Well, *somebody* ought to say it. The Presidents get remembered fondly as everyone gets the day off. But the guy who (sort of) found the land on which we live, well, he gets a day, but nobody knows it and we have to work anyway. Doesn't seem fair.
I've gotten quite a bit done around here today. Laundry washed and dried (and yes, put away WOULD be asking too much), kitchen cleaned, paper clutter de-cluttered, suitcases put away, yadda yadda. This is good, since in another two hours I'll be picking up Kaylee, and from there on out we'll be doing girl stuff. (Ballet, cheer) until almost her bed time.
Speaking of things for her to do, her first grade teacher has assigned the kids to read for 30 minutes every night. Not be read TO for 30 minutes, but to read themselves for 30 minutes. Now I know that most of you reading this have super duper reader kids and they probably do two or three times this at age six by their own desire, but in general, does that not seem a little much for first graders? Kaylee is so far an average reader with an above average vocabulary. I love listening to her read to me, but I don't like MAKING her do it for a set time frame. Who wants to make reading a chore? It's a delight, an escape, not a chore to check off...Luckily so far she's doing fine with it.
As I'm here during the day working around the house, I turned on the TV, and came to the same conclusion I've come to 100 times. It's a good thing I don't like soap operas. That is ALL that is on during the day unless you watch the news 24/7. If I *did* like them, I could blow hours of my day sitting there watching the dramas unfold, as that's what is available. I guess you could work and watch at the same time, but something tells me you have to pay attention to these things if you want to keep up, and I can only pay attention to one thing at a time. I'm bad that way. So I listen to music and sing where nobody can hear me while I work. Now that would be entertaining for some of you I'm sure. ;)
Here are a few quotes for the day:
"A Person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road."
~Henry Ward Beecher
"Exert control over the variables that are within your control and you’ll improve the odds that the uncontrollable variables will work in your favor."
~D. A. Benton
"There is a time when we must firmly choose the course which we will follow, or the endless drift of events will make the decision for us."
~Herbert V. Prochnow
"Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it’s who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment."
~Anthony Robbins
"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof." ~Barbara Kingsolver
And thank you, Columbus. ;)
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