Mindless Chatter - weekend

 Well it looks like JJ will be getting laid off work. He went to work today and they just sent everyone right back home. He said they are gonna start offering voluntary layoffs then if work still dont pick up they will have to lay off everyone else. A friend of ours told us you cant even get into the unemployment office it's so packed. And the unemployment website is so busy it keeps crashing.

When taxes come in we're gonna fix the Explorer or get me another vechicle. I asked him what would happen to me showing the boys and he said we'll figure a way out so I could still show them. 

What a great way to start the new year huh?

i'm sorry to hear that kimberly... these are just aweful aweful times...

From my perspective?  I did what I could during the week.  Little pieces of the weekend to do list got done during the week.  Saturday mornings I'd do the major cleaning, and the rest of the weekend was for family.  We always went someplace on Sundays, together, as a family.

Doing a load of laundry isn't that big of a deal during the week, cleaning out the fridge when I do dishes, etc.  I think the problem with weekends being too short is that we tend to leave too much stuff for the weekends and then are frustrated that we can't do it all,   We see two whole uninterrupted days and try to cram them way too full.

My suggestion, as an old broad who always worked full time and raised kids to boot?  Do a little extra during the week, and leave some part of the weekend, SCHEDULED as clear.  Stop trying to be wonder woman!

I just wanted to say 3 cheers for you, Glenda. What some people have been experiencing lately, is but at taste of what you have had for most(?) of a year. Part-time low-paying jobs, no house, save for the help of a friend, you would be parked at a campsite. On top of that, you have family to deal with, the woes of a friend, 6 GSDs to keep, and you still managed the Secret Santa thingy.

I know it's hard for you to stop being wonderwoman because you are. A leopard can't change her spots. And you're still a doggy angel. You just thought that nickname faded away.

Eh, Ron!

I seriously hate to see us glas think that we HAVE to do it all.  That's what significant others/husbands/etc are for.  To help share the load.

As for the rest, you do what you have to do, but gosh darn I'll be MIGHTY glad to see some warmer weather.  Today I scaped ice off the inside of the closet walls in the bedroom.  Warmer inside air, meets colder outside air, condensation happens, colder air wins.  Is it time for tulips yet?????