What I'm...

...eating: homemade "little packet oatmeal" - you know, the taste of those yummy processed little instant oatmeal packets, but homemade. My recipe: grind 1/2 of entire box of oatmeal in blender, and mix back in with other unblended half. Add 1/2 cup of Better than Milk ricemilk powder (could probably use dry milk if you have no allergies but I really like the flavor this adds) , I'm embarrassed to say 3/4 cup brown sugar (we may add more? I kind of eyeball it). Mix it all up. To serve, mix with more boiling water than oatmeal, this gets thick. A dash of salt mixed in works wonders to bring out the flavor.

...drinking: decaf green tea. I'm on a "gentle detox, get rid of this apparent new skin cancer naturally" kick. :-P

...listening to: my children rehearse their self-written play of "Anne of Green Gables" "How dare you call me skinny and ugly! How would you like it if I called you fat! And you probably don't have a spark of imagination in you..." :)

...working on: files - filing, shredding, and purging purging purging. I can't believe how many silly things we kept just in case we wanted to reference them later...when we NEVER look in the files for info like that, we always hop on the laptop and google! And we typically never even googled for the stuff I'm getting rid of.

...wondering: why my 2yo is SOOOOOO LOOOOOOUUUUUDDDD. Just how many times I can say "Shhhhh, Jeffrey's sleeping!" in one day. If it will get warmer soon. If we'll get enough work done this week or I'll let them get "off track" to do the play all week (which is probably better, but stresses me out) . How to survive in a household where multiple people are talking ALL. THE. TIME. Loudly. When my chives will start to peak out of the soil in their little pot. What other herbs I should plant at the windowsill.

...planning: what to put in Easter baskets. So far my list is blank. How to get the raised garden beds made and readied w/o dh who will be way too busy until it's too late to do it.

...praying for: the repose of the soul of the Msgr at our parish, that I'm brave enough to get to the Penance service at church today, my dh's extremely stressful week at work and for his finger, that I learn to deal with my oldest dd better. And of course for all the more important things in the world!