the new Christmas Tree.
I've had a small tree (four feet) for the last 5 years. I've been desiring a larger tree, with the good intention of purchasing one on clearance after Christmas. But, there's never been a great selection of the nice trees left, so this year we just bit the bullet and bought a new tree. It was on sale at least.
Bathsheba loved it immediately.
I didn't have to buy to many ornaments, since we keep it very simple. Only blue and silver shiny balls and clear lights (this tree came pre-lit). I don't even put tinsel or other ornaments on the tree.
We also got a new treetopper, which is a lovely silver metal star.
I'm so happy! I think it looks great, from indoors and outside when you look at our bay window.
The majority of the other decorations will go up tomorrow, when Mum comes over to help me pack a bunch of stuff up for the attic and finish getting stuff together for the camping trip next week.
The front room is almost perfectly clean (YAY!) and then we'll move on to the foyer/front of the house. In fact, if we can pick out the colors, we might even get the shutters/front door painted this month. I love progress!
And, I have to agree with BooSheep - I love this time of year!
~Lone Butterfly )i(
CW's cat had to go to the emergency vet early this Sunday morning. They ended up keeping him overnight and would only release him if Cookie took him directly to a regular vet on Monday morning.
