Time to relax....?

Today is the start of my vacation. I get two weeks a year and I've already had one week, back in September. Many people take a vacation and travel, but I will be staying close to home and will in fact spend much of my "vacation" time working around the house. I will do the usual daily household chores plus the extra baking for our Thanksgiving dinner. I like having the extra time to bake without feeling pressured to finish by a certain time. The timing of baking after I get in from work can be a challenge, so I prefer to bake on Wednesday or Sunday during the week. Since I have several items that I need to bake in preparation for Thursday, it will make things less stressful if I can spread it out over a couple of days.

I will also use this time to get caught up on things that I never seem to finish during the course of a regular week. There is clean laundry to fold and more to wash. Laundry and dishes are two tasks that never seem to end. I'm not complaining, that's just the way it feels. At least I don't have to iron a mound of clothes each time I wash. I remember my Dad's mother talking about when she was a girl and how they had to iron just about everything. Even sheets and pillowcases.

Yesterday was my birthday. I had a nice relaxing day. We didn't do anything special. The kids and I went to church. Randy stayed home as he didn't feel well. After church we finished watching "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". We had started to watch the dvd on Thursday night but didn't finish it. Yesterday was the first opportunity we'd had to finish it. The kids had never seen it and to my surprise both enjoyed it. They thought it was "cute". I didn't even really cook yesterday, since I had put our supper in the crockpot to cook earlier in the day. I love my crockpots. Yes, plural, I have 2 of them, different sizes. I use one or the other at least once a week.