This week

I haven't done much blogging. But I've had about 5 days in a row now where something has come up during the time that I would use for blogging. Some of the things I've been up to include:Turbo Jam It has been so hard for me to find a regular time to exercise. I had enough and decided last week that I was just going to do it. So after I fed the kids breakfast and got them dressed etc., I put on my exercise stuff and took everyone downstairs. Breakfast time was originally bloggy time for me. Once Grant is fully weened I'll try getting up before the kids to exercise so as to recover the morning time slot for blogging. Until then, I'll have to find a new time to blog. Oh, and I've just gotta say that I love Turbo Jam workouts. These are the same routines I did in those kickboxing classes while we were in CA. They are challenging and a lot of fun. I do them most of the time. I also have pilates and the NYC Ballet workout videos. I really like them too, but they are not as cardio intensive. I really need to kick some trash in the calorie department for a little while.

Gracie's hair has needed major help for some time. I finally gathered myself emotionally enough to get both kids' hair cut Monday. (Why is it such a big deal? I just couldn't bring myself to do it for so long.) The plan was to go after Grace woke from her nap. I spent the whole day talking to her about it. The fun twirly chair... the big cape... ice cream afterwords if she was good... She was certain that it would hurt to have her hair cut, so we had a little practice run where I cut some of her hair. She was pretty positive about it after that. I was starting to look forward to it myself. We got her as far as the fun twirly chair and she had a force-of-nature melt down. So Grant had his hair cut first and was a complete champ about it. No matter how I praised him, Gracie would still have none of it. Arg. I gave it a whole week and took her back on Friday. This time I came equipped with our portable DVD player. 15 minutes of Lady and the Tramp later, she was through. We won't be able to do the same rubber band concoctions we've become so fond of. But her hair is closer to being a more uniform (as opposed to mullet deluxe) length and style.

The need for charity never faileth But I am very grateful to be in a position where I am notified about the needs of others and really empowered to do something about those needs. I am also grateful that I didn't have anything more pressing than folding laundry and cleaning bathrooms to leave undone as a result.

The home improvement saga continues as we have set our sites on the yard. Our field had become a virile jungle of alfalfa, wild grass, domesticated grass, dandy lion clumps and a bunch of other weeds I don't recognize. It was actually pretty green. But not much fun to play in. Cori has been calling around for a couple of weeks getting good prices for us to get a lawn in. After a week of waiting for this couple to get out to our place with their tractor, they finally came Saturday. It ended up taking most of the day. And we ended up helping. Its a longer story. But the land is tilled. We are getting closer. And since our move to this farm country, I have decided that newly turned over earth is one of the prettiest, most wholesome sights I've ever laid my eyes on.

Date night at the movies We saw the new Indiana Jones flick. So much fun. Granted, it isn't my favorite. Last Crusade totally takes the cake with Raiders close behind. But I think it is pretty tough to mess up a film experience when the audience has John Williams in surround sound, George Lucas behind production, and the iconic Indiana on the big screen.

Ahh. So between all this and the other things we usually fit into the week, I hardly got to my computer at all. My hopes aren't very high for next week either... Things should slow down in another couple of weeks, but I find myself saying that a lot.