It's great to hear how you two are doing!

Andrea, I'm impressed with anyone who can scrap. I can knit, crochet, and sort of sew, but that's all stuff that doesn't really matter if it gets squashed. Keeping bits of paper from getting crumpled is beyond my abilities!

Jenny, when I was 9 my parents got so upset that I was starting to doubt Santa that I re-increased my "faith" in him, but then the kids at school were SO mean to me, I wish my parents had told me the truth. It wouldn't have hurt my feelings to think he wasn't real, but it did hurt my feelings to be tormented at school. FWIW. But I was in fourth grade when I was 9-- I don't remember when your DD's birthday is, but if she is in third grade she might have another year.

Jackie, do you think she had trouble sleeping because she was getting over that cold you mentioned? I'm getting over a cold and last night I was really restless and had horrible nightmares.

We're home from visiting my family in Atlanta, as of Wednesday night. I've been sort of sputtering along since then-- every time I get going on a cleaning project, DH has some sort of urgent issue with his work or something that causes me to have to drop everything for several hours. I told him that I do NOT want to leave the house today, and that I want to get a lot of housework done, so plan accordingly!

PODA:

-morning routine (what? 10 am is still "morning," right?)
-handwash one of my bras
-do some crocheting (I'm making baby blankets and baby clothes)
-put away groceries (they're being delivered)
-whatever Flylady emails I can manage
-take out all trash
-some desk chores
-listen to my Hypnobabies CD