Widget Love

You know I love widgets. Here is my latest find, a widget that renders my blog into a word cloud. JUST what I needed!

Spent a good part of my day buying clothes for the kiddos. We were really good and didn't start doing this until after trip one. We got them all set up with a fine summer wardrobe and guess what happened yesterday? Autumn dropped by for a sneak preview. I realized I had NO long-sleeve tops for them, only one raincoat between the two of them, and no sweaters or sweatshirts at all. Three hours, one pedicure, and many bags later, I have rectified this. They each now have a water-repellent layer, a warm layer, and several "under" layers.

I'm reading two blogs of families that have just in the last few days reunited with their children: John and Isabel and Doug and Stacy. I start tearing up even as I click to load their blogs. I'm also keeping a close eye on Dan and Kay as they embark on trip one and a very close email watch on two other families with our agency (non-bloggers) as they also leave tomorrow for trip two. We will overlap with these two families at the end of their trip and the beginning of ours. So soon! and not soon enough.

List Making Frenzy

There is quite a bit to do! If you have visited me recently, you may have noticed that I had lists all over the house. Lists on the fridge, lists on the whiteboard, lists on the children's art easel, lists on the counter, the sideboard, and the dinner table. My lists were getting together at night, I think, and breeding baby lists. But NO MORE!

I have banished the lists by finding the one list to rule them all, one list to find them, one list to bring them in and in the 'puter bind them: Lord of the Lists. I can sort my lists, tag them, email them to unsuspecting victims volunteers, and best of all, there is a built-in nag feature.

Of course, I'm supposed to be grading right now. But you had probably already guessed that.

[Listening to: Milk Cow Blues - IIIrd Tyme Out - John And Mary (4:15)]