the current state of things: april

I've written a few of these, and would like to make it a monthly thing... 

Today: Is rainy. Celia is out of school for the first day of Passover, so I have both kids at home. We went to the library this morning and it was really nice. Henry is finally behaving well at the library, and he and Celia played really nicely for a while. I had to go to a staff meeting this afternoon. Chris's mom watched the kids while I was gone. I got to stop at Target all by myself too.

House: Smells like a raspberries and peaches, and is generally picked up and clean. I vacuumed and mopped yesterday, and cleaned the bathrooms today. 

Eating: Salads. Chris and I have both been working on eating big salads, more often. There is no denying that eating a big salad of raw vegetables and oil-free dressing is a great daily habit. We do fun things with our salads. Our most recent favorite was a healthy taco salad: Green salad with mushrooms, peppers, cuke, tomato, with a scoop of leftover brown rice and a scoop of lentil taco "meat". I made a dressing by mixing salsa with hummus.

This salad had a beet burger on top. Beet burgers are very tasty.

Reading: I recently read the first two books in the Divergent trilogy. I really liked them, but need a break before reading the third. Then I read The Pact, by Jodi Picoult. I went to the library yesterday and found a lot of books I was interested in. These are the three I have for now.

The bottom one is called The Little Book.

Exercise: With warmer weather, I've been trying to find more time for running. Last weekend I ran 5 miles on Saturday. It was so nice. I'm going to try to run at least a few days a week, although this week I already know I'll fail. Too many appointments and things I need to get done.

Outside: Finally, spring is here.

To-Dos: Cook some stuff for the weekend. Get the kids and myself some clothes.  

Kids: Have been enjoying the outdoors.

Looking Forward To: 

- Getting the yard cleaned up a little more. Getting the garden ready to plant. 

- A month's worth of busy weekends ahead. Somehow we have at least one event going on every weekend of April, and into May. Hopefully it won't be too crazy. 

- April vacation! Yahoo!