Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

And it started early, no less! Thursday night was Literacy Night at the elementary school plus a leadership meeting for the youth at the church (which my girls needed rides to, since my hubby was still at work). Being on the PTA board means I’ve got to be on time if I possibly can plus stay until we’ve cleaned up–although to be fair, my son was a big help with that, and my youngest had fun occasionally helping and running in the emptying gym with friends. Yesterday morning I started making pumpkin bars before taking the littles to school; after baking two pansful, I went to my knitting teacher’s house to learn how to finish my scarf while they cooled and then came back to frost them once I was done. (I finished it in time for the service project! Wahoo!) Then it was off to the school with them, where we set up for our ‘Thankful for Teachers’ luncheon and presided over (and ate at) said luncheon. I only did a bit of cleaning up before heading home to grab my youngest and take her to the doctor, where I got the ‘it’s a virus and try U,V,W,X,Y, and Z’ line. (It’s not that I didn’t believe him, but she’s my 4th–I was already doing everything except Z, you know?) When we got home from that the rest of the evening was relatively quiet, but this morning was the Primary Program practice at 9, which involved everyone but my hubby. (All the kids and I are singing one song, and the youth–including my older girls–are singing another.) The big girls left for their housecleaning job at 9:30 and I left at 10 because it’s Saturday and I have things to do before we go see a family friend in her high school’s production of “Newsies” at 1. Tomorrow is the Primary Program and I’m teaching for my Sunday School teaching partner, who had a stroke and really needs to take it easier than she is. And so it goes!

Anyway. Before I head back to my chores I also need to review Nest Egg, which I finished listening to at least a week ago. It’s the first in the ‘Aloha Chicken Mysteries’ and was recommended by my friend in Kanosh; the occasional Hawaiian words weren’t made easier by the audio version, but it was a fun story and I definitely didn’t see the climax coming. Saffron has inherited her late uncle’s chicken farm in Hawaii and is determined to clean it up, sell it, and get back to her life in D.C.; when suspicious things start happening, however, she is drawn further and further into the community. Cozy mysteries are more my friend Britt’s thing than mine, but this was entertaining to listen to and good enough that I’ll give the second book in the series a try. In the meantime, my chores await!