The Calm After the Storm.

Josh and I are done fighting, with any luck. We've both been stressed lately. Last night was bad, but ended in reconciliation.

The day was nice. We had thought Josh would be home to get lots of stuff done with us, but he worked, so I moved the plans to today. We tried to fly a kite in the back yard. It was a little bit successful...but mostly not. It was just so gusty. The wind would change directions lots, and the kite would fall. Not the, "Oh, no! The wind stopped," fall where it floats wearily to the ground. This was the violent swooping that makes one run for one's life. But at least we got outside for a while. And the kids were very excited about the parts when the kite went up.

Josh called in the late afternoon to say he would be working today, too. It annoyed me. I had lots of things that needed to be done before Easter, so it wasn't the news I was hoping for. But I give up. Easter will just have to be a mess. I'm sure that as long as they get to be dressed up and eat chocolate bunnies, the kids won't care about the details.

Yesterday was pretty pleasant until the end. We'll skip the details, but the highlights are that we were tired, it rained and stormed, Abbie is catching a head cold (and I think I might be, too), some mean fighting and Abbie hitting a guest, then getting spanked by Josh for it. Then the grown-up fighting, but that's not important. The point is that everyone is sorry and we're going to be good.

We actually have it pretty good. We are not currently in danger of losing the house, none of us are in need of hospitalization, none of us are criminals on the run from the law....

Today, I pay bills, bathe children extra well for Easterness, maybe get some laundry done, and hopefully buy some groceries. And a nap for me might be a good choice.

Today is a different color.

Interesting trivia: The only tulips that produced flowers in my yard this year are the color purple. I have no idea why.

I made up something for dinner yesterday to get rid of more chicken. It was....okay. Not very interesting, though. Not nearly as good as the sloppy joe stuff I made that one time. I should write that one down before I forget it....

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend. I think the weather is going to be beautiful.