I recently installed a clothes line in my yard. I hadn't had one in a number of years but due to the rising cost of our light bill I decided that it would be prudent to use one again. A friend of mine confided in me that her husband put one up at their house but that she hates using it. I feel the opposite. Since I don't HAVE to use it (like I did when I was just starting out), it is now relaxing and a nice opportunity to go outside on nice days. If you don't have a clothes line, or haven't used one in a while, I would encourage you to try it. It is quite therapeutic.
In other news, my nearly 3 year old son is potty training... sort of. We have taken the advice of a number of experts and we have resorted to bribing out boy. When he goes in the potty, he gets an m&m... or three. Having only potty trained girls, I am finding out that boys are rather challenging. Thank goodness for chocolate... for the both of us.
Finally, on a sweet note, while laying this same little rascal down for a nap, I chose 4 books to read to him, the last being a lovely little book called Going to Sleep on the Farm. I saved this one for last because it ends so peacefully. The last lines are "How do you go to sleep? Tell me how. How do you go to sleep? You snuggle down in your soft warm bed, and sleepy dreams soon fill your head. And that's how you go to sleep...shhhhh.... that's how you go to sleep." Well, as I read this to him, it was like a movie.. his eyes shut and he fell asleep. Needless to say, I stayed there a while.
