How to Stay Out of Trouble While the Kids are at School

People have been asking me for ages what I would do when all of my children were in school.  I've had lots of big plans.  What I'm actually doing is taking care of this new addition to the family:

Meet Thursday Violet Esmeralda Rocketship, our Labrador Retriever puppy.  She's awfully cute, and it's a good thing too, because she is a lot of work.  But we love her, and we are happy she's part of our family.