Today was the first "normal" day after two weeks of vacation.  We went to Rhode Island to visit friends the first week, and had visitors here with us the second week.  I hope to blog about those things in another entry.

Our visitors left Friday evening after dinner, so I spend Saturday washing bedding and rearranging bedrooms, as well as my regular cleaning (which hadn't been done since before we went to RI).  It kept me pretty busy.  I also had to catch up with budgeting and bill-paying.   Then we went out to a local greenhouse and picked up plants for the garden and flowers too.  It did all get done, although I was pretty tired by Saturday evening.

Belle has a cold, and was really feeling ill this morning, so we limited our day to Sonlight and science.  It was good because we were able to get a lot of our work done, but still had time to do other things.  The weather was too grey and damp to work in the yard or garden, but my husband did shop for some of the supplies needed to put in the garden later in the week if the weather improves.

I spent nearly two hours working with my cookbook and kitchen inventory software after we finished lessons this morning.  I was trying to get caught up on the recent grocery shopping and inventory.  I am not sure that everything is accurate, but at least I have some idea of what is in the freezer and pantry.  I love the software that I use, but I haven't been using it long enough to really utilize it to its fullest potential.

This afternoon I read to the kids for a while, and then worked on backing up photographs.  I also filed two file folders worth of bills.  It felt good to get that done!

Finally, I made dinner--one of our new favorite dishes, and I cooked it in my new electric skillet!  It was fun to cook today, but it took me an hour.  Then we ate and I had to face the cleanup.  Oh I am SO thankful for a dishwasher!

Tonight blogging is on the to-do list, and that is getting done now, and then I hope I can find something productive to do that is relaxing too.