Today has been another long Sunday and it has been a world of learning.  Kids being awkward, home work not done and for me in life there is always something else to learn.  For me right now. it is the IT involved in the world of blog.

From meta descriptions to SEO to the size of photos used.  I’m sure I have wasted website space with massive photos.   Sorry to those who are viewing my blog on a mobile phone, I am learning.  I have come to the conclusion that I need to make up some pictures prior to blogging so they are ready to upload and a better image size.  It has just taken me about an hour to make this one, so it will be a long process.

At the end of last year my 7 year old was learning about Art at school.  You may recognise the above picture.  It is Monet’s Japanese bridge, I’m very proud of my son, he is becoming a good artist.  However to get him to draw is a challenge with the ongoing battle of technology getting in the way.

Our weekend has raced by as usual.  Life’s usual battles, the train set is once again in the front room. Arguments over helping tidy and tidying their rooms. Kids reluctant to do their homework and reading and mummy to tired to keep arguing. Two loads of washing completed, ironing done, house vacuumed, is the weekend really a break? I don’t think it is,  however there is no demand to be up at a set time which is good.

This morning I was woken by my 5 year old climbing into bed with me for cuddles.  It is so nice when there is time to just lie in peace and quiet and be close. Without the demands of needing to be somewhere.

Soon after I got up and got breakfast.  Then entered the day properly.  Everyone was sat in the front room on their devices, television on but no one was watching it.   My son is obsessed with Roblox and Minecraft at the moment.  I’m sure he is a perfectly normal 7 year old.

I need more energy and more time. Time to help entertain the kids and keep them off their gadgets.  However with exhaustion comes needing time to relax a bit. Time to wind down rather then be constantly on the go.  At least with the technology their brains are occupied and they are sat being quiet rather then wrecking things.  I just wish that they would cuddle up with a book instead.

My son insisted on having Tacos for dinner tonight.  I was sure that once on they were on his plate he would refuse them like a lot of food.  He managed to eat one and then said he didn’t like them.  My daughter ate some of her taco, said yuck and refused the rest.  It is such hard work trying to get my children to eat.  So we now have wasted taco, mince, salsa, pepper and lettuce.  We will have to try and eat them during the week.

Both kids finally read their books this evening. My daughter still needs to do her homework. Despite having all weekend she has not started it.  She has to draw a pirate map as she has been learning about pirates at school.  We learnt today what  shiver my timbers  means. I thought it was related to having a wooden leg, but it is actually related to the wooden support frames of the pirate ship.

I am sure that our son will bring homework home tomorrow, ready for Monday night. Both kids have after school club tomorrow.  Our daughter has ballet, she has been asked to bring a teddy or a dolly to school.  I am not sure why, but I have put a teddy in her bag.

With all the hassle of the weekend I have still not moved our son’s bed back.  It is heavy and a mission that I’m putting off.  However last night our 5 year old was quite comfortably slept underneath it.  Adding to the pressure of needing to move it back against the wall.

Monday again tomorrow and back to the stress of the work day and school.  I have a busy morning arranged which I still need to plan.  There is never enough time, so another late night for me.  Anyway I am now going to go, plan my day and then get some rest.  Try and build up energy ready for tomorrow and the ongoing hard work of being mum.

For more see, Saturday taking down the Christmas tree

Today started the usual way but daddy did not have work today.  I helped to dress the children and after a lot of whinging, whining and stress we finally got out of the house.  Thankfully the traffic was good this morning as we arrived at school just on time.

Our usual parking space had a Jaguar Land Rover parked quite badly in it.  I tried to park as close as I could to the Jaguar so that the back of my car was inside the parking box. Meanwhile both kids climbed out of the seats and climbed into the front.  Why is that? the car is still moving and I’m trying my best not to hit the really expensive shiny car in front of me.

I left the children at the breakfast club and drove on to work. I had a busy morning and was relieved when I finally arrived back home to do my paperwork.  As I walked in the door I found a lovely surprise on the door mat.  Before Christmas I entered a blogging competition to win some greeting cards and today they arrived.

Beautiful watercolour greeting cards – Unbound Roots

see also, Beautiful watercolour greeting cards – Just muddling through life

Big thankyou to Erin Burton, www.unboundroots.com as you have made my day!

So after looking at my beautiful cards I sat down and did my paperwork.  Grandad bought the kids home from school which meant I could keep working till I was finished. It made life a little easier.

The children had had a good day at school, both came in jumping and laughing.  They then sat down with daddy and watched television whilst I finished work.

We had sausages for dinner tonight which meant that the kids ate most of their dinner.  They both love sausages.  The kids then read their books and it was bedtime.

A few weeks ago now I moved my sons bedroom around so that he could have an  Echo dot on his Ikea Kallax unit.  It meant moving his bed away from the wall due to needing to reach a plug socket and a piece of wall that juts out.   It is impossible to use the plug socket without the Ikea Kallax unit and bed moved. A few days later after an argument I confiscated it and he has still not had it back.

Since moving his bed our daughter keeps climbing behind it and sleeping there. Daddy has now said that the bed needs to moved back to its original position against the wall as we cant keep pulling our 5 year old out.  This also then causes issues with the plug socket. Kids do not make life easy.

So is anyone else finding the Word Press editors hard to get your head around? Last night I struggled to write a post with the Gutenberg editor. It was virtually impossible as it kept moving all my text.  I wanted it centralised but for some reason it would not allow it.  I was forced to finish it in the other Word Press editor.  Then I downloaded the classic editor plug in and really thought that this would solve my problems.

Today I installed the Word Press update then tonight I did my first post using the classic editor plug in. My photo in the text is smaller then I expected and I can not get it any bigger. Then when I finally published it, it said error. Then I tried again and it worked. However every day I get a message saying what day I am on as I am on a posting streak.  Yesterday was day 89, so tonight I was expecting day 90.  I have not received any notification.  I have checked the Word Press reader and it is there.  Is this all due to the Word Press update? or is it due to using a different editor?

I am now writing in the other Word Press editor to see if I get my 90 day notification. Also I am struggling with typing and I am  not sure if this is the fault of Word Press or my home internet. I also seem to have lost Grammarly.  My little green G is missing.  Life is never simple, kids, computers, Word Press they are all a bit complicated.

So tomorrow is Friday and a day off. I have shopping to do and my daughters wall to paint again amongst other tasks.  I am now going to go, see if I get my notification for 90 days posting in a row and then maybe get an earlier night. It has been a long day and will be a busy day tomorrow. I need my sleep to prepare me for the stress and joys of tomorrow morning and being mum.

Edited to add: Yes I have now been notified that I have reached 90 days, so it must be the different editor.