Kathleen's Korner at TheStidhams.com

I was better enough to spend some time with Mother today, and walk around outside a little. Today the peach tree nearest the house is about to bloom (a couple buds are already opening)! But I also took a really long nap and didn’t feel much like playing in the dirt even though it was a lovely day. Hoping tomorrow is nice for a while so I can get outside just a little bit more.

But… G is still feeling rotten. Poor kid, he’s lain about all day, sipping as much water and juice and broth as he can. He finally felt well enough to move to the sofa and watch a couple of his favorite videos, but he didn’t even feel like reading today!

M went for a bike ride. T baked and played on the computer. Lucky kept bringing one toy or another, and Buffy kept trying to get them away.

I am looking forward to tomorrow. I have a couple ideas I want to pursue for the cards, and some thoughts on my website that I just need to sit down for a while and try different versions to see what I like best.

G is ill again. I am also under the weather, which is a real shame, because today was beautiful, and I wasn’t able to spend any time outside at all. Fevers, chills, sore throat and cough. Sounds like a mild case of the flu to me! He’s better this evening, so I have hope he (and I) will be able to do more tomorrow than sleep.

M had a lovely time today, starting with adjudication for his trumpet (I am told it went well) followed by a day-long visit with his friend. A nice young man, they have a lot in common, and enjoy hanging out.

T finished our taxes today, despite my best efforts to stymie him — I shredded the paperwork when I was clearing out the office the other day! Argh. Fortunately, he’s a lot more resourceful and calm than I am, and was able to call the appropriate places to get numbers and replacement copies of things.

St. Patrick’s day went well. We had a nice chicken pie from my Irish cookbook. It gets easier and easier to prepare, and I am better at finding substitutions for things when I am out… Low key, but very nice.

Only a few days before Spring arrives officially, a few weeks before Easter, a couple months before the children are out for the summer. My, how time flies!

M’s science fair project with his friend went well. They did all the work in class, and managed to put together a fine poster. I think they learned a good bit, too! The community scientist was very complimentary of their work, and they seemed to enjoy explaining what they had done.

G didn’t do a project this year — we didn’t get the form filled out in time. Just as well, since his class just completed a multi-week project of their own!

Today, he was supposed to go to a movie with his grandmother, but appears to have a stomach bug, so ended up coming home almost right away. He is still having trouble keeping things down, but is resting so should be better by tomorrow. Something like this has been going around the school the last couple weeks, so I am not really surprised, just annoyed.

I am going to try once again to learn SQL and php or perlscript, to try to make a dynamic website for my greeting cards… this is a big project, but I have the time, the ability, and an expert “on-call” as I need him. I think if I just focus on manageable segments (learning just the parts I need to know at this time) that the task will be easier. I can add on the rest if I am that interested!