Today you get to look in our windows and see what is up at the Groft house.
Currently the kids are scattered far and wide – Posy is in Kentucky visiting relatives, Tessa is shopping with Nana, and who knows what Paisley is up to. Last I heard she was planning a day trip to Flagstaff. The rest of them are home in varying stages of undress.
This morning’s plans were interrupted by an appointment for me, so I am now contemplating at 2pm the chores I would otherwise have done at 9am. But such is the flexibility of a family. I had intended to to them before leaving this morning, but the night was interrupted by reflux, asthma, teething, or all of the above and so I had a lazy morning instead.
Lily (2) is supposed to be going to sleep in her bed, Max (5) has just had a complete meltdown over Super Monkey Ball or some video game and Ben is holding Molly so I can get this started. James is hoping he is off the hook now since he babysat this morning. So here we go, starting again at 2pm – this post is for the random thoughts that occur to me along the way.
1. I am going to tidy my bedroom. Because then, when I melt down later today I can come in here and pretend the house is clean. I fully realize that I may not accomplish any other quantifiable task today.
2. Flashlights show up in interesting places. This one was in the cloth diapers.
3. I am trying to reconfigure my blog and it’s not going so well. So far today I have made it so it doesn’t show up at all and then I collapsed groftzoo.com as well. One call to tech support and I can see why I messed it up so badly. It seems you have to stand on your head and click through seventy-two screens, then back through four to actually make the changes I as going for. Whew! At least I was confused for a reason. Anyway, it looks as if this post, and all the rest will be viewable in the next 24 hours (give or take…). Ah, Technology, you make our lives so much easier!
4. Lily took a nap, Tessa came home, and now everyone has popsicles. Yay!
5. I finally, after 8 months, finished Molly’s birth story and posted it.
6. I did a bunch of loads of laundry. Like 5 or 6, and didn’t fold a lick of it. But I am pretty sure that it won’t go anywhere without me, so I can do it tomorrow.
7. We visited Nana’s and Papa’s house, where we had some nice conversation and Max was attacked by ants. A dip in the pool and some benadryl and I am pretty sure he will live, if I don’t kill him for all the whining.
8. Stopped at Carl’s Jr to pick up dinner and realized that aside from ketchup, I haven’t fed my kids any real vegetables today. And since I don’t really count ketchup…
9. Paisley stopped by – she wants her dresser back, which is currently holding all of Molly’s clothes. So now I have to find a dresser for Molly. But in all fairness, I offered it to Paisley.
10. And eventually, with much help from James (who cleaned the kitchen) and Ben (who read a book to the littles) we got the younger bunch in bed and then suddenly it was 11pm and I have no idea how that happened. I didn’t even finish watching the TV show I started earlier.
So this Wednesday is over, and Boy Howdy, has it been random. The whole point of this has been to stretch my posting muscles again and get the writing juices flowing. It felt good. Maybe the next one won’t be just boring randomness and will be more funny and interesting. Until then…