HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY SWEET RY. (Yes, I am posting this 38 days late ( Read more... )

As I'd hoped, my down in the dumps funk about having too many half-finished projects on my plate has cleared. :) Thank you for very kind words of encouragement. Every little bit sure helped me ( Read more... )

In my early twenties, I was a glass half-empty type of gal. Thankfully, that changed. Can't remember if that was just due to me growing up, or me becoming a mother, perhaps? I often attribute to my attitude change to my dh's influence. He is very optimistic; definitely not a dreamer, but he always has hope and rarely, rarely stresses about * ( Read more... )

...or would this bother you ( Read more... )

Today was the first day of our annual summer swim lessons. I took the last Mom-tot swim class w/Ryan in May. I was a tad sad at the thought that it was my last ever Mom-tot class I'll EVER have, after having many, many, many of them. I long knew everything they would teach us, but I always wanted to get my babies comfortable in the water, and it ( Read more... )

So my sweet, sly, sneaky daredevil Connor has learned to ride a two-wheeler in one day. Matthew had his training wheels off by age 4, so I shouldn't be really surprised by his younger brother doing the same, but it just amazes me how some of these milestones appear to happen overnight. AND, M learned how to ride a two-wheeler on a small short ( Read more... )

Before I post about my mega-trip, I'm going to post about the here and now. Boy, it sure took me a couple of days to get my groove back after arriving home. Like I previously mentioned, I just felt overwhelmed, hopeless, a pity-party basically. Of course, PMS did NOT help matters. Does PMS get worse as we age? My land, I don't EVER remember ( Read more... )

After leaving for our vacation on Thursday, June 15th, we FINALLY returned home on Friday (June 30th!). It was 4 days longer than we'd anticipated. I'll update more later but just wanted to stop and say hello ( Read more... )

I am sick of dial-up. It takes me so long to do anything on my LJ. Grrr. I find myself choosing NOT to record things, because by the time I get "on" here, something calls me away ( Read more... )

You Are Sunrise
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