day 38

day 37

ruby started basketball this morning.
bright and early.
oh, yeahhhhh.
after getting home at 2 am it wasn't exactly what i wanted to go do.
bed, pillow, blankets...much more appealing.
mr. coffemaker decided TODAY would be the day to be mr. coffeewon'tmaker :(
swwwweeeeeeet !
*
this was ru's first attempt at playing the game and she did great!!
she's a natural and got 7 baskets!!!
the coach is good...funny...loud....talks a lot.
ruby can't wait for more tomorrow!
ok...peeps.
i have to get ready for work!
peace out

day 35

playdates make me crazy

because for three solid
uninterrupted hours
i have to be
a really, really good mother.
the kind that will...oh, you know
keep calm and carry on
the leave it to beaver type.
not the 'me' who had a migraine today,
took medicine,
and am now a grumpy mess.
i've got five REALLY loud little girls
flying around here like fairies on parade.
little miss
left out,
of course.
so i had to keep her b.u.s.y.
we made homemade chocolate cupcakes.
cleaned some acorn squash like nobody's business.
she spent a good hour playing with the seeds.
i heard her version of pinkalicious
about 500 times
it
was
greaaaaat ;)
our little house sounds like
an amphitheater...
the black eyed peas playing in the background.
see?
crazy loud.
all good though
lots of smiles.

day 34

out to lunch

locals
can you guess where we are?
we picked stella up from school and grabbed a little lunch.
the pizza is sooo good here.
it was nice to have craig home for a bit...
we've been like two ships passing in the night.
not good.
got to grab those moments when you can to enjoy just being together
even if it's for only a short while.
*
made something really cool today
with a little help from a certain contractor i know.
i'll show you tomorrow!!
peace out!

reality check

there are days when my positivity makes me leap from the bed...
with lists of all the great things i'm going to do.
there are many days when i just want to bury my head
disappear,
go unnoticed,
hit rewind.
you can hear it my voice,
you can see it on my face,
i'm not a good actress...
though i do try hard.
today has been a down day.
but then it hit me like a ton of bricks.
i have a roof over my head.
my children aren't orphans.
i have a good job.
my family is healthy.
i have water to drink.
i pulled my favorite shirt out of my drawer to wear today.
(i have a shirt, with a drawer.)
i can make cookies if i feel like it.
i get to go outside to get wood to heat our house because we have one.
we never go hungry.
i can hear my children laugh.
my worries
my life's complaints
are SO infinitely small
when i just stop to think about
haiti,
africa,
this beautiful girl,
being homeless.
i've got it pretty darn good
a reality check is just something i think i need to do a little more often.
so on that note
i'm going to go enjoy a little snuggle
from miss stella
and get ready for a great night at work.

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