Day 10...cookies...and men.

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COOKIES!!! My best batch ever, I think. And that's all that needs to be said about THAT. I am confessing nothing. But they were good. (I was actually quite self-disciplined with them)

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Today:
Read Bible: yes

Exercised: Yes. Sort of. Spent time swimming with Seth (my 13 year old) We swam hard. For us. I actually don't swim...but both feet were off the floor of the pool continuously, and my arms and legs were all moving, I was working hard enough that my breathing was harder, I was not drowning, and I repeatedly got from one end of the pool to the other. I'm counting it.

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Blogged: Here I am.
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Controlled eating: Hmmm. In this area I needed to be stronger. I admit it. I see this as a break even week. Back on the wagon. I promise.

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We got Katie's wedding flowers all taken care of. Yay! Well...that's ONE thing down, anyway. Now we have a dress, church, cake, and flowers. I wish the flower lady could take care of the whole wedding. She was more than competent.

Off to bed. Mark is out of town so I will probably be murdered in my sleep tonight. If I don't blog tomorrow you will know what happened; I died. Morbid, I know. Or a mouse will run across my floor. Or a huge spider will be in my room. One of those three...do any of you worry about weird things when your spouse is away? I am a wimp. I like to have someone else responsible and in charge. Not good. LIMFACs everywhere.

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I will put the dogs in and out, I will feed all the pets, read stories, tuck youngsters in, bring cups of (kitchen) water...do laundry at midnight for a child who forgot they need that piece of clothing TOMORROW MORNING, make midnight cookies for a child that suddenly remembers it's his turn to bring the snack, run to the grocery store for midnight eggs for the midnight cookies, help with an assignment that is due in three hours and needs three more days...I will hug a child through hamster bereavement, I will make dinner for 6 out of food for four, I will be the excuse for anything anybody didn't do on time or didn't do correctly or didn't do...there are lots of things I am comfortable doing. But please...I really need a man to kill or at least disarm potential intruders or murderers, catch OR KILL stray rodents trying to become domesticated, or SQUASH spiders who decide to take up residence in MY residence. Mark is really good at all of those things. Well, honestly I don't know how good he is at killing an intruder, but he leads me to believe he is good at it, which is the same thing in my book. He can hit a mouse with a shoe, and stop it. It's practically the same thing.

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I miss you, Mark! And really, it's not just your rodent removing abilities that are important to the family.