I'm Finally Back!

I was offline for most of a week, but I'm finally back. And boy did I miss being able to read blogs, check email and play on Facebook. I have to admit though that I got more work done around the house than I probably would have otherwise. Amazing how technology has taken over my life. At MOPS last Tuesday the talk was on time management and the speaker mentioned that technology that is supposed to save us time (like email for example) actually ends up taking up more of our time. So true!!

Nothing much has been happening. Oh except for the small fire on our rug downstairs today. We have one of those tall halogen lamps in our family room. Do you know the kind I mean-they are kindof top-heavy and usually cheap. I've had this one for years and years. It was on and I was working on my computer, the kids weren't around and neither were the cats. Suddenly without warning it just fell over, the bulb exploded and sparks landed on the carpet. I saw actual flames-small ones though. I stamped them out just as the kids came downstairs to see what was going on. I vacuumed up the glass fragments, but think we may need new carpet down there now. There are balck spots on the carpet when glass melted into the carpet where the bulb broke. The vacuum didn't pick up the spots and I couldn't just pick them up with my hands. I am not sure what to do next-we certainly can't leave them there and risk someone cutting themselves. Perhaps I'll look for a throw rug to throw there for now until we figure out what to do about that. That pretty much did me in for the day though. Rather stressful for awhile there! So I gathered the kids and we went to the YMCA so I could exercise. I lifted 7700 lbs. today. Yeah me!! And it did help me relax some. Then we stopped at McD's for dinner and to play. I got a salad with grilled chicken. Again, yeah me!! I'm trying to eat healthier. It's hard too, but I'm trying to take it one day at a time.

Anyway, now I am in bed playing on Facebook and email and catching up on my blog reading. But it's getting late and I'm really tired. So good night friends! I'll talk at you another day soon.