About the squash that I mentioned a couple of entries ago...
It randomly started growing in the flower beds by the porch and made it's way to the bottom of the front porch stairs...turns out it is a PUMPKIN!! When the girls and I got back from KY, there it sat on the bottom step, a big pumpkin. I am still in wonder of how a pumpkin started to grow in my flower beds and even more amazed that it managed to weave the vine through the banisters and end up on the bottom step, but it did. It is pretty cool. If I can keep it on the vine until Halloween, we will be doing real good!!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Close to Perfect
Have you ever had one of those days when things just seem good? I mean, you wake up and don't feel like you have to drag yourself out of bed. You get your coffee just right. The kids are well behaved and act like the civilized little angels you know that can be (but rarely are). Your clothes fit just right (what I call a "skinny day", the days when you feel like your figure is pretty close to that BEFORE you had kids), your hair does good and your makeup looks natural. You feel so happy in your life and your skin. That kind of day...
I had that day today. I'm not super sure why. I mean, it was preschool orientation for Kati, which should have made it a sad day for me, but that went smoothly. It POURED the rain all day long, I mean like a monsoon, which meant no outside time for the wee babes. Eric isn't here to pep me up or give me the hug I often need. I had less than 5 hours of sleep last night. But today was so GOOD in spite of all of that.
I am not trying to brag...well, maybe I am...I don't know what I am trying to do. I guess just share my joy. I feel happy, loved and content and want thank God for great days like this. I just need to remember these days and really saturate myself in this feeling...
Life is not perfect and probably will never be, at least here on earth, but I think this is pretty darn close.
By the way...
The girls and I are back in NC, Eric is still in KY. We are in the process of planning when we will head back to stay with him. I have to say I am a little torn. I want to be there with him so desperately, however, I hate that Kati will have to miss so much preschool. That won't keep me from going but it may keep me here a week longer than first anticipated. Homeschooling is going GREAT. I really am enjoying it and Abbi is a great pupil (Kati, too). I have been including Kati in the schooling and she is really hanging in there. They are both such awesome little girls. I am very proud.
I had that day today. I'm not super sure why. I mean, it was preschool orientation for Kati, which should have made it a sad day for me, but that went smoothly. It POURED the rain all day long, I mean like a monsoon, which meant no outside time for the wee babes. Eric isn't here to pep me up or give me the hug I often need. I had less than 5 hours of sleep last night. But today was so GOOD in spite of all of that.
I am not trying to brag...well, maybe I am...I don't know what I am trying to do. I guess just share my joy. I feel happy, loved and content and want thank God for great days like this. I just need to remember these days and really saturate myself in this feeling...
Life is not perfect and probably will never be, at least here on earth, but I think this is pretty darn close.
By the way...
The girls and I are back in NC, Eric is still in KY. We are in the process of planning when we will head back to stay with him. I have to say I am a little torn. I want to be there with him so desperately, however, I hate that Kati will have to miss so much preschool. That won't keep me from going but it may keep me here a week longer than first anticipated. Homeschooling is going GREAT. I really am enjoying it and Abbi is a great pupil (Kati, too). I have been including Kati in the schooling and she is really hanging in there. They are both such awesome little girls. I am very proud.
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