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weekend reading

I sadly realized today that my "free" weekend isn't quite as free as I would like for it to be. Elections for Wake County are next Tuesday, meaning I have to read the election official's training manual before then. I think I can skim through it in an hour or two. I intentionally didn't sign up to work the help table, so that's a whole section I don't need to read.

And of course, there's the "love me" book that our ladies are reading at church. I think our first meeting on that one is in 2.5 weeks. I'm actually at the beginning of Chapt 3, so I'm not to worried about having the 6 read in time. Not yet anyway.

AND it's the first Saturday of the month, so I'd like to make a quick trip to the "hazardous" landfill to dump off all these empty and half-empty paint cans that have been hanging out at our house for um, well, several years.

I did wash a few windows and siding today, though I've still to tackle the garden, shrubs, and flowerbeds. But hey, there's always next week...right?
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Lydia said…
Phew- I'm not doing too bad on the book reading, then. I'm finishing up Chapter three today. Oh and I LOVE the rooster tiles on your previous post!!!!
September 30, 2009 at 6:00 PM
sara said…
You are doing much better than I am with the book club book! I need to get in gear- thanks for the reminder.
September 30, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Jennifer said…
You're doing great, Monica!! I didn't even buy a book, so you are doing much better than I am. (jack is out of town the first meeting, so I didn't purchase one.
September 30, 2009 at 8:52 PM
sara said…
To answer your question on my blog- I did not paint those pumpkin sequence cards. I still have quite a bit of that kind of stuff left over from when I taught K-5
September 30, 2009 at 10:55 PM
N Verdulla said…
I am still in Chapter 3, I don't know if I will make it to 6 by then. I am a slow reader and need to take the time to "process" the reading.
October 2, 2009 at 11:49 AM
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