Monday, March 31, 2008

Rainy days and Mondays....

maybe for Karen but not for me. Rainy days and  Monday's don't always get me down. Today is actually quite nice.

We first woke up to thunderstorms and the power going out around 2:30am. Thankfully it came back on. We can't sleep without a fan blowing. We need the white noise. We got up to see DH off at 7:00am, and then crawled back into our beds and piled on the covers. Another homeschooling plus!

We got up for good when our tummies rumbled, and noticed the rain still hadn't yet washed away the last of the snow. I'm hoping it will be gone by tonight. My baby Boxwoods seem to be trying to lift themselves back up after having 100 inches of crushing snow on them this winter.

We read from The Whipping Boy while listening to the soft thunder outside. Later I'm going to work on my ATCs and stamp carving.

Our weekend was off because DH had to work and I hurt my back. I didn't get the spring cleaning done, but I'm grateful the boys have been helping me pick stuff up from off the floor and bring the laundry basket downstairs to the washer. DS9, even with a bad runny nose, has been pitching in extra trying to earn money to purchase more cards for his Wacky Packages collection. I don't know exactly how I hurt my back, but walking is helping. I just can't sit too long or bend over.

Missing dad, we decided to drive in to meet DH for Sunday supper. We met at Laredo's, one of the best Mexican restaurants in Madison. My only complaint about the place is where are the women? The restaurant is all men, the host, the servers, the cooks. They do an outstanding job, but I have to wonder if they'd ever hire a woman to work there.

I had tortilla soup- so good!! Now I have to brew up a home batch because I keep craving it. We inhaled an entire jar of the complimentary salsa and chips. I love their house salsa. The cilantro makes it taste so fresh!

After supper we hit the used book store to score our 50% off coupon. DH found a great collection of scary Japanese DVDs. I found an old issue of Somerset's Memories magazine. DS12 found a Star Wars recipe book, "Wookie Cookies" but we decided to pass on it. It was regular easy recipes only with photos of Star Wars action figures.

I can tell I've been sitting too long. I have to get up now. Maybe I can carve stamps standing upright?

Hope you have a great Monday!

8 comments:

Maija Benson said...

Yeah.... It has been pouring on and off all day here too. DD11 said, "At least it isn't snowing!", I agree!!

Edie 5 said...

Raining here too. Hope your back feels better soon.

Stormmie aka Kim said...

Hope your back gets better soon

Lo - said...

Wish I could have crawled back into bed this morning even if only for a bit. :-) The weather is warm enough that I am able to open a couple of windows here. YAY! Fresh air! Hope your back feels better soon.

Cindy W said...

It is storming here, so far rain. We did have some ice earlier but it turned back into rain and it is suppose to turn into a mix overnight. I am glad there is no snow like they are getting farther up north.

I hope your a back feels better soon.

Debbi :) said...

Over night, we had a horrible storm come through. Extremely loud and house rattling.
I'm sorry about your back, but I hope you were able to finish what you wanted to work on. :)
I love Mexican food. You're right. They don't hire many, if any, women. Our local restaurant had one woman several months ago and she cleaned the tables..........interesting when you think about most restaurants and the number of women who are servers there.....hmmmmmm

Suey J said...

I really like rainy days... and Monday's usually too. But no thunderstorms here. That won't happen until summer. Oh, and I love white noise too. Love it. But The Mr.... not so sure about it. Oh, well. Take care and feel better soon!

paige hughes said...

I hope your back feels better soon. : )