Lady Heather's Domain: My life in a Nutshell

I got up and headed down to Michaels to replace the broken frame - that was quick and easy - it took no more than a couple of minutes.  I came home and quickly replaced the previously broken frame and put the picture back on the wall.  Then I read and watched tv for a little bit and then checked on my hubby to see what he wanted to do for the day. Hmm what a nice surprise - he was in a very loving and passionate mood - something that having kids around usually hinders - so it was nice.  Then we ate lunch, watched some tv and took a nap.  I did my laundry and just relaxed - what a wonderful weekend and time for the two of us - I feel guilty that we had this much fun because my son is in trouble but it has been a long time since we did not have someone in the house or things to do.  This is the first time I did not have school or a 2nd job while I got to be alone with my hubby!

I got up and took a shower.  I wanted to buy a frame for a piece of art I bought my hubby in September so I could hang it - but the artwork had fallen behidnd the dresser.  Since I had cleaned the garage, I remembered where I found a grabber and I went and got it.  I was able to pull out the dresser enough to grab the artwork with the grabber so I could take it with me and find a good frame.  What was really amazing is this was about 2 feet from my sleeping hubby and he never even woke up.  Then I headed out to go shopping.  First to Pet Smart to get our bird some treats and then to Michaels where frames were on sale so I went to buy a couple of them. I got everything and came home.  One frame I bought was to replace a broken frame in our living room - so I took the picture down with the broken frame and started to  unwrap the new frame - but the new frame was broken - I decided to go back first thing Monday morning and get it replaced.  So...

So I woke up this morning and felt both lazy and guilty.  I IMed my mother to see how my son was doing - she said he seemed like he really took everything to heart.  I feel guilty having my family teach my son a lesson - shouldn't I be doing that?  Yet, when I was a teen, my poor mom could not say anything that would make a difference.  I am hopeful that this hits home and is his AH HA moment, and yet scared to even hope for that. I turned myself around once when I got caught and had to go to continuation school, yet that was me.  I wish parenting was easier - I feel like I have no answers... I got my nails done and then kicked back at home watching some TV.   My son went to my brother's house to do yard work.  He worked pretty hard before it started raining and then my brother basically talked my son into cutting his hair - this was HUGE.  My son has very long hair and now it has been cut.  It took him 3 years to grow his hair that lo...

I got to work and things were pretty quiet except for a management change.  I was able to enter in a lot of my tickets that I hadn't actually put in but things that I had completed this week.  It did seem though that as soon as one person called 3 to 5 would call in about the same time - but then between the series of calls there was lots of down time. At the end of my work day - I got a call from my son's school.  It seems when he was hanging out with friends yesterday, they were lighting hand sanitizer on fire - he has now been suspended for a week (the 4 school days of next week).  I was furious. I called my hubby but he was with a patient - so I called my mom and asked her if she could take him for a week and we talked.  Then I called my son's dad and let him know what happened and then my hubby again.  I called my son and told him to pack so we could get him on the 3:30pm train. When I got home I saw I had my letter stating that I now officially ...

Today was a busy and chaotic day at work.  A major roll out happened after I left work yesterday and I had a huge amount of rewriting to do on the two wiki's that I manage.  Things did not seem very thought out and there was a lot of holes in information.  By around lunch time, I got most everything caught up.  My poor co-worker struggled with her computer not working properly for a couple of hours this AM - everything just had felt rushed, frustrating and overwhelming.  I was glad when everything chilled out a bit. My plan was to go home and actually read and enjoy doing NOTHING since I had done so much with the garage.  But when I came home, the bird cage smelled and needed cleaning, so I cleaned it.  My son called and he hung out with some friends at school until 6pm.  I did a couple more chores and then when I settled down to read - my daughter's therapist called.  Between the conversation with her and planning for family therapy on Jul...

Today was a wonderful day.  I feel like I got so much accomplished.  First when I came into work, I had an email from my husband's best friend (ex-girlfriend) and we started emailing back and forth.  She has offered to help me help my hubby deal with some issues - she has better ways of being able to help him so that was great!  Work was slow.  After I got off work I mailed my brother's bday package.  Then I went home.  Since it was a cool and rainy day, I was able to really work in the garage and I got it mostly clean.  Yes I need to organize it and keep going through each of the boxes but as you can see from the before and after photos, I got the floor cleaned up and now the workout equipment can be setup.  The quality of the photos is poor but it gives a general idea.  Then I took a shower and felt so drained so I took a nap.  I woke up when hubby called and he came home and made dinner.  We ate and laughed - he was impresse...

It is amazing that when you get more than 3 hours of sleep that the early morning hours are not quite so bad.  Yea I am still groggy but I have been getting to work before 5:30am every morning and don't feel like a walking zombie anymore.  So I got to work, and I just couldn't seem to really focus on doing wiki stuff - I got some stuff done but struggled a lot.  I got off work and talked to my mom, bought honey and lemon juice for chicken tonight but forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer -oops! I got home and finished the couple of boxes I had left - shredded A LOT of paperwork and filled up a large garbage bag.  I got through the 5 boxes on top of the ones left from yesterday and it is really making a dent.  It is supposed to be pretty cool tomorrow so I hope to get a lot done IN the garage like organizing.  I probably won't have everything done by Thursday BUT I do hope to have the floor cleared by Thursday night.  Hubby called and I cl...