I'm back

It's been a while.

20 days to be exact.  Where did 20 days go?

It's been a busy summer thus far in the CK house.  I've been off for 8 days now, hard to believe.  They were filled mostly with Sun Lakes.  Then the 4th.  And really only 3 on "vacation" here at home.

I'm trying to be "purposeful" with my time off.  It's so easy for me to get in a bad routine of staying up late, sleeping in, piddling my day away.

I'm making lists and checking things off.

One thing, is to blog daily.  Share my "day".  So I'm working on that here.

Today I was up by 8am.  Not bad.  Putzed (not on my list) until Lilia woke up.  Then breakfast.   We left to swimming around 10am.  Back on the road at 11:15 and stopped at the NEW library for an hour.

Home, lunch and watched the tail end of a World Cup game (Go Spain!).

Then some laundry, yard work, go thru bills, paperwork.

Kids fill the garage -- my 4 plus 6 neighbor kids.  Popsicles shared.  Drinks.  Rice crispy treats.  Kid drama.

Baked cupcakes.  Dinner.  Clean-up.  Reading (20 minutes ... on a summer reading program through KCLS).  Water plants.

Wednesday Craft Project (samples to come)
Soccer practice.
Write out my "45 list" (future share).
Wow, it's 9:30.
Clean kitchen.
Fold laundry.
Kids teeth brushed and in bed.

Here I sit.
I've blogged today.
Check.

Another thing on my list.  Exercise and diet.  I was at 50% today.  Walked and sit-ups while kids were in swimming lessons.   It worked.

And a pic of Ms. Lilia about an hour ago.  She so wanted me to lie down with her tonight.  She fell asleep on my bed while I washed my face.  With her pillow-pet as her blanket.

Long day in the heat.  They all fell just as quick.

(see the cut on her chin.  she fell out of bed the other night and split her lip.  poor baby.)