Awake, asleep, awake...

This is one of those evenings where I sat in my chair to read, read a bit (I started "The Wednesday Letters" by Jason F. Wright), and fell asleep. And now I'm trying to wake up enough to tell about my day.

Lyme Disease. When I see this now

I think of Lyme Disease. Our neighbors' dog has recently been treated for it. So whenever I see the deer now, I tell Eleanor and Zach who run for the window to see and end up scaring the deer away.

I took the kids to the park this afternoon. Since the Yukon is running again after a fixed flat tire, and the black flies will eat you alive or at least drive you insane if you go outside here, I'd like to take the kids to the park as often as I can. Eleanor made a friend (as usual) who will be in Kindergarten this fall like Eleanor. As of right now there are more children enrolled for Kindergarten in the fall than usual (about 30 kids), so a new Kindergarten teacher (a 5th teacher) will be hired. Anyway, Eleanor had fun playing with her friend until her friend decided to play with Zach.
Eleanor: "My friend is playing with Zach...I'm such a dum dum."
Me: (chuckling because Eleanor's expressions are as funny as her sayings) "Why?"
Eleanor: "Because my heart is broken!"
She was playing with her friend again before long and neither one of them wanted to leave when it was time to go...pretty typical for kids at the park!

Zoe made brownies for the treat this evening.

I preheated the oven for her, but forgot to take out the stone that we would be using ( I keep our Pampered Chef stones in the oven when they are not in use), so I got the oven mitts and took the hot stone out of the oven. Zoe put all the ingredients in the bowl and mixed and then I finished mixing and poured it into the stone. I opened the oven door and grabbed the stone, screamed, and miraculously landed the stone in the oven. Note to self: Use oven mitts when handling a hot stone! I didn't get burned bad, but my thumbs and index fingers were sore this evening. They feel fine now. And the brownies were delicious!

And the last thing I'd like to show you before I go back to sleep is my 33 week pregnant self. Only flattering comments welcomed. :-)



And this is REALLY the last thing. Looking for a good read? I finished reading "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks the other day and it was so good! It was a good story and it made me think about the experiences I have and the choices I make. I can still say that I haven't read a Nicholas Sparks' book that I don't like.