The Rebel Housewife - Sherri's Rebel Blog: The Writing Life

We had a great day today, not anything special, just a very long, busy, fun day:

Kids each did their Daily Chore this morning!
9yo Daughter went to day-camp -- she's having a really good time this week.
I took 6yo Son (ADHD Phenom) to a doctor's appointment, which went really well.
After, we went to Sports Authority (looking for beach chairs) and ended up buying Daddy a bunch of nice shirts for Father's Day: nice t-shirts, polo shirts, even a funky casual button-up; not athletic stuff, team jerseys or workout wear, nice stuff he can wear to work -- 30% off!
Next, Target, which is always fun. I was looking at a $60 Lego set, ended up buying a $60 Dance, Dance Revolution Game & Dance Mat for PlayStation2, which will be a much more active diversion (especially great in our small space) -- and no little pieces to suck up with the vacuum!
Grocery Shopping (ho hum);
Picked up our Camper-Girl and went to our new Magical Woodsy Place for a couple of hours, hiking the trails and playing in the creek. It was beautiful.
Rushed home to shower everybody up and get to Daddy's office for a Fiesta (party for the whole building) on the top deck of their parking garage, followed by
Flicks on 5th (outdoor movie): Night At The Museum.
I missed the movie, since I had my Midtown Book Group meeting, conveniently at the Barnes & Noble right there where they close off the street to show the movie. This month's book was THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS by Kiran Desai, which I didn't love, but I appreciate much more after having discussed, listened and learned more about Indian culture, tradition, colonialism and immigration. During the month, for comparison, I also read THE NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri, which I really did love (a very different kind of Indian immigrant experience). I can hardly wait to see the movie (on DVD, of course -- I can't remember how long it has been since I've been to a real (indoor) theatre)!
Now I'm home. It's almost midnight. I am exhausted.

There is always so much to catch up on, but that's about all I can do for today:
"All you can do is all you can do, and all you can do is ENOUGH..."
(I love that.)

Just another day of CAMP MOMMY...