I HAD to put on the A/C.....before I lost my mind!!! I am sick about it. I was actually getting a headache form the heat in the house......I felt just awful!
We were going to picnic..yeah right! Forget it. We did our picnic inside!!
So I was bummed out about not making the day too exciting. We had subs,macaroni salad, pasta salad, chips and pop.
The pop was a treat for my kids. They could have as much as they wanted. I had bought some 7up, orange and root beer.
SO that was fun.
I did take the three girls to the development pool. I like to go. I sat and did a some light reading. It was pretty crowded. I am not the skinniest person so I do not wear a bathing suit too often. I sat under an umbrella.
I cleaned the garage tonight. It needed to be blown out and just organized a bit. I am very weird I LIKE VERY NEAT GARAGES! We did load up a huge trash bag of older balls for school....for recess. The lady who does playground likes the older stuff so if it gets lost or destroyed....it is no big budget deal.
My yard looks so good. Simple mowing, weeding and bush trimming, makes the difference. My son painted the mailbox...the one that the neighborhood assoc. wants me to replace and I WILL NOT DO IT! That was thoughful of my son who did it without me telling him to please do it. He volunteered. I put the birdhouse out and
my windmill in the backyard. I have a windmill...I am sure the neighbors around me hate it. I adore it!
So my house looks good! I like to keep it looking good and ship shape--not only for my satisfaction --but to make sure my ex sees how I have managed so well without his help. Deep down I love it!
I am so bad sometimes! Lord please forgive me. Sometimes i just can not help myself.
Having a neat and well groomed home does not have to bust the budget. Keeping things simple and maintaned is always in order. My neighbors around me have the most complicated landscaping designs.....simply because they pay these landscapers tons of money and they make it complicated to make more money!
My neighbors bought a new patio set and all the trimmings. Yet these poor folks and their 2.2 children and Lexus are never home! They are travelling around the city for sport teams Monday thru Sunday. Their children play every sport and go to every camp and every enrichment thing. They are too busy for chores or paper routes like my kids. My kids tell me they feel sorry for those children. They equate it to child abuse. How silly to have that very expensive patio and lovely expensive furniture and never ever use it. Keep it simple---keep your life and yard simple.
I have a hamock in my front yard. When I first got it and put it up...all the children in my cul de sac were amazed at this new fangled object of fun! All the parents rushed out to get one and not one family in the cul de sac ever put it up...they were too busy I guess. So they still stare at ours. My two little ones can spend hours taking turns on it and playing all sorts of made up games on it. So simple. We have to keep our lives and our homes simple. We must use what we have or donate it or make due. We need to stop buying so much silly stuff.
One of the gals in my divorce group at church came up to me at church this morning and said how much my words and encouragement in class has really blessed her each week. Boy was I touched! She was so sweet and that really uplifted me...not in a prideful sinful way ---but just that I have come so far and I am turning some major corners. Not too long ago I thought I could never make it as a single mom...that I would fail and be terrible at it....so much to learn and do. I was a wife for about 18 years and i was not used to having to be in charge and doing so much alone. But some how I have managed. Reaching out to others feels so good and it is so healing for me. I will say a special prayer tonight for G and hope she has a blessed week and that many wonderful blessings cross her winding path.
What a wonderful day today has been-
so much in this country to be thankful for. Please remember to fly your flag if you can and thank a veteran.
It is SO HOT!
May 29th, 2006 at 01:38 am
May 29th, 2006 at 04:56 am 1148878610
We also have an ac but have managed to avoid turing it on so far. I'm so glad that I decided eariler this year, when it was still so cool, to go ahead and put out that $15 from my EF for a box fan for the boys room, and two little oscillating fans, one for the front room in conjunction with the box fan already in there, and the other one for the attatched garage to go with the box fan that's in there.
We started out with only three. NOT enough. It takes about six, along with keeping blinds drawn, reflective plastic(or aluminan foil) on the outside of the windows where the heat gets in the worst.
When it gets to the point where everyone is wilting, I tell the boys to take off their t shirts and soak them down in cool water from the tub, wring out the excess water, and place them back on. And to drink lots of water. For us, having a poly stock tank(what we jokingly call the poor man's pool), which is six foot round, two feet deep in the back yard to go jump into in the late afternoon helps a lot too. I jumped in this afternoon and stayed in for a long time, it felt so good. Stock tanks make wonderful low cost, easy maintance pools.
I did, however, tell my kids dad that when the temp reaches the high 90's, and esp., when it hits the triple digits, that the ac has to be turned on. It's horrid enough when it hits 94 degrees, I hate to think what it's going to be like at any temp above that. I don't think our poor cats will be able to stand anything higher than 94 degrees without the ac, never mind the mind numbingly high electricity bill at that point.
Sounds to me like you really have your priorities straight about simple living as opposed to some of your neighbors. Stick with it.
Married or single, being a mother has got to be one of the toughest jobs in the world, I don't care what anyone says. Keep your chin up mom. If your sons are starting to volunteer to do things like paint a mailbox, then you've come a long way.