One of the twins made the mistake early this afternoon of flopping himself dramatically across the couch and declaring himself bored.

You should pity the child.

I've had a To Be Done list just waiting for such an event.

So far, over the past two hours, he and his brother have:

• Weeded the backyard
• Cleaned and refishing the wooden lawn bench
• Cleaned, washed, hung to dry Fez, the wonder beagle's bedding
• Repotted and divided my spider plant
• Planted some additional flowers

They're taken a brief break and will then begin mowing the lawn, weeding the side yard, emptying all the trash cans and moving the trash bin to the front curb for pick up tomorrow.

A couple of weeks ago, Big Al and I met some friends after work. One of the guys I had gone to high school with in Oklahoma.

My mom was our school librarian.

At one point, this long-time acquaintance looked at me and laughed. I asked what was up and he replied, "I never noticed before how much you look like your mother."

Well, after my mother skills display this afternoon...I'm reminding myself of her as well.