Need a laugh?

This ought to do it.

Sunday afternoon with a bunch of silly girls who discovered my workout playlist on itunes.

10 Happy Things

 

1. Basil growing in my window.

2. I haven't shoveled the driveway in over a week.  No snow!

 

3. "Late-night-after-the-kids-have-gone-to-bed-healthy-dinners."  Conversation uninterrupted.

4. This book.  Several projects waiting in the wings.

 

5. An afternoon with friends sharing paints.

6. Listening to Elizabeth Mitchell while sharing paints.

 

7. Boden spring catalog, and sailor pants, and bright red shoes and belts.

8. Soft boiled eggs . More pretty eggs here.

 

9. Mixed metal jewelry. Gold is the new platinum for me.

 

10. These four faces. Together every day. Growing, and learning and loving each other.  What could be better? (taken last winter... but one of my favs)

**More happy things in the lower left sidebar.  Please don't think of these as things that i am coveting.  I have everything that I truly need.  Just pretty things to look at and be inspired by :)

Meltdown

 

In the space of about 8 hours, we lost almost 18 inches of snow.

 

Crazy, wet, soggy, and destructive weather produced a major meltdown.

My Dad, who came for a visit on "official business" (Carl is working on his website) was stranded here for a few extra days.  All roads leading home were either flooded, washed out, covered in mudslides, or avalanches. 

 

Aren't they cute with their matching macs?  They would like you to think that they are busily working on important professional stuff.  Instead, those guys had an ongoing quest to be the winner of "the longest drive", or "closest to the pin" on their golf game.  There were moments of ugliness.

And, just to show that it isn't always pretty and perfect around here...

 

 

 

 

A little dose of my current reality.  Its been a long week of schooling.  The house has indeed suffered.

I feel another meltdown coming on!!