Yesterday I had a brief meeting with the children. Perhaps I should call it a “school assembly”. I applauded their efforts last week in getting up on time, getting school work done, and having a good attitude. But then I pointed out two major areas in which we were weak: chores and music practice. So this week we are pushing hard to keep up with our school work but to also make SURE music is done and that chores get done each day. To their credit, the children did a great job yesterday. They each did everything required of them. As a reward, I took the older three children with me to an Usborne Books party at a friend’s house. We had a wonderful time and I spent way too much money on books. I justify my expenditures on “educational supplies” by thinking of how much money we would be paying if we put even ONE of our children into a private school. That makes music lessons, school supplies and book purchases pale in comparison. Still, I’m afraid that my dear husband will also “pale in comparison” when he see the charge on the credit card. (You aren’t reading this, are you Dear?)

Last night after the show I met my sister at Kohl’s and we both took good advantage of my coupon for an additional 30% off my total bill. I got some new jeans, a couple of tee-shirts, and a totally cool little enamel-covered cast-iron pot that has thoroughly charmed me.

As I was just looking for a link so that you could see what my little pot looks like, I heard a crash downstairs, and now Isaac has informed me that he was throwing a ball and he broke one of the light fixtures. I guess I should go help clean up the mess. Meanwhile, you just sit there and imagine my cute little orange pot.

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OK, I’m back.  Yes, there was glass all over the living room.  Isaac was good about helping me clean it all up, which is good since it was his fault in the first place.  I’m afraid that someone is going to step on a piece of glass that I missed.   Maybe we can insist that everyone wear shoes for a while until we get a chance to move furniture and sweep even more thoroughly.

So, while I was gone, did you imagine the little orange pot?  It’s really quite cute, and at this very moment I have some rice cooking in it for lunch.  Not only was it on sale, but I got another 30% off with my coupon!  I’m sure my hubby is glad that I get so tickled over a cooking pot. 

Thanks to our broken glass incident, our fifteen-minute break has stretched into a fifty-minute break.  I suppose I should corral everyone and get back to work.

Have a great day!