What’s a typical day like for us? Well here was our Saturday.

6:30am The cats are ready for their breakfast and insist we get up. In other words they meow, lick, and jump on us to get our attention. We pretend not to notice and try to sleep in. Jeff gives up the fight at 7am, Emily makes it to 8am after some heated negotiations.

9:30am We arrive at our chiropractor for our monthly adjustment. In the waiting room, Jeff reads the local paper and Emily enjoys a Good Housekeeping article about maximizing storage in your home. Jeff grows concerned about future purchases Emily will deem necessary.

10:30am Comfortably seated in a nice empty movie theater, we watch and critique the previews and ads. The new Star Trek movie is a must see. The others can wait for DVD. Emily is sipping coffee. Jeff munches on popcorn and drinks a special mixed drink — a soda with 1/2 cherry coke and 1/2 root beer.

1:30pm Wow, that was a long movie. Lots of cool effects. Some concern about the pacing… 4 out of 5 stars. We head to a local park to walk off those movie popcorn calories. The woods are soothing but the air is brisk and our ears are quite chilled after the walk. Emily spots a tree that she is sure at one time housed pixies. She is reading way too much fantasy lately.

2:30pm Hearing rumors of Sunday snow, we decide to go grocery shopping. Apparently every other person in the area made the same choice.

4:00pm Home again, we relax in the living room with our books and enjoy some afternoon sun peaking in through the clouds. Jeff is reading “PHP for the Web” — web programming — and “Parenting the Hurt Child, helping adoptive families heal and grow”. Emily is reading “Bunnicula” – a cult classic childrens book about the adventures of the family cat and dog as they try to expose the truth about the newly arrived family pet — a vampire bunny.  She is also reading “Unplugging power struggles : resolving emotional battles with your kids”.

5:00pm Time to feed the cats again.