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!
