The Plan...

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the following axiom:

If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans! 

I should wake up fully conscious of this before I even attempt making plans for the day!  The wild man rules whatever plans are going to be made and he is great for changing things midway through.  Whether it's due to changing his mind, temper tantrums, weather or forgotten obligations suddenly coming to mind, we never seem to get where we originally planned to go!  This morning, I admit, was a goof off kind of morning.  I had great plans to bake and clean and maybe, if early enough, hit the beach for some morning fun in the sun.  Needless to say, here I sit in the early afternoon having accomplished none of the "plan" - other than the necessary task of baking zucchini bread.  Necessary because I will soon be inundated with more zucchini than I can keep up with!  What exactly does one do with so much zucchini?  There's only so much bread and muffins or sauteing one can do!  I need a new "plan" - one that will handle the overflow of squash!  I will end up "Googling" zucchini recipes, searching for that one great delicious alternative requiring dozens of squash.  Oh were it so *sigh*...

The other great distraction of the day, for me anyway, is this darned computer and facebook.  It's life-sucking games and features could easily take me away for the rest of the day.  When I pull myself away, my poor bleary dry eyes are visible evidence of my addiction - LOL! Oh, and hand cramps from all the typing and mouse-work!  The wild man's current addiction is an off-shoot of mine, the Nintendo DS and in particular, Super Mario Bros.  At 4, he has already mastered the first of a dozen worlds, which means at least a dozen levels within each world, and he's several levels into the second world!  I know, I know - BAD MUMMA!!!  At least I set the timer on him so he won't get too carried away!  Right now he's comfortably ensconced in our green cushy recliner watching Iceage: The Meltdown and laughing his little buns off :)  

In any case, the "plan" also called for some crochet time and some journaling, none of which has even been looked at.  In fact, the last two journal entries stop suddenly because I was called away by the wild man and never got back to finishing my thoughts!  The crochet?  Let's just say I hope to have it finished before the little guys first birthday - never mind finishing before he's even born!  It might get done in time for his birth, if I'm lucky!  Not to mention the other babies due by the end of this year/start of next...  As I was saying, so much for the "plan".

I can't believe it's the end of July already!  My 17 year anniversary is this weekend and the wild man will be staying with his beloved Memere' and cousin for three days.  I'm excited, yet I know I will miss him :)  The quality time with my dear hubby will be much appreciated, though!  We plan on taking in several movies, having a lovely dinner out and staking out a small corner of beach to slug in for the better part of a day.  My Dad is actually happy we'll be out of his hair for a while.  I think he needs peace and quiet, too.  When he asked about the wild man staying at his Mem's house, he questioned my comment about spending quality time with my hubby saying, "what about quality time with (the wild man)?"  To which I replied, "I spend quality time with him every day - now it's time for (hubby)."  After harrumphing at me he seemed to think about it for a minute, then said he would be happy to have the kitchen all to himself so he could can some piccalilli.  HA!!!

My chickens are loving their new home!  They happily peck and scratch around, entertaining themselves and me, whenever I get the chance to watch them.  Their feathers have grown in and they look like miniature hens now.  They have gotten used to me, not so much the wild man because he's just, well, too wild!  But they will come to me when he's otherwise occupied and I get the chance to love them up.  Sounds funny but chickens can be quite affectionate!  I've been tossing them clover and grass and this morning gave them the added treat of some apple scraps.  Wow, does that ever get them excited!  Soon I'll start giving them more bits of scrap, like cucumber peelings and bits of gone-by fruit.  

It's a balmy 92.5 degrees so I think I'll dress my little man in his trunks and take him for a refreshing dunk in the river.  Perks of living riverside!  I loved it when I was growing up here and now I get to share it with my beloved wild man...I just love how life can turn you in circles!  Had we stayed in our old home we wouldn't have any of this type of life.  I quite frankly don't know what we'd be doing but I'm guessing it wouldn't be this fun!

Here's hoping you all have a lovely day!