Sunday, April 19, 2009

Best Laid Plans...

You know what they say about the best laid plans. Within five minutes of my last post yesterday morning at 10:30, my husband's grandfather stopped by unexpectedly to check on me since I had been sick. So, we sat out on the porch and visited for over an hour, which was really nice. He's one of my favorite people in the world. Before he left, my oldest son came driving up ready to help his dad and brother clean out our attic. So, I went to pick up some lunch for everybody. At this point, I still thought I would get some reading in that afternoon, which I did finally about 4:30. After lunch, I got stuck in the garage helping sort things out as they brought things down from the attic. We're going to have to have a big yard sale or else borrow a truck and take a load of stuff to the Goodwill. That took longer than it should have because I kept getting sidetracked looking at some of the boys' stuff from when they were younger. There were favorite books like Gus was a Friendly Ghost and A Day on the Farm. Of course, there were also favorite toys, such as the Jack and the Beanstalk stuffed book that Kyle loved when he was little. Well, you get the picture. It was nice though having everyone home and reminiscing a little.

But, late that afternoon, I finally did settle down in the chaise lounge on the front porch and read a little before everyone wanted to go out for dinner. I read another hour or so before bed, which probably brought me to a grand total of between 2-3 hours for the day. I want to get caught up with everyone else and how they did. I know it was a lot of fun for everyone. Maybe next year, I'll have more luck. So by the numbers, my read-a-thon was not very successful, but I had a great day, which did include a little reading. I'm off to watch The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and then turn in early. I'll be back at work tomorrow after being out all last week. I know I'll have a great deal of catching up to do. I hope everyone has a great week!

6 comments:

JoAnn said...

Well, it sounds like a very nice day even if it didn't go exactly as planned! We still have toys and books from when the girls were little that we just can't part with...and it's like a trip down Memory Lane every time we try to clean out the attic.
I think two or three hours of reading is still pretty good!

Lisa said...

Joann, Isn't it fun to look at all those things from when your children were small? It's also a little bittersweet, as well. I can't believe how fast the time went. Now, I'm looking forward to grandchildren! Of course, it will probably be a little while, yet. :)

Becca said...

As nice as it is to read all day, I think your day sounds much nicer :)

From time to time I run across some of my son's old favorite books, and they bring back such good memories!

Lisa said...

Becca, they are good memories. My boys just laugh at me when I make a big deal about things like that.

Iliana said...

Well at least there'll be another read-a-thon to look forward to right? I missed it this time around - boohoo.

Hope your return to work has been easy enough and I'd love to hear what you think of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. I've read most of the books in the series and am curious to hear about the t.v. version.

Lisa said...

iliana, I'm actually glad to be back at work if you can believe it. :) It's nice to get back into a routine after feeling out of it for a while. I really, really like the TV series so far. I've only read a couple of the books, and the show seems to be following pretty closely to the books. It's kind of neat because Alexander McCall Smith also does a little 2-3 minute journal that you can access through HBO on demand regarding each episode. He talks about some of the customs of the area, etc.