Monday Morning Chit Chat - Glad It's Monday Edition

Happy Monday, everyone! I'm really glad that it's Monday. You see, it seems Shane and I have developed a weekend problem. We stay up too late on Friday and Saturday evenings -- and by late, I mean until around midnight, which IS late for us -- then because of it, we want to sleep in on Saturday and Sunday mornings -- and by sleeping in, I mean until around 7:30 or so, which IS sleeping for us. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but both of us feel sluggish and blah all day. Maybe one day we'll finally learn to just stick to our regular schedules on the weekend.

Yesterday Kat went with her mom and step-dad to visit my parents. My mom is on a roller coaster ride lately of feeling really bad, then feeling a little better, then really bad again. Mom was feeling somewhat better yesterday and said she enjoyed their visit when I talked to her this morning.

While Kat was gone, Shane and I were able to have a pretty productive day. He was able to clean and organize everything in our utility shed and move some things from our garage out to the shed. He also got a good start on cleaning the garage. I stayed inside and did the same with the kitchen, although I didn't quite get done. Afterward, we had a leftover supper and watched a Netflix movie, which was why we were up after midnight.

This morning I was up again at 6:00 with a migraine (having my sleep off schedule may have also contributed to that), and while I was waiting for my medication to start working, I tried to check my email, only to find we had no internet connection. Shane had opened a craigslist ad that contained a virus on Friday and we thought we'd been able to remove it, but the anti-spy software he had used was causing problems of its own. It took most of the morning, but we think we have the problem fixed. But should I disappear from the blog and Facebook at any time without warning, you'll know the computer was infected after all.

I've never had trouble learning how to use a software package, but I absolutely hate dealing with computer problems, software installation, updates, etc.  I was extra tired on top of that, so I really didn't have a good Sunday morning.  The afternoon was a little better.  I baked a big batch of bread, tried out the new Brotform (which I'll review later this week), and made homemade fried chicken strips for our supper, which we ate picnic-style on a table cloth spread out on the living room floor.  I didn't get to finish organizing the kitchen, but I'm sure it will still be there when I'm ready to get back at it.

Today I'll be having lunch with a friend I haven't seen (except on Facebook) for about 20 years.  After that, I'll be taking Kat to a dentist appointment.  Tomorrow I have a podiatrist appointment to have a painful foot checked out.  It started hurting occasionally about a year ago, but has been hurting almost daily for the last month or so, so it's time to see what's up.  I don't think I have anything else pressing the rest of the week.  Now that the weather has cooled, I'm going to rework my menu for this week so I can get a pot of chili in there somewhere.  On Saturday, we'll be visiting my parents and I plan to take Mary's Chicken and Dumpling Bake with me.  We love it so much that I just have to share it!

So that was our weekend.  I hope yours was more restful than mine.  What's in store for you for the week ahead?