Robin's Nest

 I had great plans to get two rooms completely done today. Perhaps I did set the bar too high. It took forever to get my body out of bed, then it took at least an hour to get motivated. I didn't need a list today as the mounds of work were right in front of me. As I dug through the piles of "stuff", and I do mean piles, I found myself getting overwhelmed with the amount of stuff that is needing to find a home. Maybe a home on a shelf or in a box, but definitely a home. DH is working in the basement and will be there most of the day. My job is the living room and kitchen for today. Tomorrow will be dedicated to decorating the tree. I think anyway. If the elf moves, that is. You never know what will come up at the last minute. Time is running short today and the kiddos want lunch, it seems like we barely finished breakfast. surprise there is an elf in our tree!  The travelers are trying to decide if they will linger through the cold this week or head south and endure the co...

The day after the youngest child's eye surgery was a long one. She is feeling a lot better, or she was until she put her finger on a hot stove. Very much in need of attention. We went to town for the sole purpose of getting a frozen coke. I promised her one the day of surgery when we thought we would be on our way home by 2pm.  In the waiting room her cow found safety  We waited patiently as the anxiety built once in pre-op she tried to relax  not an easy when you are 10 she did not want to sit on that bed  They took her into the OR without me and I returned to the waiting room. Within 15 minutes they came to get me. Anxiety took over and that was that. Finally, by 3pm the meds they gave her kicked in and we went to the OR together. She fought again but I held her arms and told her I was there. She drifted off but not without a fight. We arrived home about 7pm that night. and she slept until 11:30. The rest of the night she was up and down but no crying. That was a w...