This is me ...

Well, obviously this is Archie, but this is how I feel. This is how you'd find me if you went looking for me this morning ...

Because it seems whatever bug Earlybird had this past week has found its new home in yours truly. It came on quite suddenly while I was out shopping with the boys yesterday - crazy body aches, fever and chills. So Bill came home from work early and I went to bed ... 

(And in bed I remain!)

Just wanted to pop in quickly to check in, though. I hope your Tuesday's looking better than mine! I also wanted to tell you that today is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. (Perfect pre-holiday timing.) It seems pretty self-explanatory, but here's a nice cleaning checklist from About.com. Something to print out and file in my homekeeping binder - because goodness knows I won't actually be cleaning today!

Also, this Thursday is National Homemade Bread Day. Might be a great day to practice making Thanksgiving rolls or perhaps a loaf of butternut squash bread. :)

In our household, this will be a pretty quiet day. Bill's working from home so he can help with the kids - he'll oversee the routines and lesson plans. I plan to rest as much as possible, but EB and I will do a little "couch-schooling" today. And since this is our "nest and hibernation" week this actually works out well ...

I think we'll build "nests" on the family room sectional and do whatever work we can accomplish from there. (Probably mostly reading and watching TV, lol.) We'll make a list of things we'd want on hand for the winter - if we had to truly hibernate all season. I'll ask: "What would our winter den look like?" There's a drawing project right there! And I'll ask Bill and the older boys to take EB out on "a nest walk" before the rain moves in this afternoon ...

By the way, my next "normal" post was (and, hopefully, is) going to be about how these assigned "weekly themes" help with my seasonal planning. It's a way of funneling all those big "seasonal ideas" into do-able projects each week. I'll talk more about that idea just as soon as I can ...

In the meantime, however, I hope you all have a nice day ... stay safe and be well ... see you all again very soon!

:)