The right type of boredom is actually good for you. I have been reading about it since I became a parent. Unfortunately for me, when my son gets bored, something gets taken apart, cut down, dug up, or otherwise adds stress and a crap ton of work to my life. He is crazy creative and motivated but balance is not in his vocabulary. Yeah yeah first world problems... Yesterday was immensely productive. My whole family worked all day on a project that involved picking up a wheelbarrow full of rocks, putting down about a half a yard of loam, putting the rocks back, seeding the loam, and moving two rain barrels into place while trying to make them aesthetically pleasing as possible. I roasted a chicken and we ate a late lunch on the deck. The weather was amazing and so as anyone who lives in New England knows, if the weather is good, one must take advantage of it. We absolutely took advantage of it! My husband and I even managed to go work o...
Book reviews, (mostly YA) combined with the life musings of an empty nester.