Happy Easter!

Here I am, awake later, since I took a nap this afternoon. We are going to my sister's house tomorrow. I made a turtle cake to bring along. I have to frost it tomorrow morning. I got some ice cream to go with it even though she didn't as for it. Should be goooooooood!

I've been cleaning today. I washed the floors and put things away. Cleaned my bathroom, too. Then I started cleaning out the storage room in the basement. I know that there is stuff that I can get rid of in there and have it less crowded and messy. I am also looking for some things that I can't find right now. They must be in that room. I got part of it done and am taking a break. DH did laundry and carving stuff today and is up watching TV... or sleeping in front of it!

I worked on some post cards yesterday and got a couple of them done. I need to mail one out that is late. I'm fooling around with some other types of designs. I like making more abstract ones, usually. This time I an putting "cutesy" sayings on and making them with more realistic designs. I glued some plastic buttons (bees and hearts)on some after breaking off the shanks. I wonder if they will make it through the mail OK.

I brought some school work home to correct. I think I'll do it Sunday night. Why should I be any different than the kids who wait until Sunday night to do their homework? LOL I never seem to catch up. Oh! I just remembered... I can wait until Monday night if I want because I have a curriculum meeting on Monday so won't be at school! Our curriculum is getting written, but it is like pulling teeth. There are too many of us doing 8th grade and we agonize over everything. I get so bored-angry-uptight-crazy doing this. At least I know that it'll be the last curriculum I work on since I will be retired before they do it again! I'll still be teaching early world history, just will be starting later in time so that we can do more and make it more of a world view as opposed to the western European view only. I'll be teaching some new things, about Japan, China, small Asian countries, and will have more time for the Americas and Africa.

I guess I shouldn't plan to do all of the cleaning of the storage room all at once. If I do a couple of shelves at a time I can relax more and do some things I want in between. The problem is that I have things stacked out in my studio so I can't sew too well until it is done.

Tonight I wasted time by playing ten games of free cell. That game is addictive! I really like doing it. I like to do Sudoku, too, and both DH and I waste time doing those. But at least we know it will help keep our brains active to ward off dementia!

I've been taking DGD to swimming lessons. Last time she finally figured out how to float! Once she did, she was floating and floating on her stomach while the teacher worked with the other kids. I am checking out the summer program and I can get her into semi-private lessons for more money. I might do that because with additional guidance I think she could learn quite a bit faster. She is sooooo ready! With bigger classes they don't get to do too much, and at summer lessons they are only in for 1/2 hour at a time (now she's in for 45 minutes, but with 8 kids). She was so super thrilled about learning to float, but then was acting up in the shower and I got angry with her. We ended up not talking for awhile. I'll have to brag her up tomorrow at our family gathering. I never even told her how proud and excited I was about her learning to float.

DH asked me if I am going to church with him tomorrow and I said, "No." I am so mixed up about how I feel about religion right now. I just tell other people to pray for me as I don't seem to be able to do it for myself these days. Going would make me feel like a hypocrite right now. There, another secret out!