Summer Time

When I think of summer, I become happy. Summer time is the ultimate freedom isn't it? It's loud music in the car. It's barefeet and stubbed toes. It's nursery rhymes from the ice cream truck you can hear coming for what seems like miles. It's warm nights and hot days with sweaty arm pits that no amount of deodorant can correct. It's chlorine laden hair from too many days in a pool. Tan little sun kissed faces and red bathing suit marks where mamma missed the sunblock. It's the smell of sunblock that I love more than anything.

Summer means life and fun and freedom. Flowers that have bloomed earlier in the Spring bring much joy to my heart and I love cultivating and helping them maintain their color and beauty. I actually look forward to watering and feeding them, I lose myself in it and could be outside for a lost two hours of the day just doing that. Getting dirt in my nails and on my knees. I'm not so keen on weeding but it gets done. I really throw myself into weeding a good 2-3 times a spring/summer. It needs it more but that isn't my favorite thing in the world so I let it go until I can't take it anymore. Sometimes having the hose out, watering the flowers turns into washing the car and before I know it, hours have flown past in the hot sun.

I'm looking forward to another summer of fun with the boys. As they grow even older, almost 10 and 4, we can go and do more things, they are more independant and I can relax just a little more. I don't think I'll ever relax fully ever as a parent, I can't let myself. Always feel like the other shoe might drop and I can't let my guard down fully but I see fun times, loose days and tons of freedom ahead this summer. Very much looking forward to it. Summer time, my favorite season is right around the corner. Throw in some beach days and call it done. I'm yearning for it all. I think it brings out the best in me. I'm a summer girl. Absolutely am.

Growing More..

Park, picnic, nature trails, running them till even we got tuckered out. But man, look how they are growing. It amazes me every day. Truly does. In particular, the Oldest. He has morphed before my eyes. Yesterday he said, "Mom, I'll be the mature one, ok? I'll help you." I was stunned. He thinks like that? Growing up. They both are.

-J

Love Dare

Marriage. Patience. Kindness. Those three words are intertwined together in inexplicable ways. "No one likes to be around an impatient person. It causes you to over react in angry, regretable, and foolish ways....patience stops problems in their tracks" This is an excerpt from the book called Love Dare. I could take a lesson from it.

Just saw the movie Fireproof. Completely unexpected but stopped me in my tracks. I think my husband and I have a very strong relationship. Sure, troubles come and go but no person is perfect, not me, not him. We both have a willingness to move forward and grow old together and it all comes down to that. Though I know our relationship is solid and we are both committed, this movie had some very important messages; not just for us but all couples.

Highly recommend this movie.

It's good. It's worth it. Very eye opening. No more words. Well, but for this. Love dare.

Happy Birthday Tammy

I hope you get treated like a birthday Queen tomorrow and lots of little goodies and treats come your way. It's well deserved, you work hard and do a lot for all your boys. I for one wish I was there to wish it in person but this will have to do.

You are a special person to me and I often wistfully think it would be more fun if we lived closer together. We'd probably get into lots of trouble together, have little spats, get over them, roll our eyes at each other for how different we are and then laugh about it all in the end. Friendship. I think it's golden that we have kept it after all these years and so far apart. I appreciate all you bring to my life even though atypical since miles split us.

Love to you birthday girl. I'm right behind you in a few months, we are neck and neck. :)

Jenn

Been a while..

Sometimes my weeks fly by and the next thing I know, seven days has disappeared just like that. Last week was just one of those weeks. I blinked and it was Friday. I blinked again and here it is, Sunday night. Phew. Just.slow.down.

We all cram our time with tons of things, I'm very guilty of that same thing. Empty day on the calendar? Can't have that. Fill it up. No empty days. Wonder why that is. It's our culture. It's in my bones too. And, I have subconcious reasons to not be idle too long.

The first week of the month is always killer for me and this coming week will be no different BUT I'll be prepared and more prepared so it will go smoothly and no stress.

Right now I just want to crawl into bed and fall asleep. Not put the boys to bed, not work on the volunteer board stuff, not do the lease renewals, not watch TV, just go to bed right now. That is actually a very funny thought. I'm chuckling a little at the thought. I bet if I did that, the boys might not get to sleep till late.

Maybe it's going to snow tonight. I think it's too warm to stick, but they say it will. hmmm. I hardly ever believe the poor weathermen. They just can't get it right this year. Poor things.

It's a Secret. Shhh.

Rambling tonight. Ramble on down the road. Peace out.