Busy, busy, busy

[resqgeek]

As I noted in an earlier post, I recently came into possession of LOTS of books. My initial haul was increased later that week, when my week when my wife went back and grabbed all the remaining books, roughly doubling the size of the pile of books for me to play with. I've been registering them at BookCrossing.com steadily since then (about 350 registered, so far), which has pretty much eaten up all my free time for the last couple of weeks.

I meant to post something over the weekend, but somehow, the opportunity never really presented itself. Saturday vanished in a blur that included my daughter's tee-ball game, working to get the pool cleaned up for the summer, and a PTA fundraising event in the evening. Yesterday was supposed to be a "chill out" day, but my wife finally convinced her mother to commit to our summer travel plans, so I spent a good bit of the afternoon filling out paperwork and getting the payment ready to mail. I'm thrilled to say that we are now officially booked on our ski club's trip to New Zealand and Sydney in August. This should be a terrific trip, and one of the highlights should be a chance to meet up with skyring in Sydney.

We ended the weekend with a family movie night. This was something my wife had been considering, and our older daughter suggested something like it earlier in the week. We picked out a family-friendly DVD (The Princess Diaries), and I made a food run to KFC. We all sat in the big room downstairs and ate fried chicken and watched the movie. It was a fun way to end the weekend.

Comments

You're a good dad. :-)

[avanta7.livejournal.com]

I make notes of good family-togetherness stuff, in preparation for the kid(s) spouse and I intend to adopt in the near future. "Family movie night" definitely goes on the list.

Re: You're a good dad. :-)

[resqgeek]

Thanks! Family movie night rules: no books(!), no computer(!!), just family, food and a movie that we all can enjoy. It went so well that we're thinking about making it a somewhat regular event. We're also thinking about trying a family game night--I'll let you know how that goes.

[skyring.livejournal.com]

I love that "big room downstairs" of yours. It was so nice to feel warm and welcome when I'd travelled halfway around the earth and was feeling very much a stranger in a strange land.

And it will be wonderful to see you in Sydney! We'll have to have a GFKAM in your honour! Or whatever you have time for. A week of national celebration or something.

[resqgeek]

This time of year, the big room is the coolest room in the house, a refuge from the coming summer heat.

After the travel planning dust settles a bit, I'll e-mail you with the particulars, but we finish our trip with four nights in Sydney before the long hop back across the Pacific.