stupid dogs, dead rats and boring stuff

Just got back from a walk.  some stupid dog lunged through it's fence posts and bit Wynnie. I hate aggressive dogs.  They ruin a pleasent walk. 

Our rat died last night - poor little thing, I held him for his last hour and a half or so.  He had some seizures and his little body kept shaking.  Liam buried him in our little pet cemetary. 

I'm trying to get caught up with work work and home work (laundry, cleaning etc) so that I can get back to relaxing and reading - wouldn't it be nice to just have a day off to read?  Maybe sometime over spring break if the kids will let me.

the weather apparently

I thought I wrote something more recently than last Tuesday.  Oh well.  Spring gave a tease here in Columbus last week - we reached the upper 60's for a few days.  Yesterday and today made me think more of fall - wet, blustery, gray and chilly.  Still nicer than the 3-4 feet of snow we had last month.  I'll take just about anything over snow.  When we had single digit temperatures, I couldn't wait for temps to reach the 40's - so I should just be happy with what we've got now.  It's that darn tease of warm weather that has me not liking today's temps so much. 

Looking forward to Wednesday and St. Patrick's day.  The weather should be nice (how old am I that all I can talk about is the weather - really??).  Heading downtown for the parade and Irish Family reunion.  I love catching up with all my old friends, particularly the Malloy family.  It's not the same without Molly, but so good to see everyone.

Tuesday already?

Liam got sick Monday morning very early, so I kept him home from school yesterday.  About an hour after Rory got home, she came down with a 103 degree fever, they were both up last night - Liam apparently hallucenates when he has a fever, and rory has night terrors.

Today, they were both home.  I got some work done, cleaned the house and read quite a bit of the Dragon Keeper, I'm still not sure if I like it or not, may go back to reading Mistborn tonight, so far so good.

A "restful" day

Last week was insanely busy, yet I managed to keep up with my writting.  This week was relatively normal, and I couldn't find the time.  I've downloaded about 4 or 5 new books onto my Kindle to read, alternating daily, plus I'm still trying to finish up Fall of Thanes.  I can't seem to get through that book, but it's the 3rd in a trilogy, so I'm giving it my best shot.

Kids are off school today, so we're amusing ourselves at home till Sarah comes over for Liam's birthday.  She can't come to the family party tomorrow.  We've got to try and get to the Kelton House too, Chuck needs my picture for a docent newsletter.  I should also be working on scripts for the Greenlawn Abbey, but I fear I'll be scrambling come September instead of doing a few each month...sigh, I hate being a procrastinator, but that's just who I am.