Cheese and crackers! There is a lot going on!

Howdy doo!  There are 4 more school days until spring break begins and it just cannot get here fast enough!  I don't know when I have looked more forward to a spring break.  And, we don't even have any big plans or trip planned.  I told the boys yesterday that they could each pick one activity for the three of us to do doing during spring break.  And that no one could complain about someone else's pick!  Chris has already chosen that he wants to go to the zoo and then have a picnic. Now this is a problem for me since I instituted the no complaining rule. I'm not a big fan of dragging around the zoo but i can suck it up and get 'er done.  However, I HATE eating outside.  For any reason.  I hate fighting the wind, and the bugs, and ughghghg! it is just NOT my thing.  Is is wrong that I am hoping that the 30 mph winds keep up next week and I can convince him that a picnic is just not feasible?
Evan has a conundrum.  He really wants to go do paint your own pottery but he also really wants to go to the air castle place and jump.  I'm thinking I may cut him some slack on this since chris will have a pottery lesson next week anyway, and let E do a paint your own piece while we are waiting on C.  Then we can do the jump place. 
My choice is to go and see Rango.  Actually I would rather go and see The Adjustment Bureau but i don't think the kids would enjoy it.  :)
OK, went to the dr today for my test results. My bad cholesterol hast gone up 24 points  since my last check up so I have to lose at least 10 pounds (that is the number my very kind doctor recommended but I know the reality is much more) and get it back down in the next 6 months or I have to go on cholesterol meds. So, I am going to try this running program that my bloggy friend Marythe Kay is doing.  I'm thinking that I may not blog much about this until I see how it is goign to go for me.  I am not, and have never been a runner so I am beginning with trepidation.  (yeah, I using that college vocab today!)
Also, my vitamin D is once again critically low.  Your vitatmin D blood level should be up around 70 and I am at 35.  So this time I take 6 months of prescription D.  See, I have a medical reason for needing a nap! 
So, before I started this entry, I finished cleaning the entire house, except the boys' rooms.  I was about to do that and then I decided that if I did, I would be doing them a disservice. Eventually, these people need to learn to take care of themselves, and my making their beds and cleaning their rooms does not teach them self-responsibility.  So, instead, I am blogging and they will be cleaning when they get home from school. 
Speaking of cleaning---I have put some thought into this morning and I estimate that I spend 40% of my awake/not at work time cleaning in some form or fashion. Ranging from dishes, to laundry to scrubbing toilets.  I think the people I live with need to step it up!
It is sad but my greatest accomplishment this weekend is finally beating the mah jong level that has been kicking my butt for the last 3 weeks.  Yes, it is true---I have a problem.
And then, because I felt I needed 101 and things to do today instead of just 100, I made this for the front door.  Is it still a wreath if it is a rectangle?

Supplies:  acrylic paint, rags, a papier mache "G" and a frame that the glass broke on at least a year ago

I used a rag to wipe on an acrylic metallic turquoise. 

Which I then felt looked too turquoise, although the application looked just the way I wanted it---not full coverage like I would get with a brush, more streaky and aged looking. 

So, I squirted some brown on my rag and rubbed it on over the turquoise and got exactly what I was looking for---I also painted the "G" the turqoise to bring it together

Hot glued on the butterflies, flowers, G and ribbon and hung it up!

Final Cost:  $3.  I had the frame, paint and ribbon.  Bought the G, flowers and butterflies for a $1 each at Dollar Tree.

So--is it a wreath if it isn't round?

Blessings!