I'm also still trying to get laundry and housecleaning caught up from my four days in Minnesota. Amazing how much can go undone when Mom is out of the house for a few days. I'm very fortunate to be married to a man that not only can but will do most of the "womanly duties" around the house in addition to the stereotypical stuff like mowing lawns and repairing stuff. But when I was out in the Wilderness, he took the two girl children to his parents' in Michigan. So in theory, no one but the dogs and cats were home for most of that weekend. So how in the hell did it get such a wreck?
I think Heidi and Shadow had a wild and crazy frat party on Saturday night.
That Yorkshire Terrier, Rufus, that lives next door can perform quite the keg stand I imagine. And Sophie, the Shepherd Mix from across the cul-de-sac was probably over here going through my underwear drawer and checking out the prescription meds and cold medicines in the bathroom cabinet. I'm sure the cats were just lounging out by the pool wearing sunglasses at night and laughing at stupid jokes and eating kitty Doritoes. I'll blame Socks and Chloe the tabbies from next door for bringing the good 
So anyway, as I was saying, I've been house-wifing my life away lately. I even forced Mini-Me to finally buckle down and clean her room. Amazing how much motivation can be found when; Mom storms in at 2:00 in the afternoon, starts scooping all the detritus on the floor into large black garbage bags, unplugs the laptop (and takes it hostage), and removes all forms of entertainment and distraction. Two days later, the room was clean, furniture rearranged, garbage bags sorted through and refilled with actual garbage, dirty dishes down in the sink, laundry in the hamper in the laundry room and wood floor visible again. She even managed to reserve enough strength to go across the hall and do a little "straightening" in her bathroom. I wouldn't go as far as to say she actually cleaned the bathroom. That would be too generous. I'll give her that her toilet is a tad bit cleaner than the latrines I used at our campsite last weekend.
Update on Di
We stopped in at J & D's house Saturday afternoon to deliver a pan of my extra-special-healing-powers-lasagna and see how Di was doing now that she's been home a few days. We were pleasantly surprised to have Di greet us with a big smile and a hug as she strode strongly out of her kitchen. Her energy, strength and ever-present smile were in place as usual. If it weren't for the bright head scarf covering the row of staples you'd never know she'd had major brain surgery less than a week ago. Other good news is that they did a full body scan and found no more tumors or questionable areas. They were still awaiting the pathology report and hoping for the best in that regard. They thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. Jim says that there was a moment when waiting for Di to come out of surgery that he was particularly worried and he felt a wave of love and peace wash over him and he just knew that people were praying for them.
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