Stable!

Mam is still in the hospital but is stable and being well taken care of. The 'slight' pneumonia that they thought she had has been confirmed as full pneumonia but my sister says she seems to be doing much better today and coughing less, so we are thinking the antibiotics (which they are giving mam intravenously) are doing their jobl. All being well, we expect Mam to come out of hospital before the weekend. Thank you all for your well wishes and prayers.

Now, on to a fun picture. . . . what does a little girl do when she's never seen a front loading washing machine?

Sit mesmerized of course!!!

This is where I found Kristen one evening after my sister had put a load of laundry in her washer! The next day she was just as surprised when we had to hang the washing out to dry!


See that bit of blue sky? Yeah, it didn't last long. Most days you're running out there an hour later dashing to get your washing back in before it gets drenched. I seriously don't know how they manage without a dryer (I am certainly spoiled) but then my nephew's wife told me the same thing! She has two young children and a dryer is a MUST have for her. Luckily she has the room for one. My sister doesn't, but then there is only herself and hubby living at home now so I guess they can manage just fine :-) And truth be told, when I did live in England I didn't have a dryer either and thought nothing of hanging my washing out or hanging it on the radiators to dry if it was raining. It's all about what you get used to I guess.

Yesterday Kristen had piano lesson in the morning then we went to the grocery store to get things in for dinner. I've made a menu so I know what we're eating all this week. My attempt at getting somewhat organized ;-) I'm starting to think about how to plan my weeks once Kristen is back in school. I need to start getting back to the gym. It's something I failed miserably at during the summer, only managing to go about half a dozen times, if that! I plan on going every Monday, Wednesday and Friday after dropping off Kristen, so I'm changing my grocery day from Monday to Tuesday. That way I won't feel tempted to skip the gym and get straight to the store, which is something I used to feel like doing and a few times gave in to. Instead I'll come home from the gym and make Monday's my main cleaning day around the house.

I'm rather looking forward to getting back in to a good schedule. I know I'll miss not having Kristen around, I've been so used to our lazy relaxing mornings over the summer but know they must come to an end at some point. I'm rather looking forward to the Fall, and cooler weather - speaking of which, yesterday and today was very cool compared to most days. It was only 82-85 degrees. And today we had a huge downpour and some thunder. I think the rest of the weeks is forecast for similar. Getting back to school is a lot like January 1st for me. . . . a new start so to speak! I almost feel like making some new resolutions, but I won't. I will start however making lists and thinking of getting more organized :-) And I will start thinking of Christmas soon too!!