Nice Weekend

This was the most stress-less weekend we have had in a while, and it was nice. I feel so much more ready for Monday than I usually do.

Saturday I interviewed a housekeeper, and I plan to offer her the position as long as her references come back ok. She is already working part-time for another attorney, so she would just alternate days working for the two of us. I really liked her, and I really hope this works out. I think controlling the chaos in my house is a big step toward controlling the feeling of constant chaos in my life.

After I finished up the interview we went to the library and the pumpkin patch where we loaded up on way too many books and picked out a family of pumpkins to carve next weekend. And (bonus!) the worker there was incredulous that DH and I could be old enough to be the parents of out kids.

That evening, out former nanny came by for a visit.  She left for college in the fall, and we were so sad to see her go.  The kids were thrilled to see her again, and it was a really nice visit.

We ended the day watching baseball, while I sewed Girl Scout patches. 56 badges and patches, to be exact. PS said, "well, maybe now you will keep up with sewing the badges on."  Thanks a lot!  But I have been a slacker--we've had most of these for a long time. However, I did find it ironic that I was sewing on the twins' sewing badges. (But the badges are all circular and the invisible thread was a PITA to work with, so I don't think they could have handled it.)

Today I slept in until 9--that never, ever happens.  It is almost physically impossible for me to sleep past 7. I arose to find DH and the twins sprawled out all over the living room reading books.  And so I joined them, and that is where we stayed for the next couple of hours.

We eventually wandered upstairs, where I continued with the badge sewing while watching the old and new versions of Charlie/Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. We all just kind of hung out in the game room, watching movies we've all seen about a thousand times and playing on our computers.  It was nice.

We totally skipped visiting my mother this weekend.  She called on Friday and offered a "free pass" for the weekend.  I didn't really think she meant it, and wasn't really planning on taking her up on it, but it was so nice to not have to go anywhere today.

Now I'm ready for another week.