MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

A Day of Recovery

I haven't been writing much this week, mostly because I've been preoccupied by The Party. August is a big month here Chez Alberti-- 3 out of 5 of us have birthdays-- the twins on the 3rd and DH on the 10th. We decided to have the family party early, yesterday, a 3 in 1 party that is mostly the same every year (except when DH turned 40-- we threw a separate Big Bash for him with an extended guest list). We have a barbecue supper with both sides of the family and a family friend over, lots of little cousins now, with a huge cake, ice cream and rootbeer floats.

Since the twins (who'll actually be 14 on Wednesday) haven't had much going on this summer, I've had them in a routine with me of doing chores/projects with me in the morning during the week and then they get an allowance for this. So I've been finding out it is much easier to get things done and keep up with household tasks with these two big, capable kids helping me out. This week we spent going over the whole house (mostly), cleaning and preppeing for the party. In years past, it used to be DH and I running around like headless chickens for the 2 days before the party, cleaning and hiding clutter, all the party prep, with me getting more and more frantic and both of us getting exremely crabby. No fun!

So, we actually were ready for guests *before* they actually showed up, and non of us were so hectic and harried as in the past. The party was fine and we had good weather, maybe a bit too hot, oh well. It still was a lot of work, so I'm considering this a day of recovery anyway. We can eat leftovers and hang out. And try to keep cool, because after a cooler week last week, we are back to several days in the 90's with high humidity.

After today, it will be back to thinking about the kid parties (each kid gets to have some friends over individually) and the driving trip we are taking to Tennessee in August. There's always something!