May 17, 2012

A Day of Rest

Posted by Scott at 11:59 PM

Good morning! Michelle and I dropped the girls off at their schools. We then went to Mass for the feast of Ascension Thursday. When we got back Michelle dropped the boys off at school. I'm working from home today to keep an eye on Michelle. It's a gorgeous spring day here in Milford: sunny and expecting 70°F. 9:07am

Took Michelle out for lunch at the new Cafe on the Oval. Man! Ever since they moved, they are packed at lunch time. Since most tables were full, we were "counter critters". I was happy to see Michelle have a decent lunch: bowl of soup, a couple of eggs, and a corn muffin. These past few days her throat was too sore and she was eating a bit too light. 1:05pm

After lunch we swung by Donut Fresh Express (DFE) to get some smoothies. The frozen chill of her strawberry banana smoothie helps chill any sensitivity in her throat. As long as she doesn't get "brain freeze"! ;-] 1:06pm

Michelle is about to take Snickers (aka The Doodle) in for his periodic grooming. I always find it funny that for about a week afterwards, we refer to him as "sheep cat". He's not sheared that closely, but compared to his usual "fluff bomb" character, the difference is striking. 1:47pm

Video: NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight. Michelle's 3rd generation Kindle has an integrated white LED built into the cover, but this is a neat backlight approach that Barnes and Noble's Nook is introducing. Both are handy when you read E Ink displays in dim light. 1:51pm

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” - attributed to St. Augustine. It's a quote I've known for a long time, but was still happy to hear it again. 1:53pm

Girls got home. Poor Claire. I knew she was somewhat tired this morning and now she'll work until closing. Michelle just dropped her off at Subway. How will she get any homework done? 2:59pm

The boys are home. Sister Marcelle also stopped by and generously brought us a lasagna for tonight. 4:08pm

Tim is getting his piano lesson. It is so much simpler now that his teacher is a neighbor who merely walks over. For once a kid activity doesn't involve drop off and pickup. 5:14pm

Wow! Recently got an email from CodeAcademy.com that Timothy completed "HTML Fundamentals". How many 9 years olds do that in their free time? 5:52pm

Michelle was feeling a bit tired so I sent her to bed early. I got the boys tucked in bed with their prayers. Abby and I watched an hour or so of Harry Potter on ABCFamily while I waited for Claire's call. Claire had one of her latest nights: wrapping up at five past ten o'clock. She'll be a zombie tomorrow morning. Yawn! Good night all! 10:23pm

“When he had said this, as they were looking on,
he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.”
Acts 1

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