A Week in Mid January

 

For the life of me, I cannot remember what I did last Friday. There were no children here, so it was not hovering over schoolwork. I love having them here and they do know what to do, so it is no hardship for me, other than they use my computer. But, alas, they each came home with a brand new iPad from school so they will work on those now. 

Saturday I met with some friends on Facebook messenger and I did some back-basting prep work on 3 Ella blocks so I had some hand applique to pick up through the week.

Sunday was David's birthday, He is now 5 years old. All he asked for his birthday was a Kinder Egg. He got 6. And he shared with his brother and cousins. They came over and we had pizza and chocolate cake. Best birthday menu ever. 

But the iPads did not work. At least we could not figure out how to log in to their classrooms. So, back to my desktop and Daddy's laptop.  All was good until one of them accidentally unplugged the router while fiddling with the power bar under her table. Oops. Note to self. Move the table. And I was on the phone with the internet company twice for a hour each time and they turned off the internet to tweak it. Poor little girls trying to do their school work.

Now I recall Friday. I got up around 9:30 because I was up reading and writing my blog post until past 2. Then I had a massage and groceries. After that, a nap. Little girls filled the rest of the evening. Only the 2 small ones came home and it was delightful listening to them play and interact without the "help" of their now teenager sister. But now we desperately need her "help" with the iPad thing. 

I did some stitching every day. Some days for barely 15 minutes. Other days for 2-3 hours. And prep work counts for my 15 minutes. Okay. Monday I stitched on and off for about 5 hours. 

Eventually, we got one of the iPads linking up with the school, so Devan was able to move around to do her work. On the treadmill for gym. On a chair in the back kitchen for math. Then I found her here. I guess she wanted to be first in line to get ice cream for the afternoon nutrition break. 

The weather this week has been typical mid-January winter weather. Sort of cold but not too cold. Some sun. Some clouds. Can't complain. Well, until the freezing rain caught us off guard and everything iced over. And, we are now in a tighter lockdown. 

Then the power went out. About 11 Thursday morning. For a couple of hours. My Sweetie had a nap and I could not focus on anything. So I sorted through some patterns and enjoyed the quiet. However, nothing is simple on the farm. When the power came back on, the sand in the water from last week's broken water pipe flood, decided to shoot through the pipes and no less than 3 waterbowls decided to overflow causing more flooding and had to call in the electrician to fix the heated water bowl in the dry cow barn. Good thing. They found some compromised wires and now they are all good.  

Good thing the girls were at their mom's.

Blessings,

Chris

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