I Could Write a Book

Oh my goodness ! Tonight, I was on the floor rolling with laughter over something my eldest son discussed with me. He and I were having a discussion about how we like everyone and how we never make fun of people based on their height, size, color, etc. I told him that we love all people no matter if they are different from us or not. He replied, "well, you didn’t like me when I was different." I was very confused and asked him what was he talking about. He said, "well, I once was "brown" and you didn’t like me "brown" so you put me under those lights and made me white like you." My poor baby. I tried very hard to tell him that he was "brown" because he was very sick as a baby and had to be in the hospital. That he wasn’t born brown. LOL. He said, "I wasn’t ?". My poor child has been thinking all of this time that he was born one color and that we didn’t like him that color so we made him to look like us. It was truly an eyeopener. I could see how he had the misconception that he did.  A very serious conversation with my son, but a very funny one between adults.

  "I once was brown"

What a lazy Sunday. I did a couple of productive things, but that is truly it. Just a couple. Tomorrow(Marvelous Monday) starts our last full week of summer. Makes me so incredibly sad. My eldest is going to basketball camp and I will be spending a lot of time helping my sister with her newborn. Sighs. Summer has just flown by. I want about another month.

I hope to sleep well tonight. Not sure if I will after falling asleep on the couch this afternoon. It was that lazy of a day. And oh man, I hope to stop having these stupid nightmares. Last nights’ was rough.  

Last night I had one of the worst nightmares I can remember. I dreamt that I was watching the news and a "breaking news" came across the screen to report that tigers from a little circus had gotten out and was attacking the 2nd grade class that was watching the circus. When I heard the headline my heart just sunk. I had let my eldest son go to that school that day because it is where my sister teaches just so he could watch the little circus. I flew across town to my friend’s house (her father was the prinicpal of that school) so I could ask her if she had heard anything. It was raining and storming the whole way as if the fear of my son being eaten by tigers wasn’t bad enough already. I ran into her house and somewhere along the way I lost my cell phone. I kept asking her if she knew anything and I got the impression that she had been contacted by her father and told not to reveal any info. I turned around to see the TV on and there was a picture of my son. His right arm had been partially bitten off, his foot was injured and he had a horrible look of pain on his face. The tigers were still after him and he was trying to escape. These views of the children were being provided by a news helicopter. The next thing they showed on the TV were clothes laying in a heap. The tigers were eating the children but not their clothes. I remember looking at the clothes and being so thankful that they were not T’s. ughh. At this point in my nightmare I actually started saying "I pray that I am just dreaming". It was such a horrible feeling knowing that my child was in pain. I think I came to grip with the fact that no one was going to be able to save my son and I kept saying "if he dies I hope it is not painful." All during this time I had my friend’s cell phone and was trying to dial her father to get info. She wouldn’t come out and tell me the phone number and kept telling me to dial " a family ". Do you know how difficult it is dial by alphabet when you know your son is being eaten by tigers ? I kept messing up the number. Her cell phone was pink. Inside her house was very dark. The storm was still going on. I will never forget the look of pain on my son’s face.

Thankfully, the dogs (real life) barked to say that they were awake and needed to go potty. I rolled over and looked at my eldest’s son face and wanted to start weeping that it was just a dream. I didn’t because I didn’t want to frighten him. I’ve never been more thrilled to realize that I had just been dreaming as I was this morning. UGH and whew.

I always try and figure out why I dreamt something that I did. I think I had this dream because not long ago I watched part of a documentary on "Grizzly Man" (I think that is the correct name) about the person who lived and interacted with the Grizzly bears in Alaska and was eaten by them. He and his girlfriend. Dh just had to tell me that they didn’t put the part of them "screaming while being eaten" on the documentary. Gee thanks, dh. Just what I needed to hear. I’ll never forget that and it haunts me.

Here’s to peaceful sleeping tonight. I need to dream about soft, fuzzy kittens and sunshiney days, with rainbows in the sky. Go to my "happy place" as Melman says. lol.

Oh, just realized - this is not a good start to my "Marvelous Monday".  

    I’ve had a great day today. It has been one of my best days of the summer so far. My eldest had his hearing appointment today. It wasn’t nearly as bad as I was expecting. Whew. What a relief. The kids and I had a wonderful day today. Just spent time together. It was a very calm day. I think me setting the "calm" tone with them this morning started the ball rolling.

    What made me so calm ? I think my cleaning all day yesterday did. I cleaned the house so well. I did laundry. I did organizing. I’m not done by any means, but I had a peace inside of me that things were okay. I truly wish I could "relax" about things like this, but I can’t. It’s not my nature.

    I’m waiting for the phone call at any minute that my sister is in labor. She doesn’t think she is going to go into labor on her own. I think she will. I think I’m nesting with her. LOL. My cleaning and organizing is all her fault.

    Tomorrow the kids and I are headed to Baton Rouge. I bet those little suckers are up at the crack of dawn. Lol. They are so excited. We’re going swimming - if the weather is good. Pray, oh please pray, for RAIN. Storms. Lots of lightning. LOL. I don’t want to put my swimsuit on in front of strangers. haha. Actually, the strangers don’t bother me at all. It is my friends seeing me that makes me cringe. Oh, rain. Glorious rain. We need rain tomorrow. (yes, I’m finally cracking up)

    Well, I’m off to do my nightly routine. Yep, I’ve got one. Same thing every night. Maybe one day when I’m old - I’ll change.

Peace out, babycakes ! 

    You didn’t read that wrong. Today is really Friday. I’m just tired of Fridays. I’m starting a "Thank God It’s Monday" club. Even though it is summer my Fridays are still bringing on the craziness. Oh, but what fun craziness. hehe. Tonight is my sister’s babyshower. Tomorrow is my leadership day. (Jr League). Tomorrow afternoon and night is Cub Scouts crap with the Zephers. Of course, then there is Mass on Sunday morning and maybe on Sunday afternoon I might actually do some laundry and cleaning. Joy.

    This morning I went and worked out with my friend. If it hadn’t been for her, I would not have been at the gym. Lol. I’m trying to get back on the bandwagon. Aiming for 4 days at the gym next week. One day I’m in Baton Rouge. Woohoo. My favorite Louisiana city.

    Remember, TGIF stands for "Toes Goes In First" in my book.

Peace out. Have a great weekend.  

Today was a different day. I really enjoyed tennis. So much better than last Monday. It was quite unusual, though. Out of the blue, dh showed up to watch. hmmmm. Tomorrow ought to be real fun playing tennis. Holy moly. I watched the girls we are going to play against for a little while today. There were times when the opposing team could not even get their raquet on their serves. Fun times to be had tomorrow. I’m looking forward to it.

Other than my fun at tennis, the rest of the day has been sorta sad. One of our neighbors’ relatives was killed in a car wreck. 17 years old. They are all so sad. Asked me if I could help them out a bit. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my father’s death. I’m always sad around this time. Blechy. I miss him.

I did decide that some of the work I’m supposed to be doing for Jr League can wait till I get back from the beach. It felt good to make that decision. LOL. And that’s about it for my day.

    Dh is still at the Seafood Festival showing his boat. His boat that he named "cappseyzed".  I just got off the phone with his brother. He is in the E.R. in Michigan and wanted to let us know that he "capsized" our boat and that the boom hit him in the head. He is not positive that he is okay. He has a previous head injury and he is very cautious with his nogin.

    So, does "capsize" mean our sailboat sunk ? I wouldn’t ask because it really wasn’t the time to be wondering if the sailboat is now sitting on the bottom of the Lake.

    For some reason, I just find the whole situation "ironic". Probably just my very warped mind.

   I did a lot of cooking today. All yummy food, too. I even shared with my neighbors. After my first "Hidden Power of Kindness" lesson and seeing "Evan Almighty", today, I’m really trying to do a little "act of random kindness".

   Please, oh please, I’m praying for a "Marvelous Monday" tomorrow.

Peace out, Babycakes.
 

Thank God I’m pretty lazy right now or I would be driving somewhere to get chocolate. I want some M & M’s or oreos or something sweet so badly. I mean like very badly.

Today wasn’t my marvelous Monday as I thought it would be. Tennis wasn’t as much fun as I was hoping it would be and it was dang hot out there. I was productive today so that’s a good thing. I invested a couple more hundred dollars into my dog. Good grief. Why are vet visits so expensive ?

The lady that I met last week at church that I thought was so nice actually called me today. That was a nice thing for her to do.

Well, other than feeling blah right now and really craving chocolate I don’t have much to say. So - night night.  

    Yes, I’m back home. I can not wait to sleep in my own bed. That’s going to be like heaven. The last 2 nights I have "slept" on the couch in the downstairs level of the condo. The first night it was pretty dang hot. The AC unit had no freon (spelling?) in it. Last night, the neighboring condo stayed up swapping stories, laughing, swilling beer and keeping me awake most of the night. I figure I got maybe 7 hours of sleep between the two nights.

    At the end of the last meeting today, we had to say one word that described how we felt regarding the board and our weekend. I used the word "connected". So, because of how I described the retreat I would say that is "Mission Accomplished". We had meetings all except for 2 hours of free time and the couple of hours we slept and we had a leadership team come in and do leadership training. Supposedly, I will know how to run a non-profit organization by the time all of my training is done. I must say that I really enjoy the learning aspect to all of this.

    I’ve been nominated for a position with the International Junior League and if by some chance I am actually accepted I will get to fly to New York City (all expenses paid by them) quarterly. Woohoo. I think I’d really like that. I’m finally getting to the stage in my life where I feel okay regarding leaving my children with dh.  I do know that yesterday, my little golden-haired boy was crying for his mommy and that broke my heart, but he did manage to make it okay without me. I only called home one time a day, too. That’s pretty darn good for me.

    Anyways, I really enjoyed connecting with the other board members. I liked that I learned exactly what is required of me. I like it that I’m back home and going to play tennis on my "Marvelous Monday". Saying cheers and yells and chants over here for a pretty normal Marvelous Monday.

Sleep tight all. You’re going to hear me snore tonight when I pass out. Peace out.  

Vacation Bible School at church was fun. It was very nice to meet some new church members.  This VBS is just like the VBS at my old church. I was very surprised. Pleasantly surprised and the kids all had a great time. Both boys got to meet kids who are going into the same grade at their new school. That was very nice.

I did a RPM class tonight. Spin class on crack. Good grief. It was wonderful, but I’ve already taken 2 Aleve for my legs. lol. My legs are aching. This teacher is training for an Iron Man next month and tonight she made us do "resistance training". It obviously worked. I didn’t burn as many calories tonight (594 in one hour), but I’m thinking I built muscle. Whew boy howdie.

I even managed dinner and grocery shopping in tonight. Go Me. I didn’t get to the laundry, but hey, the clothes are clean.  I’ll fold them tomorrow. (Hopefully, lol).

I almost forgot to mention what made today so marvelous. I had a friend give me one of the sweetest surprises today. It wasn’t asked for at all. Just out of the blue.  Those kinds of surprises are the best kind.

Peace out.  

At first, I wasn’t so sure that I was going to deem this a "marvelous Monday" or not, but upon thinking - it was. Yes, it was a bit hectic. Yes, it was a bit long, but overall, it was a great Monday.

We hit a couple of milestones today. That’s what made it a marvelous Monday. My middle son went to his first day of camp ever. Now, this is a "moma’s boy". He holds my heart in his little palms. He also could win an Oscar for how incredibly dramatic he can be over every little thing, but today when I was telling him ‘goodbye’ and his big ole brown eyes welled up with tears, well, he can stay a moma’s boy for just as long as he wants to. When I picked him up I asked if he did anything fun.  He stated that "he didn’t do a thing" at camp today, but when questioned he rode a horse, tried to shoot a bow and arrow, refused to swim, had fun in the canoe, and told me "thanks, mom" for letting me go. Yep, it has been a Marvelous Monday, indeed.

One other neat thing happened today. I went to my first class in 10 years. Boy howdie do I miss being a student. I’d love to be a professional student. I love learning. It was so nice to be in an academic setting. What class ? A class on "grant writing". Doesn’t that just win all the awards for interesting ? Hehe. I truly enjoyed it and learned tons. It made me want to go write a grant for something. LOL. I was wondering "are there any grantors out there who are just dying to give a grant to a mom - for no reason other than for her to see if she could actually do it?" This little class really sparked my interest in going back to school. Once all the chitlin’s are back in school - I might just be signing myself up for something.

I told someone that I wanted to go to a quiet place. Sometimes, I do feel like my life is too busy, too hectic and definitely too loud. 3 kids, 2 dogs, 1 retarded cat, 1 gay fish and 2 phones in a partridge pear tree just all make too much noise. So, I was asked "what is your quiet place like ?" (or something similar) Well, I’ve been thinking about that today. The place that always seems to pop up in my head is Sacre Coeur.  More specifically, the steps of Sacre Coeur. I’ve done this a couple of times in my life now and I really hope to do it a couple more before I die, but I love to take the train out from Paris to Sacre Coeur or Montmarte. While walking up to the church, I stop by little vendor stands and I buy a sandwich or two, some wine and I go sit on the steps - all before dusk and I watch Paris "light up". It is so neat to see the first twinkles. Before you know it all of Paris is lit and it is one of the most majical sites to me. Not sure that made it into the 1000 places to see before you die book - but I’ll stick it in mine. After watching the lights come on, I always go into the church and just be quiet. That’s my quiet place.

Sleep tight.  

   Today, my children decided that they were going to "pretend play - animals". To show you that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree, here are the animals that my children called out. Eldest — lynx.  That’s a pretty good animal. I would have probably called out monkey or elephant or tiger. Middle child = opposum. What the heck ? I question him on it and he replied "it’s so I can play dead when the other animals come around". Pretty good answer for a 5 year old. lol. Then we were to my darling princess daughter. She chose an armidillo. Why ? I have no idea, but she proceeded to show me how they walk around. Maybe I was just too dumb as a child and couldn’t think up these neat animals. LOL. Now she is actually being a "LSU Monkey". I’m raising her right. Woohoo. Geaux Tigers !

    I went to Mass this morning. That was very nice. I had the whole gang with me and sometimes, I wish I could just go alone. I know that must sound horrible. I’m glad I have children who want to go, but it would be nice every once in awhile to only have to worry about me. I know I would be able to focus more if I was alone.

    Oh, my poor sis. She is having some not fun times with this pregnancy. Between my puppy and her - I’m so over having kids. LOL. I’m afraid she is about to be put on complete bedrest and I may end up with 6 kids for a while. At least it is summer time and I’m able to help her. Remember her in your throughts and prayers. She really needs them.

    I want to kick myself in the butt for something I forgot. Ugh. I still can’t believe I forgot. Yesterday was my daughter’s dance registration. I had this written down in 2 different places and even mentioned it on Friday. I think I’m going to have to get some device that actually sends out shocks when I forget an appointment. Tomorrow, I get to call and find out if there is anyway I can remedy the "dumbass mommy mistake". I need to remember that I’m not perfect. I’m no where near perfect.  

    Have I mentioned that I absolutely can’t wait till my Marvelous Monday kicks in ??? If not — I AM.  I think I’m the only person on earth who would rather see a Monday versus a Friday.

Peace out.  

It’s Marvelous Monday time again and it was a "marvelous Monday". Started off with a lazy, slow-starting morning followed by working out with the personal trainer and then it was "Memorial Day" time. The pool, waterslides, tons of sun, dj playing beach music and hamburgers grilling. Oh, what a yummy smell. I do love to smell grilled food.

The kids and I had a blast today. We all got a little too much sun, but it was a great first day. I can’t believe that we still have school this week. I had almost forgotten about it. ugh.

Remember all the soldiers, troops, military people, whatever you want to call them in your thoughts and / or prayers today. It is Memorial Day and the price of freedom definitely isn’t free.  

    Today we decided to forgo baseball practice and just spend the day in the French Quarter. Wow, it was busy. Today was the busiest I’ve seen it since Katrina.  We had a blast. The weather was perfect and the kids didn’t whine too incredibly much. We had sushi for lunch, ate at Cafe Maspero’s for dinner and then we hit Cafe DuMonde for beignets and cafe au lait.

    While in the Quarter we wondered over to the Aquarium. They’ve really been working on it and have almost the entire thing reopened. There were a lot more fish, too. Oh, oh, oh. I touched my first stingray today. They are so soft. Like really, really soft. I could have stood there for an hour touching them but they had this "barking" attendant man who kept saying "if you’ve touched the stingrays, please move on".

    I had to leave poor little Winkie in his kennel all day. I just knew there would be a mess for me to clean up when we got back home, but nope - not a thing. Woohoo for Winkie.

    Tomorrow is going to be another "marvelous Monday". There is no school and I don’t have to be at the club to workout till 10am. Yippee yeah. I have a late morning. I’m taking the kids to the pool and waterslide after I finish working out. We’re going to have a nice Memorial Day and I hope that you all have a nice one as well. Enjoy your holiday.

    I was having a pretty good day today when all of a sudden my eldest son says "mom, something is wrong with Winkie." Winkie is not acting normal at all. I think he ate some plant while he was outside and 1 - he is either allergic to it or 2 - it is sorta stuck in his throat. Neither is good. I’ve talked to a vet friend and she has told me what to do for right now. I think I’m about to give my dog benadryl. Is it normal for a puppy to snore - loudly ?

    Lordy, having a puppy is like having another child. 

    I hope you all had a great start to your week. 

Yes, my day has felt like it was 48 hours long instead of 24. Oh, my goodness. I can’t believe that I’m still on the same day. This morning started off with my lazing in bed till all of 7:30(gasp). Then it was rush hour time taking showers, getting dressed and fed and to Mass on time to get a seat semi-up front. I was totally confused in Mass today. Why did they do the "May 17th" Mass instead of the "May 20th" Mass ? I think I fixated on that so much during Mass that I pretty much missed most of Mass. LOL. We also had "board voting" today during (yes, during) Mass and that was very interesting. I got to learn some about some of the members at church.

After church, we hit Chili’s and then Barnes & Nobles. I pray that my children have the same love of reading that I do. I always let them buy one book everytime we go to the bookstore. I tell T that he must read his book or I will not allow him to buy one the next time. As we were pulling into the driveway today he says, "mom, I just finished my book." My goodness. I’ve got to start pushing him towards longer books. I do have a proud  mommy monent regarding T. It took him almost a month to read a 5th grade level book. He took the test on it at school on Friday and made 100%. He was proud of himself and so was I.

Since I didn’t clean enough yesterday I thought I’d be insane and clean again today. I got 2 out of 3 full bathrooms scrubbed. Mine took over an hour. I got all of the vaccuming done, half of the mopping, all of the dusting, made up J’s bed (again), did 2 more loads of laundry, scrubbed the kitchen down, took a hour-long bath, and started reading another book. All while trying to potty train a dog and doing dinner ! Just call me "Super Mom" and pass on over the Prozac.

Ugh, Prozac, how I am going to need thee. Fwiw - I’m non-medicated, but at this rate, I may be real soon. Remember the mom who hurt my feelings so badly ? Well, I spoke with her today regarding our son’s last week of school. Their schedule is absolutely retarded and I have no idea why they are even going to bother with school that week. She happened to mention that the students must go to school on the last day because that is when they are given their summer reading. Oh, wahhhhhhhhhhhh. (insert multiple curse words there). I had totally forgotten about that. I was not going to tell T that we switched his school until later in the summer. What is he going to think when he doesn’t get the summer reading packet ? Oh, phooey. If you have any good ideas on how I am supposed to break this news to my son, please just spill them right on out. I’m afraid I’m going to break his heart initially and I don’t want him to worry all summer long. sighs.

Thank the good Lord that tomorrow is Monday. That means tennis (love, love,love) and working out (got to burn off some calories). Woohoo. 

Peace out, Babycakes.  

    Tonight my son (middle child) told me that when I die that he would be a "sushi man" because he knows how much I love sushi and that he would think of me when he makes sushi for other people.  I told him that would be a very nice thing for him to do, but was thinking "holy crap, does this kid have some sort of insight that I do not know about ? "

    We skipped out on tball practice tonight. My eldest son was completely relieved. He had a hunk of homework to do tonight and when I told him we weren’t going he said "thank goodness. I can stay home and do my homework". How many times have you heard those words out of a kid’s mouth ? I think that my tball son was glad too. He has a great coach, but I think the coach is expecting just a tiny bit too much from 5 year olds. ie: At the game on Saturday, the children were "warming up" beforehand. One of the little boys decided to do a "trick" and he threw the ball from between his legs. The coach yells at him "have you ever seen a professional baseball player throw a ball between their legs ? " I wanted to bop the coach on the head. (he and I clash) I said loud enough for him to hear "I really doubt my son knows what a professional baseball player is". Ughhh. What do men get like that ? You’d think that the tball games were the World Series or something. Okay, I’m shutting up. grrrr.

    And since I’ve talked about both of my sons, lets head right on over to the mini-princess. Lord, give me strength. I say that many times throughout the week with her. One minute of the day she can be the sweetest, moving loving child around and the next minute she has a handful of her brother’s hair about to rip it out of his skull because of whatever reason. Lord, give me strength.  Let me just tell you, little girls are completely different than little boys. Boy howdie. I’m sure that puberty is just going to be a joy around here. bwahaha. I’ll be on Prozac X-Strength by then. lol.

   I hope I get some energy by tomorrow morning. Last night’s sleep sucked royally. All the children got up twice, with the husband up once, the dog up once and I tossed and turned pretty much the whole night. I kept throwing "elbows" out of my back. Yes, two out of the 3 kidlets ended up in my bed last night. OH, oh, oh. That reminds me. One of the few times I was able to sleep I had a nightmare about the mini-princess. I dreamt that she decided to runaway and she ran straight out into the street. I could just see her getting run over in my dream and I woke up with my heart racing. That was not a good feeling.

   So, sweet slumber to all who needs it tonight. I can’t wait till I get Winkie. I placed his order today.
 

    There are days where I need to borrow somone else’s patience. Today is one of them.  I don’t understand what happens. Oh wait, I know what happens. What happens is the "witching hours" arrive. You know those. In my house they are from 3:30pm till 8:30pm. Those 5 hours each day are a test of my mommy patience. Lord, give me strength.

    I used to be completely anal about keeping the house "perfect". Bwahahaha. Now, I’m excited if we have clean clothes to wear and clean dishes to eat off of. I figure I’ve got about 14 more years before the house is mine again.

    Gasp ! Did you know that kids are really kids ? That instead of sitting nicely on the bench they will dig a 3ft deep hole in a 4 ft tall sandpile and try to dive in it head first . I’m sure that my daughter is tired of hearing the phrase "you are a little girl". LOL. I’m warping my kid. She had on the prettiest flower dress today and was neck deep in sand when I proclaimed the aforementioned phrase. Why can’t I relax over things like that ? Why can’t I tell myself that the dress is washable and to just let her have fun with all the other little BOYS. wahh. I wanted a princess.  

    Tennis and workout were both great today. My partner said something to me that really made an impact. (She is finding that out right now. lol.) We were discussing the times of the games in the tournament that we are playing in on Wednesday. When I pointed out that we probably wouldn’t have to worry about the last game because it is the championship game she said, "then why are we playing if we are not playing to win it all". (or something close to that) Really made me think. I’m going to be making plans to have someone else pick up my children that day because I’m going to be playing in a late game.

Peace out, babycakes.
 

1339 - That’s how many calories I burned working out this morning and also how many hours I feel like I’ve been going today. 

I’m just getting in for the night from a meeting that just wouldn’t end. Holy mackerel. That makes for a long day.  

 Today has been a "mixed up Monday". This morning was marvelous until I heard about the VA Tech shootings. That’s just horrible. I feel for everyone involved.  Today was also the Boston Marathon. I haven’t even had time to read about it. I can’t wait to find out how it went.

Short and sweet tonight. I hope you all sleep well and dream even better.  

    Today is Sunday and it is the last free day of our Spring Break. We didn’t go anywhere this holiday, but I think the kids enjoyed just being at home and doing things around here. I know I did.  Part of me is sad that our free time is almost over and then I think "tomorrow is Monday, with no kids". Woohoo.

    I must say that I’m looking forward to a new week. A new week of tennis (and there is going to be lots of tennis this week) and a new week of working out. I really don’t know why I’m on the bandwagon that I’m on right now, but I’m so happy that I am. I feel so much better. I ate another healthy breakfast this morning. Oatmeal with hot blueberries. Felt like winter time.

    If it wasn’t so dang windy I might actually go walk around the block outside. Oh, well. It can wait till tomorrow at the club. Speaking of walking outside, tomorrow is the Boston Marathon and the weather for it looks absolutely horrible. Eeeek. Keep all of those who are participating in it in your thoughts. That weather is going to be very difficult to handle on top of the 26 miles.

    Make the most of the rest of your Sunday. For me that means I’ll be finishing up the laundry and writing out checks for tomorrow. Oh what fun. See you again on my Marvelous Monday. 

Oh, to be 5 years old again. smiles. My son just came up and asked me a question and after I replied he said "pink promise, moma ? "  "Yes, son, I pinky promise." Where we then wrapped our pinkies around each other smiling ear-to-ear. It is such a sweet and innocent thing, but it carries more weight than a paper signed by the President. lol. If I happen to forget I will hear " but you pinky promised". I love having children. (I also love that they are out of school this week. I love not having hectic mornings.)

Never fear though, just because my morning isn’t hectic right now doesn’t mean that I am skipping my Marvelous Monday routine. Oh, no. I’d never. In about an hour, I’m off to tennis followed by working out. Woohoo. I love my Mondays. Speaking of working out I’m doing so well. Actually going to pat myself on the back.

I’m going to go make myself a healthy breakfast (with iced coffee) and start my day off right. I hope you have a Marvelous Monday, too.