I swear I cannot function on cloudy days in Arizona...I just want to take a very long nap, I have no clue how people in the NorthWest manage to keep their sanity with all the rain and clouds, I think I would be in a permanent funk. Been a rather mundane day, which adds to the sleepies. G will be home later this afternoon so maybe that will spice ( Read more... )

Hmmm, apparently the children are getting ready for My birthday...so this week there has been lots of whispers, and scribbling of paper and me being told to not look at what they are working on. My son, M decided to go ahead and give me his card, he is four....so he artfully crafted together (think heavy elmer's glue) 3 pieces of paper. On one ( Read more... )

Pathetic ( Read more... )

Gosh, life has been busy...and it has been way to hot. 115 is not fun, try 110+ four days in a row and moving to cooler region is starting to look very attractive. Kids have been well, M had a good appointment on Tues, we may even have a diagnosis for the "always needing sunglasses" issue. So that is a plus, downside is we are looking at surgery ( Read more... )

We have an instant hot water heater (not exactly instant but close and it is very hot), and it always delivers hot water. Well today was bath day for the children, so I fill up the tub with the normal motherly admonishments of...don't touch the water, don't fall in and please remove all clothing before entering, I then went about getting the ( Read more... )

That time of year again, the one day of the year that brings back well...thoughts of your father. My dad has always been a jack of all trades, a dreamer, level headed...I am so like him, yet so different. He is similiar to my husband, in the jack of all trades area. I'd say it is a guy trait, but I know that isn't the case. While I have a times ( Read more... )

Had a lovely day out with the hubby, got some sun (burn..sigh) and caught a few fish to boot. It was a nice time away from everyday life, of course as soon as I got home, checked my email to and got some disturbing news from a good friend, and quickly came back to reality. Life is short, enjoy the moments you have cause they will never return.