The Blustery Day

It's a windy, cloudy fall-ish day in Livingston. Heidi is down for her nap, James is almost ready to go, and Addie is watching "The Great Mouse Detective" on VHS, which she borrowed form Grandma Melin's library last night. I tried to post a short post last night, but the power kept going out (because of the wind), so I gave up.

We went to the library today, which is no longer any fun with all three kids. They can neither stay in the Children's Section nor can they obey the rules the whole time. James gets fussy, Heidi gets noisy and gets lots of books off the shelves or tries to run upstairs. Addie is the only one who really gets the concept (because we have been going there for four years and she knows how to be quiet and find the books she likes). She found a couple of fun books, two of which we read for pre-school time today. I chose two out of the enormous pile Heidi made, and we came home and made paper Jack-in-the Boxes ("boxen?") for "J" day (our regular pre-school was cancelled due to most of the kids having a GI virus or chicken pox).

My dryer is not heating up, so the clean, wet clothes are mounting. Figures it would quit a week after we drop $1400 for a new computer. Maybe I can get a new matching set with the tax return. *sigh*

I got this e-mail (as lots of people have, I am sure--it's a year old, but it's for real--I looked it up before I mentioned it) about the balsam wreaths placed on every grave at Arlington National Cemetery by the Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine. If you've got some pocket change to spare, you might want to donate to their project. Click here to check out their site.

And now, James would like to have a bit of a snuggle before he naps, and Addie would like me to read her a story, so I'm outta here.