A lazy Saturday meandered on by today. We barely stirred the entire day. Tanner slept until 2:00. The girls took a nap at 3:00. We all took a walk at 7:00. The sum of our day of rest.

I spent the morning staring at the Great White Screen. The little cursor flashed in the corner for an hour and a half as I thought in vain. I'm struggling with the last 3 chapters of my book, and every sentence I accomplish only seems to make the next one even harder. But, I am being disciplined and not stirring from my chair until I've put in at least 3 hours of work. The going is slow and frustrating. Perhaps it is the weather.

Today started out hot and muggy. Due in part to the rain fall we had yesterday. By this evening the wind had kicked up and chased all of the humidity away so that when we stepped out for our evening walk, I felt like running. Too bad it was only a short walk to the store and back again, but any walk is better than nothing. I keep reminding myself that when we arrived here in January that walk was unbearably long and hard, and now I don't consider it a walk at all. By the time we came home the humidity was back, and we were all hot and sweaty.

So, into the shower went all the kids. I've finally discovered what it seems all mom's except for me knew about baby soaps. I've been frustrated for years. I bathe my kids, and within a few minutes they don't SMELL bathed. Truly. I remember a time when I gave Kate a bath, put her in the car and drove to my mom's house, and when I got there, Emily said, "Ew, yuk, I'm going to give her a bath." Well, last week I found out that moms use Baby Magic, not Johnson and Johnson. I decided to give it a try, and now, I enjoy the wonderful baby smell that I've been searching for the last 5 years. I guess better late then never, right?

Tomorrow is Sunday. Early to bed, early to rise and perhaps we'll make it to the early service which is my favorite.