A Rainy Day (or Two)

So the last few days have been very rainy. Get up in the middle of the night to close all the windows rainy. No pause between the lightening and thunder rainy. Saw waves at the beach for the 1st time rainy. That has meant a lot of time inside. My kids were thrilled (I have installed a no TV unless it is raining policy after they overindulged themselves last week). So what would you do on a rainy day? Here is what I did:

Finished one book, started one book and read two in between:

I try to keep up on what my kids are reading. There is a two fold reason- to make sure it is appropriate and to keep track of which books and genres are capturing their attention so I can keep them stocked with books that they like and want to read. Anyway, 2 1/2 of the books were from a series my oldest two are reading and the other was from my favorite author, Charles Dickens.

Finished and scanned some Scrapbook Pages:

These have been in my "finished and need to be scanned" pile or "layout done, needs title and journaling" pile for way too long. Finally emptied the "finished" pile and made a dent in the "layout done" pile. Pictures of the pages are in the upper right sidebar. If you are late to read this and HAVE to see the pictures I finished yesterday, click on the link to Later Scrapbook and look for pages done in September, October, and November of 2006.

Played some Games:

Peter soundly beat me at Chaos. Now that I think about it, he won at Qwirkle, too. Lucky day for him! (And in case you can't tell we are MindWare addicts. They not only make games that we love- Qwirkle, Set, Chaos, Gobblet- they also make my favorite educational toys.)

Got (a little) Cleaned and organized:

I got done some of the things that I have been putting off. Like mopping the floors (yes Tami I didn't mop my floors since you were here till yesterday); washing the sleeping bags and denim blankets from Trek; putting our multitude of CDs into one of 3 CD organizers: computer programs, computer games, audio; and converting my ever growing pile of soda lids into My Coke Reward points (did I mention that my husband RUNS on soda?) . I also got the rest of the laundry finished, sorted, and folded, but that wasn't put off, just regular cleaning.

Made some Cookies:

I'd misplaced my no-bake cookie recipe so while ruffling through my cookbooks, I madly called around to see if any sisters had one. My ruffling beat my sisters calling back (none answered!) and I finally got them made. Less than 5 minutes to make. Less than 5 minutes to set. Less than 5 minutes to be completely eaten. A productive 15 minutes of my day. Anyway, I was going to make caramel popcorn, only to realize I was out of karo syrup. Next week, I promise. No pictures, though. I was busy fending for my share of the cookies!