Today in pieces

Howard unwittingly coined a new term today. He does this frequently. He called me on my cell during the hour that I’m helping manage a Webelos den meeting. He had a quick question for me and then signed of by saying “Well, I’ll let you go weeble now.” I like the word weeble. Now instead of saying “I’m going to go to the Webelos den meeting.” I can just say “I’m off to weeble.”

On a separate note my co-leader (fellow weebler?) was really impressed with my organization today. She loved the way that I’d typed up a schedule and notes to send home with the boys so that the boy’s parents know what is going on. It feels nice that she’s impressed. I hope she continues to be grateful rather than getting annoyed that I’ve taken over, because that is exactly what I’ve done. After running a business and managing a book launch complete with thousands of packages mailed, running a webelos den is easy.

When I arrived home I saw three little boys playing in front of my house. I identified two right off as the neighbor’s boys. The red head on the little one is hard to miss. It took me a moment longer to realize that the third boy was Patches. All three were wielding “swords.” One sword was a snow brush, another was the tube extension of a vacuum cleaner. Patches’ sword was the boffer sword that Howard gave him last Fall. I watched Patches swing his sword and strike poses. That’s when I realized that he was being Link from twilight princess. He had all the moves and poses down. My little boy is not so little and he was really good at swinging that sword around. I was going to do some video, but the neighbor mom called her boys in for dinner before I could get back.

The accounting continued today. I was not aware of how badly I let some of this stuff pile up during the month of January. I just need to slog the rest of the way through. I still have piles of things I want to blog about LTUE and writing and stuff that has accumulated. My blogable list is growing longer daily it seems. I’ve been forcing myself to do the accounting first. Not doing the accounting first is what let it pile up so badly. With my tax appointment looming on Friday I just have to get it all done. And once it is done, there will be no more loom.

Hopefully tomorrow will dawn with the accounting done and Howard’s car fixed. His beetle had a breakdown which required it to be towed. It is going to be expensive. We’re also preparing for our trip to Seattle which will also be expensive. I need to get some auctions up on ebay soon. It won’t defray expenses much, but every little bit helps.